Computer Science Jobs in South Wales

Computer Science
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Computer Science skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Computer Science over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 87 63
Rank change year-on-year +63 -24 -8
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 63 18 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 5.89% 1.08% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.70% 1.44% 4.28%
Number of salaries quoted 54 4 27
10th Percentile £49,750 £48,250 £37,752
25th Percentile £60,000 £49,375 £59,150
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% +38.70%
75th Percentile £73,000 £100,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,400 - £96,250
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £34,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +91.18% -40.87% +22.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Computer Science falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 818 1,251 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 76.52% 74.78% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 504 826 563
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,898
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.28% -6.20%
75th Percentile £65,813 £60,938 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £71,250 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -6.25%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Computer Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in South Wales

Computer Science
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Computer Science in South Wales.

Salary trend for Computer Science in South Wales

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in South Wales over the 6 months to 10 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in South Wales

Computer Science
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Science within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 10 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport +12 47 £66,500 +33.00% 16
Cardiff +41 13 £65,000 -35.00% 26
Glamorgan - 3 £62,500 - 12
Computer Science
Wales

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.17%) AWS
1 2 (3.17%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.94%) Firewall
2 1 (1.59%) Bluetooth
2 1 (1.59%) Network Security
2 1 (1.59%) VLAN
2 1 (1.59%) VPN
2 1 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) MariaDB
1 4 (6.35%) MySQL
1 4 (6.35%) RDBMS
1 4 (6.35%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.17%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.17%) Big Data
2 2 (3.17%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Git
1 1 (1.59%) JIRA
1 1 (1.59%) JUnit
General
1 4 (6.35%) Social Skills
2 2 (3.17%) Finance
3 1 (1.59%) Aviation
3 1 (1.59%) Avionics
3 1 (1.59%) Banking
3 1 (1.59%) Electronics
3 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 22 (34.92%) Software Engineer
2 15 (23.81%) Principal Engineer
2 15 (23.81%) Principal Software Engineer
3 14 (22.22%) Senior
4 13 (20.63%) Architect
5 12 (19.05%) Software Architect
6 7 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
6 7 (11.11%) Senior Software Test Engineer
6 7 (11.11%) Senior Test Engineer
6 7 (11.11%) Software Test Engineer
6 7 (11.11%) Test Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (9.52%) Software Engineering Manager
7 6 (9.52%) Software Manager
8 4 (6.35%) Administrator
8 4 (6.35%) Linux Administrator
8 4 (6.35%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 4 (6.35%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (6.35%) VMWare Administrator
9 3 (4.76%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (19.05%) Middleware
2 2 (3.17%) Spring
3 1 (1.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.17%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.59%) Blog
3 1 (1.59%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.94%) Linux
2 4 (6.35%) CentOS
2 4 (6.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (6.35%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.59%) VxWorks
3 1 (1.59%) Windows
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (63.49%) Agile
2 38 (60.32%) UML
2 38 (60.32%) Waterfall
3 34 (53.97%) Configuration Management
4 31 (49.21%) Software Engineering
5 18 (28.57%) SDLC
6 16 (25.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (22.22%) Mentoring
8 12 (19.05%) Design Patterns
8 12 (19.05%) DevOps
8 12 (19.05%) Open Source
9 10 (15.87%) Software Testing
9 10 (15.87%) Test Automation
10 7 (11.11%) Validation
10 7 (11.11%) Verification and Validation
11 6 (9.52%) Project Management
12 4 (6.35%) Artificial Intelligence
12 4 (6.35%) Code Quality
12 4 (6.35%) Security Patching
13 3 (4.76%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.40%) Ada
2 9 (14.29%) Ada 95
3 4 (6.35%) C
3 4 (6.35%) SQL
4 3 (4.76%) C++
5 2 (3.17%) Java
5 2 (3.17%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.17%) Python
6 1 (1.59%) C#
Qualifications
1 63 (100.00%) Degree
2 38 (60.32%) BPSS Clearance
3 29 (46.03%) Chartered Engineer
4 18 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.17%) Master's Degree
5 2 (3.17%) PhD
6 1 (1.59%) CCIE
6 1 (1.59%) CCNA
6 1 (1.59%) CCNP
6 1 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.59%) CSQA
6 1 (1.59%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.59%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (49.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (3.17%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.94%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (6.35%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.35%) vSphere
3 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.59%) Docker
3 1 (1.59%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.59%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (7.94%) VMware
2 2 (3.17%) PayPal
3 1 (1.59%) Cisco