NEC Job Trends in South Wales

NEC
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring knowledge or experience of NEC products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited NEC over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within the NEC Corporation.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 - 69
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Permanent jobs citing NEC 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.047% - 0.36%
As % of the Vendors category 0.20% - 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £41,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.12%
75th Percentile - - £43,000
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary - - £41,000
% change year-on-year - - -32.12%

All Vendors
South Wales

NEC falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 494 290 345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 23.24% 43.81% 31.45%
Number of salaries quoted 302 221 235
10th Percentile £28,500 £21,620 £27,450
25th Percentile £36,938 £25,087 £35,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £30,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -37.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £68,625 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,250 £70,250
Wales median annual salary £53,171 £32,851 £47,500
% change year-on-year +61.85% -30.84% +5.56%

NEC
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NEC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

NEC job vacancy trend in South Wales

NEC
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing NEC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing NEC

NEC
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 NEC within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. 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
Cardiff - 1 - -
NEC
Wales

NEC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (100.00%) Revit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) V-Ray
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Building Information Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) RIBA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Autodesk