Smart Home Job Trends in South Wales

Smart Home (Connected Home)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Smart Home in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Smart Home over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Smart Home 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.37% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 - -
Wales median annual salary £25,087 - -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

Smart Home falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 200 229 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 24.45% 48.62% 34.27%
Number of salaries quoted 101 107 254
10th Percentile £28,000 - £28,660
25th Percentile £36,000 £31,250 £35,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,107 £48,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.56% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £61,455
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,973 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,111 £44,886
% change year-on-year -0.22% +11.64% -0.25%

Smart Home
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Smart Home job vacancy trend in South Wales

Smart Home
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Smart Home.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Smart Home

Smart Home
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 Smart Home within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 March 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
Glamorgan - 2 £25,087 -
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 1 £25,087 -
Merthyr Tydfil - 1 £25,087 - 1
Smart Home
Wales

Smart Home
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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) BT