Computer Science Jobs in Wales

Computer Science
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 75 30
Rank change year-on-year +51 -45 +47
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 70 44 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.24% 2.18% 7.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.71% 2.73% 7.99%
Number of salaries quoted 52 23 45
10th Percentile £37,574 £23,650 £23,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £34,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +76.47% -40.87% +22.69%
75th Percentile £65,000 £43,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,950 £60,500 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 804 1,612 1,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 83.14% 79.72% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 451 1,060 813
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,750 £26,391
25th Percentile £32,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,650
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Computer Science
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Computer Science in Wales over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Computer Science in Wales

Computer Science
Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
South Wales +58 44 £65,000 -13.33% 27
North Wales +10 15 £40,101 +17.94% 6
West Wales +10 6 - - 6
Dyfed - 1 £80,000 -
Computer Science
UK

Computer Science
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (1.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Simulink
2 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.43%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.86%) AWS
1 2 (2.86%) Azure
1 2 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.43%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.43%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (1.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.57%) Firewall
2 4 (5.71%) GSM
3 2 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.43%) 802.11
4 1 (1.43%) Bluetooth
4 1 (1.43%) Internet
4 1 (1.43%) Network Security
4 1 (1.43%) VLAN
4 1 (1.43%) VPN
4 1 (1.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.71%) MariaDB
1 4 (5.71%) MySQL
1 4 (5.71%) RDBMS
1 4 (5.71%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.86%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (2.86%) Big Data
2 2 (2.86%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.43%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (10.00%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (7.14%) JIRA
3 1 (1.43%) Git
3 1 (1.43%) JUnit
General
1 23 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.14%) Electronics
3 7 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 3 (4.29%) Finance
4 3 (4.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.29%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.86%) Marketing
5 2 (2.86%) Retail
6 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.43%) Aviation
6 1 (1.43%) Avionics
6 1 (1.43%) Games
6 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 24 (34.29%) Software Engineer
2 18 (25.71%) Senior
3 9 (12.86%) Senior Software Engineer
4 8 (11.43%) Junior
4 8 (11.43%) Principal Engineer
4 8 (11.43%) Principal Software Engineer
5 7 (10.00%) Junior Systems Engineer
5 7 (10.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 7 (10.00%) Senior Test Engineer
5 7 (10.00%) Software Test Engineer
5 7 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 7 (10.00%) Test Engineer
6 6 (8.57%) Development Engineer
6 6 (8.57%) Software Development Engineer
7 5 (7.14%) Lead
8 4 (5.71%) Administrator
8 4 (5.71%) Design Engineer
8 4 (5.71%) Linux Administrator
8 4 (5.71%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 4 (5.71%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.29%) React
2 2 (2.86%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.86%) gRPC
2 2 (2.86%) Middleware
2 2 (2.86%) Regular Expression
2 2 (2.86%) Vue
3 1 (1.43%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.43%) Node.js
3 1 (1.43%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.71%) Data Structures
3 3 (4.29%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.29%) NHS
4 2 (2.86%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.43%) Blog
5 1 (1.43%) Device Driver
5 1 (1.43%) IoT
5 1 (1.43%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.43%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.43%) SCADA
5 1 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.14%) Linux
2 4 (5.71%) CentOS
2 4 (5.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (5.71%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.86%) Windows
4 1 (1.43%) VxWorks
4 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (41.43%) UML
2 27 (38.57%) Software Engineering
3 26 (37.14%) Agile
4 22 (31.43%) Waterfall
5 16 (22.86%) Configuration Management
5 16 (22.86%) Mathematics
6 13 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (18.57%) Test Automation
7 12 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (17.14%) Software Testing
8 10 (14.29%) Design Patterns
8 10 (14.29%) OO
9 9 (12.86%) SDLC
10 8 (11.43%) OOD
10 8 (11.43%) Physics
10 8 (11.43%) Project Management
10 8 (11.43%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (10.00%) PLM
11 7 (10.00%) SysML
11 7 (10.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.57%) C++
2 10 (14.29%) Python
3 9 (12.86%) Java
4 8 (11.43%) C
4 8 (11.43%) C#
5 7 (10.00%) Ada
5 7 (10.00%) MATLAB
6 3 (4.29%) SQL
6 3 (4.29%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.86%) Groovy
7 2 (2.86%) Rust
8 1 (1.43%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 70 (100.00%) Degree
2 23 (32.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 13 (18.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (17.14%) Chartered Engineer
5 9 (12.86%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.86%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (2.86%) PhD
7 1 (1.43%) CCIE
7 1 (1.43%) CCNA
7 1 (1.43%) CCNP
7 1 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.43%) CISSP
7 1 (1.43%) CSQA
7 1 (1.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (4.29%) QA
3 2 (2.86%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.86%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (5.71%) Virtual Servers
2 4 (5.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (5.71%) vSphere
3 1 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.43%) Docker
3 1 (1.43%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.43%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (10.00%) IBM
2 5 (7.14%) VMware
3 3 (4.29%) ANSYS
4 2 (2.86%) Cisco
4 2 (2.86%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.43%) PayPal