Computer Science Jobs in Wales

Computer Science
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Computer Science skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Computer Science over the 6 months to 2 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 52 23 96
Rank change year-on-year -29 +73 -35
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 60 152 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 5.34% 9.29% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.51% 9.57% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 39 36 14
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £20,750
25th Percentile £32,620 £32,343 £23,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,405 £30,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +41.15% -29.31%
75th Percentile £73,750 £57,617 £50,188
90th Percentile £77,250 £58,831 £61,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Computer Science is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,089 1,588 1,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 96.97% 97.01% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 629 967 1,102
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,775
25th Percentile £36,103 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,088 £72,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

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 2 December 2023.

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 2 December 2023. 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 -13 39 £56,250 +17.19% 21
West Wales +14 21 £42,500 -8.73% 5
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (50.00%) Azure
2 20 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (23.33%) SaaS
4 11 (18.33%) AWS
5 8 (13.33%) GCP
6 7 (11.67%) IaaS
7 6 (10.00%) PaaS
8 4 (6.67%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.67%) GitHub
9 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.67%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (6.67%) MySQL
2 4 (6.67%) Oracle Database
2 4 (6.67%) Oracle Database 11g
2 4 (6.67%) Power BI
2 4 (6.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (6.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (6.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (6.67%) Tableau
3 2 (3.33%) Big Data
4 1 (1.67%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.67%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (25.00%) Git
1 15 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
1 15 (25.00%) Visual Studio Team System
2 4 (6.67%) Selenium
3 1 (1.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.67%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.67%) PVCS
General
1 11 (18.33%) Telecoms
2 9 (15.00%) Finance
2 9 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.00%) Local Government
4 3 (5.00%) Police
4 3 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.33%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (33.33%) Developer
2 14 (23.33%) Junior
3 13 (21.67%) Architect
4 12 (20.00%) Senior
5 10 (16.67%) Analyst
5 10 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (13.33%) Junior Developer
7 7 (11.67%) Enterprise Architect
7 7 (11.67%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
8 5 (8.33%) Data Analyst
8 5 (8.33%) Lead
8 5 (8.33%) Lead Developer
8 5 (8.33%) Project Manager
9 4 (6.67%) Senior Developer
9 4 (6.67%) Senior Manager
9 4 (6.67%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (6.67%) Support Analyst
9 4 (6.67%) Systems Analyst
9 4 (6.67%) Systems Support
9 4 (6.67%) Systems Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (25.00%) AngularJS
1 15 (25.00%) jQuery
1 15 (25.00%) Vue
2 7 (11.67%) .NET
3 6 (10.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (5.00%) Middleware
5 2 (3.33%) NumPy
5 2 (3.33%) OpenVINO
5 2 (3.33%) Pandas
5 2 (3.33%) PyTorch
5 2 (3.33%) scikit-learn
5 2 (3.33%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.67%) GeoJSON
6 1 (1.67%) JRuby
6 1 (1.67%) JSON
6 1 (1.67%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.67%) React
6 1 (1.67%) RESTful
6 1 (1.67%) SOAP
6 1 (1.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (8.33%) Product Ownership
4 4 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (6.67%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.33%) IoT
5 2 (3.33%) Smart City
6 1 (1.67%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.67%) Digital TV
6 1 (1.67%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.67%) Linux
1 1 (1.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (48.33%) DevOps
2 23 (38.33%) Agile
3 22 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (36.67%) Test Automation
4 21 (35.00%) Mentoring
5 20 (33.33%) Project Management
6 15 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
6 15 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (25.00%) Resource Management
6 15 (25.00%) User Stories
7 12 (20.00%) Analytics
7 12 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (20.00%) Software Engineering
8 8 (13.33%) ERP
9 7 (11.67%) Enterprise Architecture
9 7 (11.67%) Mathematics
9 7 (11.67%) Requirements Analysis
9 7 (11.67%) Requirements Management
9 7 (11.67%) TOGAF
9 7 (11.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 25 (41.67%) SQL
2 20 (33.33%) C#
3 17 (28.33%) JavaScript
4 7 (11.67%) Java
4 7 (11.67%) Python
5 3 (5.00%) Bash
6 2 (3.33%) C
6 2 (3.33%) C++
6 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.67%) Go
7 1 (1.67%) Perl
7 1 (1.67%) PHP
7 1 (1.67%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.67%) Ruby
7 1 (1.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 60 (100.00%) Degree
2 48 (80.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (28.33%) DBS Check
3 17 (28.33%) Master's Degree
4 7 (11.67%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 5 (8.33%) Security Cleared
6 4 (6.67%) MCSA
6 4 (6.67%) MCSE
6 4 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.67%) CFCE
8 1 (1.67%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.67%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.67%) EnCE
8 1 (1.67%) GCFE
8 1 (1.67%) GCIA
8 1 (1.67%) GCIH
8 1 (1.67%) GIAC
8 1 (1.67%) GISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.67%) Ansible
1 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) Salesforce
2 6 (10.00%) SAP
2 6 (10.00%) TOWER Software
3 5 (8.33%) Oracle
4 4 (6.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.67%) NEC
5 3 (5.00%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.67%) ESRI
6 1 (1.67%) Google
6 1 (1.67%) Serena