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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 28 79
Rank change year-on-year -49 +51 +1
Permanent jobs citing Computer Science 46 135 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.28% 8.11% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 8.43% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 24 46 22
10th Percentile £23,975 £23,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £57,500 £46,865
Median % change year-on-year -40.87% +22.69% +4.14%
75th Percentile £49,063 £75,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £96,250 £58,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +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 1,612 1,601 1,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 80.00% 96.21% 93.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,061 808 1,141
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,391 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,863 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £74,125 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 2024. 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 -18 18 £75,000 +15.38% 13
North Wales -21 11 £34,000 -43.33% 1
West Wales -4 10 £33,000 -12.00% 2
Mid Wales -3 7 £24,000 -22.58% 3
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 5 (10.87%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.04%) Azure
1 6 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (10.87%) Nutanix
3 4 (8.70%) SaaS
4 2 (4.35%) AWS
5 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.87%) DHCP
1 5 (10.87%) DNS
1 5 (10.87%) Ethernet
2 4 (8.70%) Profibus
3 3 (6.52%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (6.52%) Firewall
3 3 (6.52%) LAN
3 3 (6.52%) Network Security
3 3 (6.52%) VLAN
3 3 (6.52%) WAN
3 3 (6.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (19.57%) Oracle Database
2 7 (15.22%) Oracle Database 12c
3 5 (10.87%) MySQL
3 5 (10.87%) SQL Server
4 2 (4.35%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.17%) Power BI
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (17.39%) Git
2 7 (15.22%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (8.70%) Selenium
4 2 (4.35%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (4.35%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (2.17%) GitLab
5 1 (2.17%) PHPUnit
5 1 (2.17%) Subversion
General
1 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Electronics
3 7 (15.22%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.87%) Finance
4 5 (10.87%) Games
5 4 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.52%) Automotive
6 3 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.52%) Police
6 3 (6.52%) Retail
7 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.17%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 17 (36.96%) Senior
2 16 (34.78%) Developer
3 8 (17.39%) Senior Developer
4 7 (15.22%) Junior
4 7 (15.22%) Oracle Developer
4 7 (15.22%) Senior Oracle Developer
4 7 (15.22%) Software Engineer
5 5 (10.87%) Analyst
5 5 (10.87%) IT Support
5 5 (10.87%) IT Support Specialist
5 5 (10.87%) Performance Specialist
5 5 (10.87%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 5 (10.87%) Senior IT Support
5 5 (10.87%) Support Specialist
6 4 (8.70%) Automation Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Embedded Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 4 (8.70%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.39%) JSON
1 8 (17.39%) RESTful
1 8 (17.39%) SOAP
1 8 (17.39%) XML
2 7 (15.22%) Web Services
3 5 (10.87%) Regular Expression
4 3 (6.52%) Vue
5 2 (4.35%) .NET
5 2 (4.35%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.35%) jQuery
6 1 (2.17%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.17%) CSS
6 1 (2.17%) HTML
6 1 (2.17%) LAMP
6 1 (2.17%) Laravel
6 1 (2.17%) React
6 1 (2.17%) REST
6 1 (2.17%) Vuex
6 1 (2.17%) WPF
6 1 (2.17%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Data Centre
1 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 9 (19.57%) Linux
2 6 (13.04%) Windows
3 5 (10.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.70%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (8.70%) VxWorks
5 3 (6.52%) CatOS
6 1 (2.17%) Debian
6 1 (2.17%) Fedora
6 1 (2.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (26.09%) Mentoring
3 9 (19.57%) Agile
4 8 (17.39%) Project Management
4 8 (17.39%) Test Automation
5 7 (15.22%) Coaching
5 7 (15.22%) Project Delivery
5 7 (15.22%) Software Engineering
6 6 (13.04%) DevOps
7 5 (10.87%) Agile Project Management
7 5 (10.87%) CI/CD
7 5 (10.87%) Hardware Maintenance
7 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Maintenance
7 5 (10.87%) ITIL
7 5 (10.87%) Mathematics
7 5 (10.87%) OO
7 5 (10.87%) OOD
7 5 (10.87%) OOP
7 5 (10.87%) Statistics
8 4 (8.70%) Biotechnology
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) SQL
2 10 (21.74%) C#
3 8 (17.39%) Java
4 7 (15.22%) C
4 7 (15.22%) PL/SQL
5 5 (10.87%) C++
5 5 (10.87%) Groovy
6 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.35%) Python
8 1 (2.17%) Embedded C
8 1 (2.17%) PHP
8 1 (2.17%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (93.48%) Degree
2 23 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (10.87%) HND
3 5 (10.87%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (6.52%) CCIE
4 3 (6.52%) CCNA
4 3 (6.52%) CCNP
4 3 (6.52%) Check Point Certification
4 3 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.52%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.35%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.35%) PhD
6 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.17%) HNC
6 1 (2.17%) MCSA
6 1 (2.17%) MCSE
6 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.70%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (8.70%) ISO 13485
1 4 (8.70%) QA
2 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 1 (2.17%) MISRA
3 1 (2.17%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (13.04%) Docker
2 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (10.87%) Ansible
1 5 (10.87%) Kubernetes
1 5 (10.87%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.57%) Oracle
3 4 (8.70%) QNX
4 3 (6.52%) CheckPoint
4 3 (6.52%) Cisco
5 2 (4.35%) Google