Developer Jobs in Wales

Developer
UK > Wales

The median Developer salary in Wales is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 365 226 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.87% 13.40% 17.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.16% 15.58% 18.63%
Number of salaries quoted 310 135 243
10th Percentile £33,625 £31,450 £33,583
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,122
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -9.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £64,375
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.31% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Wales with a recognized job title 2,010 1,451 1,895
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 86.01% 94.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,376 807 1,154
10th Percentile £26,375 £26,391 £31,075
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,583
Median % change year-on-year - -5.43% +11.96%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Wales

Developer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +11 277 £55,000 +15.79% 35
West Wales +7 48 £50,000 +21.33% 12
North Wales +17 33 £45,000 - 6
Mid Wales -9 1 £38,000 -10.59%
Developer
UK

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wales region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 132 (36.16%) C#
2 103 (28.22%) JavaScript
2 103 (28.22%) Agile
3 97 (26.58%) Azure
4 93 (25.48%) .NET
5 91 (24.93%) SQL
6 83 (22.74%) HTML
7 74 (20.27%) CSS
8 68 (18.63%) Git
9 59 (16.16%) Microsoft
10 58 (15.89%) Full Stack Development
10 58 (15.89%) React
11 54 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
12 52 (14.25%) Social Skills
13 49 (13.42%) Mentoring
13 49 (13.42%) Finance
13 49 (13.42%) AWS
13 49 (13.42%) AngularJS
14 44 (12.05%) .NET Core
15 43 (11.78%) SQL Server
16 42 (11.51%) TypeScript
17 41 (11.23%) Scrum
18 39 (10.68%) DevOps
19 36 (9.86%) RESTful
20 35 (9.59%) Java
20 35 (9.59%) Oracle
21 34 (9.32%) Docker
22 33 (9.04%) PHP
23 32 (8.77%) ASP.NET
24 31 (8.49%) REST

Developer Skill Set
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 13 (3.56%) WordPress
2 8 (2.19%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.64%) CMS
4 3 (0.82%) Drupal
4 3 (0.82%) nginx
5 2 (0.55%) Apache
5 2 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.55%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (26.58%) Azure
2 49 (13.42%) AWS
3 28 (7.67%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.30%) SaaS
5 22 (6.03%) GitHub
6 19 (5.21%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.21%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (4.66%) Heroku
8 16 (4.38%) GCP
9 15 (4.11%) PowerApps
10 14 (3.84%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.19%) WhatsApp
12 7 (1.92%) npm
13 5 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.10%) iPaaS
14 4 (1.10%) PaaS
15 3 (0.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.82%) DigitalOcean
15 3 (0.82%) Stripe
16 2 (0.55%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.82%) Intranet
1 3 (0.82%) SMS
2 2 (0.55%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.78%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.40%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.48%) MySQL
4 15 (4.11%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.74%) MongoDB
6 9 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 8 (2.19%) Oracle Database 12c
8 7 (1.92%) Oracle Database 11g
8 7 (1.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.37%) Power BI
9 5 (1.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.10%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.10%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.82%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.82%) Power Query
11 3 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 68 (18.63%) Git
2 15 (4.11%) GitLab
3 14 (3.84%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.01%) Selenium
5 7 (1.92%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.10%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.10%) webpack
7 3 (0.82%) Grunt
7 3 (0.82%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.82%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.82%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.55%) NUnit
8 2 (0.55%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.55%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.27%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.27%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.27%) JIRA
9 1 (0.27%) ReSharper
General
1 52 (14.25%) Social Skills
2 49 (13.42%) Finance
3 26 (7.12%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.30%) Games
5 22 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.56%) Marketing
7 9 (2.47%) Banking
8 8 (2.19%) Welsh Language
9 5 (1.37%) Electronics
10 4 (1.10%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.10%) Police
11 3 (0.82%) Advertising
11 3 (0.82%) Law
11 3 (0.82%) Retail
12 2 (0.55%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.55%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.55%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.27%) Local Government
13 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (25.48%) .NET
2 83 (22.74%) HTML
3 74 (20.27%) CSS
4 58 (15.89%) React
5 49 (13.42%) AngularJS
6 44 (12.05%) .NET Core
7 36 (9.86%) RESTful
8 32 (8.77%) ASP.NET
9 31 (8.49%) REST
10 26 (7.12%) Node.js
11 25 (6.85%) HTML5
11 25 (6.85%) Laravel
12 23 (6.30%) Vue
13 19 (5.21%) ASP.NET Web API
14 18 (4.93%) Lightning Web Components
15 17 (4.66%) Spring
15 17 (4.66%) Visualforce
15 17 (4.66%) Web Services
16 16 (4.38%) ASP.NET MVC
17 15 (4.11%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.11%) Mobile App
2 11 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.19%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.19%) Housing Association
5 8 (2.19%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.10%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.10%) IoT
7 2 (0.55%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.55%) CMDB
7 2 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.27%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.27%) EPoS
8 1 (0.27%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.27%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.27%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.27%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.27%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.27%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.38%) Android
2 11 (3.01%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.82%) Linux
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.22%) Agile
2 58 (15.89%) Full Stack Development
3 54 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (13.42%) Mentoring
5 41 (11.23%) Scrum
6 39 (10.68%) DevOps
7 30 (8.22%) CI/CD
8 29 (7.95%) Clean Code
9 28 (7.67%) Coaching
10 27 (7.40%) Microservices
11 25 (6.85%) TDD
11 25 (6.85%) Unit Testing
12 24 (6.58%) Web Development
13 23 (6.30%) Data Modelling
14 22 (6.03%) Software Engineering
14 22 (6.03%) Test Automation
15 21 (5.75%) MVC
15 21 (5.75%) SDLC
16 20 (5.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (5.48%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 132 (36.16%) C#
2 103 (28.22%) JavaScript
3 91 (24.93%) SQL
4 42 (11.51%) TypeScript
5 35 (9.59%) Java
6 33 (9.04%) PHP
7 21 (5.75%) Python
8 18 (4.93%) Apex Code
8 18 (4.93%) C++
9 15 (4.11%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.74%) C
11 5 (1.37%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.37%) Swift
12 3 (0.82%) Scala
12 3 (0.82%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.55%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) Go
14 1 (0.27%) Perl
14 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 22 (6.03%) Degree
2 11 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (3.01%) SC Cleared
2 11 (3.01%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.55%) PhD
5 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.11%) QA
2 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.27%) SLA
3 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (9.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 6 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.82%) Galera Cluster
3 2 (0.55%) Kibana
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.59%) Oracle
3 18 (4.93%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.74%) Xamarin
5 7 (1.92%) WooCommerce
6 6 (1.64%) Google
7 3 (0.82%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.82%) UiPath
8 2 (0.55%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.55%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.27%) Conga
9 1 (0.27%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.27%) Quadient