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 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 15 6
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 370 226 354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.91% 13.38% 17.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.18% 15.56% 18.74%
Number of salaries quoted 312 135 243
10th Percentile £33,825 £30,300 £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 £56,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.08% +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 2,035 1,452 1,889
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.01% 85.97% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,389 805 1,146
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year - -5.59% +12.15%
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 29 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 29 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 +11 282 £55,000 +15.79% 32
West Wales +9 48 £50,000 +21.33% 12
North Wales +17 33 £45,000 - 5
Mid Wales -8 1 £38,000 -10.59%
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 (35.68%) C#
2 105 (28.38%) Agile
3 104 (28.11%) JavaScript
4 97 (26.22%) Azure
5 93 (25.14%) SQL
5 93 (25.14%) .NET
6 83 (22.43%) HTML
7 74 (20.00%) CSS
8 68 (18.38%) Git
9 60 (16.22%) Full Stack Development
10 59 (15.95%) React
10 59 (15.95%) Microsoft
11 56 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
12 54 (14.59%) Social Skills
13 50 (13.51%) Mentoring
13 50 (13.51%) Finance
13 50 (13.51%) AWS
14 49 (13.24%) AngularJS
15 44 (11.89%) .NET Core
16 43 (11.62%) TypeScript
16 43 (11.62%) SQL Server
17 41 (11.08%) Scrum
18 39 (10.54%) DevOps
19 38 (10.27%) RESTful
20 36 (9.73%) Oracle
21 35 (9.46%) Java
22 34 (9.19%) Docker
23 33 (8.92%) PHP
24 32 (8.65%) ASP.NET
25 31 (8.38%) 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 (3.51%) WordPress
2 8 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.62%) CMS
4 3 (0.81%) Drupal
4 3 (0.81%) nginx
5 2 (0.54%) Apache
5 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.54%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (26.22%) Azure
2 50 (13.51%) AWS
3 28 (7.57%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.22%) SaaS
5 22 (5.95%) GitHub
6 19 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.14%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (4.59%) GCP
7 17 (4.59%) Heroku
8 15 (4.05%) PowerApps
9 14 (3.78%) Power Automate
10 8 (2.16%) WhatsApp
11 7 (1.89%) npm
12 5 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.08%) iPaaS
13 4 (1.08%) PaaS
14 3 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (0.81%) DigitalOcean
14 3 (0.81%) Stripe
15 2 (0.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.81%) Intranet
1 3 (0.81%) SMS
2 2 (0.54%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (11.62%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.30%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.41%) MySQL
4 16 (4.32%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.70%) MongoDB
6 9 (2.43%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.43%) Oracle Database 12c
6 9 (2.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.89%) Oracle Database 11g
7 7 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.35%) Power BI
8 5 (1.35%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.08%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.08%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.08%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.81%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.81%) Power Query
10 3 (0.81%) Redis
Development Applications
1 68 (18.38%) Git
2 15 (4.05%) GitLab
3 14 (3.78%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.97%) Selenium
5 8 (2.16%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.08%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.08%) webpack
7 3 (0.81%) Grunt
7 3 (0.81%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.54%) NUnit
8 2 (0.54%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.54%) 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 54 (14.59%) Social Skills
2 50 (13.51%) Finance
3 26 (7.03%) Public Sector
4 23 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.22%) Games
5 13 (3.51%) Marketing
6 9 (2.43%) Banking
7 8 (2.16%) Welsh Language
8 5 (1.35%) Electronics
9 4 (1.08%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.08%) Police
10 3 (0.81%) Advertising
10 3 (0.81%) Law
10 3 (0.81%) Retail
11 2 (0.54%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.54%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.54%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.27%) Local Government
12 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (25.14%) .NET
2 83 (22.43%) HTML
3 74 (20.00%) CSS
4 59 (15.95%) React
5 49 (13.24%) AngularJS
6 44 (11.89%) .NET Core
7 38 (10.27%) RESTful
8 32 (8.65%) ASP.NET
9 31 (8.38%) REST
10 28 (7.57%) Node.js
11 25 (6.76%) HTML5
11 25 (6.76%) Laravel
12 23 (6.22%) Vue
13 19 (5.14%) ASP.NET Web API
14 18 (4.86%) Lightning Web Components
14 18 (4.86%) Web Services
15 17 (4.59%) Spring
15 17 (4.59%) Visualforce
16 16 (4.32%) ASP.NET MVC
16 16 (4.32%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.05%) Mobile App
2 11 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.70%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.16%) Housing Association
5 8 (2.16%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.35%) IoT
7 4 (1.08%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.54%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.54%) CMDB
8 2 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.27%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.27%) EPoS
9 1 (0.27%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.27%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.27%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.27%) NHS
9 1 (0.27%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.27%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.32%) Android
2 11 (2.97%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.81%) Linux
4 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (28.38%) Agile
2 60 (16.22%) Full Stack Development
3 56 (15.14%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (13.51%) Mentoring
5 41 (11.08%) Scrum
6 39 (10.54%) DevOps
7 30 (8.11%) CI/CD
8 29 (7.84%) Clean Code
9 28 (7.57%) Coaching
10 27 (7.30%) Microservices
11 25 (6.76%) TDD
11 25 (6.76%) Unit Testing
11 25 (6.76%) Web Development
12 23 (6.22%) Data Modelling
12 23 (6.22%) SDLC
13 22 (5.95%) Software Engineering
13 22 (5.95%) Test Automation
14 21 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (5.68%) Fintech
14 21 (5.68%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 132 (35.68%) C#
2 104 (28.11%) JavaScript
3 93 (25.14%) SQL
4 43 (11.62%) TypeScript
5 35 (9.46%) Java
6 33 (8.92%) PHP
7 21 (5.68%) Python
8 18 (4.86%) Apex Code
8 18 (4.86%) C++
9 17 (4.59%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.70%) C
11 5 (1.35%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.35%) Swift
12 3 (0.81%) Scala
12 3 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.54%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) Go
14 1 (0.27%) Perl
14 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (6.22%) Degree
2 11 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (2.97%) SC Cleared
2 11 (2.97%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.54%) PhD
5 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.05%) QA
2 2 (0.54%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.27%) SLA
3 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (9.19%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 6 (1.62%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.81%) Galera Cluster
3 2 (0.54%) Kibana
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (15.95%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.73%) Oracle
3 18 (4.86%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.70%) Xamarin
5 7 (1.89%) WooCommerce
6 6 (1.62%) Google
7 3 (0.81%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.81%) UiPath
8 2 (0.54%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.54%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.27%) Conga
9 1 (0.27%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.27%) Quadient