Developer Jobs in Cardiff

Developer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Developer salary in Cardiff is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 3 5
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 169 114 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 25.72% 19.90% 19.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 27.52% 21.88% 20.17%
Number of salaries quoted 155 80 137
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £34,116
25th Percentile £43,565 £37,039 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £68,750 £59,063 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £67,750 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -4.04% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 614 521 823
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 90.92% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 534 397 614
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,702 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,838 £40,000 £39,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,575 £67,070 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,750 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £46,552 £45,456 £49,000
% change year-on-year +2.41% -7.23% +8.89%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Cardiff

Developer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Developer in Cardiff

Developer
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Cardiff region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 50 (29.59%) Agile
1 50 (29.59%) Git
2 44 (26.04%) Azure
3 39 (23.08%) HTML
3 39 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 37 (21.89%) React
5 34 (20.12%) .NET
6 33 (19.53%) C#
7 32 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (18.34%) Mentoring
8 31 (18.34%) Finance
9 30 (17.75%) REST
10 29 (17.16%) Docker
10 29 (17.16%) AWS
10 29 (17.16%) RESTful
11 27 (15.98%) SQL
11 27 (15.98%) CSS
11 27 (15.98%) Social Skills
12 26 (15.38%) Oracle
13 25 (14.79%) PHP
13 25 (14.79%) AngularJS
13 25 (14.79%) Full Stack Development
14 22 (13.02%) CI/CD
14 22 (13.02%) TypeScript
14 22 (13.02%) Data Modelling
15 20 (11.83%) Python
15 20 (11.83%) SQL Server
15 20 (11.83%) Microsoft
15 20 (11.83%) Scrum
15 20 (11.83%) Clean Code

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 12 (7.10%) WordPress
2 7 (4.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.96%) CMS
4 3 (1.78%) Drupal
5 2 (1.18%) Apache
5 2 (1.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.59%) Mendix
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (26.04%) Azure
2 29 (17.16%) AWS
3 18 (10.65%) GitHub
4 17 (10.06%) Heroku
5 13 (7.69%) GCP
6 11 (6.51%) SaaS
7 7 (4.14%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (4.14%) npm
8 5 (2.96%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.78%) DigitalOcean
10 2 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.18%) Firebase
10 2 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.18%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.18%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.18%) Serverless
11 1 (0.59%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.59%) BrowserStack
11 1 (0.59%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.78%) Intranet
2 2 (1.18%) DNS
3 1 (0.59%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.47%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.92%) MySQL
4 7 (4.14%) Oracle Database
4 7 (4.14%) Oracle Database 12c
5 5 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (2.37%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.78%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.78%) Redis
7 3 (1.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.18%) Power BI
8 2 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.18%) Tableau
9 1 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.59%) CouchDB
9 1 (0.59%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 50 (29.59%) Git
2 14 (8.28%) GitLab
3 13 (7.69%) Jenkins
4 11 (6.51%) Selenium
5 7 (4.14%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (2.37%) Cypress.io
6 4 (2.37%) webpack
7 3 (1.78%) Grunt
8 2 (1.18%) PHPUnit
8 2 (1.18%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.18%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.59%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.59%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.59%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.59%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (18.34%) Finance
2 27 (15.98%) Social Skills
3 19 (11.24%) Games
4 8 (4.73%) Banking
5 7 (4.14%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.37%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.18%) Advertising
8 2 (1.18%) Agriculture
8 2 (1.18%) Police
8 2 (1.18%) Retail
8 2 (1.18%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.59%) Legal
9 1 (0.59%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (23.08%) HTML
2 37 (21.89%) React
3 34 (20.12%) .NET
4 30 (17.75%) REST
5 29 (17.16%) RESTful
6 27 (15.98%) CSS
7 25 (14.79%) AngularJS
8 18 (10.65%) ASP.NET
9 17 (10.06%) .NET Core
9 17 (10.06%) Lightning Web Components
9 17 (10.06%) Visualforce
10 16 (9.47%) Node.js
11 14 (8.28%) JSON
11 14 (8.28%) Laravel
12 13 (7.69%) Spring
12 13 (7.69%) Web Services
13 12 (7.10%) Spring Boot
14 10 (5.92%) ASP.NET Web API
15 9 (5.33%) Sass
16 8 (4.73%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.92%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.73%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.37%) Client/Server
4 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.59%) Blockchain
6 1 (0.59%) IoT
6 1 (0.59%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.59%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.69%) Android
2 8 (4.73%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.18%) Linux
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (29.59%) Agile
2 32 (18.93%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (18.34%) Mentoring
4 25 (14.79%) Full Stack Development
5 22 (13.02%) CI/CD
5 22 (13.02%) Data Modelling
6 20 (11.83%) Clean Code
6 20 (11.83%) Scrum
7 19 (11.24%) Fintech
8 18 (10.65%) Refactoring
8 18 (10.65%) Web Development
9 17 (10.06%) Roadmaps
10 16 (9.47%) Test Automation
11 15 (8.88%) Microservices
12 14 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (8.28%) E-Commerce
12 14 (8.28%) Integration Testing
12 14 (8.28%) Product Strategy
13 13 (7.69%) Coaching
13 13 (7.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 33 (19.53%) C#
3 27 (15.98%) SQL
4 25 (14.79%) PHP
5 22 (13.02%) TypeScript
6 20 (11.83%) Python
7 19 (11.24%) Java
8 17 (10.06%) Apex Code
9 7 (4.14%) PL/SQL
10 5 (2.96%) Kotlin
10 5 (2.96%) Swift
11 3 (1.78%) Scala
12 1 (0.59%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (5.92%) Degree
2 5 (2.96%) SC Cleared
2 5 (2.96%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.18%) PhD
4 1 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.92%) QA
2 2 (1.18%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.59%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (17.16%) Docker
2 2 (1.18%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 5 (2.96%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.18%) Kibana
Vendors
1 26 (15.38%) Oracle
2 20 (11.83%) Microsoft
3 17 (10.06%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.73%) WooCommerce
5 4 (2.37%) Xamarin
6 2 (1.18%) Google