Senior Jobs in Cardiff

Senior
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Senior salary in Cardiff is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 4 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 126 101 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 18.61% 18.40% 13.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.87% 20.12% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 103 63 98
10th Percentile £37,101 £41,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £39,522
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,825
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +12.47%

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 634 502 832
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 91.44% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 550 390 608
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,500 £34,088
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,313 £39,466
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,746 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +0.47% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £45,530 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.02% -8.00% +11.11%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Cardiff

Senior
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Senior in Cardiff

Senior
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cardiff over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Cardiff

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 47 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.60%) Finance
2 31 (24.60%) Agile
3 29 (23.02%) Mentoring
4 28 (22.22%) AWS
5 25 (19.84%) Full Stack Development
6 24 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (18.25%) SQL
8 20 (15.87%) Roadmaps
9 19 (15.08%) Azure
10 17 (13.49%) PHP
11 16 (12.70%) Oracle
12 15 (11.90%) Java
12 15 (11.90%) JavaScript
13 14 (11.11%) Linux
13 14 (11.11%) Test Automation
13 14 (11.11%) Ansible
13 14 (11.11%) CI/CD
14 13 (10.32%) Laravel
14 13 (10.32%) PL/SQL
15 12 (9.52%) Software Engineering
15 12 (9.52%) Degree
15 12 (9.52%) Git
15 12 (9.52%) Coaching
15 12 (9.52%) GCP
15 12 (9.52%) Clean Code
16 11 (8.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 11 (8.73%) React
16 11 (8.73%) Docker
16 11 (8.73%) Analytical Skills

Senior 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 5 (3.97%) SAS
2 4 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.38%) Apache
3 3 (2.38%) CMS
3 3 (2.38%) WordPress
4 1 (0.79%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.79%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.22%) AWS
2 19 (15.08%) Azure
3 12 (9.52%) GCP
4 7 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (5.56%) Slack
5 6 (4.76%) npm
6 4 (3.17%) SaaS
7 3 (2.38%) OpenShift
7 3 (2.38%) Snowflake
8 1 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.79%) GitHub
8 1 (0.79%) Heroku
8 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.35%) DNS
2 7 (5.56%) SAN
3 2 (1.59%) BGP
3 2 (1.59%) EIGRP
3 2 (1.59%) Firewall
3 2 (1.59%) IPsec
3 2 (1.59%) LAN
3 2 (1.59%) MPLS
3 2 (1.59%) Network Security
3 2 (1.59%) VPN
3 2 (1.59%) WAN
3 2 (1.59%) Wireless
4 1 (0.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.56%) GIS
1 7 (5.56%) Oracle Database
1 7 (5.56%) Oracle Database 12c
2 3 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.38%) MySQL
2 3 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.59%) Looker
4 1 (0.79%) Big Data
4 1 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.79%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.79%) Metadata
4 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.79%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (9.52%) Git
2 7 (5.56%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (3.17%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.38%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (2.38%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.38%) Selenium
4 3 (2.38%) webpack
5 2 (1.59%) Grunt
6 1 (0.79%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.79%) Zephyr
General
1 47 (37.30%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.60%) Finance
3 11 (8.73%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.35%) Games
5 6 (4.76%) Banking
5 6 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.97%) Digital Health
6 5 (3.97%) Health Technology
7 4 (3.17%) Advertising
7 4 (3.17%) Marketing
8 3 (2.38%) Retail
9 2 (1.59%) Retail Finance
9 2 (1.59%) Welsh Language
10 1 (0.79%) Electronics
10 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.32%) Laravel
2 11 (8.73%) React
2 11 (8.73%) Symfony
3 9 (7.14%) Vue
4 7 (5.56%) HTML
4 7 (5.56%) JSON
4 7 (5.56%) RESTful
4 7 (5.56%) Sass
4 7 (5.56%) SOAP
4 7 (5.56%) Web Services
4 7 (5.56%) XML
5 6 (4.76%) Apache Camel
6 5 (3.97%) AngularJS
6 5 (3.97%) Node.js
6 5 (3.97%) Redux
6 5 (3.97%) SwiftUI
7 4 (3.17%) .NET
7 4 (3.17%) GatsbyJS
7 4 (3.17%) REST
7 4 (3.17%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.94%) Data Centre
2 8 (6.35%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (5.56%) CMDB
4 6 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (3.97%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.97%) NHS
6 4 (3.17%) Client/Server
6 4 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.38%) Credit Risk
7 3 (2.38%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.79%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.79%) Mobile Payment
9 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.11%) Linux
2 8 (6.35%) Android
3 4 (3.17%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (24.60%) Agile
2 29 (23.02%) Mentoring
3 25 (19.84%) Full Stack Development
4 24 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (15.87%) Roadmaps
6 14 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 14 (11.11%) Test Automation
7 12 (9.52%) Clean Code
7 12 (9.52%) Coaching
7 12 (9.52%) Software Engineering
8 11 (8.73%) Change Management
8 11 (8.73%) Fintech
8 11 (8.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (8.73%) Web Development
9 10 (7.94%) Asset Management
9 10 (7.94%) Continuous Integration
9 10 (7.94%) Line Management
10 9 (7.14%) Economics
10 9 (7.14%) Integration Testing
10 9 (7.14%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (18.25%) SQL
2 17 (13.49%) PHP
3 15 (11.90%) Java
3 15 (11.90%) JavaScript
4 13 (10.32%) PL/SQL
5 8 (6.35%) TypeScript
6 7 (5.56%) Python
7 5 (3.97%) Kotlin
7 5 (3.97%) Swift
8 3 (2.38%) C#
8 3 (2.38%) Groovy
8 3 (2.38%) R
9 1 (0.79%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.79%) Go
Qualifications
1 12 (9.52%) Degree
2 6 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (4.76%) SC Cleared
2 6 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.38%) CRD IV
1 3 (2.38%) IFRS
1 3 (2.38%) IFRS 9
2 2 (1.59%) GDPR
3 1 (0.79%) QA
System Software
1 11 (8.73%) Docker
2 4 (3.17%) Firmware
2 4 (3.17%) Hyper-V
2 4 (3.17%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.59%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 14 (11.11%) Ansible
2 10 (7.94%) Terraform
3 3 (2.38%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.59%) Cisco Prime
4 2 (1.59%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 16 (12.70%) Oracle
2 6 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.17%) Google
3 4 (3.17%) VMware
4 3 (2.38%) IBM
5 2 (1.59%) Cisco
5 2 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.79%) ESRI
6 1 (0.79%) WooCommerce