Software Engineering Jobs in Cardiff

Software Engineering
South Wales > Cardiff

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cardiff with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 20 16
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +12
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 59 49 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 8.77% 8.67% 12.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% 8.93% 12.77%
Number of salaries quoted 52 37 58
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £117,800 £71,625
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +33.33% -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Software Engineering 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 Cardiff with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 531 549 822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 78.90% 97.17% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 475 392 618
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £34,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,685 £51,536 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.65% -1.84% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,178 £64,813
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -8.16% +8.89%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cardiff

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Cardiff

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cardiff over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Cardiff

Software Engineering
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 2 (3.39%) Confluence
2 1 (1.69%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 14 (23.73%) Azure
2 10 (16.95%) AWS
3 7 (11.86%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (10.17%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (8.47%) GCP
6 3 (5.08%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.39%) DSL
1 2 (3.39%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.39%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.39%) MySQL
3 1 (1.69%) CouchDB
3 1 (1.69%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.69%) GIS
3 1 (1.69%) Metadata
3 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.69%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 4 (6.78%) JIRA
1 4 (6.78%) Selenium
2 2 (3.39%) DBeaver
2 2 (3.39%) Git
2 2 (3.39%) Postman
General
1 19 (32.20%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Finance
3 4 (6.78%) Legal
4 3 (5.08%) Banking
5 1 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 16 (27.12%) Software Engineer
2 13 (22.03%) Developer
3 12 (20.34%) Senior
4 11 (18.64%) Consultant
5 9 (15.25%) Senior Software Engineer
6 8 (13.56%) Software Manager
7 6 (10.17%) ERP Developer
8 4 (6.78%) Automation Test Lead
8 4 (6.78%) Embedded Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Lead
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (6.78%) Software Developer
8 4 (6.78%) Test Leader
9 2 (3.39%) Architect
9 2 (3.39%) Business Analyst
9 2 (3.39%) C++ Software Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.25%) .NET
2 6 (10.17%) REST
3 3 (5.08%) GraphQL
3 3 (5.08%) RESTful
4 2 (3.39%) .NET Core
4 2 (3.39%) Gherkin
4 2 (3.39%) JSON
4 2 (3.39%) JSON Schema
4 2 (3.39%) Node.js
4 2 (3.39%) STL
4 2 (3.39%) Swagger
4 2 (3.39%) Web Services
5 1 (1.69%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.69%) Express.js
5 1 (1.69%) MERN Stack
5 1 (1.69%) PostGIS
5 1 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.69%) React
5 1 (1.69%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Onboarding
2 10 (16.95%) Social Media
3 7 (11.86%) Product Ownership
4 4 (6.78%) Tandem
5 3 (5.08%) Algorithms
5 3 (5.08%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (3.39%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (3.39%) NHS
6 2 (3.39%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.69%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.47%) Android
2 4 (6.78%) Linux
3 1 (1.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (27.12%) Agile
2 14 (23.73%) Scrum
3 12 (20.34%) DevOps
4 11 (18.64%) Analytics
5 10 (16.95%) Coaching
5 10 (16.95%) Customer Experience
5 10 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (16.95%) Lead Generation
5 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (13.56%) CI/CD
6 8 (13.56%) Code Quality
7 7 (11.86%) Microservices
8 6 (10.17%) ERP
9 5 (8.47%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (8.47%) Containerisation
9 5 (8.47%) Event-Driven
10 4 (6.78%) Epics
10 4 (6.78%) Full Stack Development
10 4 (6.78%) Strategic Thinking
10 4 (6.78%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 13 (22.03%) C#
1 13 (22.03%) SQL
2 8 (13.56%) Java
3 5 (8.47%) JavaScript
4 4 (6.78%) C
5 3 (5.08%) C++
6 1 (1.69%) Go
6 1 (1.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.69%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.17%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (16.95%) Microsoft
1 10 (16.95%) Sage
1 10 (16.95%) SAP
2 1 (1.69%) ESRI
2 1 (1.69%) Xamarin