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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 19 17
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +12
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 64 50 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 9.71% 8.74% 11.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.17% 8.98% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 55 38 60
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £36,575
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £66,250 £77,036 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £117,800 £72,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year -12.50% +29.73% +2.78%

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 526 557 811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 79.82% 97.38% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 471 394 612
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £34,138
25th Percentile £39,250 £40,000 £39,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,685 £50,086 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.19% -4.60% +16.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,496 £49,000
% change year-on-year +4.41% -7.15% +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 25 April 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 (3.13%) Umbraco
2 1 (1.56%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 16 (25.00%) Azure
2 10 (15.63%) AWS
3 7 (10.94%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (9.38%) Dynamics 365
4 6 (9.38%) GCP
5 3 (4.69%) Azure AKS
5 3 (4.69%) SaaS
6 1 (1.56%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.25%) MongoDB
2 4 (6.25%) MySQL
3 2 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.56%) Big Data
4 1 (1.56%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.56%) CouchDB
4 1 (1.56%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.56%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.56%) GIS
4 1 (1.56%) Metadata
4 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.56%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Selenium
2 2 (3.13%) DBeaver
2 2 (3.13%) Git
2 2 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 18 (28.13%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.19%) Finance
3 7 (10.94%) Banking
4 4 (6.25%) Legal
5 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 22 (34.38%) Software Engineer
2 14 (21.88%) Senior
3 12 (18.75%) Developer
4 11 (17.19%) Consultant
5 10 (15.63%) Senior Software Engineer
6 9 (14.06%) Software Manager
7 6 (9.38%) ERP Developer
8 4 (6.25%) Automation Test Lead
8 4 (6.25%) Embedded Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Lead
8 4 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Test Leader
9 3 (4.69%) Software Developer
10 2 (3.13%) .NET Software Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Architect
10 2 (3.13%) C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Full Stack Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.75%) .NET
2 6 (9.38%) HTML
3 4 (6.25%) CSS
3 4 (6.25%) Node.js
3 4 (6.25%) REST
4 3 (4.69%) Express.js
4 3 (4.69%) GraphQL
4 3 (4.69%) MERN Stack
4 3 (4.69%) React
4 3 (4.69%) RESTful
5 2 (3.13%) AngularJS
5 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET
5 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (3.13%) Blazor
5 2 (3.13%) MEAN Stack
5 2 (3.13%) STL
6 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.56%) Direct3D
6 1 (1.56%) Kafka
6 1 (1.56%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.19%) Onboarding
2 10 (15.63%) Social Media
3 6 (9.38%) Product Ownership
4 4 (6.25%) Tandem
5 3 (4.69%) Algorithms
5 3 (4.69%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.13%) NHS
6 2 (3.13%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.56%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Android
1 4 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (29.69%) Agile
2 14 (21.88%) Customer Experience
3 13 (20.31%) DevOps
4 12 (18.75%) Scrum
5 11 (17.19%) Analytics
6 10 (15.63%) Coaching
6 10 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (15.63%) Lead Generation
7 9 (14.06%) CI/CD
7 9 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.50%) Code Quality
9 7 (10.94%) Containerisation
10 6 (9.38%) ERP
10 6 (9.38%) Full Stack Development
11 5 (7.81%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (7.81%) Microservices
11 5 (7.81%) SDLC
12 4 (6.25%) Strategic Thinking
12 4 (6.25%) Test Automation
12 4 (6.25%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.56%) C#
2 11 (17.19%) SQL
3 10 (15.63%) Java
4 7 (10.94%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.38%) C
6 5 (7.81%) C++
7 2 (3.13%) Python
8 1 (1.56%) Go
Qualifications
1 7 (10.94%) SC Cleared
1 7 (10.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft
1 10 (15.63%) Sage
1 10 (15.63%) SAP
2 1 (1.56%) Databricks
2 1 (1.56%) ESRI