Senior Developer Jobs in South Wales

Senior Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior Developer salary in South Wales is £52,686 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 60 78
Rank change year-on-year +33 +18 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 92 45 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 6.38% 3.92% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.04% 4.39% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 70 27 31
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,813 £51,177 £43,497
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% +9.09% +13.40%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £71,250
Wales median annual salary £52,686 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.37% -4.17% +26.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,306 1,026 1,399
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 89.45% 97.36%
Number of salaries quoted 865 585 873
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,604 £45,496 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -7.15% +8.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in South Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in South Wales.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in South Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in South Wales

Senior Developer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Cardiff +13 50 £55,000 -4.35% 12
Newport +19 23 £55,000 -10.57%
Bridgend +9 19 £50,000 -9.09%
Senior Developer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior 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 South Wales region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 27 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 26 (28.26%) SQL
3 23 (25.00%) C#
4 19 (20.65%) AWS
4 19 (20.65%) Mentoring
4 19 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (19.57%) Oracle
6 17 (18.48%) Finance
7 14 (15.22%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (15.22%) Agile
7 14 (15.22%) PL/SQL
7 14 (15.22%) Git
7 14 (15.22%) Degree
7 14 (15.22%) Unit Testing
7 14 (15.22%) Oracle Database
8 13 (14.13%) Clean Code
9 12 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
9 12 (13.04%) Azure
10 11 (11.96%) JavaScript
10 11 (11.96%) PHP
10 11 (11.96%) Coaching
10 11 (11.96%) Full Stack Development
11 10 (10.87%) SDLC
12 9 (9.78%) React
12 9 (9.78%) Power Platform
12 9 (9.78%) PowerApps
12 9 (9.78%) Roadmaps
12 9 (9.78%) Java
12 9 (9.78%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (9.78%) RESTful

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 4 (4.35%) CMS
2 3 (3.26%) WordPress
3 1 (1.09%) Confluence
3 1 (1.09%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 19 (20.65%) AWS
2 12 (13.04%) Azure
3 9 (9.78%) Power Platform
3 9 (9.78%) PowerApps
4 7 (7.61%) WhatsApp
5 6 (6.52%) npm
6 4 (4.35%) iPaaS
6 4 (4.35%) PaaS
7 3 (3.26%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.26%) GCP
7 3 (3.26%) Power Automate
8 2 (2.17%) SaaS
9 1 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.09%) GitHub
9 1 (1.09%) Heroku
9 1 (1.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.17%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (15.22%) Oracle Database
1 14 (15.22%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (7.61%) MySQL
2 7 (7.61%) Oracle Database 11g
2 7 (7.61%) Oracle Database 12c
3 4 (4.35%) RDBMS
3 4 (4.35%) Relational Database
3 4 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (15.22%) Git
2 7 (7.61%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (4.35%) Cypress.io
3 4 (4.35%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.26%) Selenium
4 3 (3.26%) webpack
5 2 (2.17%) Grunt
6 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 27 (29.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (18.48%) Finance
3 7 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.61%) Welsh Language
4 4 (4.35%) Electronics
4 4 (4.35%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.26%) Games
5 3 (3.26%) Police
6 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.78%) React
1 9 (9.78%) RESTful
2 8 (8.70%) Laravel
2 8 (8.70%) Node.js
3 7 (7.61%) JSON
3 7 (7.61%) Sass
3 7 (7.61%) SOAP
3 7 (7.61%) Web Services
3 7 (7.61%) WinForms
3 7 (7.61%) WPF
3 7 (7.61%) XML
4 6 (6.52%) .NET
4 6 (6.52%) AngularJS
4 6 (6.52%) HTML
5 5 (5.43%) Spring
5 5 (5.43%) SwiftUI
5 5 (5.43%) Symfony
6 4 (4.35%) GatsbyJS
6 4 (4.35%) Redux
6 4 (4.35%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (7.61%) Housing Association
2 7 (7.61%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.43%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.35%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.26%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.70%) Android
2 4 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (20.65%) Mentoring
1 19 (20.65%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (15.22%) Agile
2 14 (15.22%) Unit Testing
3 13 (14.13%) Clean Code
4 12 (13.04%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (11.96%) Coaching
5 11 (11.96%) Full Stack Development
6 10 (10.87%) SDLC
7 9 (9.78%) Roadmaps
7 9 (9.78%) Web Development
8 8 (8.70%) Android Development
8 8 (8.70%) Artificial Intelligence
8 8 (8.70%) CI/CD
8 8 (8.70%) DevOps
8 8 (8.70%) Secure Coding
9 7 (7.61%) Analytical Thinking
9 7 (7.61%) Housing Management
9 7 (7.61%) Line Management
9 7 (7.61%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 26 (28.26%) SQL
2 23 (25.00%) C#
3 14 (15.22%) PL/SQL
4 11 (11.96%) JavaScript
4 11 (11.96%) PHP
5 9 (9.78%) Java
6 7 (7.61%) C
6 7 (7.61%) C++
6 7 (7.61%) TypeScript
7 5 (5.43%) Kotlin
7 5 (5.43%) Swift
8 2 (2.17%) VBA
9 1 (1.09%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (15.22%) Degree
2 8 (8.70%) SC Cleared
2 8 (8.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (5.43%) Docker
2 2 (2.17%) Varnish
Vendors
1 18 (19.57%) Oracle
2 7 (7.61%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.17%) Blue Prism
3 2 (2.17%) UiPath
4 1 (1.09%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.09%) WooCommerce