Senior Jobs in South Wales

Senior
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior salary in South Wales is £51,528 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 14 13
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 291 157 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 20.24% 13.71% 13.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.33% 15.32% 14.28%
Number of salaries quoted 173 74 127
10th Percentile £37,101 £39,525 £36,115
25th Percentile £43,992 £50,049 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,528 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.31% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £61,250 £64,250 £64,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £74,250 £71,250
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

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 1,303 1,025 1,401
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 89.52% 97.36%
Number of salaries quoted 862 582 874
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,552 £45,496 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.32% -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
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in South Wales

Senior
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Senior in South Wales

Senior
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in South Wales over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in South Wales

Senior
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 within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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 +1 124 £52,500 -4.55% 44
Bridgend +11 121 £44,886 -18.39% 4
Newport +19 39 £52,686 +3.10% 14
Neath Port Talbot - 3 £60,000 - 3
Gwent - 2 £45,000 - 5
Glamorgan - 1 £46,500 - 17
Monmouthshire - 1 £31,967 - 4
Senior
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 South Wales region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 88 (30.24%) Actionable Insight
2 81 (27.84%) SC Cleared
2 81 (27.84%) Security Cleared
3 78 (26.80%) Social Skills
4 69 (23.71%) Agile
5 57 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (19.24%) AWS
7 51 (17.53%) Azure
8 50 (17.18%) Finance
9 48 (16.49%) Microsoft
10 47 (16.15%) Data Centre
11 44 (15.12%) Software Engineering
12 43 (14.78%) Oracle
13 39 (13.40%) C#
13 39 (13.40%) SQL
14 38 (13.06%) Mentoring
15 36 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
16 35 (12.03%) Firewall
17 34 (11.68%) JavaScript
17 34 (11.68%) Degree
18 32 (11.00%) Cisco
19 31 (10.65%) PostgreSQL
19 31 (10.65%) Customer Service
20 30 (10.31%) DevOps
21 29 (9.97%) Java
22 28 (9.62%) ITIL
22 28 (9.62%) SDLC
23 27 (9.28%) DNS
23 27 (9.28%) Migration
24 26 (8.93%) Web Development

Senior 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 18 (6.19%) ArcGIS
2 17 (5.84%) GeoServer
3 14 (4.81%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (2.41%) WebLogic
6 6 (2.06%) SAS
7 5 (1.72%) Apache Spark
8 4 (1.37%) Apache
8 4 (1.37%) CMS
9 3 (1.03%) Confluence
9 3 (1.03%) WordPress
10 2 (0.69%) JBoss
10 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.34%) Drupal
11 1 (0.34%) IIS
11 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (4.47%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.37%) Sketch
5 2 (0.69%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.34%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 56 (19.24%) AWS
2 51 (17.53%) Azure
3 13 (4.47%) GCP
4 12 (4.12%) Cloud Computing
5 9 (3.09%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.09%) PowerApps
6 7 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (2.41%) Slack
6 7 (2.41%) WhatsApp
7 6 (2.06%) Miro
7 6 (2.06%) npm
8 5 (1.72%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (1.72%) Heroku
9 4 (1.37%) Figma
9 4 (1.37%) iPaaS
9 4 (1.37%) PaaS
9 4 (1.37%) SaaS
10 3 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.03%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.03%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 35 (12.03%) Firewall
2 27 (9.28%) DNS
3 18 (6.19%) LAN
3 18 (6.19%) WAN
4 16 (5.50%) Wireless
5 15 (5.15%) SAN
6 14 (4.81%) IP Telephony
7 12 (4.12%) TCP/IP
8 11 (3.78%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (3.78%) Cisco IOS
9 10 (3.44%) VPN
10 8 (2.75%) MPLS
11 7 (2.41%) Network Security
12 5 (1.72%) Extranet
12 5 (1.72%) Internet
12 5 (1.72%) Unified Communications
12 5 (1.72%) VLAN
12 5 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.72%) WLAN
13 3 (1.03%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (10.65%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (8.25%) GIS
3 17 (5.84%) QGIS
4 14 (4.81%) Oracle Database
5 10 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.41%) MySQL
6 7 (2.41%) Oracle Database 11g
6 7 (2.41%) Oracle Database 12c
7 6 (2.06%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.37%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.37%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.69%) Big Data
9 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.69%) Looker
9 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.34%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 14 (4.81%) Git
2 7 (2.41%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (1.37%) Cypress.io
3 4 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.03%) IBM UrbanCode
4 3 (1.03%) JIRA
4 3 (1.03%) Selenium
4 3 (1.03%) webpack
5 2 (0.69%) Grunt
5 2 (0.69%) IntelliJ
General
1 78 (26.80%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.18%) Finance
3 36 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (6.87%) Police
5 18 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (5.84%) Local Government
7 12 (4.12%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (3.78%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.09%) Public Sector
9 9 (3.09%) Welsh Language
10 8 (2.75%) Games
11 7 (2.41%) Banking
12 6 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.72%) Digital Health
13 5 (1.72%) Electronics
13 5 (1.72%) Health Technology
13 5 (1.72%) Marketing
14 4 (1.37%) Advertising
14 4 (1.37%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.93%) React
2 20 (6.87%) .NET
3 18 (6.19%) PostGIS
4 17 (5.84%) Leaflet
4 17 (5.84%) OpenLayers
5 14 (4.81%) .NET Core
5 14 (4.81%) CSS
5 14 (4.81%) Spring
6 13 (4.47%) Laravel
7 12 (4.12%) WinForms
8 11 (3.78%) RESTful
8 11 (3.78%) Symfony
9 10 (3.44%) HTML
9 10 (3.44%) XML
10 9 (3.09%) Java EE
10 9 (3.09%) JSON
10 9 (3.09%) SOAP
10 9 (3.09%) Vue
10 9 (3.09%) Web Services
11 8 (2.75%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 47 (16.15%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.15%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (2.75%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.41%) CMDB
4 7 (2.41%) Housing Association
5 6 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.72%) Driving Licence
6 5 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.72%) NHS
6 5 (1.72%) Smartphone
7 4 (1.37%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.37%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.03%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.69%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.69%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.34%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.34%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.34%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.25%) Linux
2 18 (6.19%) Windows
3 13 (4.47%) Android
4 7 (2.41%) Unix
5 5 (1.72%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.72%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (30.24%) Actionable Insight
2 69 (23.71%) Agile
3 57 (19.59%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (15.12%) Software Engineering
5 38 (13.06%) Mentoring
6 31 (10.65%) Customer Service
7 30 (10.31%) DevOps
8 28 (9.62%) ITIL
8 28 (9.62%) SDLC
9 27 (9.28%) Migration
10 26 (8.93%) Change Management
10 26 (8.93%) Web Development
11 24 (8.25%) Full Stack Development
12 23 (7.90%) Business Continuity
13 22 (7.56%) Roadmaps
14 21 (7.22%) Incident Management
14 21 (7.22%) Network Management
15 19 (6.53%) Coaching
16 17 (5.84%) Line Management
17 16 (5.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (13.40%) C#
1 39 (13.40%) SQL
2 34 (11.68%) JavaScript
3 29 (9.97%) Java
4 25 (8.59%) Python
5 20 (6.87%) PL/SQL
6 17 (5.84%) PHP
7 12 (4.12%) C
7 12 (4.12%) C++
8 7 (2.41%) Shell Script
8 7 (2.41%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.72%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.72%) Swift
10 4 (1.37%) R
11 3 (1.03%) Groovy
12 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.69%) VBA
13 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.34%) Go
Qualifications
1 81 (27.84%) SC Cleared
1 81 (27.84%) Security Cleared
2 34 (11.68%) Degree
3 16 (5.50%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (3.78%) CCNA
5 6 (2.06%) ACCA
5 6 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (2.06%) CIMA
6 4 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.34%) CBAP
8 1 (0.34%) IIBA
8 1 (0.34%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.34%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.44%) IFRS
2 7 (2.41%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.41%) SLA
3 4 (1.37%) CRD IV
3 4 (1.37%) IFRS 9
3 4 (1.37%) WCAG
4 2 (0.69%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.34%) QA
System Software
1 12 (4.12%) Docker
2 10 (3.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.75%) Firmware
4 7 (2.41%) Active Directory
4 7 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (1.37%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 15 (5.15%) Ansible
2 11 (3.78%) Terraform
3 7 (2.41%) OpenSSO
3 7 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.72%) SCCM
4 5 (1.72%) SCOM
5 3 (1.03%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.69%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.69%) WhatsUp Gold
7 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 48 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 43 (14.78%) Oracle
3 32 (11.00%) Cisco
4 18 (6.19%) ESRI
5 14 (4.81%) Avaya
5 14 (4.81%) Mitel
5 14 (4.81%) VMware
6 11 (3.78%) CheckPoint
6 11 (3.78%) Fortinet
6 11 (3.78%) McAfee
6 11 (3.78%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.41%) Remedy
8 6 (2.06%) Hyperion
8 6 (2.06%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (1.72%) Citrix
9 5 (1.72%) HP
9 5 (1.72%) NetApp
10 4 (1.37%) Google
11 3 (1.03%) IBM
12 2 (0.69%) Salesforce