Developer Jobs in South Wales

Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Developer salary in South Wales is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 259 169 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 17.68% 14.85% 18.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.47% 16.62% 19.08%
Number of salaries quoted 223 101 181
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -6.12% +8.89%
75th Percentile £66,000 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,500 £67,500 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +14.94%

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 1,330 1,017 1,420
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 89.37% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 880 574 873
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,295
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,099 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -10.00% +11.11%
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%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in South Wales

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 Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 7 May 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 +1 178 £55,000 +22.22% 35
Newport +24 45 £55,000 +18.92%
Bridgend -13 25 £50,000 +5.26% 2
Rhondda Cynon Taff -1 3 £32,500 -
Glamorgan -1 3 - - 22
Caerphilly +7 2 £37,500 -21.05%
Neath Port Talbot -2 1 £37,500 +7.14% 4
Monmouthshire - 1 £30,000 -
Gwent - 1 £34,500 - 1
Developer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 68 (26.25%) Agile
2 66 (25.48%) C#
3 56 (21.62%) Azure
4 54 (20.85%) Git
5 53 (20.46%) SQL
6 48 (18.53%) JavaScript
7 47 (18.15%) Mentoring
8 46 (17.76%) HTML
9 44 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (16.22%) .NET
11 41 (15.83%) Finance
12 39 (15.06%) Social Skills
12 39 (15.06%) React
13 38 (14.67%) AWS
14 35 (13.51%) RESTful
14 35 (13.51%) Microsoft
14 35 (13.51%) Oracle
15 34 (13.13%) CSS
16 33 (12.74%) AngularJS
17 31 (11.97%) REST
18 30 (11.58%) Docker
19 29 (11.20%) SQL Server
20 28 (10.81%) PHP
20 28 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
20 28 (10.81%) Coaching
20 28 (10.81%) Full Stack Development
21 26 (10.04%) Scrum
22 25 (9.65%) Public Sector
23 24 (9.27%) Clean Code
23 24 (9.27%) Java

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 14 (5.41%) WordPress
2 7 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.32%) CMS
4 3 (1.16%) Drupal
5 2 (0.77%) Apache
5 2 (0.77%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.77%) SAS
6 1 (0.39%) Confluence
6 1 (0.39%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 56 (21.62%) Azure
2 38 (14.67%) AWS
3 20 (7.72%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.95%) GitHub
5 17 (6.56%) Heroku
6 14 (5.41%) PowerApps
7 13 (5.02%) GCP
8 12 (4.63%) SaaS
9 10 (3.86%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (3.09%) WhatsApp
11 7 (2.70%) npm
12 6 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.93%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.54%) iPaaS
14 4 (1.54%) PaaS
15 3 (1.16%) DigitalOcean
16 2 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
16 2 (0.77%) Firebase
16 2 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
16 2 (0.77%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.16%) Intranet
2 2 (0.77%) DNS
3 1 (0.39%) Internet
3 1 (0.39%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.20%) SQL Server
2 28 (10.81%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.79%) MySQL
3 15 (5.79%) Oracle Database
4 10 (3.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 8 (3.09%) Oracle Database 11g
5 8 (3.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (2.70%) Oracle Database 12c
7 6 (2.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 5 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (1.93%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.93%) Power BI
9 4 (1.54%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.54%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.16%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.16%) Power Query
10 3 (1.16%) Redis
11 2 (0.77%) Tableau
12 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 54 (20.85%) Git
2 14 (5.41%) GitLab
2 14 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.25%) Selenium
4 7 (2.70%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (1.54%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.54%) webpack
6 3 (1.16%) Grunt
6 3 (1.16%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.16%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.77%) NUnit
7 2 (0.77%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.39%) GitKraken
8 1 (0.39%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.39%) JIRA
8 1 (0.39%) ReSharper
General
1 41 (15.83%) Finance
2 39 (15.06%) Social Skills
3 25 (9.65%) Public Sector
4 21 (8.11%) Games
5 13 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.09%) Banking
7 7 (2.70%) Welsh Language
8 5 (1.93%) Police
9 4 (1.54%) Electronics
9 4 (1.54%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.16%) Advertising
10 3 (1.16%) Law
10 3 (1.16%) Retail
11 2 (0.77%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.77%) Marketing
11 2 (0.77%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.39%) Legal
12 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (17.76%) HTML
2 42 (16.22%) .NET
3 39 (15.06%) React
4 35 (13.51%) RESTful
5 34 (13.13%) CSS
6 33 (12.74%) AngularJS
7 31 (11.97%) REST
8 21 (8.11%) ASP.NET
9 19 (7.34%) Node.js
10 18 (6.95%) .NET Core
11 17 (6.56%) Lightning Web Components
11 17 (6.56%) Visualforce
11 17 (6.56%) Web Services
12 16 (6.18%) Laravel
13 15 (5.79%) JSON
14 14 (5.41%) Spring
15 12 (4.63%) Spring Boot
16 11 (4.25%) ASP.NET Web API
16 11 (4.25%) HTML5
16 11 (4.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
1 10 (3.86%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.47%) Mobile App
3 8 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.70%) Housing Association
5 4 (1.54%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.77%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.77%) CMDB
7 2 (0.77%) IoT
7 2 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.39%) EPoS
8 1 (0.39%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.39%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.39%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.39%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.39%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.02%) Android
2 8 (3.09%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.16%) Linux
4 2 (0.77%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (26.25%) Agile
2 47 (18.15%) Mentoring
3 44 (16.99%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (10.81%) Coaching
4 28 (10.81%) Full Stack Development
5 26 (10.04%) Scrum
6 24 (9.27%) Clean Code
7 22 (8.49%) CI/CD
7 22 (8.49%) Data Modelling
7 22 (8.49%) Unit Testing
8 21 (8.11%) DevOps
8 21 (8.11%) Web Development
9 20 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (7.34%) Fintech
10 19 (7.34%) Microservices
11 18 (6.95%) Refactoring
12 17 (6.56%) Roadmaps
12 17 (6.56%) SDLC
12 17 (6.56%) Test Automation
13 16 (6.18%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 66 (25.48%) C#
2 53 (20.46%) SQL
3 48 (18.53%) JavaScript
4 28 (10.81%) PHP
5 24 (9.27%) Java
6 23 (8.88%) TypeScript
7 20 (7.72%) Python
8 17 (6.56%) Apex Code
9 15 (5.79%) PL/SQL
10 12 (4.63%) C++
11 10 (3.86%) C
12 5 (1.93%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.93%) Swift
13 3 (1.16%) Scala
14 2 (0.77%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.77%) VBA
15 1 (0.39%) Perl
15 1 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (6.95%) Degree
2 13 (5.02%) SC Cleared
2 13 (5.02%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.77%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.86%) QA
2 2 (0.77%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (11.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.77%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 5 (1.93%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.77%) Kibana
Vendors
1 35 (13.51%) Microsoft
1 35 (13.51%) Oracle
2 17 (6.56%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.09%) WooCommerce
4 5 (1.93%) Xamarin
5 2 (0.77%) Blue Prism
5 2 (0.77%) Google
5 2 (0.77%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.77%) UiPath