Senior Developer Jobs in Wales

Senior Developer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Developer salary in Wales is £52,686 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 37 71 88
Rank change year-on-year +34 +17 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 95 61 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.71% 3.66% 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.09% 4.27% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 73 34 43
10th Percentile £45,270 £39,675 £40,350
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,104 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.37% -4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £61,250 £64,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,050 £71,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,865 1,430 1,797
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 85.89% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,265 817 1,150
10th Percentile £26,350 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,107 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

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

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior Developer
Job Locations in 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 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
South Wales +38 92 £52,686 -10.32% 14
West Wales +1 2 £54,804 -4.69% 2
Senior Developer
UK

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

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

1 29 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 27 (28.42%) SQL
3 26 (27.37%) C#
4 20 (21.05%) AWS
4 20 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 18 (18.95%) Oracle
6 18 (18.95%) Finance
7 16 (16.84%) Agile
8 15 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (15.79%) Degree
8 15 (15.79%) Git
9 14 (14.74%) Unit Testing
9 14 (14.74%) PL/SQL
9 14 (14.74%) Oracle Database
10 13 (13.68%) Clean Code
10 13 (13.68%) Azure
11 12 (12.63%) JavaScript
11 12 (12.63%) Full Stack Development
11 12 (12.63%) Actionable Insight
12 11 (11.58%) Coaching
12 11 (11.58%) PHP
13 10 (10.53%) RESTful
13 10 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (10.53%) React
13 10 (10.53%) SDLC
13 10 (10.53%) Power Platform
13 10 (10.53%) PowerApps
14 9 (9.47%) CI/CD
14 9 (9.47%) Roadmaps

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (4.21%) CMS
2 3 (3.16%) WordPress
3 1 (1.05%) Confluence
3 1 (1.05%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.05%) AWS
2 13 (13.68%) Azure
3 10 (10.53%) Power Platform
3 10 (10.53%) PowerApps
4 8 (8.42%) WhatsApp
5 6 (6.32%) npm
6 4 (4.21%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (4.21%) iPaaS
6 4 (4.21%) PaaS
6 4 (4.21%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.16%) GCP
8 2 (2.11%) SaaS
9 1 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.05%) GitHub
9 1 (1.05%) Heroku
9 1 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.11%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (14.74%) Oracle Database
3 7 (7.37%) MySQL
3 7 (7.37%) Oracle Database 11g
3 7 (7.37%) Oracle Database 12c
4 5 (5.26%) SQL Server
5 4 (4.21%) RDBMS
5 4 (4.21%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (15.79%) Git
2 7 (7.37%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (4.21%) Cypress.io
3 4 (4.21%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.16%) Selenium
4 3 (3.16%) webpack
5 2 (2.11%) Grunt
6 1 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 29 (30.53%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.95%) Finance
3 9 (9.47%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (8.42%) Welsh Language
5 4 (4.21%) Electronics
5 4 (4.21%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.16%) Games
6 3 (3.16%) Police
7 2 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.05%) Local Government
8 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.53%) React
1 10 (10.53%) RESTful
2 9 (9.47%) .NET
3 8 (8.42%) Laravel
3 8 (8.42%) Node.js
4 7 (7.37%) HTML
4 7 (7.37%) JSON
4 7 (7.37%) Sass
4 7 (7.37%) SOAP
4 7 (7.37%) Web Services
4 7 (7.37%) WinForms
4 7 (7.37%) WPF
4 7 (7.37%) XML
5 6 (6.32%) AngularJS
6 5 (5.26%) Spring
6 5 (5.26%) SwiftUI
6 5 (5.26%) Symfony
7 4 (4.21%) GatsbyJS
7 4 (4.21%) HTML5 Canvas
7 4 (4.21%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (8.42%) Housing Association
2 8 (8.42%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.21%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.16%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.05%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.42%) Android
2 4 (4.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 16 (16.84%) Agile
4 14 (14.74%) Unit Testing
5 13 (13.68%) Clean Code
6 12 (12.63%) Actionable Insight
6 12 (12.63%) Full Stack Development
7 11 (11.58%) Coaching
8 10 (10.53%) SDLC
9 9 (9.47%) CI/CD
9 9 (9.47%) Roadmaps
9 9 (9.47%) Web Development
10 8 (8.42%) Analytical Thinking
10 8 (8.42%) Android Development
10 8 (8.42%) Artificial Intelligence
10 8 (8.42%) Code Quality
10 8 (8.42%) Computer Science
10 8 (8.42%) DevOps
10 8 (8.42%) Line Management
10 8 (8.42%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 27 (28.42%) SQL
2 26 (27.37%) C#
3 14 (14.74%) PL/SQL
4 12 (12.63%) JavaScript
5 11 (11.58%) PHP
6 9 (9.47%) Java
7 7 (7.37%) C
7 7 (7.37%) C++
7 7 (7.37%) TypeScript
8 5 (5.26%) Kotlin
8 5 (5.26%) Swift
9 2 (2.11%) VBA
10 1 (1.05%) Apex Code
10 1 (1.05%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (15.79%) Degree
2 8 (8.42%) SC Cleared
2 8 (8.42%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 5 (5.26%) Docker
2 2 (2.11%) Varnish
Vendors
1 18 (18.95%) Oracle
2 7 (7.37%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.11%) Blue Prism
3 2 (2.11%) UiPath
4 1 (1.05%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.05%) WooCommerce