Senior Job Trends in Bridgend

Senior
South Wales > Bridgend

The median Senior salary in Bridgend is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
14 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 8 2 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 14.04% 7.14% 28.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.04% 7.14% 28.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile - - £59,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -37.25% +51.01%
75th Percentile £55,408 - £68,750
90th Percentile £56,142 - £69,125
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year - -1.79% -2.61%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bridgend

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bridgend. 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 Bridgend with a recognized job title 57 28 102
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 46 9 44
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £37,159
25th Percentile £33,500 £30,750 £39,280
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £37,500 £40,553
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -7.53% +20.40%
75th Percentile £57,500 £43,750 £44,813
90th Percentile - £50,000 £64,625
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.17%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bridgend.

Senior job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Senior
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Bridgend.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Bridgend

Senior Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bridgend region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure API Management
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) CQRS
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) Event-Driven
2 1 (12.50%) Event-Driven Programming
2 1 (12.50%) git-flow
2 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
2 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
2 1 (12.50%) Kafka
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Microservices
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Observability
2 1 (12.50%) Serverless
2 1 (12.50%) SQL

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Azure API Management
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) git-flow
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) GraphQL
1 1 (12.50%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Agile
2 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) CQRS
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Event-Driven
2 1 (12.50%) Event-Driven Programming
2 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Microservices
2 1 (12.50%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
124 Senior jobs in South Wales