Software Developer Job Trends in Bridgend

Software Developer
South Wales > Bridgend

The median Software Developer salary in Bridgend is £56,631 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 1.61% - 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,631 - £70,000
South Wales median annual salary £49,066 £47,307 £51,250
% change year-on-year +3.72% -7.69% +2.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 59 57 94
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 100.00% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 51 34 26
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,000 £32,620
25th Percentile £33,500 £28,000 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,750 £43,190
Median % change year-on-year +46.34% -28.80% +31.42%
75th Percentile £57,500 £40,000 £57,500
90th Percentile - £50,000 £66,875
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -0.52%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

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

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Bridgend.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Bridgend

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CQRS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Programming
1 1 (100.00%) git-flow
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Software Developer 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Event Grid
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) git-flow
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CQRS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft