Junior Software Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Junior Software Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Junior Software Engineer salary in Cardiff is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 39 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.26% 0.84% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.87% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - -
75th Percentile £27,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £25,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 377 229 535
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.67% 96.62% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 260 129 477
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £27,363
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -
75th Percentile £69,576 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £73,450
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £46,604
% change year-on-year - +7.29% +0.22%

Junior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Junior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Software Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Junior Software Engineer 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 Cardiff region featuring Junior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Vue

Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP