Senior
South Wales > Cardiff
The median Senior salary in Cardiff is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | 0 | +9 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior | 36 | 127 | 97 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff | 19.05% | 18.87% | 17.35% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 19.46% | 20.13% | 18.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 20 | 105 | 59 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,750 | £37,101 | £40,400 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £46,250 | £50,650 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.81% | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £63,250 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,000 | £70,000 | £77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £62,000 | £51,528 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.32% | -6.31% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 185 | 631 | 511 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 97.88% | 93.76% | 91.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 132 | 548 | 390 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,600 | £27,157 | £30,738 |
| 25th Percentile | £31,250 | £36,750 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £51,573 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.05% | -1.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,887 | £67,070 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £77,500 |
| South Wales median annual salary | £50,221 | £46,350 | £45,456 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.35% | +1.97% | -9.09% |
Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff
Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.
Senior
Salary Trend in Cardiff
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Cardiff.
Senior
Salary Histogram in Cardiff
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cardiff over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.
Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff
For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Senior 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 Cardiff region featuring Senior in the job title.
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Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:
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