Trainee Software Developer Job Trends in Cardiff

Trainee Software Developer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Trainee Software Developer salary in Cardiff is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 April 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Trainee Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 - -
75th Percentile £33,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £30,750 - -

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 465 160 604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 96.39% 93.35%
Number of salaries quoted 309 115 521
10th Percentile £27,600 £31,250 £27,157
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,335 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £69,576 £65,688 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,586 £75,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% +4.41%

Trainee Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Trainee Software Developer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Trainee Software Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 14 April 2026, Trainee 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 Cardiff region featuring Trainee Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Python

Trainee Software Developer 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft