Web Developer Jobs in Cardiff

Web Developer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Web Developer salary in Cardiff is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 50 63
Rank change year-on-year +25 +13 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Developer 6 15 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 3.31% 2.27% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.43% 2.42% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 5
10th Percentile - £36,250 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £38,744
Median % change year-on-year - +35.50% +10.70%
75th Percentile £58,438 £79,563 £40,450
90th Percentile £62,375 £90,000 -
South Wales median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £38,744
% change year-on-year - +35.50% +10.70%

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 175 619 525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.69% 93.79% 90.99%
Number of salaries quoted 124 539 400
10th Percentile £25,436 £27,157 £30,738
25th Percentile £35,438 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,205
Median % change year-on-year - -0.41% -4.37%
75th Percentile £65,344 £65,766 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,000 £45,000 £45,496
% change year-on-year +15.56% -1.09% -9.01%

Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Web Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Web Developer in Cardiff

Web Developer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Web Developer in Cardiff.

Salary trend for Web Developer in Cardiff

Web Developer
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Developer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Web Developer in Cardiff

Web Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Web Developer 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 Web Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) Web Development
2 5 (83.33%) CSS
2 5 (83.33%) PHP
3 4 (66.67%) Git
4 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (50.00%) MySQL
4 3 (50.00%) Symfony
4 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
6 1 (16.67%) API Integration
6 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (16.67%) DNS
6 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
6 1 (16.67%) CMS
6 1 (16.67%) Vue
6 1 (16.67%) Lead Generation
6 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (16.67%) Server Management
6 1 (16.67%) webpack
6 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 1 (16.67%) AWS
6 1 (16.67%) Sass
6 1 (16.67%) Grunt
6 1 (16.67%) Docker
6 1 (16.67%) DevOps
6 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 1 (16.67%) Coaching
6 1 (16.67%) User Experience

Web Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Grunt
2 1 (16.67%) webpack
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
2 5 (83.33%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) Symfony
4 1 (16.67%) Sass
4 1 (16.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Web Development
2 3 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (16.67%) API Integration
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Lead Generation
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Server Management
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (83.33%) PHP
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker