Applications Developer Job Trends in South Wales

Application Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Application Developer salary in South Wales is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Developer 2 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.12% - 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
10th Percentile - - £42,750
25th Percentile £42,500 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.99%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £53,451
90th Percentile - - £59,750
Wales median annual salary £45,000 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,532 489 1,157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 89.72% 90.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 363 920
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,179 £27,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £46,175
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +12.62% -7.65%
75th Percentile £68,125 £64,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £70,000
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Applications Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in South Wales

Applications Developer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Newport - 2 £45,000 -
Applications Developer
Wales

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, Applications 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 South Wales region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Vue

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) REST
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker