Developer Jobs in South Wales

Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Developer salary in South Wales is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 1 19
Rank change year-on-year -29 +18 -9
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Developer 57 225 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 3.57% 17.67% 12.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.43% 19.50% 13.41%
Number of salaries quoted 52 185 94
10th Percentile £39,000 £31,250 £33,963
25th Percentile £49,500 £41,250 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,625 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £69,485
Wales median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 1,286 1,154 977
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.48% 90.65% 90.05%
Number of salaries quoted 890 779 484
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,467 £31,255
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £38,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.00% - -4.48%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £65,380
90th Percentile £71,685 £72,500 £73,600
Wales median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £45,696
% change year-on-year -22.22% -1.52% -8.61%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in South Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in South Wales

Developer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in South Wales

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 Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -10 30 £60,000 +9.09% 22
Newport -20 18 £55,000 -15.38% 10
Gwent 0 5 £52,250 - 7
Bridgend +12 1 £50,000 - 3
Neath Port Talbot +4 1 £60,000 +60.00% 3
Torfaen -3 1 £41,500 -7.78% 1
Glamorgan -14 1 £52,500 - 25
Developer
Wales

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 25 August 2025, 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 South Wales region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 20 (35.09%) Azure
2 19 (33.33%) Agile
2 19 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 17 (29.82%) JavaScript
4 16 (28.07%) Mentoring
5 15 (26.32%) Microsoft
5 15 (26.32%) Power Platform
6 14 (24.56%) Git
7 13 (22.81%) Microservices
7 13 (22.81%) C#
8 12 (21.05%) SQL
8 12 (21.05%) PowerApps
9 11 (19.30%) HTML
9 11 (19.30%) Web Development
10 10 (17.54%) Vue
11 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
11 9 (15.79%) Serverless
11 9 (15.79%) CI/CD
11 9 (15.79%) TypeScript
11 9 (15.79%) DevOps
11 9 (15.79%) CRM
12 8 (14.04%) Python
12 8 (14.04%) Power Automate
13 7 (12.28%) Legacy Code
13 7 (12.28%) SOA
13 7 (12.28%) MySQL
13 7 (12.28%) Scrum
13 7 (12.28%) Degree
13 7 (12.28%) Dynamics CRM
13 7 (12.28%) Retail

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 6 (10.53%) CMS
2 4 (7.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.26%) Confluence
3 3 (5.26%) Headless CMS
4 2 (3.51%) ColdFusion
5 1 (1.75%) Apache
5 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (35.09%) Azure
2 15 (26.32%) Power Platform
3 12 (21.05%) PowerApps
4 9 (15.79%) Serverless
5 8 (14.04%) Power Automate
6 6 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (8.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (8.77%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (7.02%) AWS
8 4 (7.02%) Azure Functions
9 3 (5.26%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (5.26%) Contentful
9 3 (5.26%) GCP
9 3 (5.26%) npm
9 3 (5.26%) SaaS
10 2 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (1.75%) Amazon EMR
11 1 (1.75%) AWS Step Functions
11 1 (1.75%) Azure API Management
11 1 (1.75%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.28%) MySQL
2 3 (5.26%) Power BI
3 2 (3.51%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (3.51%) Data Mining
3 2 (3.51%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.75%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.75%) MS Access
4 1 (1.75%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (24.56%) Git
2 4 (7.02%) JIRA
3 3 (5.26%) Bitbucket
4 2 (3.51%) GitLab
4 2 (3.51%) webpack
5 1 (1.75%) SonarQube
5 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (15.79%) Public Sector
2 7 (12.28%) Retail
3 5 (8.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Games
6 1 (1.75%) iGaming
6 1 (1.75%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (19.30%) HTML
2 10 (17.54%) Vue
3 7 (12.28%) Sass
3 7 (12.28%) Symfony
4 5 (8.77%) CSS
4 5 (8.77%) Node.js
4 5 (8.77%) REST
4 5 (8.77%) RESTful
5 4 (7.02%) .NET
5 4 (7.02%) Bootstrap
5 4 (7.02%) Express.js
5 4 (7.02%) React
6 3 (5.26%) .NET Framework
6 3 (5.26%) AngularJS
6 3 (5.26%) GraphQL
6 3 (5.26%) hapi
6 3 (5.26%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (5.26%) NestJS
6 3 (5.26%) OpenLayers
6 3 (5.26%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.28%) Legacy Code
2 3 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.26%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.51%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (3.51%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.75%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.75%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (33.33%) Agile
1 19 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 16 (28.07%) Mentoring
3 13 (22.81%) Microservices
4 11 (19.30%) Web Development
5 9 (15.79%) CI/CD
5 9 (15.79%) CRM
5 9 (15.79%) DevOps
6 7 (12.28%) Scrum
6 7 (12.28%) SOA
7 5 (8.77%) Performance Optimisation
8 4 (7.02%) Acceptance Criteria
8 4 (7.02%) Coaching
8 4 (7.02%) Code Quality
8 4 (7.02%) Front End Development
8 4 (7.02%) Machine Learning
8 4 (7.02%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (7.02%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (7.02%) Sprint Retrospective
8 4 (7.02%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) JavaScript
2 13 (22.81%) C#
3 12 (21.05%) SQL
4 9 (15.79%) TypeScript
5 8 (14.04%) Python
6 3 (5.26%) PHP
6 3 (5.26%) VBA
7 2 (3.51%) C++
8 1 (1.75%) Apex Code
8 1 (1.75%) C
8 1 (1.75%) Java
8 1 (1.75%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (12.28%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.26%) Atlassian
2 3 (5.26%) Google
3 2 (3.51%) Facebook
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle
3 2 (3.51%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.75%) Qualys