Senior Developer Jobs in South Wales

Senior Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior Developer salary in South Wales is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 27 64
Rank change year-on-year -25 +37 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 15 96 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.71% 6.25% 3.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.00% 6.85% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 12 74 26
10th Percentile £50,100 £45,000 £41,375
25th Percentile £51,000 £47,813 £49,339
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -
75th Percentile £66,500 £63,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 £67,500
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -

All Permanent 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.

Permanent vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 750 1,402 1,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.62% 91.22% 89.45%
Number of salaries quoted 441 944 563
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £28,525
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% - -5.26%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in South Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in South Wales.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in South Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in South Wales

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -8 7 £60,000 +9.09% 51
Newport -30 3 £52,000 -5.45% 50
Monmouthshire - 3 £65,000 -
Gwent - 2 £69,000 - 7
Senior Developer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Git
2 9 (60.00%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) Python
3 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
3 7 (46.67%) Docker
3 7 (46.67%) DevOps
4 6 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 6 (40.00%) HTML
4 6 (40.00%) SQL
4 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
5 5 (33.33%) Web Development
5 5 (33.33%) Agile
5 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 5 (33.33%) Kubernetes
6 4 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
6 4 (26.67%) Scrum
6 4 (26.67%) CSS
6 4 (26.67%) PHP
6 4 (26.67%) GitHub
7 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
7 3 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
7 3 (20.00%) Deep Learning
7 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
7 3 (20.00%) Confluence
7 3 (20.00%) SQLAlchemy
7 3 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
7 3 (20.00%) WebSockets
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement

Senior 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 3 (20.00%) Confluence
2 2 (13.33%) CMS
3 1 (6.67%) Apache
3 1 (6.67%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (60.00%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (26.67%) GitHub
4 3 (20.00%) Azure Machine Learning
4 3 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (20.00%) Serverless
5 2 (13.33%) AWS
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Functions
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (13.33%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (13.33%) Power Automate
5 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (13.33%) PowerApps
6 1 (6.67%) Amazon EMR
6 1 (6.67%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (6.67%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (20.00%) Redis
2 2 (13.33%) MySQL
3 1 (6.67%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (66.67%) Git
2 3 (20.00%) JIRA
2 3 (20.00%) SonarQube
3 2 (13.33%) webpack
4 1 (6.67%) Grunt
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
5 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (40.00%) HTML
2 4 (26.67%) CSS
3 3 (20.00%) Django
3 3 (20.00%) FastAPI
3 3 (20.00%) Flask
3 3 (20.00%) GraphQL
3 3 (20.00%) Keycloak
3 3 (20.00%) OAuth
3 3 (20.00%) pytest
3 3 (20.00%) RESTful
3 3 (20.00%) SQLAlchemy
3 3 (20.00%) WebSockets
4 2 (13.33%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (13.33%) Sass
4 2 (13.33%) Symfony
4 2 (13.33%) Vue
5 1 (6.67%) .NET
5 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
5 1 (6.67%) Node.js
5 1 (6.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (6.67%) Legacy Code
3 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) DevOps
2 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 5 (33.33%) Agile
3 5 (33.33%) Web Development
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 4 (26.67%) Scrum
5 3 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
5 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
5 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (20.00%) Data Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Deep Learning
5 3 (20.00%) Front End Development
5 3 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (20.00%) Microservices
5 3 (20.00%) Natural Language Processing
5 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (20.00%) Statistical Modelling
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Python
2 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
3 6 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (26.67%) PHP
5 3 (20.00%) C#
5 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (46.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (20.00%) Grafana
2 3 (20.00%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft