Software Engineer Jobs in South Wales

Software Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Software Engineer salary in South Wales is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 61 30
Rank change year-on-year +25 -31 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 73 47 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 5.06% 4.07% 7.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.58% 4.55% 7.86%
Number of salaries quoted 27 20 29
10th Percentile £42,750 - £33,320
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,799 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.53% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile - £66,000 £66,500
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +17.65% -12.82% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,309 1,032 1,400
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 89.43% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 866 585 864
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,099 £45,456 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -9.09% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in South Wales

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in South Wales.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in South Wales

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in South Wales

Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Bridgend +19 45 £47,500 -13.64% 2
Cardiff -1 16 £57,500 -4.17% 5
Newport +5 8 £50,000 +35.14%
Neath Port Talbot - 3 £60,000 -
Torfaen - 1 £50,000 -
Software Engineer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 73 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 36 (49.32%) Agile
2 36 (49.32%) AWS
3 33 (45.21%) Actionable Insight
4 32 (43.84%) DevOps
4 32 (43.84%) Azure
4 32 (43.84%) Python
5 31 (42.47%) JavaScript
5 31 (42.47%) React
6 29 (39.73%) SC Cleared
6 29 (39.73%) Security Cleared
6 29 (39.73%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (38.36%) .NET
8 27 (36.99%) GIS
8 27 (36.99%) ESRI
8 27 (36.99%) ArcGIS
8 27 (36.99%) Web Development
8 27 (36.99%) Leaflet
8 27 (36.99%) QGIS
8 27 (36.99%) PostGIS
8 27 (36.99%) GeoServer
8 27 (36.99%) OpenLayers
9 25 (34.25%) .NET Core
10 24 (32.88%) CSS
11 23 (31.51%) C#
12 13 (17.81%) Java
13 11 (15.07%) Containerisation
13 11 (15.07%) Code Quality
14 9 (12.33%) CI/CD
14 9 (12.33%) Microservices

Software Engineer 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 27 (36.99%) ArcGIS
1 27 (36.99%) GeoServer
2 2 (2.74%) JBoss
2 2 (2.74%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (1.37%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 36 (49.32%) AWS
2 32 (43.84%) Azure
3 7 (9.59%) GCP
4 4 (5.48%) Serverless
5 2 (2.74%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.37%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.37%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (39.73%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (36.99%) GIS
2 27 (36.99%) QGIS
3 3 (4.11%) Oracle Database
3 3 (4.11%) RDBMS
3 3 (4.11%) Relational Database
4 2 (2.74%) MySQL
4 2 (2.74%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Git
2 3 (4.11%) JDeveloper
3 2 (2.74%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.37%) Subversion
General
1 5 (6.85%) Finance
2 2 (2.74%) Banking
2 2 (2.74%) Electronics
2 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (42.47%) React
2 28 (38.36%) .NET
3 27 (36.99%) Leaflet
3 27 (36.99%) OpenLayers
3 27 (36.99%) PostGIS
4 25 (34.25%) .NET Core
5 24 (32.88%) CSS
6 4 (5.48%) Django
7 3 (4.11%) Node.js
7 3 (4.11%) Spring
8 2 (2.74%) AngularJS
8 2 (2.74%) Hibernate
8 2 (2.74%) Java EE
8 2 (2.74%) REST
8 2 (2.74%) SOAP
8 2 (2.74%) STL
8 2 (2.74%) Web Services
8 2 (2.74%) WinForms
8 2 (2.74%) XML
8 2 (2.74%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) Algorithms
2 2 (2.74%) NHS
2 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.96%) Linux
2 5 (6.85%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.37%) Debian
3 1 (1.37%) Fedora
3 1 (1.37%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 36 (49.32%) Agile
3 33 (45.21%) Actionable Insight
4 32 (43.84%) DevOps
5 27 (36.99%) Web Development
6 11 (15.07%) Code Quality
6 11 (15.07%) Containerisation
7 9 (12.33%) CI/CD
7 9 (12.33%) Microservices
8 7 (9.59%) Scrum
9 6 (8.22%) Clean Code
9 6 (8.22%) Mathematics
9 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (8.22%) Unit Testing
10 4 (5.48%) Continuous Integration
10 4 (5.48%) Customer Requirements
10 4 (5.48%) Design Patterns
10 4 (5.48%) SDLC
11 3 (4.11%) Mentoring
11 3 (4.11%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 32 (43.84%) Python
2 31 (42.47%) JavaScript
3 23 (31.51%) C#
4 13 (17.81%) Java
5 4 (5.48%) C
5 4 (5.48%) C++
5 4 (5.48%) Ruby
6 3 (4.11%) Bash
6 3 (4.11%) Go
6 3 (4.11%) Perl
7 2 (2.74%) Embedded C
7 2 (2.74%) SQL
8 1 (1.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (39.73%) SC Cleared
1 29 (39.73%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.11%) Degree
3 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.74%) HNC
4 1 (1.37%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) QA
2 1 (1.37%) MISRA
System Software
1 2 (2.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 27 (36.99%) ESRI
2 3 (4.11%) Oracle
3 2 (2.74%) Google
3 2 (2.74%) Microsoft