Software Engineering Jobs in South Wales

Software Engineering
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 18 42
Rank change year-on-year -13 +24 -28
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 41 129 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 3.84% 7.69% 6.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.01% 10.33% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 36 86 36
10th Percentile £53,750 £31,250 £38,125
25th Percentile £57,500 £45,000 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £68,000 £63,750 £79,688
90th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £117,800
Wales median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £48,105
% change year-on-year +30.00% +3.94% -8.37%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 818 1,249 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 76.52% 74.43% 96.30%
Number of salaries quoted 504 829 563
10th Percentile £23,504 £28,500 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,700 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £47,500 £46,898
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +1.28% -6.20%
75th Percentile £66,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £71,250 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.92%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in South Wales

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in South Wales

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in South Wales over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in South Wales

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
Newport +2 28 £65,000 +30.00% 41
Cardiff -6 8 £65,000 +8.33% 29
Neath Port Talbot +2 2 £42,500 -29.17%
Glamorgan - 2 £62,500 - 20
Bridgend +14 1 £57,500 +15.00% 2
Software Engineering
Wales

Software Engineering
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 2 (4.88%) IIS
2 1 (2.44%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) AWS
2 4 (9.76%) GitHub
3 3 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (4.88%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (4.88%) Serverless
5 1 (2.44%) Azure
5 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (4.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.44%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) Octopus Deploy
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (2.44%) TeamCity
General
1 4 (9.76%) Finance
2 2 (4.88%) Electronics
2 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
2 2 (4.88%) Marketing
2 2 (4.88%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.88%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.44%) Advertising
3 1 (2.44%) Aviation
3 1 (2.44%) Avionics
3 1 (2.44%) Banking
3 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (63.41%) Software Engineer
2 15 (36.59%) Principal Engineer
2 15 (36.59%) Principal Software Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Engineering Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Senior
3 7 (17.07%) Senior Software Engineer
3 7 (17.07%) Software Engineering Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Software Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Lead
5 4 (9.76%) Software Team Leader
5 4 (9.76%) Team Leader
6 3 (7.32%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) AWS DevOps
7 2 (4.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Test Leader
7 2 (4.88%) Test Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) .NET
1 2 (4.88%) React
1 2 (4.88%) XML
2 1 (2.44%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.44%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.44%) CSS
2 1 (2.44%) Flutter
2 1 (2.44%) HTML
2 1 (2.44%) MSMQ
2 1 (2.44%) Node.js
2 1 (2.44%) Spring
2 1 (2.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.88%) CUDA
2 2 (4.88%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.44%) Device Driver
3 1 (2.44%) N-Tier
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) VxWorks
2 1 (2.44%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (73.17%) Computer Science
2 22 (53.66%) Agile
3 20 (48.78%) UML
4 18 (43.90%) Waterfall
5 14 (34.15%) Configuration Management
6 8 (19.51%) SDLC
7 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (17.07%) Project Management
8 5 (12.20%) OO
9 4 (9.76%) Customer Requirements
9 4 (9.76%) DevOps
10 3 (7.32%) CI/CD
10 3 (7.32%) Containerisation
10 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (7.32%) Software Testing
11 2 (4.88%) Collaborative Culture
11 2 (4.88%) Design Patterns
11 2 (4.88%) Project Planning
11 2 (4.88%) Risk Register
11 2 (4.88%) SysML
Programming Languages
1 15 (36.59%) Ada
2 9 (21.95%) Ada 95
3 6 (14.63%) C++
4 5 (12.20%) C
5 3 (7.32%) Java
5 3 (7.32%) Python
6 2 (4.88%) Bash
6 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
7 1 (2.44%) C#
7 1 (2.44%) PowerShell
7 1 (2.44%) SQL
7 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
7 1 (2.44%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (75.61%) Degree
2 23 (56.10%) BPSS Clearance
3 17 (41.46%) Chartered Engineer
4 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.88%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.88%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (29.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (7.32%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.32%) Terraform
2 2 (4.88%) Grafana
2 2 (4.88%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (4.88%) SAP
2 1 (2.44%) Guidewire
2 1 (2.44%) Salesforce