Software Developer Jobs in South Wales

Software Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Software Developer salary in South Wales is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 79 47
Rank change year-on-year -6 -32 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 18 30 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.25% 2.62% 5.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.38% 2.92% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 16 14 29
10th Percentile £35,000 £27,375 £34,250
25th Percentile £39,375 £31,563 £39,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £43,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -11.22% +12.64%
75th Percentile £65,938 £56,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £61,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £45,566 £43,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.97% -9.47% +11.76%

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 1,307 1,026 1,396
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 89.45% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 864 584 868
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,175
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,604 £45,476 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% -7.19% +8.89%
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 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in South Wales

Software Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in South Wales

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in South Wales

Software 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 Software Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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
Cardiff 0 15 £55,000 +23.60% 4
Rhondda Cynon Taff -3 1 £35,000 -
Caerphilly - 1 £35,000 -
Newport - 1 £35,000 - 1
Software Developer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 8 (44.44%) SaaS
2 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (38.89%) Docker
2 7 (38.89%) CI/CD
3 6 (33.33%) MySQL
4 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 5 (27.78%) JSON
4 5 (27.78%) Microservices
4 5 (27.78%) Fintech
5 4 (22.22%) React
5 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
5 4 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 4 (22.22%) PHP
5 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
5 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 4 (22.22%) Laravel
5 4 (22.22%) QA
6 3 (16.67%) Azure
6 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
6 3 (16.67%) .NET
6 3 (16.67%) C#
6 3 (16.67%) Agile
6 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
7 2 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
7 2 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (11.11%) HTML
7 2 (11.11%) SQL
7 2 (11.11%) CSS

Software 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 1 (5.56%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) SaaS
2 3 (16.67%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) MySQL
2 4 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 2 (11.11%) MongoDB
4 1 (5.56%) CouchDB
4 1 (5.56%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (5.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (5.56%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) GitKraken
1 1 (5.56%) JetBrains Rider
1 1 (5.56%) ReSharper
1 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Financial Institution
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) JSON
2 4 (22.22%) Laravel
2 4 (22.22%) React
3 3 (16.67%) .NET
4 2 (11.11%) CSS
4 2 (11.11%) HTML
4 2 (11.11%) Node.js
4 2 (11.11%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (11.11%) RESTful
5 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
5 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (5.56%) Blazor
5 1 (5.56%) CSS3
5 1 (5.56%) Entity Framework
5 1 (5.56%) Express.js
5 1 (5.56%) HTML5
5 1 (5.56%) MERN Stack
5 1 (5.56%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.56%) Blockchain
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) CI/CD
1 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (27.78%) Fintech
2 5 (27.78%) Microservices
3 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Analytics
5 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
5 2 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 1 (5.56%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (5.56%) Bioinformatics
6 1 (5.56%) Critical Thinking
6 1 (5.56%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
6 1 (5.56%) Data Science
6 1 (5.56%) DevOps
6 1 (5.56%) Full Stack Development
6 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (5.56%) TDD
6 1 (5.56%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) PHP
2 3 (16.67%) C#
2 3 (16.67%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
1 2 (11.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (38.89%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft