Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Swansea

Senior Software Engineer
West Wales > Swansea

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Swansea is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 26 35
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1 5 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 1.72% 3.01% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.96% 3.01% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - £36,052
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £40,754
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +22.69% -34.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £45,457
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median annual salary £60,000 £50,000 £40,754
% change year-on-year +20.00% +22.69% -34.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Swansea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swansea. 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 Swansea with a recognized job title 51 166 201
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.93% 100.00% 87.01%
Number of salaries quoted 30 149 159
10th Percentile £21,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,104 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.12% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £53,762 £55,000 £50,625
90th Percentile £60,371 £65,947 £61,250
West Wales median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -11.11%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Swansea

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Swansea

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Swansea.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Swansea

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior 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 Swansea region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Housing Association
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Housing Association
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby