Software Developer Jobs in Swansea

Software Developer
West Wales > Swansea

The median Software Developer salary in Swansea is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 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 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 12 36
Rank change year-on-year -2 +24 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 1 25 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 2.08% 12.63% 4.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 12.63% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1 25 11
10th Percentile - - £30,000
25th Percentile - - £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,000 £41,210
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -27.20% +17.74%
75th Percentile - £47,500 £46,050
90th Percentile - £55,000 £61,250
West Wales median annual salary £45,000 £30,000 £41,210
% change year-on-year +50.00% -27.20% +17.74%

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 39 198 228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.25% 100.00% 86.36%
Number of salaries quoted 30 178 183
10th Percentile £21,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £29,891 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,733 £45,566 £40,754
Median % change year-on-year -17.19% +11.81% -9.44%
75th Percentile £53,762 £55,000 £50,000
90th Percentile £59,857 £70,000 £61,180
West Wales median annual salary £37,733 £45,000 £40,982
% change year-on-year -16.15% +9.80% -8.93%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Swansea

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Swansea

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Swansea

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 4 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, 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 Swansea region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Azure

Software Developer 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%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#