Software Engineering Job Trends in Torfaen

Software Engineering
South Wales > Torfaen

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Torfaen requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Torfaen 18.75% - 33.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.08% - 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £50,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 - £28,000
75th Percentile £60,500 - -
90th Percentile £64,375 - -
South Wales median annual salary £57,500 £67,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.81% +17.39% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Torfaen

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 Torfaen.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Torfaen 81.25% 70.00% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 26 5 2
10th Percentile £45,000 - £28,450
25th Percentile £49,125 - £29,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £40,000 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.88% +26.98% -26.27%
75th Percentile £72,188 - £35,125
90th Percentile £73,750 £47,147 £36,550
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £51,104
% change year-on-year +2.04% -4.12% +2.43%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Torfaen

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Torfaen.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Torfaen

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Torfaen

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Torfaen citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Torfaen citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Torfaen

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Torfaen over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Torfaen

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Torfaen

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Torfaen region over the 6 months to 21 December 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
Cwmbran - 6 £50,500 -
Software Engineering
South Wales

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Torfaen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Modbus
1 4 (66.67%) MQTT
1 4 (66.67%) Network Security
1 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aviation
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) IoT
2 4 (66.67%) Device Driver
3 1 (16.67%) Algorithms
3 1 (16.67%) FPGA
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
1 5 (83.33%) Unix
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Technical Debt
2 4 (66.67%) API Development
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) Product Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) System Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C
2 4 (66.67%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) IEC 61508
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware