Developer Jobs in Wales

Developer
UK > Wales

The median Developer salary in Wales is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 20 7
Rank change year-on-year +16 -13 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 223 158 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 15.91% 12.55% 15.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.42% 13.03% 16.58%
Number of salaries quoted 169 120 191
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,610 £30,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,319 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £67,750
UK median annual salary £59,572 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.35% +4.00% +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,358 1,213 1,628
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 96.35% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 757 682 978
10th Percentile £28,800 £27,928 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £46,096 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -7.81% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,400
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,433 £72,950
UK median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.35%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 11 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Wales

Developer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 11 November 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
South Wales +21 166 £45,000 -11.94% 28
West Wales 0 33 £40,000 -11.11% 16
North Wales - 20 £70,000 - 5
Mid Wales - 4 - - 1
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 November 2024, 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 Wales region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 110 (49.33%) JavaScript
2 73 (32.74%) HTML
3 68 (30.49%) Git
4 62 (27.80%) Full-Stack Development
5 61 (27.35%) C#
6 56 (25.11%) Social Skills
7 55 (24.66%) Azure
7 55 (24.66%) Docker
8 47 (21.08%) .NET
9 45 (20.18%) SQL
9 45 (20.18%) Agile
10 40 (17.94%) AWS
11 38 (17.04%) GitHub
11 38 (17.04%) DevOps
12 36 (16.14%) HTML5
13 35 (15.70%) Vue
14 33 (14.80%) RESTful
14 33 (14.80%) CSS
15 32 (14.35%) MySQL
15 32 (14.35%) Microsoft
16 31 (13.90%) OO
17 30 (13.45%) Web Development
17 30 (13.45%) Redis
18 28 (12.56%) Sass
18 28 (12.56%) Node.js
18 28 (12.56%) Python
18 28 (12.56%) SQL Server
19 27 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
19 27 (12.11%) GraphQL
19 27 (12.11%) PHP

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 26 (11.66%) CMS
2 10 (4.48%) Confluence
3 4 (1.79%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.45%) Appian
4 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.45%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 55 (24.66%) Azure
2 40 (17.94%) AWS
3 38 (17.04%) GitHub
4 25 (11.21%) npm
5 24 (10.76%) GCP
6 19 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (7.62%) BrowserStack
7 17 (7.62%) Firebase
7 17 (7.62%) Sentry
7 17 (7.62%) Serverless
8 10 (4.48%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.79%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.35%) CloudAMQP
10 3 (1.35%) dbt
10 3 (1.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 3 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.35%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.62%) MQTT
2 2 (0.90%) HTTP
3 1 (0.45%) Internet
3 1 (0.45%) Intranet
3 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (14.35%) MySQL
2 30 (13.45%) Redis
3 28 (12.56%) SQL Server
4 24 (10.76%) MongoDB
5 17 (7.62%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (2.24%) Oracle Database
6 5 (2.24%) Oracle Database 12c
7 4 (1.79%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.35%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.35%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.45%) GIS
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
9 1 (0.45%) Power BI
9 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 68 (30.49%) Git
2 25 (11.21%) Grunt
2 25 (11.21%) webpack
3 17 (7.62%) Visual Studio Code
4 11 (4.93%) JIRA
4 11 (4.93%) SonarQube
5 5 (2.24%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.24%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.79%) Qt Creator
7 3 (1.35%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.90%) GitLab
8 2 (0.90%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.45%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.45%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.45%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.45%) Storybook
9 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 56 (25.11%) Social Skills
2 17 (7.62%) Agriculture
3 13 (5.83%) Games
4 11 (4.93%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.93%) Finance
4 11 (4.93%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.04%) Multimedia
6 6 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (2.24%) Banking
8 3 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.35%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.90%) Advertising
9 2 (0.90%) Electronics
9 2 (0.90%) Health Technology
9 2 (0.90%) Marketing
10 1 (0.45%) Law
10 1 (0.45%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (32.74%) HTML
2 47 (21.08%) .NET
3 36 (16.14%) HTML5
4 35 (15.70%) Vue
5 33 (14.80%) CSS
5 33 (14.80%) RESTful
6 28 (12.56%) Node.js
6 28 (12.56%) Sass
7 27 (12.11%) GraphQL
8 25 (11.21%) Doctrine
8 25 (11.21%) Symfony
9 24 (10.76%) React
10 22 (9.87%) JSON
10 22 (9.87%) Web Services
11 21 (9.42%) CakePHP
11 21 (9.42%) Pyjs
12 19 (8.52%) REST
13 18 (8.07%) JWT
14 17 (7.62%) AngularJS
14 17 (7.62%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.42%) IoT
1 21 (9.42%) Legacy Code
2 14 (6.28%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.59%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.79%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.90%) Blockchain
7 2 (0.90%) SCADA
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.45%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.45%) Social Media
8 1 (0.45%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.62%) Android
2 1 (0.45%) Linux
2 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (27.80%) Full-Stack Development
2 45 (20.18%) Agile
3 38 (17.04%) DevOps
4 31 (13.90%) OO
5 30 (13.45%) Web Development
6 27 (12.11%) CRM
6 27 (12.11%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (10.76%) Collaborative Working
7 24 (10.76%) User Experience
8 22 (9.87%) B2B
8 22 (9.87%) Software Engineering
9 21 (9.42%) CI/CD
9 21 (9.42%) OO PHP
9 21 (9.42%) UX Design
10 19 (8.52%) Mentoring
11 15 (6.73%) Containerisation
11 15 (6.73%) Front End Development
12 14 (6.28%) Computer Science
12 14 (6.28%) Microservices
13 11 (4.93%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 110 (49.33%) JavaScript
2 61 (27.35%) C#
3 45 (20.18%) SQL
4 28 (12.56%) Python
5 27 (12.11%) PHP
6 17 (7.62%) TypeScript
7 14 (6.28%) Java
8 7 (3.14%) C++
8 7 (3.14%) Go
8 7 (3.14%) PL/SQL
9 5 (2.24%) C
10 3 (1.35%) Rust
11 2 (0.90%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 19 (8.52%) Degree
2 15 (6.73%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.24%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.59%) QA
2 5 (2.24%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.79%) GDPR
3 4 (1.79%) WCAG
4 2 (0.90%) MISRA
4 2 (0.90%) MISRA C
System Software
1 55 (24.66%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (6.28%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.48%) Grafana
2 10 (4.48%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.35%) Terraform
4 1 (0.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.42%) Google
3 9 (4.04%) Oracle
4 6 (2.69%) Xamarin
5 4 (1.79%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.90%) MuleSoft
6 2 (0.90%) UiPath
7 1 (0.45%) Conga
7 1 (0.45%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.45%) Quadient