Developer Jobs in Wales

Developer
UK > Wales

The median Developer salary in Wales is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 334 243 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.54% 14.57% 18.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.88% 16.97% 19.57%
Number of salaries quoted 282 139 247
10th Percentile £34,550 £32,624 £33,650
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.13% -8.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,875 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,200 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,868 1,432 1,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 85.85% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 822 1,148
10th Percentile £26,425 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,688 £35,156 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,533 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%

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 26 April 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 26 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
South Wales +7 252 £55,000 +15.79% 58
West Wales +7 43 £50,000 +11.11% 8
North Wales +8 32 £45,000 -14.29% 4
Mid Wales -7 1 £38,000 -10.59%
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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.

1 121 (36.23%) C#
2 99 (29.64%) Agile
3 91 (27.25%) Azure
4 90 (26.95%) JavaScript
5 85 (25.45%) SQL
5 85 (25.45%) .NET
6 80 (23.95%) HTML
7 72 (21.56%) Git
8 71 (21.26%) CSS
9 57 (17.07%) Microsoft
10 53 (15.87%) React
11 51 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
12 50 (14.97%) AWS
13 48 (14.37%) Mentoring
13 48 (14.37%) Social Skills
14 47 (14.07%) Full Stack Development
14 47 (14.07%) Finance
15 45 (13.47%) SQL Server
16 44 (13.17%) AngularJS
17 43 (12.87%) Scrum
18 42 (12.57%) .NET Core
19 40 (11.98%) TypeScript
20 39 (11.68%) DevOps
21 36 (10.78%) Java
21 36 (10.78%) RESTful
22 35 (10.48%) Oracle
22 35 (10.48%) Docker
23 33 (9.88%) PHP
24 31 (9.28%) REST
25 30 (8.98%) ASP.NET

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 14 (4.19%) WordPress
2 7 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.80%) CMS
4 3 (0.90%) Drupal
4 3 (0.90%) nginx
5 2 (0.60%) Apache
5 2 (0.60%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.60%) SAS
6 1 (0.30%) Confluence
6 1 (0.30%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 91 (27.25%) Azure
2 50 (14.97%) AWS
3 30 (8.98%) Power Platform
4 22 (6.59%) GitHub
4 22 (6.59%) SaaS
5 19 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (5.69%) Dynamics 365
6 17 (5.09%) Heroku
7 15 (4.49%) PowerApps
8 14 (4.19%) Power Automate
9 13 (3.89%) GCP
10 9 (2.69%) WhatsApp
11 7 (2.10%) npm
12 4 (1.20%) iPaaS
12 4 (1.20%) PaaS
13 3 (0.90%) DigitalOcean
13 3 (0.90%) Serverless
13 3 (0.90%) Stripe
14 2 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.60%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.90%) Intranet
1 3 (0.90%) SMS
2 2 (0.60%) DNS
3 1 (0.30%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (13.47%) SQL Server
2 29 (8.68%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.99%) MySQL
4 15 (4.49%) Oracle Database
5 11 (3.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (2.99%) MongoDB
7 9 (2.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (2.40%) Oracle Database 11g
9 7 (2.10%) Oracle Database 12c
9 7 (2.10%) Power BI
9 7 (2.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.50%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.20%) NoSQL
12 4 (1.20%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.20%) Relational Database
13 3 (0.90%) Power Query
13 3 (0.90%) Redis
13 3 (0.90%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 72 (21.56%) Git
2 15 (4.49%) GitLab
3 14 (4.19%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.29%) Selenium
5 7 (2.10%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.20%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.20%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (1.20%) Visual Studio Team System
6 4 (1.20%) webpack
7 3 (0.90%) Grunt
7 3 (0.90%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.60%) NUnit
8 2 (0.60%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.30%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.30%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.30%) JIRA
9 1 (0.30%) ReSharper
General
1 48 (14.37%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.07%) Finance
3 25 (7.49%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (5.69%) Games
5 13 (3.89%) Marketing
6 8 (2.40%) Banking
6 8 (2.40%) Welsh Language
7 5 (1.50%) Electronics
7 5 (1.50%) Police
8 4 (1.20%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.90%) Advertising
9 3 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.90%) Law
9 3 (0.90%) Retail
10 2 (0.60%) Agriculture
10 2 (0.60%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.30%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.30%) Legal
11 1 (0.30%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (25.45%) .NET
2 80 (23.95%) HTML
3 71 (21.26%) CSS
4 53 (15.87%) React
5 44 (13.17%) AngularJS
6 42 (12.57%) .NET Core
7 36 (10.78%) RESTful
8 31 (9.28%) REST
9 30 (8.98%) ASP.NET
10 24 (7.19%) Laravel
10 24 (7.19%) Node.js
11 23 (6.89%) HTML5
12 22 (6.59%) Vue
13 19 (5.69%) Spring
14 17 (5.09%) Lightning Web Components
14 17 (5.09%) Visualforce
14 17 (5.09%) Web Services
15 16 (4.79%) ASP.NET MVC
16 15 (4.49%) JSON
16 15 (4.49%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (2.99%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (2.40%) Housing Association
4 8 (2.40%) Mobile App
4 8 (2.40%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.20%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.60%) CMDB
6 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.30%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.30%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.30%) EPoS
7 1 (0.30%) IoT
7 1 (0.30%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.30%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.30%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.79%) Android
2 11 (3.29%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.90%) Linux
4 2 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (29.64%) Agile
2 51 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (14.37%) Mentoring
4 47 (14.07%) Full Stack Development
5 43 (12.87%) Scrum
6 39 (11.68%) DevOps
7 30 (8.98%) CI/CD
8 29 (8.68%) Clean Code
9 28 (8.38%) Microservices
10 27 (8.08%) Coaching
11 25 (7.49%) TDD
11 25 (7.49%) Unit Testing
12 24 (7.19%) Software Engineering
12 24 (7.19%) Test Automation
13 22 (6.59%) Data Modelling
14 21 (6.29%) MVC
14 21 (6.29%) SDLC
15 20 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (5.69%) Fintech
16 19 (5.69%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 121 (36.23%) C#
2 90 (26.95%) JavaScript
3 85 (25.45%) SQL
4 40 (11.98%) TypeScript
5 36 (10.78%) Java
6 33 (9.88%) PHP
7 22 (6.59%) Python
8 18 (5.39%) C++
9 17 (5.09%) Apex Code
10 15 (4.49%) PL/SQL
11 10 (2.99%) C
12 5 (1.50%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.50%) Swift
13 3 (0.90%) Scala
14 2 (0.60%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.60%) VBA
15 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (6.89%) Degree
2 13 (3.89%) SC Cleared
2 13 (3.89%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.60%) PhD
6 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.30%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.30%) MCSA
6 1 (0.30%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.49%) QA
2 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.30%) SLA
3 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 35 (10.48%) Docker
2 2 (0.60%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 7 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.90%) Galera Cluster
3 2 (0.60%) Kibana
Vendors
1 57 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.48%) Oracle
3 17 (5.09%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.40%) WooCommerce
5 5 (1.50%) Google
6 4 (1.20%) Xamarin
7 3 (0.90%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.60%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.60%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.60%) UiPath