Junior Software Engineer Jobs in Wales

Junior Software Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Junior Software Engineer salary in Wales is £24,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 125 142
Rank change year-on-year +3 +17 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Software Engineer 3 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.15% 0.30% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.35% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23,000 £21,250 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 £22,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £25,000 £23,750 £32,500
90th Percentile - £27,200 -
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - -

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 1,871 1,432 1,789
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 85.75% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 820 1,141
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,107 £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 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

Junior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Software Engineer in Wales

Junior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Junior Software Engineer in Wales.

Salary trend for Junior Software Engineer in Wales

Junior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Software Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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
Mid Wales -3 2 £24,000 -17.24%
South Wales - 1 - -
Junior Software Engineer
UK

Junior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Junior 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 Wales region featuring Junior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) Google
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C

Junior Software Engineer 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:

Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google