Senior Developer Jobs in Wales

Senior Developer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Developer salary in Wales is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 74 70
Rank change year-on-year +45 -4 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 92 62 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.77% 3.63% 3.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.14% 4.19% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 69 37 52
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,850 £42,494
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,053 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

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 1,789 1,481 1,827
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 86.61% 93.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,271 806 1,206
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,391 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +16.85%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +39 81 £52,500 - 2
West Wales +22 10 £50,000 -13.04%
North Wales -3 1 - -
Senior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 22 (23.91%) Mentoring
2 19 (20.65%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.65%) SQL
3 18 (19.57%) C#
3 18 (19.57%) JavaScript
4 16 (17.39%) Degree
4 16 (17.39%) Full Stack Development
5 15 (16.30%) React
5 15 (16.30%) Oracle
6 14 (15.22%) Web Development
7 12 (13.04%) Computer Science
7 12 (13.04%) Coaching
7 12 (13.04%) Clean Code
8 11 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (11.96%) Oracle Database
8 11 (11.96%) JSON
8 11 (11.96%) Git
8 11 (11.96%) RESTful
8 11 (11.96%) Azure
8 11 (11.96%) Agile
8 11 (11.96%) PL/SQL
9 10 (10.87%) SOAP
9 10 (10.87%) Web Services
9 10 (10.87%) XML
9 10 (10.87%) Finance
9 10 (10.87%) Oracle APEX
9 10 (10.87%) Oracle Database 12c
10 9 (9.78%) TypeScript
10 9 (9.78%) Project Delivery
10 9 (9.78%) Roadmaps

Senior 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 2 (2.17%) CMS
2 1 (1.09%) Appian
2 1 (1.09%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.96%) Azure
2 9 (9.78%) AWS
3 5 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.43%) npm
4 4 (4.35%) WhatsApp
5 3 (3.26%) GCP
5 3 (3.26%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.26%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (2.17%) iPaaS
6 2 (2.17%) PaaS
6 2 (2.17%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.09%) GitHub
7 1 (1.09%) Heroku
7 1 (1.09%) SaaS
7 1 (1.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) DNS
1 1 (1.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.96%) Oracle Database
2 10 (10.87%) Oracle Database 12c
3 7 (7.61%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (4.35%) MySQL
5 2 (2.17%) RDBMS
5 2 (2.17%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.17%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.09%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.09%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (1.09%) Power BI
6 1 (1.09%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (11.96%) Git
2 10 (10.87%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (3.26%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.26%) Selenium
4 2 (2.17%) webpack
5 1 (1.09%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.09%) Grunt
5 1 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (1.09%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 19 (20.65%) Social Skills
2 10 (10.87%) Finance
3 6 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.35%) Welsh Language
5 3 (3.26%) Games
6 2 (2.17%) Banking
6 2 (2.17%) Electronics
6 2 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.17%) Police
7 1 (1.09%) Local Government
7 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (16.30%) React
2 11 (11.96%) JSON
2 11 (11.96%) RESTful
3 10 (10.87%) SOAP
3 10 (10.87%) Web Services
3 10 (10.87%) XML
4 8 (8.70%) HTML
5 7 (7.61%) .NET
5 7 (7.61%) WinForms
5 7 (7.61%) WPF
6 5 (5.43%) AngularJS
6 5 (5.43%) Sass
6 5 (5.43%) SwiftUI
7 4 (4.35%) REST
7 4 (4.35%) Spring
8 3 (3.26%) CSS
8 3 (3.26%) Redux
8 3 (3.26%) Spring Boot
8 3 (3.26%) Symfony
8 3 (3.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.43%) Enterprise Software
1 5 (5.43%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.35%) Housing Association
2 4 (4.35%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.09%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.09%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.70%) Android
2 4 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.91%) Mentoring
2 16 (17.39%) Full Stack Development
3 14 (15.22%) Web Development
4 12 (13.04%) Clean Code
4 12 (13.04%) Coaching
4 12 (13.04%) Computer Science
5 11 (11.96%) Agile
5 11 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (9.78%) Project Delivery
6 9 (9.78%) Roadmaps
7 8 (8.70%) Android Development
7 8 (8.70%) SDLC
7 8 (8.70%) Test Automation
8 7 (7.61%) CI/CD
8 7 (7.61%) DevOps
9 6 (6.52%) Data Modelling
9 6 (6.52%) User Experience
10 5 (5.43%) iOS Development
11 4 (4.35%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (4.35%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.65%) SQL
2 18 (19.57%) C#
2 18 (19.57%) JavaScript
3 11 (11.96%) PL/SQL
4 9 (9.78%) C
4 9 (9.78%) TypeScript
5 7 (7.61%) C++
6 5 (5.43%) Java
6 5 (5.43%) Kotlin
6 5 (5.43%) Swift
7 4 (4.35%) PHP
8 2 (2.17%) VBA
9 1 (1.09%) Apex Code
9 1 (1.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (17.39%) Degree
2 4 (4.35%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.35%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.17%) MISRA
1 2 (2.17%) MISRA C
System Software
1 4 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) Ansible
1 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (16.30%) Oracle
2 4 (4.35%) UiPath
3 2 (2.17%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.09%) Quadient
4 1 (1.09%) Salesforce