Senior Developer Job Trends in Wales

Senior Developer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Developer salary in Wales is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 41 29
Rank change year-on-year -28 -12 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 35 20 107
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.79% 3.80% 4.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 4.43% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 33 19 87
10th Percentile £50,625 £50,800 £45,000
25th Percentile - £51,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -2.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,875
90th Percentile £68,750 £71,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,828 451 2,031
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 85.58% 92.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 287 1,562
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,750 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +12.22% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £76,201 £78,750 £68,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

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 17 June 2026. 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 -22 32 £55,000 -8.33% 12
North Wales - 2 - - 1
West Wales - 1 £72,500 - 2
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Wales region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 13 (37.14%) Front End Development
2 12 (34.29%) Agile
3 7 (20.00%) AI
3 7 (20.00%) DevOps
3 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (20.00%) React
3 7 (20.00%) Scrum
4 6 (17.14%) Azure
4 6 (17.14%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
4 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
4 6 (17.14%) TypeScript
5 5 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 5 (14.29%) Java
5 5 (14.29%) Microservices
6 4 (11.43%) Acceptance Criteria
6 4 (11.43%) B2B
6 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (11.43%) Docker
6 4 (11.43%) GitHub
6 4 (11.43%) GitHub Copilot
6 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
6 4 (11.43%) Machine Learning
6 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
6 4 (11.43%) Node.js
6 4 (11.43%) Performance Optimisation
6 4 (11.43%) SaaS
6 4 (11.43%) SOA
6 4 (11.43%) TDD
7 3 (8.57%) Code Quality

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) ColdFusion
1 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
1 6 (17.14%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (11.43%) GitHub
2 4 (11.43%) GitHub Copilot
2 4 (11.43%) SaaS
3 3 (8.57%) Serverless
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Functions
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (5.71%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (5.71%) Power Automate
4 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.71%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.86%) Amazon S3
5 1 (2.86%) AWS
5 1 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) DynamoDB
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) JUnit
2 1 (2.86%) Selenium
General
1 4 (11.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Marketing
3 1 (2.86%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.00%) React
2 4 (11.43%) Node.js
3 3 (8.57%) CSS
3 3 (8.57%) CSS3
3 3 (8.57%) HTML
3 3 (8.57%) HTML5
3 3 (8.57%) RESTful
4 2 (5.71%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (5.71%) Next.js
5 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.86%) Express.js
5 1 (2.86%) hapi
5 1 (2.86%) NestJS
5 1 (2.86%) REST
5 1 (2.86%) Ruby on Rails
5 1 (2.86%) Spring
5 1 (2.86%) Spring Boot
5 1 (2.86%) Vue
5 1 (2.86%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.86%) Mainframe
2 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) Front End Development
2 12 (34.29%) Agile
3 7 (20.00%) AI
3 7 (20.00%) DevOps
3 7 (20.00%) Scrum
4 5 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (14.29%) Microservices
5 4 (11.43%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (11.43%) B2B
5 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (11.43%) Machine Learning
5 4 (11.43%) Performance Optimisation
5 4 (11.43%) SOA
5 4 (11.43%) TDD
6 3 (8.57%) Code Quality
6 3 (8.57%) Containerisation
6 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
6 3 (8.57%) SEO
7 2 (5.71%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (17.14%) TypeScript
3 5 (14.29%) Java
4 2 (5.71%) C#
4 2 (5.71%) Python
4 2 (5.71%) Scala
5 1 (2.86%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.86%) Ruby
5 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
1 6 (17.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 3 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Oracle
3 1 (2.86%) OneLogin