Senior Jobs in Wales

Senior
UK > Wales

The median Senior salary in Wales is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 2 11
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 215 393 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 17.62% 17.86% 14.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.10% 19.19% 16.60%
Number of salaries quoted 86 250 112
10th Percentile £47,688 £32,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £40,000 £48,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £62,000 £58,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £72,275
UK median annual salary £62,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% -10.71% -

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 1,019 2,048 1,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.52% 93.05% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 573 1,401 806
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,900 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Wales

Senior
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Senior in Wales

Senior
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Wales over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior in Wales

Senior
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 within the Wales region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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 -8 136 £62,000 +24.00% 89
North Wales +9 49 £35,000 +2.94% 8
West Wales +3 25 £59,857 +49.64% 8
Mid Wales +1 1 - -
Senior
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 85 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 75 (34.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 73 (33.95%) Finance
4 72 (33.49%) Project Management
5 64 (29.77%) Risk Management
5 64 (29.77%) Driving Licence
6 63 (29.30%) Scorecard
6 63 (29.30%) Balanced Scorecard
7 62 (28.84%) Degree
8 51 (23.72%) Systems Engineering
9 39 (18.14%) Mentoring
10 33 (15.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 31 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (14.42%) Electronics
12 29 (13.49%) Agile
12 29 (13.49%) Technical Leadership
13 27 (12.56%) Algorithms
14 26 (12.09%) Signal Processing
15 25 (11.63%) Rational DOORS
15 25 (11.63%) IBM
16 24 (11.16%) Python
17 19 (8.84%) Mathematics
18 18 (8.37%) Computer Science
18 18 (8.37%) IEC 61508
19 17 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 17 (7.91%) Azure
19 17 (7.91%) R
19 17 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
20 16 (7.44%) Validation
20 16 (7.44%) CI/CD

Senior 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 4 (1.86%) CMS
2 3 (1.40%) Confluence
3 1 (0.47%) Apache
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.47%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 8 (3.72%) Mathcad
1 8 (3.72%) Simulink
2 1 (0.47%) GNU Octave
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.93%) Infor LN
2 2 (0.93%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.91%) Azure
2 6 (2.79%) AWS
2 6 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (2.79%) Serverless
3 5 (2.33%) GitHub
4 4 (1.86%) Azure Functions
4 4 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
4 4 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
4 4 (1.86%) Power Platform
4 4 (1.86%) PowerApps
5 3 (1.40%) Azure Machine Learning
5 3 (1.40%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (1.40%) npm
5 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon ElastiCache
6 1 (0.47%) Amazon OpenSearch
6 1 (0.47%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.47%) GCP
6 1 (0.47%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.86%) Network Security
1 4 (1.86%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.40%) Modbus
2 3 (1.40%) MQTT
2 3 (1.40%) Wireless
3 2 (0.93%) LAN
3 2 (0.93%) WAN
3 2 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.47%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.47%) Broadband
4 1 (0.47%) DNS
4 1 (0.47%) Firewall
4 1 (0.47%) GPRS
4 1 (0.47%) GSM
4 1 (0.47%) Internet
4 1 (0.47%) SMS
4 1 (0.47%) VLAN
4 1 (0.47%) VoIP
4 1 (0.47%) VPN
4 1 (0.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (1.86%) MySQL
2 4 (1.86%) Redis
3 3 (1.40%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.40%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.93%) Tableau
5 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.47%) GIS
5 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (11.63%) Rational DOORS
2 12 (5.58%) Git
3 3 (1.40%) JIRA
3 3 (1.40%) SonarQube
3 3 (1.40%) webpack
4 2 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.47%) Grunt
5 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.47%) Katalon Studio
General
1 85 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 73 (33.95%) Finance
3 31 (14.42%) Electronics
4 13 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.12%) Retail
6 9 (4.19%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.26%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.33%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.86%) Local Government
10 3 (1.40%) Games
10 3 (1.40%) Marketing
11 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.93%) Police
12 1 (0.47%) Aviation
12 1 (0.47%) Legal
12 1 (0.47%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.72%) HTML
2 5 (2.33%) Django
3 4 (1.86%) .NET
3 4 (1.86%) CSS
3 4 (1.86%) Sass
3 4 (1.86%) Symfony
3 4 (1.86%) Vue
4 3 (1.40%) FastAPI
4 3 (1.40%) Flask
4 3 (1.40%) GraphQL
4 3 (1.40%) HTML5 Canvas
4 3 (1.40%) Keycloak
4 3 (1.40%) Node.js
4 3 (1.40%) OAuth
4 3 (1.40%) pytest
4 3 (1.40%) React
4 3 (1.40%) RESTful
4 3 (1.40%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (1.40%) WebSockets
5 2 (0.93%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 64 (29.77%) Driving Licence
2 27 (12.56%) Algorithms
3 8 (3.72%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.40%) Device Driver
5 3 (1.40%) IoT
5 3 (1.40%) Legacy Code
5 3 (1.40%) NHS
5 3 (1.40%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.40%) Social Media
6 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.47%) Analogue Electronics
7 1 (0.47%) CPLD
7 1 (0.47%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.47%) FMCG
7 1 (0.47%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.47%) Life Science
7 1 (0.47%) Self-Driving Car
7 1 (0.47%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.86%) Linux
1 4 (1.86%) Unix
1 4 (1.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (33.49%) Project Management
2 64 (29.77%) Risk Management
3 63 (29.30%) Balanced Scorecard
3 63 (29.30%) Scorecard
4 51 (23.72%) Systems Engineering
5 39 (18.14%) Mentoring
6 31 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (13.49%) Agile
7 29 (13.49%) Technical Leadership
8 26 (12.09%) Signal Processing
9 19 (8.84%) Mathematics
10 18 (8.37%) Computer Science
11 17 (7.91%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (7.44%) CI/CD
12 16 (7.44%) Validation
12 16 (7.44%) Verification and Validation
13 14 (6.51%) Coaching
13 14 (6.51%) Software Engineering
14 13 (6.05%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 24 (11.16%) Python
2 17 (7.91%) R
3 11 (5.12%) C#
4 10 (4.65%) JavaScript
4 10 (4.65%) SQL
5 9 (4.19%) MATLAB
6 8 (3.72%) C
6 8 (3.72%) C++
7 7 (3.26%) Ada
7 7 (3.26%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.79%) PHP
9 4 (1.86%) Java
10 2 (0.93%) Rust
Qualifications
1 75 (34.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 62 (28.84%) Degree
3 11 (5.12%) Security Cleared
4 7 (3.26%) Chartered Engineer
4 7 (3.26%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.86%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.40%) CISSP
6 3 (1.40%) CSPO
7 2 (0.93%) ACCA
7 2 (0.93%) CIMA
7 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.47%) CCNA
8 1 (0.47%) CCNP
8 1 (0.47%) CCSA
8 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.47%) CWAP
8 1 (0.47%) CWDP
8 1 (0.47%) CWNA
8 1 (0.47%) CWSP
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 18 (8.37%) IEC 61508
3 13 (6.05%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 11 (5.12%) Def Stans
5 8 (3.72%) QA
6 7 (3.26%) ARP4754
6 7 (3.26%) DO-254
7 5 (2.33%) HAZOP
8 3 (1.40%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.93%) GAAP
9 2 (0.93%) IFRS
10 1 (0.47%) GDPR
10 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (4.65%) Docker
2 5 (2.33%) Firmware
3 2 (0.93%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.33%) Functional Safety
1 5 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.40%) Grafana
2 3 (1.40%) Prometheus
2 3 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
3 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 25 (11.63%) IBM
2 8 (3.72%) MathWorks
3 4 (1.86%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.40%) BT
4 3 (1.40%) Cisco
4 3 (1.40%) Oracle
4 3 (1.40%) SAP
5 2 (0.93%) Cognos
5 2 (0.93%) Infor
6 1 (0.47%) Ariba
6 1 (0.47%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.47%) EMC
6 1 (0.47%) ESRI
6 1 (0.47%) Google
6 1 (0.47%) Instagram
6 1 (0.47%) Pega
6 1 (0.47%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.47%) Twitter