Software Developer Jobs in Wales

Software Developer
UK > Wales

The median Software Developer salary in Wales is £48,654 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 68 98
Rank change year-on-year -7 +30 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 8 55 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.52% 2.39% 2.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 2.56% 2.71%
Number of salaries quoted 8 51 31
10th Percentile £30,000 - £26,250
25th Percentile £40,087 £30,000 £30,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,654 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.48% -5.56% -2.79%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £68,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -

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 1,264 2,146 1,514
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.76% 93.14% 86.22%
Number of salaries quoted 807 1,539 813
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - -6.74%
75th Percentile £62,000 £57,500 £61,445
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Wales

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Wales

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Wales

Software 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 Software Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 3 July 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 +12 6 £53,654 +2.20% 14
West Wales -4 1 £45,000 +50.00% 4
Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Azure
4 2 (25.00%) AWS
4 2 (25.00%) Docker
4 2 (25.00%) REST
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) Java
4 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) SaaS
5 1 (12.50%) BDD
5 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
5 1 (12.50%) Node.js
5 1 (12.50%) TDD
5 1 (12.50%) Pair Programming
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (12.50%) Spring
5 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
5 1 (12.50%) Web Development
5 1 (12.50%) Java EE
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Symfony
5 1 (12.50%) Network Security
5 1 (12.50%) Data Extraction
5 1 (12.50%) Git

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (12.50%) RDBMS
1 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Artifactory
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) SonarQube
General
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) REST
2 1 (12.50%) Java EE
2 1 (12.50%) Node.js
2 1 (12.50%) Spring
2 1 (12.50%) Spring Boot
2 1 (12.50%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
1 1 (12.50%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) BDD
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Coaching
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Data Extraction
3 1 (12.50%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Pair Programming
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) TDD
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) C++
3 1 (12.50%) PHP
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Docker
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft