Software Developer Job Trends in Wales

Software Developer
UK > Wales

The median Software Developer salary in Wales is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 November 2025.

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

 6 months to
6 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 40 66
Rank change year-on-year -16 +26 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 16 40 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.71% 3.28% 2.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.99% 3.38% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 16 38 26
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,125
25th Percentile £37,813 £32,188 £40,080
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £43,422 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year +0.76% -4.04% -2.25%
75th Percentile £56,973 £55,000 £59,375
90th Percentile £60,000 £66,125 £65,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +3.77%

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 805 1,184 872
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.91% 97.13% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 598 754 686
10th Percentile £26,223 £28,500 £27,920
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £45,000 £46,210
Median % change year-on-year +7.78% -2.62% -7.58%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,775 £70,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,410 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.55% -4.32% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Wales

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Wales.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Wales

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 6 November 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 6 November 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 +2 12 £48,250 -14.07% 19
West Wales -2 4 £43,750 +9.38% 12
Software Developer
UK

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

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

1 9 (56.25%) SQL
2 8 (50.00%) C#
3 7 (43.75%) .NET
4 5 (31.25%) Azure
4 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
5 4 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
6 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
6 3 (18.75%) CSS
6 3 (18.75%) Docker
6 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
6 3 (18.75%) OO
6 3 (18.75%) OOP
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) REST
6 3 (18.75%) RESTful
6 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
7 2 (12.50%) Agile
7 2 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (12.50%) AWS
7 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
7 2 (12.50%) CRM
7 2 (12.50%) Degree
7 2 (12.50%) DevOps
7 2 (12.50%) Event-Driven
7 2 (12.50%) Git
7 2 (12.50%) GitHub
7 2 (12.50%) HTML
7 2 (12.50%) Java

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) GitHub
2 2 (12.50%) SaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (6.25%) Azure API Management
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (6.25%) OpenShift
3 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (6.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) Cucumber
2 1 (6.25%) git-flow
2 1 (6.25%) GitLab
2 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.25%) JUnit
2 1 (6.25%) Selenium
2 1 (6.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 1 (6.25%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Multimedia
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) .NET
2 3 (18.75%) .NET Framework
2 3 (18.75%) CSS
2 3 (18.75%) REST
2 3 (18.75%) RESTful
3 2 (12.50%) HTML
3 2 (12.50%) Web Services
4 1 (6.25%) Ajax
4 1 (6.25%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (6.25%) Bootstrap
4 1 (6.25%) CSS3
4 1 (6.25%) Django
4 1 (6.25%) Flask
4 1 (6.25%) HTML5
4 1 (6.25%) Kafka
4 1 (6.25%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (6.25%) LESS
4 1 (6.25%) LINQ
4 1 (6.25%) pytest
4 1 (6.25%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Mentoring
2 4 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
3 3 (18.75%) OO
3 3 (18.75%) OOP
3 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineering
4 2 (12.50%) Agile
4 2 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (12.50%) CRM
4 2 (12.50%) DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Event-Driven
4 2 (12.50%) Microservices
5 1 (6.25%) API Development
5 1 (6.25%) API Integration
5 1 (6.25%) Decarbonisation
5 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven Programming
5 1 (6.25%) Secure Coding
5 1 (6.25%) SQL Optimisation
5 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) SQL
2 8 (50.00%) C#
3 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
4 2 (12.50%) Java
4 2 (12.50%) Python
4 2 (12.50%) VB.NET
5 1 (6.25%) C
5 1 (6.25%) C++
5 1 (6.25%) Dart
5 1 (6.25%) Delphi
5 1 (6.25%) T-SQL
5 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Azure Certification
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DBS Check
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Docker
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Grafana
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle
26 Software Developer jobs in Wales