Software Engineer Jobs in Wales

Software Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Software Engineer salary in Wales is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 February 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 38 47
Rank change year-on-year +18 +9 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 79 93 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.74% 5.87% 5.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.30% 6.05% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 32 45 29
10th Percentile - £36,162 £35,591
25th Percentile £55,000 £43,750 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £74,063 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £94,875 - £69,000
UK median annual salary £66,274 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +6.04% -7.41% +8.00%

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 952 1,537 1,436
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 97.03% 92.17%
Number of salaries quoted 385 1,023 845
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £29,550
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,685 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,400
90th Percentile £74,658 £69,787 £73,750
UK median annual salary £59,430 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.05% -8.33% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 18 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 18 February 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 +16 53 £65,000 +18.18% 17
West Wales +17 16 £60,000 +20.00%
North Wales -10 6 £58,000 +16.00% 3
Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 February 2025, Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 34 (43.04%) Agile
3 32 (40.51%) Degree
4 27 (34.18%) Computer Science
5 24 (30.38%) C#
6 23 (29.11%) Java
7 22 (27.85%) Azure
8 21 (26.58%) Mentoring
8 21 (26.58%) C++
8 21 (26.58%) CI/CD
9 19 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (22.78%) DevOps
11 17 (21.52%) AWS
12 16 (20.25%) Roadmaps
13 14 (17.72%) OO
13 14 (17.72%) Python
14 13 (16.46%) OOD
14 13 (16.46%) Microsoft
14 13 (16.46%) UML
14 13 (16.46%) C
14 13 (16.46%) SDLC
14 13 (16.46%) Architectural Patterns
15 12 (15.19%) Design Patterns
15 12 (15.19%) Order Management
15 12 (15.19%) Continuous Deployment
15 12 (15.19%) Master's Degree
15 12 (15.19%) Computer Science Degree
15 12 (15.19%) User Experience
15 12 (15.19%) Waterfall
15 12 (15.19%) UX Design

Software Engineer 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 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.27%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.85%) Azure
2 17 (21.52%) AWS
3 5 (6.33%) Serverless
4 3 (3.80%) Anthropic Claude
4 3 (3.80%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (3.80%) ChatGPT
5 2 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.53%) PaaS
5 2 (2.53%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.53%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.53%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.27%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (1.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.27%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.39%) Modbus
2 5 (6.33%) Bluetooth
2 5 (6.33%) RS-232
2 5 (6.33%) RS-485
2 5 (6.33%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (5.06%) MQTT
3 4 (5.06%) Network Security
3 4 (5.06%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (5.06%) RDBMS
1 4 (5.06%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.80%) DynamoDB
2 3 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (3.80%) MongoDB
3 2 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (2.53%) Metadata
3 2 (2.53%) MySQL
3 2 (2.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Git
2 1 (1.27%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.27%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 10 (12.66%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.59%) Finance
3 5 (6.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.06%) Automotive
5 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.27%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.66%) .NET
2 6 (7.59%) React
3 5 (6.33%) Node.js
4 4 (5.06%) .NET Core
5 3 (3.80%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.53%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.53%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.53%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (2.53%) Entity Framework
6 2 (2.53%) Vue
7 1 (1.27%) Backbone.js
7 1 (1.27%) CSS
7 1 (1.27%) Electron
7 1 (1.27%) HTML
7 1 (1.27%) JSP
7 1 (1.27%) Middleware
7 1 (1.27%) OpenAPI
7 1 (1.27%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (1.27%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.27%) Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (5.06%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.06%) Device Driver
2 4 (5.06%) IoT
2 4 (5.06%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (3.80%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.80%) NHS
3 3 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.53%) Wiki
5 1 (1.27%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.27%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 12 (15.19%) Linux
2 10 (12.66%) Windows
3 4 (5.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 34 (43.04%) Agile
3 27 (34.18%) Computer Science
4 21 (26.58%) CI/CD
4 21 (26.58%) Mentoring
5 19 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (22.78%) DevOps
7 16 (20.25%) Roadmaps
8 14 (17.72%) OO
9 13 (16.46%) Architectural Patterns
9 13 (16.46%) OOD
9 13 (16.46%) SDLC
9 13 (16.46%) UML
10 12 (15.19%) Continuous Deployment
10 12 (15.19%) Design Patterns
10 12 (15.19%) E-Commerce
10 12 (15.19%) Order Management
10 12 (15.19%) User Experience
10 12 (15.19%) UX Design
10 12 (15.19%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 24 (30.38%) C#
2 23 (29.11%) Java
3 21 (26.58%) C++
4 14 (17.72%) Python
5 13 (16.46%) C
6 9 (11.39%) JavaScript
7 7 (8.86%) SQL
8 6 (7.59%) Ada
9 5 (6.33%) Assembly Language
9 5 (6.33%) TypeScript
10 4 (5.06%) Ruby
10 4 (5.06%) Rust
11 3 (3.80%) Go
11 3 (3.80%) PHP
12 2 (2.53%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (40.51%) Degree
2 12 (15.19%) Computer Science Degree
2 12 (15.19%) Master's Degree
3 7 (8.86%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (5.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (5.06%) PhD
5 3 (3.80%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 2 (2.53%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.53%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (16.46%) Microsoft