Software Engineering Jobs in Wales

Software Engineering
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 12 24
Rank change year-on-year -13 +12 -9
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 69 201 154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.24% 9.09% 8.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 12.46% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 55 133 70
10th Percentile £45,594 £32,000 £30,098
25th Percentile £57,500 £42,500 £39,330
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £78,125 £60,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,750 £68,500 £117,800
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% +1.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,300 1,613 1,681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 79.95% 72.92% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 840 1,125 804
10th Percentile £24,185 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £32,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Wales

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Wales

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Wales over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Wales

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Wales region over the 6 months to 13 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 -16 38 £65,000 +23.81% 35
North Wales -4 9 £32,500 -27.78% 6
West Wales -6 3 £45,000 -10.00% 1
Dyfed - 1 £85,000 -
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
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 3 (4.35%) IIS
2 2 (2.90%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.45%) Apache
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.45%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (37.68%) Azure
2 8 (11.59%) AWS
3 5 (7.25%) GitHub
4 4 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (4.35%) Serverless
6 2 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
6 2 (2.90%) Amazon S3
6 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (1.45%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 20 (28.99%) Network Security
2 12 (17.39%) Modbus
2 12 (17.39%) MQTT
2 12 (17.39%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.45%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (18.84%) PostgreSQL
1 13 (18.84%) Relational Database
2 12 (17.39%) RDBMS
3 3 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.45%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.90%) Octopus Deploy
2 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (2.90%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.45%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.45%) GitLab
3 1 (1.45%) Mercurial
General
1 22 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Electronics
3 5 (7.25%) Finance
4 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.90%) Marketing
4 2 (2.90%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.90%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.45%) Advertising
5 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.45%) Aviation
5 1 (1.45%) Avionics
5 1 (1.45%) Banking
5 1 (1.45%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (59.42%) Software Engineer
2 24 (34.78%) Lead
3 20 (28.99%) Principal Engineer
4 14 (20.29%) Principal Software Engineer
5 12 (17.39%) Lead Software Engineer
5 12 (17.39%) Software Team Leader
5 12 (17.39%) Team Leader
6 10 (14.49%) Senior
7 9 (13.04%) Developer
7 9 (13.04%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (11.59%) Lead Developer
9 6 (8.70%) Firmware Developer
9 6 (8.70%) Software Assurance Engineer
10 4 (5.80%) DevOps Engineer
11 3 (4.35%) Embedded Engineer
11 3 (4.35%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 2 (2.90%) Engineering Manager
12 2 (2.90%) Senior Developer
12 2 (2.90%) Senior Software Developer
12 2 (2.90%) Test Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (33.33%) .NET
2 3 (4.35%) React
3 2 (2.90%) Node.js
3 2 (2.90%) Spring Boot
3 2 (2.90%) XML
4 1 (1.45%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.45%) ADO.NET
4 1 (1.45%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.45%) CSS
4 1 (1.45%) Flutter
4 1 (1.45%) HTML
4 1 (1.45%) MSMQ
4 1 (1.45%) OpenAPI
4 1 (1.45%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (1.45%) Spring
4 1 (1.45%) Web Services
4 1 (1.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.43%) IoT
2 13 (18.84%) Device Driver
3 3 (4.35%) Algorithms
3 3 (4.35%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (2.90%) CUDA
5 1 (1.45%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.45%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.45%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.78%) Windows
2 23 (33.33%) Linux
3 21 (30.43%) Unix
4 2 (2.90%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.45%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (56.52%) Agile
2 26 (37.68%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (31.88%) Mentoring
4 21 (30.43%) Computer Science
4 21 (30.43%) Technical Debt
5 20 (28.99%) Product Strategy
6 18 (26.09%) CI/CD
6 18 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
7 16 (23.19%) UML
8 14 (20.29%) Full-Stack Development
8 14 (20.29%) Waterfall
9 13 (18.84%) Configuration Management
9 13 (18.84%) Web Development
10 12 (17.39%) API Development
10 12 (17.39%) Computer Architecture
11 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (10.14%) Decision-Making
12 7 (10.14%) Systems Engineering
13 6 (8.70%) DevOps
13 6 (8.70%) Software Assurance
Programming Languages
1 23 (33.33%) C#
2 19 (27.54%) C++
3 18 (26.09%) C
4 15 (21.74%) SQL
5 14 (20.29%) Ada
6 11 (15.94%) Ada 95
7 7 (10.14%) Python
8 5 (7.25%) Java
9 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
10 2 (2.90%) Bash
10 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
11 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
11 1 (1.45%) Ruby
11 1 (1.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 25 (36.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 23 (33.33%) Degree
3 16 (23.19%) Chartered Engineer
4 4 (5.80%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
5 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.94%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 4 (5.80%) QA
3 1 (1.45%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.45%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) Firmware
2 4 (5.80%) Docker
3 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
2 2 (2.90%) Grafana
2 2 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.90%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.90%) SAP
3 1 (1.45%) Databricks
3 1 (1.45%) Google
3 1 (1.45%) Guidewire
3 1 (1.45%) Pega
3 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.45%) VMware