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 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 15 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 +9 -8
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 69 203 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.97% 8.43% 8.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.32% 11.48% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 57 133 64
10th Percentile £44,392 £31,250 £26,908
25th Percentile £58,000 £41,250 £36,052
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 £67,813
90th Percentile £78,750 £67,250 £117,800
UK median annual salary £68,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -14.29% +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 1,091 1,769 1,652
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 78.60% 73.46% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 669 1,199 795
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -8.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,407 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%

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 22 June 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 22 June 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 39 £65,000 +23.81% 157
North Wales +1 10 £40,101 +0.25% 11
West Wales -7 2 £43,929 -12.14% 7
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 2 (2.90%) Apache
1 2 (2.90%) IIS
2 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.45%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (31.88%) Azure
2 7 (10.14%) AWS
3 4 (5.80%) GitHub
4 3 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (4.35%) Serverless
5 2 (2.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (2.90%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
5 2 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (2.90%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.45%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
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 2 (2.90%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.90%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.45%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Git
2 2 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.45%) Eclipse
3 1 (1.45%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (1.45%) GitLab
3 1 (1.45%) Mercurial
3 1 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.45%) TeamCity
General
1 21 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.59%) Electronics
3 4 (5.80%) Finance
4 2 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
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%) Aviation
5 1 (1.45%) Avionics
5 1 (1.45%) Banking
5 1 (1.45%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 39 (56.52%) Software Engineer
2 23 (33.33%) Lead
3 19 (27.54%) Principal Engineer
4 13 (18.84%) 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%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (11.59%) Developer
8 8 (11.59%) Lead Developer
9 7 (10.14%) Engineering Manager
9 7 (10.14%) Software Engineering Manager
9 7 (10.14%) Software Manager
10 6 (8.70%) Firmware Developer
10 6 (8.70%) Software Assurance Engineer
11 3 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
12 2 (2.90%) Firmware Engineer
12 2 (2.90%) Lead Software Developer
12 2 (2.90%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (28.99%) .NET
2 3 (4.35%) React
3 2 (2.90%) CSS
3 2 (2.90%) HTML
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%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.45%) Flutter
4 1 (1.45%) JSP
4 1 (1.45%) Middleware
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%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 21 (30.43%) IoT
2 13 (18.84%) Device Driver
3 3 (4.35%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.90%) CUDA
4 2 (2.90%) Embedded Systems
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%) Linux
1 24 (34.78%) Windows
2 21 (30.43%) Unix
3 1 (1.45%) VxWorks
3 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (56.52%) Agile
2 27 (39.13%) Computer Science
3 26 (37.68%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 21 (30.43%) Technical Debt
6 20 (28.99%) Product Strategy
7 18 (26.09%) CI/CD
7 18 (26.09%) Technical Leadership
8 16 (23.19%) UML
9 14 (20.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 13 (18.84%) Waterfall
10 13 (18.84%) Web Development
11 12 (17.39%) API Development
11 12 (17.39%) Computer Architecture
12 11 (15.94%) Configuration Management
13 9 (13.04%) SDLC
14 8 (11.59%) Continuous Improvement
15 7 (10.14%) OO
15 7 (10.14%) Project Management
15 7 (10.14%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (31.88%) C#
2 20 (28.99%) C++
3 18 (26.09%) C
4 15 (21.74%) SQL
5 13 (18.84%) Ada
6 9 (13.04%) Ada 95
6 9 (13.04%) Python
7 8 (11.59%) Java
8 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
8 3 (4.35%) Rust
9 2 (2.90%) Bash
9 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
10 1 (1.45%) Ruby
10 1 (1.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (43.48%) BPSS Clearance
1 30 (43.48%) Degree
2 15 (21.74%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.35%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.35%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.04%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (4.35%) QA
3 1 (1.45%) ISO 13485
3 1 (1.45%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) Firmware
2 3 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Terraform
2 2 (2.90%) Grafana
2 2 (2.90%) Prometheus
3 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (2.90%) SAP
2 1 (1.45%) Databricks
2 1 (1.45%) Google
2 1 (1.45%) Guidewire
2 1 (1.45%) Salesforce