Software Developer Jobs in Wales

Software Developer
UK > Wales

The median Software Developer salary in Wales is £45,566 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 92 70
Rank change year-on-year -7 -22 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 26 38 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.29% 2.28% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 2.65% 4.36%
Number of salaries quoted 24 21 33
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £34,270
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,566 £43,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.97% -9.47% +11.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,625 £62,500 £75,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,871 1,432 1,789
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 85.75% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 820 1,141
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,107 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 2024. 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 -6 18 £52,500 +20.69% 8
West Wales +6 8 £30,000 -22.58% 3
Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 12 (46.15%) SaaS
2 10 (38.46%) C#
3 8 (30.77%) .NET
3 8 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 8 (30.77%) Docker
4 7 (26.92%) CI/CD
4 7 (26.92%) SQL
4 7 (26.92%) Azure
4 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (23.08%) CSS
5 6 (23.08%) MySQL
5 6 (23.08%) HTML
6 5 (19.23%) Finance
6 5 (19.23%) Agile
6 5 (19.23%) Software Engineering
6 5 (19.23%) JSON
6 5 (19.23%) DevOps
6 5 (19.23%) Microservices
6 5 (19.23%) Fintech
7 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
7 4 (15.38%) React
7 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (15.38%) .NET Core
7 4 (15.38%) Product Ownership
7 4 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
7 4 (15.38%) PHP
7 4 (15.38%) Financial Institution
7 4 (15.38%) Laravel
7 4 (15.38%) QA

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) SaaS
2 7 (26.92%) Azure
3 4 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.85%) GitHub
4 1 (3.85%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) MySQL
2 4 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.69%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.85%) CouchDB
4 1 (3.85%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (3.85%) NoSQL
4 1 (3.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) GitKraken
1 1 (3.85%) JetBrains Rider
1 1 (3.85%) ReSharper
1 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (30.77%) .NET
2 6 (23.08%) CSS
2 6 (23.08%) HTML
3 5 (19.23%) JSON
4 4 (15.38%) .NET Core
4 4 (15.38%) Laravel
4 4 (15.38%) React
5 2 (7.69%) Node.js
5 2 (7.69%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (7.69%) RESTful
6 1 (3.85%) .NET Framework
6 1 (3.85%) ASP.NET
6 1 (3.85%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (3.85%) Blazor
6 1 (3.85%) CSS3
6 1 (3.85%) Entity Framework
6 1 (3.85%) Express.js
6 1 (3.85%) HTML5
6 1 (3.85%) MERN Stack
6 1 (3.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.85%) Blockchain
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) CI/CD
1 7 (26.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (19.23%) Agile
2 5 (19.23%) DevOps
2 5 (19.23%) Fintech
2 5 (19.23%) Microservices
2 5 (19.23%) Software Engineering
3 4 (15.38%) Mentoring
4 2 (7.69%) Analytics
4 2 (7.69%) Computer Science
4 2 (7.69%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 2 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (3.85%) Code Quality
5 1 (3.85%) Containerisation
5 1 (3.85%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (3.85%) Design Patterns
5 1 (3.85%) Domain-Driven Design
5 1 (3.85%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (3.85%) Integration Testing
5 1 (3.85%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) C#
2 8 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 7 (26.92%) SQL
4 4 (15.38%) PHP
5 2 (7.69%) TypeScript
6 1 (3.85%) C++
6 1 (3.85%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
1 2 (7.69%) PhD
2 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (7.69%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (30.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft
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