Developer Jobs in South Wales

Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median Developer salary in South Wales is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 283 167 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 17.77% 14.38% 17.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.45% 16.09% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 242 100 176
10th Percentile £36,250 £33,610 £31,688
25th Percentile £43,473 £38,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -4.04% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,750 £57,813 £60,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £74,375
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,455 1,038 1,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.34% 89.41% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 981 558 882
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,665
% change year-on-year - -5.59% +12.15%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in South Wales.

Salary trend for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in South Wales

Developer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Cardiff +2 201 £55,000 +10.00% 16
Newport +18 44 £55,000 +17.02% 2
Bridgend +3 25 £50,000 +11.11%
Glamorgan -6 4 - - 12
Rhondda Cynon Taff -1 3 £32,500 -
Caerphilly +4 2 £37,500 -21.05%
Neath Port Talbot -3 1 £37,500 +7.14% 6
Torfaen -4 1 £45,000 -5.26% 1
Monmouthshire - 1 £30,000 -
Gwent - 1 £34,500 -
Developer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, 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 South Wales region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 71 (25.09%) C#
1 71 (25.09%) Agile
2 60 (21.20%) Azure
3 56 (19.79%) SQL
4 55 (19.43%) JavaScript
5 52 (18.37%) Git
6 49 (17.31%) Mentoring
7 48 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
7 48 (16.96%) .NET
8 47 (16.61%) HTML
9 44 (15.55%) Finance
9 44 (15.55%) Social Skills
10 41 (14.49%) React
11 40 (14.13%) Full Stack Development
12 39 (13.78%) AWS
13 38 (13.43%) RESTful
14 37 (13.07%) AngularJS
15 36 (12.72%) Microsoft
15 36 (12.72%) Oracle
16 35 (12.37%) CSS
17 31 (10.95%) REST
17 31 (10.95%) Docker
18 28 (9.89%) Coaching
18 28 (9.89%) SQL Server
19 27 (9.54%) PHP
19 27 (9.54%) PostgreSQL
20 26 (9.19%) Public Sector
21 25 (8.83%) Scrum
22 24 (8.48%) Games
22 24 (8.48%) Web Development

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 13 (4.59%) WordPress
2 8 (2.83%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.12%) CMS
4 3 (1.06%) Drupal
5 2 (0.71%) Apache
5 2 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.71%) SAS
6 1 (0.35%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (21.20%) Azure
2 39 (13.78%) AWS
3 19 (6.71%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.36%) GitHub
5 17 (6.01%) Heroku
6 16 (5.65%) GCP
7 14 (4.95%) PowerApps
8 12 (4.24%) SaaS
9 10 (3.53%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.47%) npm
10 7 (2.47%) WhatsApp
11 6 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.77%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.41%) iPaaS
13 4 (1.41%) PaaS
14 3 (1.06%) DigitalOcean
15 2 (0.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.71%) Firebase
15 2 (0.71%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.06%) Intranet
2 2 (0.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.35%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.89%) SQL Server
2 27 (9.54%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.65%) Oracle Database
4 15 (5.30%) MySQL
5 9 (3.18%) Oracle Database 12c
5 9 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.47%) Oracle Database 11g
6 7 (2.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.77%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.41%) Power BI
8 4 (1.41%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.41%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.06%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.06%) Power Query
9 3 (1.06%) Redis
10 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (18.37%) Git
2 14 (4.95%) GitLab
2 14 (4.95%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.89%) Selenium
4 8 (2.83%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (1.41%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.41%) webpack
6 3 (1.06%) Grunt
6 3 (1.06%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.06%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.71%) NUnit
7 2 (0.71%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.71%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.35%) GitKraken
8 1 (0.35%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.35%) JIRA
8 1 (0.35%) ReSharper
General
1 44 (15.55%) Finance
1 44 (15.55%) Social Skills
2 26 (9.19%) Public Sector
3 24 (8.48%) Games
4 17 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (3.18%) Banking
6 7 (2.47%) Welsh Language
7 4 (1.41%) Electronics
7 4 (1.41%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.41%) Police
8 3 (1.06%) Advertising
8 3 (1.06%) Law
8 3 (1.06%) Retail
9 2 (0.71%) Agriculture
9 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.71%) Marketing
9 2 (0.71%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.96%) .NET
2 47 (16.61%) HTML
3 41 (14.49%) React
4 38 (13.43%) RESTful
5 37 (13.07%) AngularJS
6 35 (12.37%) CSS
7 31 (10.95%) REST
8 23 (8.13%) Node.js
9 21 (7.42%) ASP.NET
10 18 (6.36%) .NET Core
10 18 (6.36%) Lightning Web Components
10 18 (6.36%) Web Services
11 17 (6.01%) Visualforce
12 16 (5.65%) JSON
12 16 (5.65%) Laravel
13 14 (4.95%) ASP.NET Web API
14 13 (4.59%) Spring
15 12 (4.24%) SOAP
15 12 (4.24%) Spring Boot
16 11 (3.89%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.30%) Mobile App
2 10 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (3.53%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.47%) Housing Association
5 5 (1.77%) IoT
6 4 (1.41%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.71%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.71%) CMDB
8 2 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.35%) EPoS
9 1 (0.35%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.35%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.35%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.35%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.35%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.35%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.59%) Android
2 8 (2.83%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.06%) Linux
4 2 (0.71%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (25.09%) Agile
2 49 (17.31%) Mentoring
3 48 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (14.13%) Full Stack Development
5 28 (9.89%) Coaching
6 25 (8.83%) Scrum
7 24 (8.48%) Clean Code
7 24 (8.48%) Web Development
8 22 (7.77%) CI/CD
8 22 (7.77%) Data Modelling
8 22 (7.77%) Unit Testing
9 21 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (7.42%) DevOps
9 21 (7.42%) Fintech
10 19 (6.71%) Refactoring
10 19 (6.71%) SDLC
11 18 (6.36%) Microservices
11 18 (6.36%) Roadmaps
12 17 (6.01%) Test Automation
13 15 (5.30%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 71 (25.09%) C#
2 56 (19.79%) SQL
3 55 (19.43%) JavaScript
4 27 (9.54%) PHP
5 24 (8.48%) Java
5 24 (8.48%) TypeScript
6 20 (7.07%) Python
7 18 (6.36%) Apex Code
8 17 (6.01%) PL/SQL
9 12 (4.24%) C++
10 10 (3.53%) C
11 5 (1.77%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.77%) Swift
12 3 (1.06%) Scala
13 2 (0.71%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.71%) VBA
14 1 (0.35%) Go
14 1 (0.35%) Perl
14 1 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (6.71%) Degree
2 11 (3.89%) SC Cleared
2 11 (3.89%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.71%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.53%) QA
2 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.71%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (10.95%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 6 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.71%) Kibana
3 1 (0.35%) Ansible
3 1 (0.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (12.72%) Microsoft
1 36 (12.72%) Oracle
2 18 (6.36%) Salesforce
3 10 (3.53%) Xamarin
4 7 (2.47%) WooCommerce
5 3 (1.06%) UiPath
6 2 (0.71%) Blue Prism
6 2 (0.71%) Google
6 2 (0.71%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.35%) Conga
7 1 (0.35%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.35%) Quadient