Senior Jobs in South Wales

Senior
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior salary in South Wales is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 2 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +10 -3 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 310 183 248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 19.78% 15.69% 16.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.66% 17.56% 16.73%
Number of salaries quoted 192 85 148
10th Percentile £37,101 £39,000 £35,745
25th Percentile £43,992 £50,049 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,099
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.18% +12.68%
75th Percentile £61,488 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £68,500 £77,500 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.36%

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 1,431 1,042 1,482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 89.37% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 961 557 872
10th Percentile £27,157 £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 £64,250 £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%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in South Wales

Senior
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Senior in South Wales

Senior
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in South Wales over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in South Wales

Senior
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 Senior within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 29 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 0 137 £53,500 -8.94% 33
Bridgend +14 117 £44,886 -18.39% 1
Newport +18 47 £52,101 +1.95% 7
Neath Port Talbot - 3 £60,000 - 2
Gwent - 2 £45,000 - 3
Glamorgan - 2 £42,250 - 16
Torfaen -5 1 £42,500 - 2
Monmouthshire - 1 £31,967 - 1
Senior
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 79 (25.48%) Actionable Insight
2 76 (24.52%) SC Cleared
2 76 (24.52%) Security Cleared
2 76 (24.52%) Social Skills
3 63 (20.32%) Agile
4 58 (18.71%) Azure
5 57 (18.39%) AWS
6 53 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (16.45%) Finance
8 50 (16.13%) Microsoft
9 45 (14.52%) Data Centre
10 44 (14.19%) Oracle
11 42 (13.55%) Software Engineering
12 38 (12.26%) C#
13 37 (11.94%) Mentoring
14 36 (11.61%) JavaScript
14 36 (11.61%) SQL
14 36 (11.61%) Firewall
14 36 (11.61%) Degree
15 33 (10.65%) Cisco
16 30 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
16 30 (9.68%) Web Development
16 30 (9.68%) Full Stack Development
16 30 (9.68%) Customer Service
17 29 (9.35%) React
18 28 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
19 27 (8.71%) SDLC
19 27 (8.71%) DNS
20 26 (8.39%) Migration
20 26 (8.39%) Change Management

Senior 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 18 (5.81%) ArcGIS
2 17 (5.48%) GeoServer
3 14 (4.52%) Skype for Business
4 9 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.29%) CMS
5 4 (1.29%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.65%) Confluence
6 2 (0.65%) SAS
6 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.65%) WordPress
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.32%) Drupal
Applications
1 16 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (1.29%) Sketch
5 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.32%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 5 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 58 (18.71%) Azure
2 57 (18.39%) AWS
3 12 (3.87%) Cloud Computing
3 12 (3.87%) GCP
4 9 (2.90%) Power Platform
4 9 (2.90%) PowerApps
5 7 (2.26%) SaaS
5 7 (2.26%) Slack
5 7 (2.26%) WhatsApp
6 6 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.94%) Miro
6 6 (1.94%) npm
7 5 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (1.61%) Heroku
7 5 (1.61%) OCI
8 4 (1.29%) Figma
8 4 (1.29%) iPaaS
8 4 (1.29%) PaaS
9 3 (0.97%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.97%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.61%) Firewall
2 27 (8.71%) DNS
3 18 (5.81%) LAN
3 18 (5.81%) WAN
4 17 (5.48%) Wireless
5 15 (4.84%) SAN
6 14 (4.52%) IP Telephony
7 11 (3.55%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (3.55%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (3.55%) TCP/IP
8 10 (3.23%) VPN
9 9 (2.90%) Network Security
10 8 (2.58%) MPLS
11 6 (1.94%) Internet
11 6 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.61%) Extranet
12 5 (1.61%) Unified Communications
12 5 (1.61%) VLAN
12 5 (1.61%) WLAN
13 3 (0.97%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.68%) PostgreSQL
2 24 (7.74%) GIS
3 17 (5.48%) QGIS
4 14 (4.52%) Oracle Database
5 8 (2.58%) Oracle Database 12c
6 7 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (2.26%) MySQL
7 6 (1.94%) Oracle Database 11g
8 5 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (1.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.29%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.29%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
9 4 (1.29%) SQL Server
10 2 (0.65%) Looker
11 1 (0.32%) Big Data
11 1 (0.32%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.32%) Metadata
11 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.32%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 12 (3.87%) Git
2 8 (2.58%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (1.29%) Cypress.io
4 3 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.97%) JIRA
4 3 (0.97%) Selenium
4 3 (0.97%) webpack
5 2 (0.65%) Grunt
5 2 (0.65%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.32%) Zephyr
General
1 76 (24.52%) Social Skills
2 51 (16.45%) Finance
3 28 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (6.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (6.13%) Police
5 17 (5.48%) Local Government
6 11 (3.55%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.23%) Welsh Language
8 9 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.58%) Games
10 7 (2.26%) Digital Health
10 7 (2.26%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.61%) Electronics
12 5 (1.61%) Health Technology
12 5 (1.61%) Marketing
13 4 (1.29%) Advertising
14 3 (0.97%) Banking
15 2 (0.65%) Digital Healthcare
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (9.35%) React
2 21 (6.77%) .NET
3 18 (5.81%) PostGIS
4 17 (5.48%) Leaflet
4 17 (5.48%) OpenLayers
5 15 (4.84%) .NET Core
5 15 (4.84%) CSS
6 13 (4.19%) Laravel
7 12 (3.87%) Symfony
7 12 (3.87%) WinForms
8 11 (3.55%) HTML
9 9 (2.90%) Node.js
9 9 (2.90%) Vue
10 8 (2.58%) AngularJS
10 8 (2.58%) JSON
10 8 (2.58%) RESTful
10 8 (2.58%) SOAP
10 8 (2.58%) Spring
10 8 (2.58%) Web Services
10 8 (2.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (14.52%) Data Centre
2 15 (4.84%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.26%) CMDB
3 7 (2.26%) Housing Association
3 7 (2.26%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.94%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (1.61%) Driving Licence
5 5 (1.61%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.61%) NHS
5 5 (1.61%) Smartphone
6 4 (1.29%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.29%) Cyberattack
7 2 (0.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (0.65%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.32%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.32%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.32%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.32%) IoT
8 1 (0.32%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.77%) Linux
2 15 (4.84%) Windows
3 14 (4.52%) Android
4 5 (1.61%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.29%) Ubuntu
5 4 (1.29%) Unix
6 3 (0.97%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (25.48%) Actionable Insight
2 63 (20.32%) Agile
3 53 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (13.55%) Software Engineering
5 37 (11.94%) Mentoring
6 30 (9.68%) Customer Service
6 30 (9.68%) Full Stack Development
6 30 (9.68%) Web Development
7 27 (8.71%) SDLC
8 26 (8.39%) Change Management
8 26 (8.39%) DevOps
8 26 (8.39%) Migration
9 25 (8.06%) ITIL
10 24 (7.74%) Roadmaps
11 23 (7.42%) Business Continuity
12 21 (6.77%) Network Management
13 19 (6.13%) Coaching
14 18 (5.81%) Incident Management
15 17 (5.48%) Line Management
16 15 (4.84%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.26%) C#
2 36 (11.61%) JavaScript
2 36 (11.61%) SQL
3 23 (7.42%) Java
4 21 (6.77%) Python
5 20 (6.45%) PL/SQL
6 17 (5.48%) PHP
7 13 (4.19%) C
7 13 (4.19%) C++
8 8 (2.58%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.61%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.61%) Swift
10 4 (1.29%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.65%) Groovy
11 2 (0.65%) VBA
12 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.32%) Go
Qualifications
1 76 (24.52%) SC Cleared
1 76 (24.52%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.61%) Degree
3 17 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (3.87%) CCNA
5 9 (2.90%) ACCA
5 9 (2.90%) CIMA
6 6 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.29%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.29%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.32%) CBAP
8 1 (0.32%) CHECK Team Leader
8 1 (0.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.32%) CWNA
8 1 (0.32%) CWTS
8 1 (0.32%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.32%) IIBA
8 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.32%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.90%) IFRS
2 7 (2.26%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.61%) SLA
4 4 (1.29%) WCAG
5 2 (0.65%) GDPR
6 1 (0.32%) QA
System Software
1 11 (3.55%) Docker
2 8 (2.58%) Firmware
2 8 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.94%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.29%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.32%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 13 (4.19%) Ansible
2 9 (2.90%) Terraform
3 6 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.61%) SCCM
4 5 (1.61%) SCOM
5 4 (1.29%) OpenSSO
5 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.65%) Cisco Prime
6 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.65%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 50 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 44 (14.19%) Oracle
3 33 (10.65%) Cisco
4 18 (5.81%) ESRI
5 14 (4.52%) Avaya
5 14 (4.52%) Mitel
6 12 (3.87%) VMware
7 11 (3.55%) CheckPoint
7 11 (3.55%) Fortinet
7 11 (3.55%) McAfee
7 11 (3.55%) Palo Alto
8 9 (2.90%) Hyperion
8 9 (2.90%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (1.61%) Citrix
9 5 (1.61%) HP
9 5 (1.61%) NetApp
10 4 (1.29%) Remedy
11 3 (0.97%) Google
11 3 (0.97%) UiPath
12 2 (0.65%) Salesforce