Software Engineering Jobs in Wales

Software Engineering
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 23 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +16
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 182 153 202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 8.96% 9.11% 10.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.28% 9.49% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 110 66 91
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £117,800 £71,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,614 1,613 1,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 79.47% 96.07% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,059 818 1,139
10th Percentile £26,700 £26,391 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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
South Wales +15 127 £52,500 -12.50% 21
West Wales +6 26 £50,000 +22.69% 4
Mid Wales +4 14 £36,218 +24.89%
North Wales -13 14 £50,000 -33.33% 2
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 28 (15.38%) ArcGIS
2 27 (14.84%) GeoServer
3 2 (1.10%) JBoss
3 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (4.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (26.37%) Azure
2 40 (21.98%) AWS
3 14 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.40%) Power Automate
5 8 (4.40%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.85%) GCP
7 6 (3.30%) Serverless
8 3 (1.65%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.10%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.10%) SaaS
10 1 (0.55%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.55%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.75%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.20%) Profibus
3 3 (1.65%) Bluetooth
3 3 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (15.93%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (15.38%) GIS
3 27 (14.84%) QGIS
4 4 (2.20%) Big Data
4 4 (2.20%) MySQL
5 3 (1.65%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.65%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.65%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.65%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.10%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.10%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.10%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.55%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.55%) Metadata
7 1 (0.55%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (12.64%) Git
2 4 (2.20%) Selenium
2 4 (2.20%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.65%) JDeveloper
4 2 (1.10%) DBeaver
4 2 (1.10%) IntelliJ
4 2 (1.10%) JIRA
5 1 (0.55%) GitLab
5 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.55%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.55%) Subversion
General
1 24 (13.19%) Social Skills
2 12 (6.59%) Electronics
3 10 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.85%) Finance
5 6 (3.30%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.20%) Legal
7 3 (1.65%) Banking
8 2 (1.10%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.10%) Retail
9 1 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 107 (58.79%) Software Engineer
2 63 (34.62%) Senior
3 53 (29.12%) Senior Software Engineer
4 23 (12.64%) Developer
4 23 (12.64%) Embedded Engineer
4 23 (12.64%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 16 (8.79%) Senior Embedded Engineer
5 16 (8.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 11 (6.04%) Consultant
7 10 (5.49%) Applications Engineer
8 8 (4.40%) CRM Developer
8 8 (4.40%) Dynamics CRM Developer
8 8 (4.40%) Software Manager
9 7 (3.85%) Desktop Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) ERP Developer
10 6 (3.30%) Lead
10 6 (3.30%) Software Developer
11 5 (2.75%) Coordinator
11 5 (2.75%) ICT Coordinator
11 5 (2.75%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (23.63%) .NET
2 35 (19.23%) React
3 32 (17.58%) CSS
4 29 (15.93%) .NET Core
5 28 (15.38%) PostGIS
6 27 (14.84%) Leaflet
6 27 (14.84%) OpenLayers
7 10 (5.49%) WinForms
8 9 (4.95%) HTML
9 8 (4.40%) ADO
9 8 (4.40%) HTML5 Canvas
10 7 (3.85%) WPF
11 6 (3.30%) Node.js
11 6 (3.30%) REST
12 5 (2.75%) Django
13 3 (1.65%) COM
13 3 (1.65%) GraphQL
13 3 (1.65%) RESTful
13 3 (1.65%) Spring
13 3 (1.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.04%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.49%) Social Media
3 8 (4.40%) Virtual Team
4 5 (2.75%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.75%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.75%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.75%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.20%) ARM Cortex
5 4 (2.20%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.20%) Tandem
6 2 (1.10%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.10%) NHS
6 2 (1.10%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.55%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (15.93%) Linux
2 5 (2.75%) Android
2 5 (2.75%) Ubuntu
2 5 (2.75%) Windows
3 4 (2.20%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.20%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.55%) Debian
4 1 (0.55%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (26.92%) Agile
1 49 (26.92%) DevOps
2 36 (19.78%) Actionable Insight
3 27 (14.84%) Web Development
4 23 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (10.99%) SDLC
6 17 (9.34%) Analytics
7 13 (7.14%) CI/CD
7 13 (7.14%) Scrum
8 12 (6.59%) Code Quality
8 12 (6.59%) Containerisation
8 12 (6.59%) Microservices
9 11 (6.04%) Coaching
9 11 (6.04%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (6.04%) Mathematics
10 10 (5.49%) Clean Code
10 10 (5.49%) Customer Experience
10 10 (5.49%) Lead Generation
11 9 (4.95%) User Experience
12 8 (4.40%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 68 (37.36%) C#
2 41 (22.53%) JavaScript
3 37 (20.33%) Python
4 32 (17.58%) C
5 20 (10.99%) Java
6 18 (9.89%) C++
6 18 (9.89%) SQL
7 11 (6.04%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.75%) Ruby
9 4 (2.20%) Bash
9 4 (2.20%) Go
9 4 (2.20%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.65%) Perl
10 3 (1.65%) VB
11 2 (1.10%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 39 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 18 (9.89%) Degree
3 10 (5.49%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (2.75%) HND
5 4 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.10%) HNC
7 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.85%) QA
2 5 (2.75%) MISRA
3 4 (2.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 4 (2.20%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 5 (2.75%) Docker
2 4 (2.20%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.65%) Terraform
3 2 (1.10%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.55%) Grafana
4 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (15.38%) ESRI
2 21 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.49%) Sage
3 10 (5.49%) SAP
4 4 (2.20%) Google
4 4 (2.20%) QNX
4 4 (2.20%) Renesas
5 3 (1.65%) Oracle
5 3 (1.65%) Siemens
6 2 (1.10%) Databricks
7 1 (0.55%) Xamarin