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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 297 170 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 17.75% 14.31% 17.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.39% 16.04% 18.22%
Number of salaries quoted 253 102 174
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,623 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £39,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £66,000 £59,688 £58,750
90th Percentile £74,500 £67,500 £73,375
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.13% -8.00% +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 1,532 1,060 1,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 89.23% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 560 878
10th Percentile £27,260 £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 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +2 212 £55,000 +10.00% 21
Newport +16 44 £55,000 +15.79% 1
Bridgend +1 25 £50,000 +38.89%
Glamorgan -9 4 - - 13
Rhondda Cynon Taff -1 3 £32,500 -
Torfaen -4 3 £45,000 -5.26%
Caerphilly +4 2 £37,500 -21.05%
Gwent - 2 £34,500 -
Neath Port Talbot -3 1 £37,500 +7.14% 8
Monmouthshire - 1 £30,000 -
Developer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 72 (24.24%) C#
1 72 (24.24%) Agile
2 61 (20.54%) Azure
3 57 (19.19%) JavaScript
4 56 (18.86%) SQL
5 52 (17.51%) Git
6 50 (16.84%) Mentoring
6 50 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (16.50%) .NET
8 48 (16.16%) HTML
9 47 (15.82%) Full Stack Development
10 45 (15.15%) Social Skills
10 45 (15.15%) Finance
11 42 (14.14%) React
12 40 (13.47%) RESTful
13 39 (13.13%) AWS
14 38 (12.79%) AngularJS
15 36 (12.12%) Microsoft
15 36 (12.12%) Oracle
15 36 (12.12%) CSS
16 31 (10.44%) REST
16 31 (10.44%) Docker
17 28 (9.43%) Coaching
17 28 (9.43%) SQL Server
18 27 (9.09%) PHP
18 27 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
18 27 (9.09%) Web Development
19 26 (8.75%) Scrum
19 26 (8.75%) Games
19 26 (8.75%) Public Sector

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 (4.38%) WordPress
2 8 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.02%) CMS
4 3 (1.01%) Drupal
5 2 (0.67%) Apache
5 2 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.67%) SAS
6 1 (0.34%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (20.54%) Azure
2 39 (13.13%) AWS
3 19 (6.40%) Power Platform
4 18 (6.06%) GitHub
5 17 (5.72%) Heroku
6 16 (5.39%) GCP
7 14 (4.71%) PowerApps
8 12 (4.04%) SaaS
9 10 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (2.36%) npm
10 7 (2.36%) WhatsApp
11 6 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.68%) Power Automate
13 4 (1.35%) iPaaS
13 4 (1.35%) PaaS
14 3 (1.01%) DigitalOcean
15 2 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 2 (0.67%) Firebase
15 2 (0.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.01%) Intranet
2 2 (0.67%) DNS
3 1 (0.34%) Internet
3 1 (0.34%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (9.43%) SQL Server
2 27 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.39%) Oracle Database
4 15 (5.05%) MySQL
5 9 (3.03%) Oracle Database 12c
5 9 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.36%) Oracle Database 11g
6 7 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (1.68%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.35%) Power BI
8 4 (1.35%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.35%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.01%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.01%) Power Query
9 3 (1.01%) Redis
10 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (17.51%) Git
2 14 (4.71%) GitLab
2 14 (4.71%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.70%) Selenium
4 8 (2.69%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (1.35%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.35%) webpack
6 3 (1.01%) Grunt
6 3 (1.01%) PHPUnit
6 3 (1.01%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.67%) NUnit
7 2 (0.67%) SoapUI
7 2 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.34%) GitKraken
8 1 (0.34%) JetBrains Rider
8 1 (0.34%) JIRA
8 1 (0.34%) ReSharper
General
1 45 (15.15%) Finance
1 45 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 26 (8.75%) Games
2 26 (8.75%) Public Sector
3 18 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (3.37%) Banking
5 7 (2.36%) Welsh Language
6 5 (1.68%) Electronics
7 4 (1.35%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.35%) Police
7 4 (1.35%) Retail
8 3 (1.01%) Advertising
8 3 (1.01%) Law
9 2 (0.67%) Agriculture
9 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.67%) Marketing
9 2 (0.67%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (16.50%) .NET
2 48 (16.16%) HTML
3 42 (14.14%) React
4 40 (13.47%) RESTful
5 38 (12.79%) AngularJS
6 36 (12.12%) CSS
7 31 (10.44%) REST
8 23 (7.74%) Node.js
9 21 (7.07%) ASP.NET
10 19 (6.40%) Lightning Web Components
11 18 (6.06%) .NET Core
11 18 (6.06%) Visualforce
11 18 (6.06%) Web Services
12 17 (5.72%) JSON
13 16 (5.39%) Laravel
14 15 (5.05%) ASP.NET Web API
15 13 (4.38%) Spring
16 12 (4.04%) SOAP
16 12 (4.04%) Spring Boot
17 11 (3.70%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.06%) Mobile App
2 11 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.36%) Housing Association
6 6 (2.02%) IoT
7 4 (1.35%) Client/Server
7 4 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.01%) Blockchain
9 2 (0.67%) CMDB
9 2 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.67%) Web3
10 1 (0.34%) EPoS
10 1 (0.34%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.34%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.34%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.34%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.34%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.38%) Android
2 8 (2.69%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.01%) Linux
4 2 (0.67%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (24.24%) Agile
2 50 (16.84%) Mentoring
2 50 (16.84%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (15.82%) Full Stack Development
4 28 (9.43%) Coaching
5 27 (9.09%) Web Development
6 26 (8.75%) Scrum
7 24 (8.08%) Clean Code
8 22 (7.41%) CI/CD
8 22 (7.41%) Data Modelling
8 22 (7.41%) Unit Testing
9 21 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (7.07%) DevOps
9 21 (7.07%) Fintech
10 19 (6.40%) Refactoring
10 19 (6.40%) SDLC
11 18 (6.06%) Microservices
11 18 (6.06%) Roadmaps
11 18 (6.06%) Test Automation
12 15 (5.05%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 72 (24.24%) C#
2 57 (19.19%) JavaScript
3 56 (18.86%) SQL
4 27 (9.09%) PHP
5 24 (8.08%) Java
5 24 (8.08%) TypeScript
6 20 (6.73%) Python
7 19 (6.40%) Apex Code
8 17 (5.72%) PL/SQL
9 12 (4.04%) C++
10 11 (3.70%) C
11 5 (1.68%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.68%) Swift
12 3 (1.01%) Scala
13 2 (0.67%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.67%) VBA
14 1 (0.34%) Go
14 1 (0.34%) Perl
14 1 (0.34%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (6.73%) Degree
2 11 (3.70%) SC Cleared
2 11 (3.70%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.37%) QA
2 2 (0.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.67%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.34%) MISRA
3 1 (0.34%) MISRA C
3 1 (0.34%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (10.44%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 6 (2.02%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.67%) Kibana
3 1 (0.34%) Ansible
3 1 (0.34%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (12.12%) Microsoft
1 36 (12.12%) Oracle
2 19 (6.40%) Salesforce
3 13 (4.38%) Xamarin
4 7 (2.36%) WooCommerce
5 4 (1.35%) UiPath
6 2 (0.67%) Blue Prism
6 2 (0.67%) Google
6 2 (0.67%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.34%) Conga
7 1 (0.34%) DocuSign
7 1 (0.34%) Quadient