Senior Developer Jobs in Wales

Senior Developer
UK > Wales

The median Senior Developer salary in Wales is £53,843 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 79 81
Rank change year-on-year +44 +2 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 105 57 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.68% 3.39% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.03% 3.94% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 80 33 50
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,950 £41,750
25th Percentile £48,438 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,843 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% - +13.40%
75th Percentile £62,688 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £71,875
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%

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 2,088 1,447 1,910
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.05% 85.98% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,433 811 1,154
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,391 £31,075
25th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year - -5.59% +12.15%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Wales

Senior 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 Senior Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 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
South Wales +34 99 £55,000 - 9
West Wales +14 5 £50,000 -13.04% 4
North Wales +3 1 - -
Senior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 31 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.71%) C#
2 27 (25.71%) SQL
3 21 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 19 (18.10%) Agile
5 18 (17.14%) Finance
5 18 (17.14%) Oracle
5 18 (17.14%) AWS
6 17 (16.19%) Degree
7 16 (15.24%) Azure
7 16 (15.24%) JavaScript
8 15 (14.29%) React
8 15 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
9 14 (13.33%) Oracle Database
9 14 (13.33%) PL/SQL
10 13 (12.38%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (12.38%) Web Development
10 13 (12.38%) Unit Testing
10 13 (12.38%) Git
10 13 (12.38%) Clean Code
11 12 (11.43%) Coaching
12 11 (10.48%) .NET
13 10 (9.52%) PHP
13 10 (9.52%) Computer Science
13 10 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (9.52%) DevOps
13 10 (9.52%) SDLC
13 10 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
13 10 (9.52%) Power Platform

Senior 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 4 (3.81%) CMS
2 2 (1.90%) WordPress
3 1 (0.95%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 18 (17.14%) AWS
2 16 (15.24%) Azure
3 10 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 10 (9.52%) PowerApps
4 8 (7.62%) WhatsApp
5 6 (5.71%) npm
6 4 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (3.81%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.81%) iPaaS
6 4 (3.81%) PaaS
6 4 (3.81%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.86%) GCP
8 2 (1.90%) SaaS
9 1 (0.95%) GitHub
9 1 (0.95%) Heroku
9 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.90%) DNS
2 1 (0.95%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.33%) Oracle Database
2 13 (12.38%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (7.62%) Oracle Database 12c
4 7 (6.67%) MySQL
5 6 (5.71%) Oracle Database 11g
6 4 (3.81%) RDBMS
6 4 (3.81%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.81%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.95%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (12.38%) Git
2 8 (7.62%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (3.81%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.86%) Selenium
4 3 (2.86%) webpack
5 2 (1.90%) Grunt
6 1 (0.95%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.95%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 31 (29.52%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.14%) Finance
3 8 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.62%) Welsh Language
4 4 (3.81%) Electronics
4 4 (3.81%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.86%) Games
6 2 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.90%) Police
7 1 (0.95%) Banking
7 1 (0.95%) Local Government
7 1 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.29%) React
2 11 (10.48%) .NET
3 8 (7.62%) AngularJS
3 8 (7.62%) HTML
3 8 (7.62%) JSON
3 8 (7.62%) Laravel
3 8 (7.62%) Node.js
3 8 (7.62%) RESTful
3 8 (7.62%) SOAP
3 8 (7.62%) Web Services
3 8 (7.62%) XML
4 7 (6.67%) Sass
4 7 (6.67%) WinForms
4 7 (6.67%) WPF
5 5 (4.76%) Redux
5 5 (4.76%) SwiftUI
5 5 (4.76%) Symfony
6 4 (3.81%) GatsbyJS
6 4 (3.81%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (3.81%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (7.62%) Housing Association
2 8 (7.62%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.81%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.86%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.62%) Android
2 4 (3.81%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (20.00%) Mentoring
1 21 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (18.10%) Agile
3 15 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
4 13 (12.38%) Clean Code
4 13 (12.38%) Unit Testing
4 13 (12.38%) Web Development
5 12 (11.43%) Coaching
6 10 (9.52%) Actionable Insight
6 10 (9.52%) Computer Science
6 10 (9.52%) DevOps
6 10 (9.52%) SDLC
7 9 (8.57%) CI/CD
7 9 (8.57%) Roadmaps
8 8 (7.62%) Analytical Thinking
8 8 (7.62%) Android Development
8 8 (7.62%) Code Quality
8 8 (7.62%) Housing Management
8 8 (7.62%) Line Management
9 7 (6.67%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 27 (25.71%) C#
1 27 (25.71%) SQL
2 16 (15.24%) JavaScript
3 14 (13.33%) PL/SQL
4 10 (9.52%) PHP
5 9 (8.57%) TypeScript
6 8 (7.62%) Java
7 7 (6.67%) C
7 7 (6.67%) C++
8 5 (4.76%) Kotlin
8 5 (4.76%) Swift
9 2 (1.90%) VBA
10 1 (0.95%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.95%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (16.19%) Degree
2 6 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.95%) DBS Check
System Software
1 5 (4.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.95%) Varnish
Vendors
1 18 (17.14%) Oracle
2 6 (5.71%) Microsoft
3 3 (2.86%) UiPath
4 2 (1.90%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.95%) Quadient
5 1 (0.95%) Salesforce