Software Engineering Jobs in South Wales

Software Engineering
Wales > South Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in South 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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 37 16
Rank change year-on-year +19 -21 +8
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 126 76 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 8.27% 6.55% 12.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.75% 6.81% 13.58%
Number of salaries quoted 80 38 69
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,375 £34,450
25th Percentile £44,688 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £75,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £117,800 £73,000
Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South Wales with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,172 1,116 1,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 76.90% 96.21% 93.46%
Number of salaries quoted 765 555 868
10th Percentile £28,290 £26,474 £31,569
25th Percentile £35,700 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,898 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -6.20% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £63,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +9.87%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in South Wales

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in South Wales

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in South Wales over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in South Wales

Software Engineering
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 Software Engineering within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 25 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 +7 61 £60,000 - 15
Bridgend +22 52 £50,000 -9.09%
Newport +11 8 £50,000 +35.14%
Neath Port Talbot - 3 £60,000 -
Torfaen - 1 £50,000 -
Caerphilly - 1 £50,000 - 1
Software Engineering
Wales

Software Engineering
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 28 (22.22%) ArcGIS
2 27 (21.43%) GeoServer
3 2 (1.59%) Confluence
4 1 (0.79%) JBoss
4 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 43 (34.13%) Azure
2 38 (30.16%) AWS
3 7 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (5.56%) GCP
4 6 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.38%) Azure AKS
6 2 (1.59%) Serverless
7 1 (0.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.59%) DSL
1 2 (1.59%) HTTP
2 1 (0.79%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (23.02%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (22.22%) GIS
3 27 (21.43%) QGIS
4 4 (3.17%) MySQL
5 3 (2.38%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.38%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.59%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.59%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.59%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.79%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.79%) Metadata
7 1 (0.79%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Git
2 4 (3.17%) JIRA
2 4 (3.17%) Selenium
3 2 (1.59%) DBeaver
3 2 (1.59%) JDeveloper
3 2 (1.59%) Postman
4 1 (0.79%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.79%) Subversion
General
1 19 (15.08%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.56%) Finance
3 4 (3.17%) Legal
4 3 (2.38%) Banking
4 3 (2.38%) Electronics
5 1 (0.79%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.79%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.79%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 73 (57.94%) Software Engineer
2 43 (34.13%) Senior
3 36 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
4 17 (13.49%) Embedded Engineer
4 17 (13.49%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 13 (10.32%) Developer
6 11 (8.73%) Consultant
7 9 (7.14%) Applications Engineer
7 9 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 9 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
8 8 (6.35%) Software Manager
9 7 (5.56%) Desktop Engineer
10 6 (4.76%) ERP Developer
11 4 (3.17%) Automation Test Lead
11 4 (3.17%) Development Engineer
11 4 (3.17%) Lead
11 4 (3.17%) Senior Development Engineer
11 4 (3.17%) Senior Software Development Engineer
11 4 (3.17%) Software Development Engineer
11 4 (3.17%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (26.98%) .NET
2 30 (23.81%) React
3 28 (22.22%) PostGIS
4 27 (21.43%) .NET Core
4 27 (21.43%) Leaflet
4 27 (21.43%) OpenLayers
5 23 (18.25%) CSS
6 7 (5.56%) REST
6 7 (5.56%) WinForms
6 7 (5.56%) WPF
7 4 (3.17%) Django
7 4 (3.17%) Node.js
7 4 (3.17%) RESTful
8 3 (2.38%) GraphQL
8 3 (2.38%) JSON
8 3 (2.38%) Web Services
9 2 (1.59%) Gherkin
9 2 (1.59%) JSON Schema
9 2 (1.59%) STL
9 2 (1.59%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.73%) Onboarding
2 10 (7.94%) Social Media
3 7 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.97%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.17%) Tandem
6 3 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.59%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.79%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.46%) Linux
2 5 (3.97%) Android
2 5 (3.97%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.79%) Debian
3 1 (0.79%) Fedora
3 1 (0.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (34.92%) Agile
2 41 (32.54%) DevOps
3 30 (23.81%) Actionable Insight
4 27 (21.43%) Web Development
5 14 (11.11%) Scrum
6 13 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (8.73%) Analytics
7 11 (8.73%) Mathematics
7 11 (8.73%) SDLC
8 10 (7.94%) CI/CD
8 10 (7.94%) Coaching
8 10 (7.94%) Code Quality
8 10 (7.94%) Customer Experience
8 10 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (7.94%) Lead Generation
9 9 (7.14%) Containerisation
9 9 (7.14%) Microservices
10 6 (4.76%) ERP
10 6 (4.76%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (4.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (33.33%) C#
2 34 (26.98%) JavaScript
3 31 (24.60%) Python
4 21 (16.67%) C
5 17 (13.49%) C++
6 13 (10.32%) SQL
7 10 (7.94%) Java
8 3 (2.38%) Embedded C
8 3 (2.38%) Go
9 2 (1.59%) Bash
9 2 (1.59%) Perl
9 2 (1.59%) Ruby
10 1 (0.79%) Embedded C++
10 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 35 (27.78%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.56%) Degree
4 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.59%) HNC
5 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.79%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.35%) QA
2 2 (1.59%) MISRA
3 1 (0.79%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 3 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (22.22%) ESRI
2 10 (7.94%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.94%) Sage
2 10 (7.94%) SAP
3 2 (1.59%) Google
3 2 (1.59%) Oracle
4 1 (0.79%) Xamarin