Developer Jobs in Wales

Developer
UK > Wales

The median Developer salary in Wales is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 342 235 351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.75% 14.22% 18.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.10% 16.55% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 291 139 249
10th Percentile £34,500 £32,624 £33,883
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,200 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +12.99%

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 1,890 1,420 1,804
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 85.90% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 810 1,138
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £30,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
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%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Developer in Wales

Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Wales

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 Developer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 9 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 +7 260 £55,000 +19.57% 46
West Wales +10 43 £50,000 +11.11% 13
North Wales +6 32 £45,000 -14.29% 6
Mid Wales -7 1 £38,000 -10.59%
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 Wales region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 122 (35.67%) C#
2 100 (29.24%) Agile
3 93 (27.19%) JavaScript
3 93 (27.19%) Azure
4 86 (25.15%) .NET
5 84 (24.56%) SQL
6 81 (23.68%) HTML
7 72 (21.05%) CSS
8 70 (20.47%) Git
9 57 (16.67%) Microsoft
10 55 (16.08%) React
11 51 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (14.04%) Social Skills
12 48 (14.04%) AWS
13 47 (13.74%) Finance
13 47 (13.74%) Full Stack Development
13 47 (13.74%) Mentoring
14 45 (13.16%) AngularJS
15 43 (12.57%) SQL Server
15 43 (12.57%) .NET Core
16 42 (12.28%) Scrum
17 40 (11.70%) TypeScript
18 39 (11.40%) DevOps
19 36 (10.53%) RESTful
20 35 (10.23%) Java
21 34 (9.94%) PHP
21 34 (9.94%) Oracle
22 33 (9.65%) Docker
23 31 (9.06%) REST
24 30 (8.77%) ASP.NET

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 14 (4.09%) WordPress
2 8 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.75%) CMS
4 3 (0.88%) Drupal
4 3 (0.88%) nginx
5 2 (0.58%) Apache
5 2 (0.58%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.58%) SAS
6 1 (0.29%) Confluence
6 1 (0.29%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 93 (27.19%) Azure
2 48 (14.04%) AWS
3 29 (8.48%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.73%) SaaS
5 22 (6.43%) GitHub
6 19 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (4.97%) Heroku
8 15 (4.39%) PowerApps
9 14 (4.09%) GCP
9 14 (4.09%) Power Automate
10 9 (2.63%) WhatsApp
11 7 (2.05%) npm
12 4 (1.17%) iPaaS
12 4 (1.17%) PaaS
13 3 (0.88%) DigitalOcean
13 3 (0.88%) Stripe
14 2 (0.58%) Firebase
14 2 (0.58%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.88%) Intranet
1 3 (0.88%) SMS
2 2 (0.58%) DNS
3 1 (0.29%) Internet
3 1 (0.29%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (12.57%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.89%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.85%) MySQL
4 14 (4.09%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
5 10 (2.92%) MongoDB
5 10 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (2.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (2.05%) Oracle Database 11g
7 7 (2.05%) Oracle Database 12c
8 6 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.75%) Power BI
8 6 (1.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.17%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.17%) RDBMS
10 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.88%) MariaDB
11 3 (0.88%) Power Query
11 3 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 70 (20.47%) Git
2 15 (4.39%) GitLab
3 14 (4.09%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.22%) Selenium
5 7 (2.05%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.17%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.17%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.17%) webpack
7 3 (0.88%) Grunt
7 3 (0.88%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.58%) NUnit
8 2 (0.58%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.29%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.29%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.29%) JIRA
9 1 (0.29%) ReSharper
General
1 48 (14.04%) Social Skills
2 47 (13.74%) Finance
3 26 (7.60%) Public Sector
4 21 (6.14%) Games
5 19 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.80%) Marketing
7 8 (2.34%) Banking
7 8 (2.34%) Welsh Language
8 5 (1.46%) Electronics
8 5 (1.46%) Police
9 4 (1.17%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.88%) Advertising
10 3 (0.88%) Law
10 3 (0.88%) Retail
11 2 (0.58%) Agriculture
11 2 (0.58%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.58%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.29%) Legal
12 1 (0.29%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (25.15%) .NET
2 81 (23.68%) HTML
3 72 (21.05%) CSS
4 55 (16.08%) React
5 45 (13.16%) AngularJS
6 43 (12.57%) .NET Core
7 36 (10.53%) RESTful
8 31 (9.06%) REST
9 30 (8.77%) ASP.NET
10 25 (7.31%) Laravel
11 24 (7.02%) HTML5
11 24 (7.02%) Node.js
12 21 (6.14%) Vue
13 18 (5.26%) Spring
14 17 (4.97%) Lightning Web Components
14 17 (4.97%) Visualforce
14 17 (4.97%) Web Services
15 16 (4.68%) ASP.NET MVC
15 16 (4.68%) ASP.NET Web API
16 15 (4.39%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (2.92%) Mobile App
2 10 (2.92%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (2.34%) Housing Association
4 8 (2.34%) Virtual Team
5 4 (1.17%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.58%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.58%) CMDB
6 2 (0.58%) IoT
6 2 (0.58%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.29%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.29%) EPoS
7 1 (0.29%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.29%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.29%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.29%) NHS
7 1 (0.29%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.29%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.68%) Android
2 11 (3.22%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.88%) Linux
4 2 (0.58%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (29.24%) Agile
2 51 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (13.74%) Full Stack Development
3 47 (13.74%) Mentoring
4 42 (12.28%) Scrum
5 39 (11.40%) DevOps
6 29 (8.48%) CI/CD
6 29 (8.48%) Clean Code
7 28 (8.19%) Coaching
8 27 (7.89%) Microservices
9 25 (7.31%) TDD
10 24 (7.02%) Unit Testing
11 23 (6.73%) Data Modelling
11 23 (6.73%) Test Automation
12 22 (6.43%) Software Engineering
12 22 (6.43%) Web Development
13 21 (6.14%) MVC
13 21 (6.14%) SDLC
14 20 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (5.56%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 122 (35.67%) C#
2 93 (27.19%) JavaScript
3 84 (24.56%) SQL
4 40 (11.70%) TypeScript
5 35 (10.23%) Java
6 34 (9.94%) PHP
7 21 (6.14%) Python
8 18 (5.26%) C++
9 17 (4.97%) Apex Code
10 14 (4.09%) PL/SQL
11 10 (2.92%) C
12 5 (1.46%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.46%) Swift
13 3 (0.88%) Scala
13 3 (0.88%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.58%) VBA
15 1 (0.29%) Perl
15 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (6.14%) Degree
2 13 (3.80%) SC Cleared
2 13 (3.80%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (0.58%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.39%) QA
2 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.29%) SLA
3 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (9.65%) Docker
2 2 (0.58%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 5 (1.46%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.88%) Galera Cluster
3 2 (0.58%) Kibana
Vendors
1 57 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.94%) Oracle
3 17 (4.97%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.34%) WooCommerce
5 6 (1.75%) Google
5 6 (1.75%) Xamarin
6 3 (0.88%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.58%) Blue Prism
7 2 (0.58%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.58%) UiPath