Software Engineer Jobs in Wales

Software Engineer
UK > Wales

The median Software Engineer salary in Wales is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 52 33
Rank change year-on-year +19 -19 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 106 87 134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 5.19% 5.22% 6.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.61% 6.07% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 48 36 35
10th Percentile £38,875 £21,250 £33,792
25th Percentile £45,000 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £41,627 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.11% -16.75% +8.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £65,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

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 1,434 1,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 86.02% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 813 1,146
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,391 £30,875
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%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Wales over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Wales

Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 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 +26 71 £55,000 - 15
North Wales +4 14 £50,000 - 5
West Wales +1 11 £50,000 +33.33% 2
Mid Wales -1 9 £42,500 +46.55% 1
Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 106 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 38 (35.85%) Agile
3 37 (34.91%) AWS
4 36 (33.96%) DevOps
5 34 (32.08%) JavaScript
6 33 (31.13%) Python
6 33 (31.13%) Azure
7 31 (29.25%) C#
7 31 (29.25%) React
7 31 (29.25%) Actionable Insight
8 30 (28.30%) Security Cleared
9 29 (27.36%) SC Cleared
9 29 (27.36%) .NET
9 29 (27.36%) PostgreSQL
10 27 (25.47%) GIS
10 27 (25.47%) ESRI
10 27 (25.47%) ArcGIS
10 27 (25.47%) Web Development
10 27 (25.47%) PostGIS
10 27 (25.47%) Leaflet
10 27 (25.47%) .NET Core
10 27 (25.47%) GeoServer
10 27 (25.47%) OpenLayers
10 27 (25.47%) QGIS
11 24 (22.64%) CSS
12 17 (16.04%) C
12 17 (16.04%) Java
13 14 (13.21%) Degree
13 14 (13.21%) Linux
14 12 (11.32%) Electronics

Software Engineer 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 27 (25.47%) ArcGIS
1 27 (25.47%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.94%) JBoss
2 1 (0.94%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 37 (34.91%) AWS
2 33 (31.13%) Azure
3 7 (6.60%) GCP
4 4 (3.77%) Serverless
5 2 (1.89%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.94%) AWS Step Functions
6 1 (0.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.72%) Ethernet
2 4 (3.77%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (27.36%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (25.47%) GIS
2 27 (25.47%) QGIS
3 3 (2.83%) Oracle Database
3 3 (2.83%) RDBMS
3 3 (2.83%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.89%) MySQL
4 2 (1.89%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.94%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (11.32%) Git
2 4 (3.77%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.83%) JDeveloper
4 1 (0.94%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.94%) Subversion
General
1 12 (11.32%) Electronics
2 8 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.66%) Manufacturing
4 5 (4.72%) Finance
5 4 (3.77%) Social Skills
6 2 (1.89%) Banking
6 2 (1.89%) Retail
7 1 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.94%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (29.25%) React
2 29 (27.36%) .NET
3 27 (25.47%) .NET Core
3 27 (25.47%) Leaflet
3 27 (25.47%) OpenLayers
3 27 (25.47%) PostGIS
4 24 (22.64%) CSS
5 5 (4.72%) Django
6 4 (3.77%) Node.js
7 2 (1.89%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.89%) STL
7 2 (1.89%) Vue
7 2 (1.89%) WinForms
7 2 (1.89%) WPF
8 1 (0.94%) Hibernate
8 1 (0.94%) Jinja
8 1 (0.94%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.94%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.94%) Web Services
8 1 (0.94%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.72%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.77%) Algorithms
2 4 (3.77%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (1.89%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.89%) NHS
3 2 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.21%) Linux
2 5 (4.72%) Ubuntu
3 4 (3.77%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (3.77%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.94%) Debian
4 1 (0.94%) Fedora
4 1 (0.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 38 (35.85%) Agile
3 36 (33.96%) DevOps
4 31 (29.25%) Actionable Insight
5 27 (25.47%) Web Development
6 12 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (11.32%) SDLC
7 11 (10.38%) CI/CD
8 10 (9.43%) Code Quality
8 10 (9.43%) Containerisation
8 10 (9.43%) Microservices
9 8 (7.55%) Clean Code
10 7 (6.60%) Computer Science
10 7 (6.60%) Scrum
11 6 (5.66%) Mathematics
12 5 (4.72%) Continuous Integration
12 5 (4.72%) OO
12 5 (4.72%) Unit Testing
13 4 (3.77%) Test Automation
13 4 (3.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 34 (32.08%) JavaScript
2 33 (31.13%) Python
3 31 (29.25%) C#
4 17 (16.04%) C
4 17 (16.04%) Java
5 7 (6.60%) C++
6 4 (3.77%) Ruby
6 4 (3.77%) SQL
7 3 (2.83%) Bash
7 3 (2.83%) Go
7 3 (2.83%) Perl
7 3 (2.83%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.89%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.94%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (28.30%) Security Cleared
2 29 (27.36%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.21%) Degree
4 5 (4.72%) HND
5 4 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.89%) HNC
6 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.72%) MISRA
2 4 (3.77%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 4 (3.77%) ISO 13485
3 3 (2.83%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.77%) Firmware
2 2 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.89%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (25.47%) ESRI
2 4 (3.77%) Google
2 4 (3.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.77%) QNX
2 4 (3.77%) Renesas
3 3 (2.83%) Oracle
3 3 (2.83%) Siemens