Software Engineering Jobs in Wales

Software Engineering
UK > Wales

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 24 18
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +15
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 184 151 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 8.57% 8.93% 11.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.19% 9.27% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 116 64 85
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,566 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,938 £36,763 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,938 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £117,800 £74,000
UK median annual salary £61,500 £70,000 £69,397
% change year-on-year -12.14% +0.87% +15.66%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,645 1,629 1,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 76.62% 96.39% 94.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,093 808 1,147
10th Percentile £26,900 £26,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £33,726 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year - -5.59% +11.20%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Wales

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Wales

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Wales over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Wales

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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 +20 127 £52,500 -12.50% 16
West Wales -1 25 £50,000 +22.69% 3
North Wales -9 17 £40,000 -46.67% 5
Mid Wales +2 14 £36,218 +24.89% 1
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
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 28 (15.22%) ArcGIS
2 27 (14.67%) GeoServer
3 2 (1.09%) Confluence
4 1 (0.54%) JBoss
4 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 47 (25.54%) Azure
2 39 (21.20%) AWS
3 14 (7.61%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (4.35%) Power Automate
5 8 (4.35%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.80%) GCP
7 3 (1.63%) Azure AKS
7 3 (1.63%) Serverless
8 2 (1.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.09%) SaaS
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.72%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.17%) Profibus
3 3 (1.63%) Bluetooth
3 3 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.09%) DSL
4 2 (1.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (15.76%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (15.22%) GIS
3 27 (14.67%) QGIS
4 4 (2.17%) Big Data
4 4 (2.17%) MySQL
5 3 (1.63%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.63%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.09%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.09%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.09%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.09%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.09%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.54%) Metadata
7 1 (0.54%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (12.50%) Git
2 4 (2.17%) JIRA
2 4 (2.17%) Selenium
2 4 (2.17%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.09%) DBeaver
3 2 (1.09%) JDeveloper
3 2 (1.09%) Postman
4 1 (0.54%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.54%) Subversion
General
1 24 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 14 (7.61%) Electronics
3 9 (4.89%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.80%) Finance
5 6 (3.26%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.17%) Legal
7 3 (1.63%) Banking
7 3 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.09%) Retail
9 1 (0.54%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.54%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 112 (60.87%) Software Engineer
2 63 (34.24%) Senior
3 54 (29.35%) Senior Software Engineer
4 27 (14.67%) Embedded Engineer
4 27 (14.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 22 (11.96%) Developer
6 18 (9.78%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 18 (9.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 11 (5.98%) Consultant
8 9 (4.89%) Applications Engineer
9 8 (4.35%) CRM Developer
9 8 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM Developer
9 8 (4.35%) Software Manager
10 7 (3.80%) Desktop Engineer
11 6 (3.26%) ERP Developer
12 5 (2.72%) Coordinator
12 5 (2.72%) ICT Coordinator
12 5 (2.72%) Software Developer
13 4 (2.17%) C++ Software Engineer
13 4 (2.17%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (22.83%) .NET
2 33 (17.93%) React
3 32 (17.39%) CSS
4 29 (15.76%) .NET Core
5 28 (15.22%) PostGIS
6 27 (14.67%) Leaflet
6 27 (14.67%) OpenLayers
7 10 (5.43%) WinForms
8 9 (4.89%) HTML
9 8 (4.35%) ADO
9 8 (4.35%) HTML5 Canvas
10 7 (3.80%) REST
10 7 (3.80%) WPF
11 5 (2.72%) Django
11 5 (2.72%) Node.js
12 4 (2.17%) RESTful
13 3 (1.63%) COM
13 3 (1.63%) GraphQL
13 3 (1.63%) JSON
13 3 (1.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.98%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.43%) Social Media
3 8 (4.35%) Virtual Team
4 7 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.72%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.72%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.72%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (2.17%) ARM Cortex
6 4 (2.17%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.17%) Tandem
7 2 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.09%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.09%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.54%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (15.22%) Linux
2 5 (2.72%) Android
2 5 (2.72%) Ubuntu
3 4 (2.17%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.17%) VxWorks
3 4 (2.17%) Windows
4 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.54%) Debian
4 1 (0.54%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (26.09%) Agile
2 47 (25.54%) DevOps
3 30 (16.30%) Actionable Insight
4 27 (14.67%) Web Development
5 22 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (10.33%) SDLC
7 16 (8.70%) Analytics
8 14 (7.61%) Scrum
9 12 (6.52%) CI/CD
10 11 (5.98%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (5.98%) Mathematics
10 11 (5.98%) Microservices
11 10 (5.43%) Coaching
11 10 (5.43%) Code Quality
11 10 (5.43%) Customer Experience
11 10 (5.43%) Lead Generation
12 9 (4.89%) Containerisation
13 8 (4.35%) Clean Code
13 8 (4.35%) Customer Service
13 8 (4.35%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 66 (35.87%) C#
2 40 (21.74%) JavaScript
3 35 (19.02%) C
3 35 (19.02%) Python
4 21 (11.41%) C++
5 20 (10.87%) SQL
6 16 (8.70%) Java
7 11 (5.98%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.17%) Embedded C
9 3 (1.63%) Go
9 3 (1.63%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.63%) Ruby
9 3 (1.63%) VB
10 2 (1.09%) Bash
10 2 (1.09%) Embedded C++
10 2 (1.09%) Perl
11 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (21.20%) Security Cleared
2 38 (20.65%) SC Cleared
3 22 (11.96%) Degree
4 10 (5.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.72%) HND
6 4 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.09%) HNC
8 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.35%) QA
2 7 (3.80%) MISRA
3 4 (2.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 4 (2.17%) ISO 13485
4 2 (1.09%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 4 (2.17%) Firmware
2 3 (1.63%) Docker
2 3 (1.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.09%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (15.22%) ESRI
2 20 (10.87%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.43%) Sage
3 10 (5.43%) SAP
4 4 (2.17%) Google
4 4 (2.17%) QNX
4 4 (2.17%) Renesas
5 3 (1.63%) Siemens
6 2 (1.09%) Databricks
6 2 (1.09%) Oracle
7 1 (0.54%) Xamarin