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 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 3 14 6
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 375 231 359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 16.71% 13.73% 17.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.96% 15.96% 18.80%
Number of salaries quoted 316 140 245
10th Percentile £34,125 £30,675 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,188 £37,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.02% -9.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,173 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.12% +8.33% +9.09%

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%

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 1 June 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 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 +10 284 £55,000 +15.79% 28
West Wales +9 49 £50,000 +21.33% 12
North Wales +15 35 £45,000 - 4
Mid Wales -9 1 £38,000 -10.59%
Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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.

1 134 (35.73%) C#
2 106 (28.27%) JavaScript
2 106 (28.27%) Agile
3 100 (26.67%) Azure
4 95 (25.33%) .NET
5 93 (24.80%) SQL
6 83 (22.13%) HTML
7 74 (19.73%) CSS
8 68 (18.13%) Git
9 63 (16.80%) Full Stack Development
10 61 (16.27%) React
11 60 (16.00%) Microsoft
12 56 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
13 54 (14.40%) Social Skills
14 51 (13.60%) AngularJS
15 50 (13.33%) AWS
15 50 (13.33%) Finance
15 50 (13.33%) Mentoring
16 44 (11.73%) TypeScript
16 44 (11.73%) .NET Core
16 44 (11.73%) SQL Server
17 41 (10.93%) Scrum
18 40 (10.67%) DevOps
19 39 (10.40%) RESTful
20 36 (9.60%) Oracle
21 35 (9.33%) Java
22 34 (9.07%) Docker
23 33 (8.80%) PHP
23 33 (8.80%) ASP.NET
24 31 (8.27%) REST

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 13 (3.47%) WordPress
2 8 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.60%) CMS
4 3 (0.80%) Drupal
4 3 (0.80%) nginx
5 2 (0.53%) Apache
5 2 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.53%) SAS
6 1 (0.27%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 100 (26.67%) Azure
2 50 (13.33%) AWS
3 28 (7.47%) Power Platform
4 23 (6.13%) SaaS
5 22 (5.87%) GitHub
6 20 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (5.07%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (4.53%) GCP
8 17 (4.53%) Heroku
9 15 (4.00%) PowerApps
10 14 (3.73%) Power Automate
11 8 (2.13%) WhatsApp
12 7 (1.87%) npm
13 5 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.07%) iPaaS
14 4 (1.07%) PaaS
15 3 (0.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 3 (0.80%) DigitalOcean
15 3 (0.80%) Stripe
16 2 (0.53%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.80%) Intranet
1 3 (0.80%) SMS
2 2 (0.53%) DNS
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (11.73%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.20%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (5.33%) MySQL
4 16 (4.27%) Oracle Database
5 10 (2.67%) MongoDB
6 9 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (2.40%) Oracle Database 12c
6 9 (2.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (1.87%) Oracle Database 11g
7 7 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.33%) Power BI
8 5 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.07%) NoSQL
9 4 (1.07%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.07%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.80%) MariaDB
10 3 (0.80%) Power Query
10 3 (0.80%) Redis
Development Applications
1 68 (18.13%) Git
2 15 (4.00%) GitLab
3 14 (3.73%) Jenkins
4 11 (2.93%) Selenium
5 8 (2.13%) Oracle APEX
6 4 (1.07%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.07%) webpack
7 3 (0.80%) Grunt
7 3 (0.80%) PHPUnit
7 3 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (0.53%) NUnit
8 2 (0.53%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.27%) GitKraken
9 1 (0.27%) JetBrains Rider
9 1 (0.27%) JIRA
9 1 (0.27%) ReSharper
General
1 54 (14.40%) Social Skills
2 50 (13.33%) Finance
3 26 (6.93%) Public Sector
4 24 (6.40%) Games
5 23 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.47%) Marketing
7 9 (2.40%) Banking
8 8 (2.13%) Welsh Language
9 5 (1.33%) Electronics
10 4 (1.07%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.07%) Police
11 3 (0.80%) Advertising
11 3 (0.80%) Law
11 3 (0.80%) Retail
12 2 (0.53%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.53%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.53%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.27%) Local Government
13 1 (0.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (25.33%) .NET
2 83 (22.13%) HTML
3 74 (19.73%) CSS
4 61 (16.27%) React
5 51 (13.60%) AngularJS
6 44 (11.73%) .NET Core
7 39 (10.40%) RESTful
8 33 (8.80%) ASP.NET
9 31 (8.27%) REST
10 28 (7.47%) Node.js
11 25 (6.67%) HTML5
11 25 (6.67%) Laravel
12 24 (6.40%) Vue
13 21 (5.60%) ASP.NET Web API
14 18 (4.80%) Lightning Web Components
14 18 (4.80%) Web Services
15 17 (4.53%) Spring
15 17 (4.53%) Visualforce
16 16 (4.27%) ASP.NET MVC
16 16 (4.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.27%) Mobile App
2 11 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.67%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.13%) Housing Association
5 8 (2.13%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.33%) IoT
7 4 (1.07%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.53%) Blockchain
8 2 (0.53%) CMDB
8 2 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.27%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.27%) EPoS
9 1 (0.27%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.27%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.27%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.27%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.27%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.27%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.27%) Android
2 11 (2.93%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.80%) Linux
4 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (28.27%) Agile
2 63 (16.80%) Full Stack Development
3 56 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 41 (10.93%) Scrum
6 40 (10.67%) DevOps
7 30 (8.00%) CI/CD
8 29 (7.73%) Clean Code
9 28 (7.47%) Coaching
9 28 (7.47%) Microservices
10 25 (6.67%) TDD
10 25 (6.67%) Unit Testing
10 25 (6.67%) Web Development
11 23 (6.13%) Data Modelling
11 23 (6.13%) SDLC
12 22 (5.87%) Software Engineering
12 22 (5.87%) Test Automation
13 21 (5.60%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (5.60%) Fintech
13 21 (5.60%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 134 (35.73%) C#
2 106 (28.27%) JavaScript
3 93 (24.80%) SQL
4 44 (11.73%) TypeScript
5 35 (9.33%) Java
6 33 (8.80%) PHP
7 21 (5.60%) Python
8 18 (4.80%) Apex Code
8 18 (4.80%) C++
9 17 (4.53%) PL/SQL
10 10 (2.67%) C
11 5 (1.33%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.33%) Swift
12 3 (0.80%) Scala
12 3 (0.80%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.53%) VBA
14 1 (0.27%) Go
14 1 (0.27%) Perl
14 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (6.13%) Degree
2 11 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (2.93%) SC Cleared
2 11 (2.93%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (0.53%) PhD
5 1 (0.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.00%) QA
2 2 (0.53%) Accessibility
2 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.27%) SLA
3 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 34 (9.07%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 6 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.80%) Galera Cluster
3 2 (0.53%) Kibana
4 1 (0.27%) Ansible
4 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.60%) Oracle
3 18 (4.80%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.93%) Xamarin
5 7 (1.87%) WooCommerce
6 6 (1.60%) Google
7 3 (0.80%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.80%) UiPath
8 2 (0.53%) Blue Prism
8 2 (0.53%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.27%) Conga
9 1 (0.27%) DocuSign
9 1 (0.27%) Quadient