Hiring a Software Engineer in Wales: talent market November 2026

87,022 people in Wales hold the Software Engineer title today, counted in November 2026 across the professional profiles Tapflow searches. That is a large market: 0.47% of all 18,375,725 profiles in Wales, and the most common title is "Software Engineer".

By the Tapflow research team · Counted · Aggregates only: every figure covers at least 10 people, and no person or private employer data is shown.

How many Software Engineers are there in Wales?

87,022 live profiles in Wales list Software Engineer or a close variant as the current job title. Tapflow counts the title people hold today, not past jobs or keywords in a summary, so this is the pool a search for this role starts from. It is 0.47% of the 18,375,725 profiles in Wales.

What job titles do Software Engineers use in Wales?

The same work goes by several names. These are the exact titles people in Wales hold, with how many hold each (10 titles with at least 10 holders):

  • Software Engineer: 34,894 people (40%)
  • Senior Software Engineer: 18,664 people (21%)
  • Lead Software Engineer: 2,264 people (2.6%)
  • Principal Software Engineer: 1,932 people (2.2%)
  • Staff Software Engineer: 1,296 people (1.5%)
  • Junior Software Engineer: 1,278 people (1.5%)
  • Associate Software Engineer: 1,246 people (1.4%)
  • Software Test Engineer: 1,082 people (1.2%)
  • Graduate Software Engineer: 978 people (1.1%)
  • Software Engineer Intern: 845 people (0.97%)

A search reads all of these titles, so a brief written with one name still reaches the people who use another.

Which companies employ the most Software Engineers in Wales?

Companies where this craft is concentrated (at least twice the local share of 0.47%): the people in the role and their share of the company's profiles in Wales. Companies only, never people.

  • Meta: 1,779 people (36% of its 4,967 profiles)
  • Google: 1,122 people (16% of its 6,836 profiles)
  • Amazon: 988 people (4.4% of its 22,584 profiles)
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.: 838 people (16% of its 5,158 profiles)
  • Lloyds Banking Group: 766 people (3.4% of its 22,275 profiles)
  • JPMorganChase: 708 people (21% of its 3,312 profiles)
  • Microsoft: 570 people (7.4% of its 7,694 profiles)
  • Arm: 569 people (24% of its 2,414 profiles)
  • Capgemini: 518 people (7.2% of its 7,147 profiles)
  • Sky: 449 people (4.0% of its 11,235 profiles)

How senior is the Software Engineer market in Wales?

The level stated on 80,781 of the profiles:

  • Specialist: 52,678 people (65%)
  • Senior: 26,281 people (33%)
  • Intern: 766 people (0.95%)
  • Founder: 256 people (0.32%)
  • President/Vice President: 255 people (0.32%)
  • Director: 194 people (0.24%)
  • Manager: 166 people (0.21%)
  • C-Level: 134 people (0.17%)
  • Owner: 26 people (0.03%)
  • Head: 25 people (0.03%)

How hard is it to hire a Software Engineer in Wales?

By pool size this is a large market (87,022 people). There are far more people in this role than any one search needs, so a search can be strict: it reads widely and keeps only the people who match your ideal profile closely.

How hard your own search is depends on your ideal profile: each requirement (years, skills, industry, languages) keeps a share of these 87,022 people, and Tapflow prices the search by the pool that fits your brief, not this headline number.

How does Tapflow plan a search for a Software Engineer?

  1. You describe the role in a sentence or paste the job description; Tapflow writes the ideal profile and asks at most a few questions.
  2. It reads the 87,022 people above (and the related titles they use), screens each one against the ideal profile, and scores the ones who pass.
  3. A Deep-dive researches the best people; the first 5 are free.
  4. You get a shortlist with the reasons for each person, and Tapflow can email them under your name once you approve.

What does a Software Engineer search cost?

At this market size, a shortlist of 20 people costs at most $20 in the app, or $10 when your assistant starts the same search through the API. You pay per person reached, never for an empty result.

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Where else are Software Engineers hiring?

Which other roles are counted in Wales?

Frequently asked questions

How many Software Engineers are there in Wales?

87,022 people in Wales have Software Engineer (or a close variant) as their current title, counted in November 2026 across the profiles Tapflow searches.

What is the most common job title for this role?

"Software Engineer", held by 34,894 people (40% of the pool).

How much does a search for a Software Engineer cost on Tapflow?

A shortlist of 20 people costs at most $20 in the app and $10 through the API at this market size; you pay per person reached, and the first 5 people researched are free.

Can my AI assistant run this search?

Yes. The Tapflow API takes a role, a place and a goal, plans the search, scores each person against your ideal profile and returns the shortlist. Assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT connect to the Tapflow MCP server at https://www.tapflowai.com/mcp with an API key; other agents read https://www.tapflowai.com/llms.txt and the OpenAPI document at https://www.tapflowai.com/openapi.json.

Method: counts read from Tapflow's profile index in November 2026; live profiles only; a person is counted under the title they hold today. Numbers below 10 are never published. More in the developer docs and the FAQ.