Software Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Software Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Software Engineer salary in Bristol is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 58 22
Rank change year-on-year +44 -36 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 322 138 348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 10.38% 5.19% 10.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.70% 5.60% 10.76%
Number of salaries quoted 250 72 157
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,650 £36,550
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% +12.20%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £88,800
South West median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,009 2,463 3,234
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 92.70% 97.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,254 1,548 2,211
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,905 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.70% +9.02% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,776 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,125 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Bristol

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Bristol

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 Bristol region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 319 (99.07%) Software Engineering
2 96 (29.81%) Agile
3 76 (23.60%) Security Cleared
4 73 (22.67%) JavaScript
5 68 (21.12%) DevOps
6 67 (20.81%) React
6 67 (20.81%) Python
7 61 (18.94%) AWS
8 59 (18.32%) C#
8 59 (18.32%) C++
9 55 (17.08%) Azure
10 53 (16.46%) Java
10 53 (16.46%) .NET
11 41 (12.73%) Actionable Insight
11 41 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (12.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 39 (12.11%) Web Development
13 38 (11.80%) Git
13 38 (11.80%) SC Cleared
13 38 (11.80%) PostgreSQL
13 38 (11.80%) .NET Core
14 37 (11.49%) Self-Motivation
15 36 (11.18%) C
16 35 (10.87%) Ada
16 35 (10.87%) Finance
17 34 (10.56%) CSS
18 33 (10.25%) Linux
19 32 (9.94%) Social Skills
20 30 (9.32%) Mentoring
20 30 (9.32%) Microservices

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (8.39%) ArcGIS
1 27 (8.39%) GeoServer
2 3 (0.93%) Captiva
2 3 (0.93%) Confluence
2 3 (0.93%) FileNet
2 3 (0.93%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.62%) JBoss
3 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.31%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.94%) AWS
2 55 (17.08%) Azure
3 15 (4.66%) Serverless
4 11 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (3.42%) SaaS
5 9 (2.80%) GCP
6 8 (2.48%) Azure Functions
6 8 (2.48%) GitHub
6 8 (2.48%) npm
7 4 (1.24%) OCI
8 3 (0.93%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.86%) Wireless
2 5 (1.55%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.62%) 3GPP
3 2 (0.62%) 5G
3 2 (0.62%) RS-232
3 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.31%) OFDM
4 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.31%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (11.80%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (8.39%) GIS
2 27 (8.39%) QGIS
3 11 (3.42%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.48%) MySQL
5 6 (1.86%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.55%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.24%) Big Data
7 4 (1.24%) Oracle ODI
8 3 (0.93%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.93%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 38 (11.80%) Git
2 16 (4.97%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.04%) Rational Rhapsody
4 12 (3.73%) Visual Studio
5 9 (2.80%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (2.17%) Maven
7 5 (1.55%) JIRA
8 3 (0.93%) GitLab
8 3 (0.93%) JDeveloper
8 3 (0.93%) MSTest
8 3 (0.93%) NUnit
8 3 (0.93%) Storybook
9 2 (0.62%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.62%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.62%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.31%) Selenium
10 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 35 (10.87%) Finance
2 32 (9.94%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.07%) Automotive
4 21 (6.52%) Aerospace
5 17 (5.28%) Aviation
5 17 (5.28%) Banking
6 13 (4.04%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.48%) Retail
8 7 (2.17%) Electronics
8 7 (2.17%) Marketing
8 7 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
8 7 (2.17%) Tech for Good
9 6 (1.86%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.24%) Advertising
11 4 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.93%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (20.81%) React
2 53 (16.46%) .NET
3 38 (11.80%) .NET Core
4 34 (10.56%) CSS
5 27 (8.39%) Leaflet
5 27 (8.39%) OpenLayers
5 27 (8.39%) PostGIS
6 26 (8.07%) AngularJS
6 26 (8.07%) Node.js
7 18 (5.59%) Middleware
8 16 (4.97%) .NET Framework
8 16 (4.97%) Spring
9 13 (4.04%) RESTful
9 13 (4.04%) Spring Boot
10 12 (3.73%) ASP.NET
10 12 (3.73%) REST
11 11 (3.42%) Entity Framework
11 11 (3.42%) HTML
12 10 (3.11%) WPF
13 9 (2.80%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.49%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.59%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.48%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.48%) IoT
4 7 (2.17%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.86%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.86%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.55%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.24%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.93%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (0.93%) DataPower
8 3 (0.93%) Verilog
8 3 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.62%) Device Driver
9 2 (0.62%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.31%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.31%) Raspberry Pi
10 1 (0.31%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.25%) Linux
2 19 (5.90%) Windows
3 9 (2.80%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.17%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.86%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.55%) Android
7 3 (0.93%) Unix
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (99.07%) Software Engineering
2 96 (29.81%) Agile
3 68 (21.12%) DevOps
4 41 (12.73%) Actionable Insight
4 41 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (12.11%) Web Development
6 30 (9.32%) Mentoring
6 30 (9.32%) Microservices
7 28 (8.70%) CI/CD
8 23 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
8 23 (7.14%) Fintech
9 20 (6.21%) OO
10 19 (5.90%) Computer Science
10 19 (5.90%) Unit Testing
11 17 (5.28%) Code Quality
11 17 (5.28%) Design Patterns
11 17 (5.28%) Full Stack Development
11 17 (5.28%) UML
12 16 (4.97%) Test Automation
13 15 (4.66%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 73 (22.67%) JavaScript
2 67 (20.81%) Python
3 59 (18.32%) C#
3 59 (18.32%) C++
4 53 (16.46%) Java
5 36 (11.18%) C
6 35 (10.87%) Ada
7 22 (6.83%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.35%) SQL
9 9 (2.80%) Embedded C
10 8 (2.48%) Go
11 7 (2.17%) Bash
12 6 (1.86%) Swift
13 5 (1.55%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.55%) Ruby
13 5 (1.55%) Rust
14 4 (1.24%) PHP
14 4 (1.24%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.24%) SystemVerilog
15 3 (0.93%) Perl
Qualifications
1 76 (23.60%) Security Cleared
2 39 (12.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 38 (11.80%) SC Cleared
4 29 (9.01%) Degree
5 3 (0.93%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.17%) Def Stans
1 7 (2.17%) MISRA
2 5 (1.55%) QA
3 4 (1.24%) IEC 61508
3 4 (1.24%) MISRA C
4 3 (0.93%) GDPR
5 2 (0.62%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (4.04%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Firmware
2 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.24%) Ansible
2 4 (1.24%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (8.39%) ESRI
2 14 (4.35%) Oracle
3 10 (3.11%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.24%) Google
4 4 (1.24%) SAP
5 3 (0.93%) IBM
5 3 (0.93%) Kofax
5 3 (0.93%) Pega
5 3 (0.93%) Red Hat
5 3 (0.93%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe
6 1 (0.31%) Netlify
6 1 (0.31%) Samsung
6 1 (0.31%) Veracode
6 1 (0.31%) VMware