Software Developer Jobs in the South West

Software Developer
England > South West

The median Software Developer salary in the South West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 156 80
Rank change year-on-year +75 -76 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 289 134 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.16% 1.91% 3.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.29% 2.14% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 259 113 214
10th Percentile £36,365 £37,750 £30,188
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,750 £71,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 8,793 6,253 7,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.29% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,433 3,885 5,117
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,100 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the South West

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the South West.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the South West

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the South West

Software Developer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Bristol +61 106 £55,000 +15.79% 12
Gloucestershire -4 51 £53,750 -4.44% 3
Devon +22 50 £42,500 -5.56% 9
Wiltshire +12 34 £47,500 +3.83% 2
Somerset +29 29 £47,500 +8.57% 7
Cornwall - 6 £45,000 - 1
Dorset -31 5 £60,000 +41.18% 1
Software Developer
England

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Software 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 South West region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 122 (42.21%) C#
2 111 (38.41%) JavaScript
3 109 (37.72%) .NET
4 99 (34.26%) Agile
5 73 (25.26%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (24.57%) Social Skills
7 66 (22.84%) React
8 64 (22.15%) Software Engineering
9 61 (21.11%) Java
9 61 (21.11%) Azure
10 59 (20.42%) SQL
10 59 (20.42%) Full Stack Development
11 58 (20.07%) DevOps
12 55 (19.03%) HTML
13 52 (17.99%) SQL Server
14 50 (17.30%) MVC
15 49 (16.96%) Microsoft
16 46 (15.92%) CSS
16 46 (15.92%) AngularJS
17 45 (15.57%) TypeScript
17 45 (15.57%) .NET Framework
18 44 (15.22%) Docker
18 44 (15.22%) Git
19 43 (14.88%) AWS
20 38 (13.15%) Finance
21 37 (12.80%) Python
21 37 (12.80%) PHP
22 36 (12.46%) CI/CD
23 34 (11.76%) Degree
24 32 (11.07%) Microservices

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 7 (2.42%) Apache
2 5 (1.73%) Umbraco
3 4 (1.38%) CMS
4 1 (0.35%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 61 (21.11%) Azure
2 43 (14.88%) AWS
3 28 (9.69%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.19%) GCP
4 15 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.15%) PowerApps
6 11 (3.81%) SaaS
7 4 (1.38%) GitHub
7 4 (1.38%) npm
8 3 (1.04%) Firebase
9 2 (0.69%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (0.69%) PaaS
10 1 (0.35%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.35%) Internet
1 1 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (17.99%) SQL Server
2 30 (10.38%) MySQL
3 11 (3.81%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.11%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.42%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (1.38%) Redis
7 4 (1.38%) SQLite
8 3 (1.04%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (1.04%) Power BI
9 2 (0.69%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 44 (15.22%) Git
2 14 (4.84%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.42%) Jenkins
4 6 (2.08%) Maven
4 6 (2.08%) Rational Rhapsody
5 4 (1.38%) Gradle
5 4 (1.38%) Selenium
5 4 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (1.04%) Moq
6 3 (1.04%) SpecFlow
6 3 (1.04%) xUnit.net
7 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.35%) GDB
7 1 (0.35%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 71 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 38 (13.15%) Finance
3 27 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (5.19%) Retail
5 13 (4.50%) Public Sector
5 13 (4.50%) Publishing
6 12 (4.15%) Fire and Rescue
7 11 (3.81%) Electronics
8 10 (3.46%) Tech for Good
9 7 (2.42%) Banking
10 6 (2.08%) Legal
10 6 (2.08%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.38%) Aviation
11 4 (1.38%) Marketing
11 4 (1.38%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.04%) Aerospace
12 3 (1.04%) German Language
13 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.35%) Law
14 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (37.72%) .NET
2 66 (22.84%) React
3 55 (19.03%) HTML
4 46 (15.92%) AngularJS
4 46 (15.92%) CSS
5 45 (15.57%) .NET Framework
6 31 (10.73%) ASP.NET
7 28 (9.69%) Entity Framework
8 25 (8.65%) .NET Core
9 19 (6.57%) Vue
10 15 (5.19%) Node.js
11 14 (4.84%) RESTful
12 13 (4.50%) Laravel
12 13 (4.50%) REST
13 12 (4.15%) jQuery
13 12 (4.15%) Symfony
14 10 (3.46%) Blazor
14 10 (3.46%) HTML5
14 10 (3.46%) LESS
14 10 (3.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.84%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.81%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (3.46%) IoT
4 9 (3.11%) Virtual Team
5 6 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.08%) Smart Home
6 4 (1.38%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.69%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Blog
9 1 (0.35%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.35%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.35%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.30%) Windows
2 20 (6.92%) Apple iOS
3 13 (4.50%) Android
4 7 (2.42%) Linux
5 5 (1.73%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (34.26%) Agile
2 73 (25.26%) Problem-Solving
3 64 (22.15%) Software Engineering
4 59 (20.42%) Full Stack Development
5 58 (20.07%) DevOps
6 50 (17.30%) MVC
7 36 (12.46%) CI/CD
8 32 (11.07%) Microservices
9 31 (10.73%) Scrum
9 31 (10.73%) Test Automation
10 29 (10.03%) Mentoring
10 29 (10.03%) User Experience
11 26 (9.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (7.96%) Design Patterns
13 21 (7.27%) Computer Science
13 21 (7.27%) SDLC
14 20 (6.92%) Code Quality
14 20 (6.92%) Collaborative Working
14 20 (6.92%) SOLID
15 17 (5.88%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 122 (42.21%) C#
2 111 (38.41%) JavaScript
3 61 (21.11%) Java
4 59 (20.42%) SQL
5 45 (15.57%) TypeScript
6 37 (12.80%) PHP
6 37 (12.80%) Python
7 14 (4.84%) C++
7 14 (4.84%) VB.NET
8 7 (2.42%) C
8 7 (2.42%) Go
8 7 (2.42%) Kotlin
9 6 (2.08%) Ada
9 6 (2.08%) Swift
10 4 (1.38%) Bash
10 4 (1.38%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.04%) Bicep
11 3 (1.04%) Delphi
11 3 (1.04%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.69%) Rust
Qualifications
1 34 (11.76%) Degree
2 24 (8.30%) Security Cleared
3 16 (5.54%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.77%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.73%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.35%) MCSA
8 1 (0.35%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.81%) QA
2 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 44 (15.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (9.00%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.42%) Ansible
2 7 (2.42%) Kibana
3 4 (1.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 49 (16.96%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.88%) Xamarin
3 16 (5.54%) Google
4 7 (2.42%) Oracle
5 4 (1.38%) Databricks
6 3 (1.04%) Twitter
7 1 (0.35%) Peregrine