Developer Job Trends in Bristol

Developer
South West > Bristol

The median Developer salary in Bristol is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 115 181 213
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 5.89% 12.26% 13.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.37% 12.95% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 97 127 192
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £38,075
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £77,500 £77,250
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,805 1,398 1,485
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.72% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,305 839 1,243
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -3.45% +8.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,900
South West median annual salary £48,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.90% -2.86% +5.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Developer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Developer
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for Developer job vacancies in Bristol

Developer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Bristol

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bristol region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 32 (27.83%) AWS
1 32 (27.83%) JavaScript
2 30 (26.09%) Azure
3 27 (23.48%) Agile
4 24 (20.87%) .NET
5 23 (20.00%) Software Engineering
6 21 (18.26%) C#
7 20 (17.39%) SQL
8 19 (16.52%) GitHub
8 19 (16.52%) HTML
8 19 (16.52%) TypeScript
9 18 (15.65%) Clean Code
9 18 (15.65%) Full-Stack Development
10 17 (14.78%) React
10 17 (14.78%) Security Cleared
11 15 (13.04%) CSS
11 15 (13.04%) Mentoring
11 15 (13.04%) Python
12 14 (12.17%) Degree
12 14 (12.17%) PHP
13 12 (10.43%) CI/CD
13 12 (10.43%) Microsoft
14 11 (9.57%) Git
15 10 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
15 10 (8.70%) DevOps
15 10 (8.70%) SC Cleared
16 9 (7.83%) Computer Science
16 9 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
16 9 (7.83%) Power Platform
17 8 (6.96%) .NET Core

Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.35%) Umbraco
2 4 (3.48%) Appian
3 3 (2.61%) CMS
3 3 (2.61%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.61%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.61%) WebLogic Portal
4 2 (1.74%) Confluence
5 1 (0.87%) Apache
5 1 (0.87%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.87%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Windchill
2 1 (0.87%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.61%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.61%) Primavera
3 2 (1.74%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.87%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (27.83%) AWS
2 30 (26.09%) Azure
3 19 (16.52%) GitHub
4 9 (7.83%) Power Platform
5 7 (6.09%) SaaS
6 6 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.35%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 3 (2.61%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.61%) OCI
8 3 (2.61%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.74%) Pulumi
10 1 (0.87%) Boomi
10 1 (0.87%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.96%) MySQL
2 5 (4.35%) MongoDB
2 5 (4.35%) Power BI
3 4 (3.48%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.48%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.61%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.61%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (2.61%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.74%) GIS
5 2 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.74%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (1.74%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.87%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.87%) DB2
6 1 (0.87%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (0.87%) Power Query
6 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.87%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (9.57%) Git
2 6 (5.22%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (2.61%) JIRA
3 3 (2.61%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.74%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.74%) TeamCity
General
1 10 (8.70%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.09%) Finance
2 7 (6.09%) Multimedia
3 5 (4.35%) Marketing
3 5 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.48%) Back Office
5 3 (2.61%) Electronics
5 3 (2.61%) Games
5 3 (2.61%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.61%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.74%) Retail
6 2 (1.74%) Social Housing
6 2 (1.74%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.87%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.87%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.87%) .NET
2 19 (16.52%) HTML
3 17 (14.78%) React
4 15 (13.04%) CSS
5 8 (6.96%) .NET Core
5 8 (6.96%) AngularJS
5 8 (6.96%) Node.js
6 7 (6.09%) .NET Framework
6 7 (6.09%) WPF
7 6 (5.22%) React Native
8 5 (4.35%) Laravel
8 5 (4.35%) Universal Windows Platform
8 5 (4.35%) WinUI
9 4 (3.48%) REST
10 3 (2.61%) Blazor
10 3 (2.61%) Oracle ADF
10 3 (2.61%) Spring
10 3 (2.61%) Spring Boot
10 3 (2.61%) Vue
10 3 (2.61%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.09%) IoT
2 6 (5.22%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (5.22%) Smart Home
3 5 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.61%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.74%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.87%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.87%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.87%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.87%) NHS
6 1 (0.87%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.96%) Windows
2 3 (2.61%) Linux
2 3 (2.61%) Unix
3 1 (0.87%) Android
3 1 (0.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.48%) Agile
2 23 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 18 (15.65%) Clean Code
3 18 (15.65%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (13.04%) Mentoring
5 12 (10.43%) CI/CD
6 10 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (8.70%) DevOps
7 9 (7.83%) Computer Science
8 8 (6.96%) CRM
8 8 (6.96%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (6.09%) Microservices
10 6 (5.22%) Design Patterns
11 5 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (4.35%) Data Modelling
11 5 (4.35%) Data Protection
11 5 (4.35%) ETL
11 5 (4.35%) MVVM
12 4 (3.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (27.83%) JavaScript
2 21 (18.26%) C#
3 20 (17.39%) SQL
4 19 (16.52%) TypeScript
5 15 (13.04%) Python
6 14 (12.17%) PHP
7 6 (5.22%) Java
7 6 (5.22%) PL/SQL
8 4 (3.48%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.74%) XAML
10 1 (0.87%) C
10 1 (0.87%) C++
10 1 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.87%) Perl
10 1 (0.87%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.87%) R
10 1 (0.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (14.78%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.17%) Degree
3 10 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 9 (7.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (6.96%) AWS Certification
5 8 (6.96%) Azure Certification
6 7 (6.09%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.61%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.87%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.87%) OCA
9 1 (0.87%) OCP
9 1 (0.87%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.61%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.87%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.87%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.48%) Docker
2 3 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.87%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (6.09%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.61%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.74%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (10.43%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.09%) Oracle
3 5 (4.35%) Syncfusion
3 5 (4.35%) Telerik
4 4 (3.48%) SAP
5 3 (2.61%) IFS
6 2 (1.74%) JDA
7 1 (0.87%) BMC
7 1 (0.87%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.87%) Remedy
7 1 (0.87%) Siemens
7 1 (0.87%) SnapLogic