Developer Jobs in Bristol

Developer
South West > Bristol

The median Developer salary in Bristol is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 6 11
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 123 476 422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 9.80% 15.31% 16.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.32% 15.78% 17.41%
Number of salaries quoted 99 398 306
10th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £35,483
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% +2.61% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £78,750
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 1,192 3,017 2,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 97.04% 92.63%
Number of salaries quoted 806 2,264 1,518
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,075 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -0.86% +9.20%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,125 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Bristol

Developer
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Developer in Bristol

Developer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Bristol over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 59 (47.97%) JavaScript
2 51 (41.46%) AWS
3 41 (33.33%) Node.js
4 39 (31.71%) TypeScript
4 39 (31.71%) React
5 37 (30.08%) Agile
6 34 (27.64%) Azure
7 31 (25.20%) SQL
8 30 (24.39%) Git
9 29 (23.58%) HTML
9 29 (23.58%) CSS
9 29 (23.58%) CI/CD
10 28 (22.76%) Full-Stack Development
11 23 (18.70%) PHP
11 23 (18.70%) User Experience
12 21 (17.07%) MySQL
12 21 (17.07%) Software Engineering
12 21 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (16.26%) C#
13 20 (16.26%) Finance
14 19 (15.45%) .NET
14 19 (15.45%) Social Skills
15 18 (14.63%) Microservices
15 18 (14.63%) Front End Development
15 18 (14.63%) AngularJS
16 17 (13.82%) E-Commerce
17 16 (13.01%) Java
17 16 (13.01%) GitHub
17 16 (13.01%) Serverless
18 15 (12.20%) Test Automation

Developer 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 7 (5.69%) WordPress
2 4 (3.25%) Confluence
3 2 (1.63%) NServiceBus
3 2 (1.63%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.81%) CMS
4 1 (0.81%) Drupal
4 1 (0.81%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.81%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.63%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (41.46%) AWS
2 34 (27.64%) Azure
3 16 (13.01%) GitHub
3 16 (13.01%) Serverless
4 9 (7.32%) GitHub Actions
4 9 (7.32%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.50%) SaaS
6 7 (5.69%) GCP
6 7 (5.69%) Stripe
7 6 (4.88%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.44%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.63%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.63%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.63%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) DNS
1 1 (0.81%) FTP
1 1 (0.81%) HTTP
1 1 (0.81%) SMTP
1 1 (0.81%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.07%) MySQL
2 13 (10.57%) NoSQL
3 8 (6.50%) Relational Database
4 7 (5.69%) MongoDB
4 7 (5.69%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (5.69%) Power BI
5 5 (4.07%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.25%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.63%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (1.63%) Data Mining
7 2 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (24.39%) Git
2 4 (3.25%) Jenkins
2 4 (3.25%) JIRA
3 2 (1.63%) Fiddler
3 2 (1.63%) GitLab
3 2 (1.63%) Postman
3 2 (1.63%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.63%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.81%) Log4Net
4 1 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.81%) webpack
General
1 20 (16.26%) Finance
2 19 (15.45%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.94%) Games
4 11 (8.94%) Tech for Good
5 7 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.69%) Social Housing
6 5 (4.07%) Electronics
7 3 (2.44%) Banking
8 2 (1.63%) Law
8 2 (1.63%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.63%) Retail
9 1 (0.81%) Back Office
9 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
9 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (33.33%) Node.js
2 39 (31.71%) React
3 29 (23.58%) CSS
3 29 (23.58%) HTML
4 19 (15.45%) .NET
5 18 (14.63%) AngularJS
6 14 (11.38%) RESTful
7 12 (9.76%) .NET Core
8 11 (8.94%) GraphQL
9 9 (7.32%) .NET Framework
9 9 (7.32%) ASP.NET
10 8 (6.50%) Entity Framework
10 8 (6.50%) Laravel
10 8 (6.50%) Lightning Web Components
10 8 (6.50%) Vue
11 7 (5.69%) LAMP
11 7 (5.69%) Tailwind CSS
12 6 (4.88%) Flutter
12 6 (4.88%) JSON
12 6 (4.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.57%) IoT
2 11 (8.94%) Mobile App
3 8 (6.50%) Learning Management System
4 7 (5.69%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (5.69%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (5.69%) Smart Home
5 6 (4.88%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.88%) N-Tier
6 5 (4.07%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.07%) Product Ownership
7 4 (3.25%) Algorithms
7 4 (3.25%) PropTech
8 3 (2.44%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.63%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.81%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.81%) Blog
10 1 (0.81%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.81%) Mixed Reality
10 1 (0.81%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.13%) Apple iOS
2 5 (4.07%) Android
2 5 (4.07%) Windows
3 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (30.08%) Agile
2 29 (23.58%) CI/CD
3 28 (22.76%) Full-Stack Development
4 23 (18.70%) User Experience
5 21 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (17.07%) Software Engineering
6 18 (14.63%) Front End Development
6 18 (14.63%) Microservices
7 17 (13.82%) E-Commerce
8 15 (12.20%) Test Automation
9 14 (11.38%) Clean Code
9 14 (11.38%) Web Development
10 12 (9.76%) Mentoring
10 12 (9.76%) MVC
11 11 (8.94%) DevOps
11 11 (8.94%) Secure Coding
11 11 (8.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 10 (8.13%) Design Patterns
12 10 (8.13%) UX Design
13 9 (7.32%) API Development
Programming Languages
1 59 (47.97%) JavaScript
2 39 (31.71%) TypeScript
3 31 (25.20%) SQL
4 23 (18.70%) PHP
5 20 (16.26%) C#
6 16 (13.01%) Java
7 8 (6.50%) Apex Code
8 7 (5.69%) Python
9 6 (4.88%) Dart
10 5 (4.07%) C++
11 3 (2.44%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.63%) Julia
12 2 (1.63%) R
12 2 (1.63%) VBA
12 2 (1.63%) XAML
13 1 (0.81%) Swift
13 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (4.07%) Degree
1 5 (4.07%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.25%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.94%) Accessibility
2 8 (6.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (8.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.32%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.25%) Adobe
4 3 (2.44%) Twitter
5 2 (1.63%) Facebook
5 2 (1.63%) IBM
5 2 (1.63%) IFS
5 2 (1.63%) iManage
5 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.81%) PayPal
6 1 (0.81%) SAP