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 27 December 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 10 10
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 124 184 236
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 6.10% 12.70% 14.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.58% 13.38% 14.87%
Number of salaries quoted 103 129 212
10th Percentile £40,250 £41,000 £39,658
25th Percentile £45,750 £47,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year - -2.95% +3.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £80,000 £77,500
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 1,885 1,375 1,587
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.89% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,357 824 1,314
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,570
25th Percentile £36,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -3.45% +8.28%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,175 £87,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,422 £52,000
% change year-on-year -2.76% -1.11% +4.00%

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 27 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Developer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 34 (27.42%) JavaScript
2 32 (25.81%) AWS
3 30 (24.19%) Azure
4 28 (22.58%) Agile
5 24 (19.35%) .NET
6 22 (17.74%) C#
6 22 (17.74%) Software Engineering
7 20 (16.13%) SQL
7 20 (16.13%) TypeScript
8 19 (15.32%) GitHub
8 19 (15.32%) HTML
9 18 (14.52%) Clean Code
9 18 (14.52%) Full-Stack Development
10 17 (13.71%) React
11 16 (12.90%) CSS
11 16 (12.90%) PHP
11 16 (12.90%) Security Cleared
12 15 (12.10%) Python
13 14 (11.29%) Degree
13 14 (11.29%) Mentoring
14 12 (9.68%) CI/CD
14 12 (9.68%) Microsoft
15 11 (8.87%) Git
16 10 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
17 9 (7.26%) Computer Science
17 9 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
17 9 (7.26%) DevOps
17 9 (7.26%) Power Platform
17 9 (7.26%) Problem-Solving
17 9 (7.26%) SaaS

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 (4.03%) Umbraco
2 4 (3.23%) Appian
3 3 (2.42%) CMS
3 3 (2.42%) Tomcat
3 3 (2.42%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.42%) WebLogic Portal
4 2 (1.61%) Confluence
5 1 (0.81%) Apache
5 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.81%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Windchill
2 1 (0.81%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.42%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.42%) Primavera
3 2 (1.61%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.81%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.81%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (25.81%) AWS
2 30 (24.19%) Azure
3 19 (15.32%) GitHub
4 9 (7.26%) Power Platform
4 9 (7.26%) SaaS
5 6 (4.84%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.03%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (2.42%) OCI
7 3 (2.42%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.61%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.61%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.81%) Boomi
9 1 (0.81%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.65%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.45%) MySQL
2 6 (4.84%) MongoDB
3 5 (4.03%) GIS
3 5 (4.03%) Power BI
3 5 (4.03%) Spatial Data
3 5 (4.03%) SQL Server
4 4 (3.23%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.42%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.42%) Oracle Discoverer
5 3 (2.42%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.61%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.81%) DB2
7 1 (0.81%) OLAP Cube
7 1 (0.81%) Power Query
7 1 (0.81%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (8.87%) Git
2 6 (4.84%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (2.42%) JIRA
3 3 (2.42%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.61%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.61%) TeamCity
General
1 10 (8.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (5.65%) Finance
2 7 (5.65%) Multimedia
3 5 (4.03%) Marketing
3 5 (4.03%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.23%) Back Office
5 3 (2.42%) Electronics
5 3 (2.42%) Games
5 3 (2.42%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.42%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.61%) Retail
6 2 (1.61%) Social Housing
6 2 (1.61%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.81%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (19.35%) .NET
2 19 (15.32%) HTML
3 17 (13.71%) React
4 16 (12.90%) CSS
5 8 (6.45%) AngularJS
5 8 (6.45%) Node.js
6 7 (5.65%) .NET Core
6 7 (5.65%) .NET Framework
6 7 (5.65%) WPF
7 6 (4.84%) React Native
8 5 (4.03%) Laravel
8 5 (4.03%) Universal Windows Platform
8 5 (4.03%) WinUI
9 4 (3.23%) REST
10 3 (2.42%) Blazor
10 3 (2.42%) Oracle ADF
10 3 (2.42%) Spring
10 3 (2.42%) Spring Boot
10 3 (2.42%) Vue
10 3 (2.42%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.65%) IoT
2 6 (4.84%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (4.84%) Smart Home
3 5 (4.03%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.61%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.81%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.81%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.81%) NHS
6 1 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.45%) Windows
2 3 (2.42%) Linux
2 3 (2.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.81%) Android
3 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (22.58%) Agile
2 22 (17.74%) Software Engineering
3 18 (14.52%) Clean Code
3 18 (14.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 14 (11.29%) Mentoring
5 12 (9.68%) CI/CD
6 10 (8.06%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (7.26%) Computer Science
7 9 (7.26%) DevOps
7 9 (7.26%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (6.45%) CRM
9 7 (5.65%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (5.65%) Microservices
10 6 (4.84%) Design Patterns
11 5 (4.03%) Data Modelling
11 5 (4.03%) Data Pipeline
11 5 (4.03%) Data Protection
11 5 (4.03%) MVVM
12 4 (3.23%) ETL
12 4 (3.23%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 34 (27.42%) JavaScript
2 22 (17.74%) C#
3 20 (16.13%) SQL
3 20 (16.13%) TypeScript
4 16 (12.90%) PHP
5 15 (12.10%) Python
6 6 (4.84%) Java
6 6 (4.84%) PL/SQL
7 4 (3.23%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.61%) XAML
9 1 (0.81%) C
9 1 (0.81%) C++
9 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.81%) Perl
9 1 (0.81%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.81%) R
9 1 (0.81%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.29%) Degree
3 9 (7.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (7.26%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.45%) AWS Certification
4 8 (6.45%) Azure Certification
5 7 (5.65%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.42%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.81%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.81%) OCA
8 1 (0.81%) OCP
8 1 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.42%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.61%) QA
3 1 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.81%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (3.23%) Docker
2 3 (2.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (4.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.65%) Oracle
3 5 (4.03%) Syncfusion
3 5 (4.03%) Telerik
4 4 (3.23%) SAP
5 3 (2.42%) IFS
6 2 (1.61%) JDA
7 1 (0.81%) BMC
7 1 (0.81%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.81%) Remedy
7 1 (0.81%) Siemens
7 1 (0.81%) SnapLogic