Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Senior Software Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Bristol is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 119 129
Rank change year-on-year +52 +10 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 67 27 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.60% 1.39% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.69% 1.46% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 48 14 24
10th Percentile £53,750 £58,125 £53,750
25th Percentile - £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £73,886 £73,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,125 £75,000 £78,750
South West median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

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 2,494 1,849 3,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.78% 95.31% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,571 1,344 1,913
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,825 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.68% +6.50%
75th Percentile £70,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
South West median annual salary £52,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% +5.26%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Bristol

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Bristol

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 67 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (31.34%) Machine Learning
2 21 (31.34%) Artificial Intelligence
3 16 (23.88%) AWS
4 15 (22.39%) React
5 14 (20.90%) DevOps
5 14 (20.90%) JavaScript
6 13 (19.40%) Agile
6 13 (19.40%) Azure
6 13 (19.40%) Mentoring
6 13 (19.40%) TypeScript
7 12 (17.91%) CI/CD
7 12 (17.91%) Git
8 11 (16.42%) Degree
8 11 (16.42%) Scrum
8 11 (16.42%) Python
8 11 (16.42%) Node.js
9 10 (14.93%) AngularJS
9 10 (14.93%) Java
10 9 (13.43%) SC Cleared
10 9 (13.43%) Security Cleared
10 9 (13.43%) Code Quality
11 8 (11.94%) SaaS
11 8 (11.94%) Unit Testing
11 8 (11.94%) C++
11 8 (11.94%) Docker
11 8 (11.94%) Microservices
11 8 (11.94%) Social Skills
12 7 (10.45%) Azure Functions
12 7 (10.45%) Lambda Expressions

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (23.88%) AWS
2 13 (19.40%) Azure
3 8 (11.94%) SaaS
4 7 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (10.45%) Azure Functions
4 7 (10.45%) Serverless
5 3 (4.48%) Heroku
6 1 (1.49%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.99%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.49%) Big Data
3 1 (1.49%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (17.91%) Git
2 4 (5.97%) Bitbucket
2 4 (5.97%) Cucumber
2 4 (5.97%) GitLab
3 1 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.49%) Maven
General
1 8 (11.94%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (4.48%) Automotive
3 3 (4.48%) Aviation
4 2 (2.99%) Electronics
5 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.39%) React
2 11 (16.42%) Node.js
3 10 (14.93%) AngularJS
4 7 (10.45%) .NET
4 7 (10.45%) .NET Core
4 7 (10.45%) .NET Framework
4 7 (10.45%) ASP.NET
4 7 (10.45%) ASP.NET Core
4 7 (10.45%) ASP.NET Web API
4 7 (10.45%) Entity Framework
4 7 (10.45%) Lambda Expressions
5 4 (5.97%) Spring
5 4 (5.97%) Spring Boot
6 3 (4.48%) Express.js
6 3 (4.48%) MEAN Stack
6 3 (4.48%) MERN Stack
7 2 (2.99%) RESTful
8 1 (1.49%) CSS
8 1 (1.49%) Hibernate
8 1 (1.49%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.45%) Cloud Native
1 7 (10.45%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.97%) Mobile App
2 4 (5.97%) Private Cloud
3 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.49%) IoT
4 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.46%) Apple iOS
1 5 (7.46%) Linux
2 1 (1.49%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (31.34%) Artificial Intelligence
2 21 (31.34%) Machine Learning
3 14 (20.90%) DevOps
4 13 (19.40%) Agile
4 13 (19.40%) Mentoring
5 12 (17.91%) CI/CD
6 11 (16.42%) Scrum
7 9 (13.43%) Code Quality
8 8 (11.94%) Microservices
8 8 (11.94%) Unit Testing
9 7 (10.45%) BDD
9 7 (10.45%) Computer Science
9 7 (10.45%) Data Analysis
9 7 (10.45%) Integration Testing
9 7 (10.45%) Kanban
9 7 (10.45%) MVC
9 7 (10.45%) Web Development
10 6 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (7.46%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.90%) JavaScript
2 13 (19.40%) TypeScript
3 11 (16.42%) Python
4 10 (14.93%) Java
5 8 (11.94%) C++
6 7 (10.45%) C#
7 5 (7.46%) Kotlin
7 5 (7.46%) SQL
8 4 (5.97%) Swift
9 1 (1.49%) C
9 1 (1.49%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.49%) Go
9 1 (1.49%) Rust
Qualifications
1 11 (16.42%) Degree
2 9 (13.43%) SC Cleared
2 9 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.45%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 8 (11.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (10.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (5.97%) YouTube