Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Senior Software Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Bristol is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 69 145
Rank change year-on-year -15 +76 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 16 104 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.28% 3.35% 1.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 3.46% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14 67 20
10th Percentile £47,603 - £57,500
25th Percentile £55,750 £55,000 £60,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £78,438 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,751 £80,000 £82,750
South West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year - -5.66% -

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 1,191 3,010 2,450
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 96.97% 92.77%
Number of salaries quoted 813 2,250 1,531
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,510 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year - -0.54% +8.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £74,051
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 2025, 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 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (68.75%) Python
3 10 (62.50%) Java
4 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
5 7 (43.75%) CI/CD
5 7 (43.75%) Linux
5 7 (43.75%) Agile
6 6 (37.50%) SQL
7 5 (31.25%) Windows
7 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
7 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (31.25%) Kubernetes
8 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
8 4 (25.00%) Azure
8 4 (25.00%) Spring
8 4 (25.00%) Degree
8 4 (25.00%) Mathematics
8 4 (25.00%) OO
8 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
8 4 (25.00%) C#
8 4 (25.00%) C++
9 3 (18.75%) C
9 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (18.75%) Firmware
9 3 (18.75%) Finance
9 3 (18.75%) Device Driver
9 3 (18.75%) Banking
9 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (18.75%) TDD
9 3 (18.75%) Scrum

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) OpenStack
2 2 (12.50%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) GCP
3 2 (12.50%) Apigee
3 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 2 (12.50%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (12.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) GitLab
2 2 (12.50%) Eclipse
2 2 (12.50%) Eclipse RCP
2 2 (12.50%) Git
2 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 2 (12.50%) JUnit
2 2 (12.50%) Maven
2 2 (12.50%) SonarQube
2 2 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 3 (18.75%) Banking
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Spring
2 3 (18.75%) OpenCL
3 2 (12.50%) CSS
3 2 (12.50%) Hibernate
3 2 (12.50%) HTML
3 2 (12.50%) JSP
3 2 (12.50%) Middleware
3 2 (12.50%) RESTful
3 2 (12.50%) Spring Boot
4 1 (6.25%) .NET
4 1 (6.25%) Node.js
4 1 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) CUDA
1 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
1 3 (18.75%) Device Driver
1 3 (18.75%) PCIe
2 1 (6.25%) Housing Association
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) NHS
2 1 (6.25%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Linux
2 5 (31.25%) Windows
3 2 (12.50%) Unix
4 1 (6.25%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 7 (43.75%) Agile
3 7 (43.75%) CI/CD
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (31.25%) Test Automation
5 4 (25.00%) Mathematics
5 4 (25.00%) OO
5 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (18.75%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (18.75%) Device Driver Development
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Performance Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Scrum
6 3 (18.75%) TDD
7 2 (12.50%) Analytics
7 2 (12.50%) DevSecOps
7 2 (12.50%) Line Management
7 2 (12.50%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) Python
2 10 (62.50%) Java
3 6 (37.50%) SQL
4 4 (25.00%) C#
4 4 (25.00%) C++
4 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (18.75%) C
6 2 (12.50%) Go
6 2 (12.50%) Rust
7 1 (6.25%) Ruby
7 1 (6.25%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Firmware
2 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) Kubernetes
2 2 (12.50%) Istio
2 2 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Graphcore
45 Senior Software Engineer jobs in the South West