Senior Software Engineer
South West > Bristol
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Bristol is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
79 |
58 |
131 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-21 |
+73 |
+19 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
14 |
119 |
22 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol |
1.12% |
3.47% |
0.92% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.20% |
3.57% |
0.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
12 |
84 |
16 |
| 10th Percentile |
£58,450 |
- |
£62,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£62,500 |
£55,000 |
£64,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£75,000 |
£62,500 |
£70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+20.00% |
-10.71% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£75,000 |
£75,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£82,475 |
£80,000 |
£83,750 |
| South West median annual salary |
£70,000 |
£60,000 |
£65,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+16.67% |
-7.69% |
- |
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 |
1,163 |
3,333 |
2,268 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
93.41% |
97.17% |
94.97% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
842 |
2,428 |
1,488 |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£30,434 |
£32,000 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,250 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
- |
-4.35% |
+5.98% |
| 75th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£70,250 |
£72,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£88,625 |
£85,000 |
£86,250 |
| South West median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-4.76% |
+5.00% |
