Software Developer Jobs in Bristol

Software Developer
South West > Bristol

The median Software Developer salary in Bristol is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2024.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 116 123
Rank change year-on-year +49 +7 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 105 41 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 2.97% 1.67% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.05% 1.80% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 95 37 49
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,886 £70,050 £76,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%

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 3,438 2,275 3,388
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.15% 92.55% 96.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,517 1,445 2,162
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,810 £53,412
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +8.23% +12.45%
75th Percentile £70,250 £72,647 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Bristol

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Bristol

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Bristol over the 6 months to 24 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 2024, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 47 (44.76%) C#
2 44 (41.90%) .NET
3 38 (36.19%) Software Engineering
3 38 (36.19%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (30.48%) Agile
4 32 (30.48%) JavaScript
5 30 (28.57%) Social Skills
6 27 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (23.81%) Java
7 25 (23.81%) Finance
8 23 (21.90%) Git
9 22 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (18.10%) Mentoring
10 19 (18.10%) AWS
11 18 (17.14%) Test Automation
12 17 (16.19%) UX Design
12 17 (16.19%) Apple iOS
12 17 (16.19%) CSS
12 17 (16.19%) Windows
12 17 (16.19%) User Experience
12 17 (16.19%) TypeScript
12 17 (16.19%) iOS Development
13 16 (15.24%) React
13 16 (15.24%) HTML
14 15 (14.29%) Microsoft
14 15 (14.29%) Azure
14 15 (14.29%) .NET Framework
14 15 (14.29%) Design Patterns
15 14 (13.33%) Code Quality
15 14 (13.33%) Microservices

Software 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 1 (0.95%) Mendix
1 1 (0.95%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 19 (18.10%) AWS
2 15 (14.29%) Azure
3 8 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.81%) GCP
4 4 (3.81%) GitHub
4 4 (3.81%) npm
5 1 (0.95%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.48%) MySQL
3 7 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.76%) MongoDB
5 4 (3.81%) SQLite
6 3 (2.86%) Redis
6 3 (2.86%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 23 (21.90%) Git
2 7 (6.67%) Visual Studio
3 5 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.76%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (3.81%) Maven
5 3 (2.86%) Moq
5 3 (2.86%) Selenium
5 3 (2.86%) SpecFlow
5 3 (2.86%) xUnit.net
General
1 30 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (23.81%) Finance
4 11 (10.48%) Electronics
5 8 (7.62%) Tech for Good
6 6 (5.71%) Banking
6 6 (5.71%) Legal
6 6 (5.71%) Publishing
7 5 (4.76%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.76%) Social Housing
8 4 (3.81%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.90%) Retail
10 1 (0.95%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (41.90%) .NET
2 17 (16.19%) CSS
3 16 (15.24%) HTML
3 16 (15.24%) React
4 15 (14.29%) .NET Framework
5 14 (13.33%) AngularJS
6 10 (9.52%) XML
7 9 (8.57%) Node.js
8 8 (7.62%) ASP.NET
8 8 (7.62%) CSS3
8 8 (7.62%) HTML5
8 8 (7.62%) REST
9 6 (5.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 6 (5.71%) WPF
9 6 (5.71%) XSD
9 6 (5.71%) XSLT
10 5 (4.76%) jQuery
10 5 (4.76%) Spring
10 5 (4.76%) Spring Boot
10 5 (4.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.57%) IoT
2 6 (5.71%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.76%) Smart Home
4 4 (3.81%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.95%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (16.19%) Apple iOS
1 17 (16.19%) Windows
2 2 (1.90%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (36.19%) Problem-Solving
1 38 (36.19%) Software Engineering
2 32 (30.48%) Agile
3 22 (20.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (18.10%) Mentoring
5 18 (17.14%) Test Automation
6 17 (16.19%) iOS Development
6 17 (16.19%) User Experience
6 17 (16.19%) UX Design
7 15 (14.29%) Design Patterns
8 14 (13.33%) Code Quality
8 14 (13.33%) Microservices
8 14 (13.33%) MVVM
8 14 (13.33%) Scrum
9 13 (12.38%) DevOps
10 12 (11.43%) Fintech
10 12 (11.43%) SOLID
11 11 (10.48%) CI/CD
11 11 (10.48%) Refactoring
11 11 (10.48%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 47 (44.76%) C#
2 32 (30.48%) JavaScript
3 25 (23.81%) Java
4 17 (16.19%) TypeScript
5 14 (13.33%) SQL
6 9 (8.57%) PHP
7 8 (7.62%) Python
8 6 (5.71%) C++
8 6 (5.71%) Swift
9 5 (4.76%) Ada
9 5 (4.76%) C
10 4 (3.81%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.90%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 11 (10.48%) Degree
2 10 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.81%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.95%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.48%) Xamarin
3 6 (5.71%) Google
3 6 (5.71%) Oracle
4 4 (3.81%) Databricks