Software Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Software Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Software Engineer salary in Bristol is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 52 24
Rank change year-on-year +38 -28 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 325 140 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 10.49% 5.25% 10.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.84% 5.65% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 252 76 158
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,500 £33,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +9.65% +11.22%
75th Percentile £68,125 £72,813 £74,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £88,600
South West median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,999 2,476 3,213
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 92.87% 98.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,236 1,556 2,224
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,719 £42,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% +9.20% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Bristol

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Bristol

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 322 (99.08%) Software Engineering
2 99 (30.46%) Agile
3 77 (23.69%) Security Cleared
4 75 (23.08%) JavaScript
5 70 (21.54%) Python
6 68 (20.92%) DevOps
7 65 (20.00%) React
8 61 (18.77%) AWS
9 60 (18.46%) C++
10 59 (18.15%) C#
11 57 (17.54%) Azure
12 56 (17.23%) Java
13 53 (16.31%) .NET
14 42 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
15 41 (12.62%) Actionable Insight
16 39 (12.00%) SC Cleared
17 38 (11.69%) Git
17 38 (11.69%) Finance
18 37 (11.38%) PostgreSQL
18 37 (11.38%) CSS
18 37 (11.38%) Web Development
18 37 (11.38%) Self-Motivation
18 37 (11.38%) BPSS Clearance
19 36 (11.08%) .NET Core
19 36 (11.08%) C
20 35 (10.77%) Linux
21 33 (10.15%) Ada
22 31 (9.54%) Social Skills
23 30 (9.23%) Mentoring
24 29 (8.92%) Microservices

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 27 (8.31%) ArcGIS
1 27 (8.31%) GeoServer
2 3 (0.92%) Captiva
2 3 (0.92%) Confluence
2 3 (0.92%) FileNet
2 3 (0.92%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.62%) JBoss
3 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Fuse
3 2 (0.62%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.31%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 61 (18.77%) AWS
2 57 (17.54%) Azure
3 14 (4.31%) Serverless
4 11 (3.38%) GCP
4 11 (3.38%) SaaS
5 10 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.46%) GitHub
6 8 (2.46%) npm
7 7 (2.15%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.23%) OCI
9 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.31%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.85%) Wireless
2 5 (1.54%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.62%) 3GPP
3 2 (0.62%) 5G
3 2 (0.62%) RS-232
3 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.31%) OFDM
4 1 (0.31%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.31%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.38%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (8.31%) GIS
2 27 (8.31%) QGIS
3 13 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.77%) MySQL
5 6 (1.85%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.54%) Big Data
6 5 (1.54%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle ODI
8 3 (0.92%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.31%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 38 (11.69%) Git
2 17 (5.23%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.00%) Rational Rhapsody
4 12 (3.69%) Visual Studio
5 9 (2.77%) Oracle Forms
6 8 (2.46%) Maven
7 6 (1.85%) JIRA
8 3 (0.92%) GitLab
8 3 (0.92%) JDeveloper
8 3 (0.92%) Storybook
9 2 (0.62%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.62%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.62%) IntelliJ
9 2 (0.62%) MSTest
9 2 (0.62%) NUnit
10 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.31%) Selenium
10 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 38 (11.69%) Finance
2 31 (9.54%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.00%) Automotive
4 21 (6.46%) Banking
5 19 (5.85%) Aerospace
6 17 (5.23%) Aviation
7 11 (3.38%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.46%) Retail
9 7 (2.15%) Electronics
9 7 (2.15%) Marketing
10 6 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (1.85%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 6 (1.85%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.54%) Tech for Good
12 4 (1.23%) Advertising
12 4 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.92%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (20.00%) React
2 53 (16.31%) .NET
3 37 (11.38%) CSS
4 36 (11.08%) .NET Core
5 28 (8.62%) AngularJS
6 27 (8.31%) Leaflet
6 27 (8.31%) OpenLayers
6 27 (8.31%) PostGIS
7 23 (7.08%) Node.js
8 18 (5.54%) Middleware
9 17 (5.23%) Spring
10 16 (4.92%) HTML
10 16 (4.92%) RESTful
11 14 (4.31%) .NET Framework
12 13 (4.00%) ASP.NET
12 13 (4.00%) Spring Boot
13 12 (3.69%) REST
14 10 (3.08%) WPF
15 9 (2.77%) Django
15 9 (2.77%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.38%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.54%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.46%) IoT
4 7 (2.15%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.15%) Mobile App
4 7 (2.15%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.85%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.54%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.92%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (0.92%) DataPower
8 3 (0.92%) Verilog
8 3 (0.92%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.62%) Device Driver
9 2 (0.62%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.31%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.31%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.31%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 35 (10.77%) Linux
2 18 (5.54%) Windows
3 10 (3.08%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.15%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.85%) Android
5 6 (1.85%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.92%) Unix
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (99.08%) Software Engineering
2 99 (30.46%) Agile
3 68 (20.92%) DevOps
4 42 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (12.62%) Actionable Insight
6 37 (11.38%) Web Development
7 30 (9.23%) Mentoring
8 29 (8.92%) Microservices
9 25 (7.69%) CI/CD
10 23 (7.08%) Continuous Integration
10 23 (7.08%) Fintech
11 20 (6.15%) OO
12 19 (5.85%) Full Stack Development
13 18 (5.54%) Computer Science
13 18 (5.54%) Test Automation
13 18 (5.54%) Unit Testing
14 17 (5.23%) Code Quality
14 17 (5.23%) Design Patterns
15 16 (4.92%) UML
16 15 (4.62%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 75 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 70 (21.54%) Python
3 60 (18.46%) C++
4 59 (18.15%) C#
5 56 (17.23%) Java
6 36 (11.08%) C
7 33 (10.15%) Ada
8 23 (7.08%) TypeScript
9 15 (4.62%) SQL
10 9 (2.77%) Embedded C
10 9 (2.77%) Go
11 7 (2.15%) Bash
12 6 (1.85%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.85%) Rust
12 6 (1.85%) Swift
13 5 (1.54%) Ruby
14 4 (1.23%) PHP
14 4 (1.23%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.23%) SystemVerilog
15 3 (0.92%) Perl
Qualifications
1 77 (23.69%) Security Cleared
2 39 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (8.62%) Degree
5 3 (0.92%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.31%) OCP
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.15%) Def Stans
1 7 (2.15%) MISRA
2 5 (1.54%) QA
3 4 (1.23%) IEC 61508
3 4 (1.23%) MISRA C
4 3 (0.92%) GDPR
5 2 (0.62%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
System Software
1 15 (4.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Firmware
2 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.77%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.23%) Ansible
2 4 (1.23%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (8.31%) ESRI
2 14 (4.31%) Oracle
3 11 (3.38%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.23%) Google
4 4 (1.23%) SAP
5 3 (0.92%) IBM
5 3 (0.92%) Kofax
5 3 (0.92%) Pega
5 3 (0.92%) Red Hat
5 3 (0.92%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe
6 1 (0.31%) Netlify
6 1 (0.31%) Samsung
6 1 (0.31%) Veracode
6 1 (0.31%) VMware