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 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 55 24
Rank change year-on-year +41 -31 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 320 138 344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 10.33% 5.21% 10.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.64% 5.62% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 248 72 157
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,650 £36,150
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,715 £88,800
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 3,007 2,455 3,223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 92.75% 97.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,247 1,540 2,218
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,810 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +8.85% +13.48%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,776 £72,500
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 4 May 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 4 May 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.

1 317 (99.06%) Software Engineering
2 95 (29.69%) Agile
3 76 (23.75%) Security Cleared
4 73 (22.81%) JavaScript
5 68 (21.25%) DevOps
6 67 (20.94%) Python
7 66 (20.63%) React
8 60 (18.75%) AWS
9 59 (18.44%) C#
9 59 (18.44%) C++
10 55 (17.19%) Azure
11 53 (16.56%) .NET
12 52 (16.25%) Java
13 41 (12.81%) Actionable Insight
13 41 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
14 39 (12.19%) Web Development
15 38 (11.88%) Git
15 38 (11.88%) SC Cleared
15 38 (11.88%) .NET Core
15 38 (11.88%) BPSS Clearance
16 37 (11.56%) Self-Motivation
16 37 (11.56%) PostgreSQL
17 36 (11.25%) C
18 35 (10.94%) Finance
19 34 (10.63%) Ada
19 34 (10.63%) CSS
20 33 (10.31%) Linux
21 32 (10.00%) Social Skills
22 30 (9.38%) Mentoring
23 29 (9.06%) Degree

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 (8.44%) ArcGIS
1 27 (8.44%) GeoServer
2 3 (0.94%) Captiva
2 3 (0.94%) Confluence
2 3 (0.94%) FileNet
2 3 (0.94%) WebSphere
3 2 (0.63%) JBoss
3 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.31%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 60 (18.75%) AWS
2 55 (17.19%) Azure
3 15 (4.69%) Serverless
4 11 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (3.44%) SaaS
5 9 (2.81%) GCP
6 8 (2.50%) Azure Functions
6 8 (2.50%) GitHub
6 8 (2.50%) npm
7 4 (1.25%) OCI
8 2 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.63%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.88%) Wireless
2 5 (1.56%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.63%) 3GPP
3 2 (0.63%) 5G
3 2 (0.63%) RS-232
3 2 (0.63%) 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 (11.56%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (8.44%) GIS
2 27 (8.44%) QGIS
3 11 (3.44%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.50%) MySQL
5 6 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.56%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.25%) Big Data
7 4 (1.25%) Oracle ODI
8 3 (0.94%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.94%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.31%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 38 (11.88%) Git
2 16 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.06%) Rational Rhapsody
4 12 (3.75%) Visual Studio
5 9 (2.81%) Oracle Forms
6 7 (2.19%) Maven
7 5 (1.56%) JIRA
8 3 (0.94%) GitLab
8 3 (0.94%) JDeveloper
8 3 (0.94%) MSTest
8 3 (0.94%) NUnit
8 3 (0.94%) Storybook
9 2 (0.63%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.63%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.63%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.31%) Selenium
10 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 35 (10.94%) Finance
2 32 (10.00%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.13%) Automotive
4 20 (6.25%) Aerospace
5 17 (5.31%) Aviation
5 17 (5.31%) Banking
6 12 (3.75%) Manufacturing
7 8 (2.50%) Retail
8 7 (2.19%) Electronics
8 7 (2.19%) Marketing
8 7 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (1.88%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.88%) Tech for Good
9 6 (1.88%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (1.25%) Advertising
11 4 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.94%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.31%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (20.63%) React
2 53 (16.56%) .NET
3 38 (11.88%) .NET Core
4 34 (10.63%) CSS
5 27 (8.44%) Leaflet
5 27 (8.44%) OpenLayers
5 27 (8.44%) PostGIS
6 26 (8.13%) AngularJS
7 25 (7.81%) Node.js
8 18 (5.63%) Middleware
9 16 (5.00%) .NET Framework
10 15 (4.69%) Spring
11 13 (4.06%) RESTful
12 12 (3.75%) ASP.NET
12 12 (3.75%) REST
12 12 (3.75%) Spring Boot
13 11 (3.44%) Entity Framework
13 11 (3.44%) HTML
14 10 (3.13%) WPF
15 9 (2.81%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 37 (11.56%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (5.63%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.50%) Cloud Native
3 8 (2.50%) IoT
4 7 (2.19%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.88%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.88%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.56%) Private Cloud
7 4 (1.25%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.94%) ARM Cortex
8 3 (0.94%) DataPower
8 3 (0.94%) Verilog
8 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.63%) Device Driver
9 2 (0.63%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.31%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.31%) Raspberry Pi
10 1 (0.31%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.31%) Linux
2 19 (5.94%) Windows
3 9 (2.81%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.19%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.88%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.56%) Android
7 3 (0.94%) Unix
8 1 (0.31%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (99.06%) Software Engineering
2 95 (29.69%) Agile
3 68 (21.25%) DevOps
4 41 (12.81%) Actionable Insight
4 41 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (12.19%) Web Development
6 30 (9.38%) Mentoring
7 29 (9.06%) Microservices
8 27 (8.44%) CI/CD
9 23 (7.19%) Fintech
10 22 (6.88%) Continuous Integration
11 20 (6.25%) OO
12 19 (5.94%) Computer Science
12 19 (5.94%) Unit Testing
13 17 (5.31%) Code Quality
13 17 (5.31%) Design Patterns
13 17 (5.31%) Full Stack Development
13 17 (5.31%) UML
14 16 (5.00%) Test Automation
15 15 (4.69%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 73 (22.81%) JavaScript
2 67 (20.94%) Python
3 59 (18.44%) C#
3 59 (18.44%) C++
4 52 (16.25%) Java
5 36 (11.25%) C
6 34 (10.63%) Ada
7 22 (6.88%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.38%) SQL
9 9 (2.81%) Embedded C
10 8 (2.50%) Go
11 7 (2.19%) Bash
12 6 (1.88%) Swift
13 5 (1.56%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.56%) Ruby
13 5 (1.56%) Rust
14 4 (1.25%) PHP
14 4 (1.25%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.25%) SystemVerilog
15 3 (0.94%) Perl
Qualifications
1 76 (23.75%) Security Cleared
2 38 (11.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 38 (11.88%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.06%) Degree
4 3 (0.94%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.19%) Def Stans
1 7 (2.19%) MISRA
2 5 (1.56%) QA
3 4 (1.25%) IEC 61508
3 4 (1.25%) MISRA C
4 3 (0.94%) GDPR
5 2 (0.63%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (4.06%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Firmware
2 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.25%) Ansible
2 4 (1.25%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (8.44%) ESRI
2 14 (4.38%) Oracle
3 10 (3.13%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.25%) Google
4 4 (1.25%) SAP
5 3 (0.94%) IBM
5 3 (0.94%) Kofax
5 3 (0.94%) Pega
5 3 (0.94%) Red Hat
5 3 (0.94%) 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