Software Engineering Job Trends in Bristol

Software Engineering
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 21 8
Rank change year-on-year +18 -13 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 390 88 257
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 11.79% 7.61% 11.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.75% 9.72% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 313 73 156
10th Percentile £51,800 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,000 £85,000
South West median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,328 905 1,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.40% 78.29% 79.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,717 650 1,044
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.07% -12.33% +0.75%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,250 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Bristol

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.51%) Confluence
2 1 (0.26%) Apache
2 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.26%) Simulink
2 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 38 (9.74%) AWS
1 38 (9.74%) Azure
2 13 (3.33%) GitHub
3 11 (2.82%) GCP
3 11 (2.82%) SaaS
4 9 (2.31%) Firebase
5 7 (1.79%) Anthropic Claude
5 7 (1.79%) Slack
6 6 (1.54%) Serverless
7 4 (1.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.03%) Amazon ECS
7 4 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.03%) Cloud Run
8 3 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.77%) Azure AI
8 3 (0.77%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.51%) Google Sheets
9 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.28%) Ethernet
2 3 (0.77%) Network Security
3 2 (0.51%) DNS
3 2 (0.51%) Firewall
3 2 (0.51%) MQTT
3 2 (0.51%) RS-485
3 2 (0.51%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.26%) Modbus
4 1 (0.26%) UWB
4 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (2.05%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.79%) ClickHouse
2 7 (1.79%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.77%) Big Data
3 3 (0.77%) Chroma
3 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
3 3 (0.77%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.77%) Pinecone
4 2 (0.51%) Tableau
5 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.26%) MySQL
5 1 (0.26%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 21 (5.38%) Git
2 14 (3.59%) JIRA
3 10 (2.56%) GitLab
4 3 (0.77%) Claude Code
4 3 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.26%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (8.97%) Social Skills
2 24 (6.15%) Finance
3 17 (4.36%) Aerospace
4 13 (3.33%) Manufacturing
5 12 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.82%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.56%) Electronics
8 9 (2.31%) Automotive
9 7 (1.79%) Legal
10 5 (1.28%) Law
11 4 (1.03%) Military
11 4 (1.03%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.03%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.03%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.77%) Local Government
12 3 (0.77%) Marketing
13 2 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Wearables
14 1 (0.26%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 283 (72.56%) Software Engineer
2 104 (26.67%) Embedded Engineer
2 104 (26.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 104 (26.67%) Senior
3 90 (23.08%) Senior Software Engineer
4 37 (9.49%) C++ Software Engineer
5 33 (8.46%) Lead
6 23 (5.90%) Embedded C++ Engineer
6 23 (5.90%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
6 23 (5.90%) Lead Software Engineer
6 23 (5.90%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 23 (5.90%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 21 (5.38%) Developer
8 19 (4.87%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 19 (4.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 19 (4.87%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 17 (4.36%) Python Engineer
9 17 (4.36%) Python Software Engineer
10 14 (3.59%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (3.59%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.13%) .NET
2 17 (4.36%) React
3 11 (2.82%) Node.js
4 10 (2.56%) Terraform
4 10 (2.56%) Vue
5 7 (1.79%) AngularJS
6 6 (1.54%) FastAPI
6 6 (1.54%) Kafka
6 6 (1.54%) Laravel
6 6 (1.54%) REST
6 6 (1.54%) Symfony
7 5 (1.28%) WPF
8 4 (1.03%) PySpark
9 3 (0.77%) CSS
9 3 (0.77%) Django
9 3 (0.77%) pgvector
9 3 (0.77%) PyTorch
9 3 (0.77%) RESTful
9 3 (0.77%) Spring
9 3 (0.77%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.62%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (2.82%) AI Agents
4 9 (2.31%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.05%) IoT
6 7 (1.79%) Blog
7 6 (1.54%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.03%) ARM Cortex
8 4 (1.03%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.03%) PMI
8 4 (1.03%) Robotics
8 4 (1.03%) Smart Home
9 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.77%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.51%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.51%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (0.51%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.51%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 32 (8.21%) Linux
2 10 (2.56%) Windows
3 2 (0.51%) Android
3 2 (0.51%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.51%) Debian
3 2 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (17.95%) Agile
2 51 (13.08%) Full-Stack Development
3 50 (12.82%) CI/CD
4 42 (10.77%) AI
5 36 (9.23%) SDLC
6 33 (8.46%) Mentoring
7 31 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (7.69%) DevOps
9 29 (7.44%) Embedded Software Development
10 25 (6.41%) Technical Leadership
11 23 (5.90%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (5.90%) Roadmaps
12 21 (5.38%) Test Automation
13 18 (4.62%) Analytics
13 18 (4.62%) Code Quality
13 18 (4.62%) Workflow
14 17 (4.36%) Scrum
15 15 (3.85%) Data Pipeline
16 14 (3.59%) Infrastructure as Code
16 14 (3.59%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 47 (12.05%) Python
2 46 (11.79%) C++
3 29 (7.44%) C#
4 24 (6.15%) Java
5 22 (5.64%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.62%) Embedded C++
7 17 (4.36%) SQL
8 16 (4.10%) TypeScript
9 15 (3.85%) PHP
10 10 (2.56%) C
11 5 (1.28%) Bash
12 4 (1.03%) Go
13 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.51%) Ruby
13 2 (0.51%) Rust
13 2 (0.51%) XAML
14 1 (0.26%) Assembly Language
14 1 (0.26%) Bicep
14 1 (0.26%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.26%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 24 (6.15%) Security Cleared
2 22 (5.64%) SC Cleared
3 21 (5.38%) Degree
4 7 (1.79%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.54%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.54%) PhD
6 4 (1.03%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (1.03%) CITP
6 4 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.03%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.77%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.77%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (0.77%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.26%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.28%) DO-254
1 5 (1.28%) QA
2 4 (1.03%) ARP4761
2 4 (1.03%) Def Stans
2 4 (1.03%) IEC 61508
2 4 (1.03%) ISO 26262
3 3 (0.77%) NCSC
4 2 (0.51%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.26%) DO-160
5 1 (0.26%) JTAG
5 1 (0.26%) PMO
5 1 (0.26%) SLA
5 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 19 (4.87%) Docker
2 9 (2.31%) Firmware
3 2 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (3.08%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.03%) Grafana
2 4 (1.03%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 11 (2.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.28%) Google
2 5 (1.28%) Intel
3 4 (1.03%) Databricks
3 4 (1.03%) OpenAI
4 2 (0.51%) Foundry
5 1 (0.26%) Yahoo!