Software Engineering Jobs in Bristol

Software Engineering
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 16 5
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 +2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 448 354 620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 14.39% 13.58% 18.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.34% 14.21% 19.38%
Number of salaries quoted 369 235 368
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £85,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £88,300
South West median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,742 2,492 3,200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 88.08% 95.63% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,063 1,477 2,154
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £31,575
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,251 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £59,526 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +12.08% +11.81%
75th Percentile £72,433 £74,250 £73,225
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +8.11%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
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 (6.03%) ArcGIS
1 27 (6.03%) GeoServer
2 4 (0.89%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.67%) Captiva
3 3 (0.67%) FileNet
3 3 (0.67%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.45%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) JBoss
5 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) SAP FI-GL
1 2 (0.45%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 92 (20.54%) AWS
2 76 (16.96%) Azure
3 25 (5.58%) SaaS
4 20 (4.46%) GCP
5 16 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (3.35%) Serverless
7 10 (2.23%) GitHub
8 8 (1.79%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.56%) npm
10 5 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (1.12%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.89%) OCI
12 3 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.45%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.45%) WhatsApp
14 1 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.34%) Wireless
3 5 (1.12%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.45%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.45%) 5G
4 2 (0.45%) AMQP
4 2 (0.45%) HTTP
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
4 2 (0.45%) Network Security
4 2 (0.45%) RS-232
4 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.22%) OFDM
5 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.22%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.38%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.03%) GIS
2 27 (6.03%) QGIS
3 21 (4.69%) SQL Server
4 16 (3.57%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.13%) MySQL
6 13 (2.90%) Big Data
7 7 (1.56%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.34%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.12%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.89%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.89%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.89%) Flink
10 4 (0.89%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.89%) Oracle ODI
10 4 (0.89%) SQLite
11 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.45%) InfluxDB
12 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 55 (12.28%) Git
2 21 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 19 (4.24%) Rational Rhapsody
4 14 (3.13%) Oracle Forms
5 12 (2.68%) Visual Studio
6 9 (2.01%) GitLab
6 9 (2.01%) JIRA
7 5 (1.12%) Maven
8 4 (0.89%) IBM UrbanCode
8 4 (0.89%) MSTest
8 4 (0.89%) NUnit
8 4 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.67%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.67%) JDeveloper
9 3 (0.67%) Storybook
9 3 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.22%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.22%) Selenium
General
1 72 (16.07%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.73%) Finance
3 34 (7.59%) Banking
4 27 (6.03%) Automotive
5 25 (5.58%) Aerospace
6 22 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.02%) Aviation
8 17 (3.79%) Electronics
9 16 (3.57%) Manufacturing
10 15 (3.35%) Telecoms
11 14 (3.13%) Marketing
12 13 (2.90%) Retail
13 9 (2.01%) Tech for Good
14 7 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.34%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 5 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.12%) Public Sector
17 4 (0.89%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 320 (71.43%) Software Engineer
2 130 (29.02%) Senior
3 106 (23.66%) Senior Software Engineer
4 87 (19.42%) Developer
5 84 (18.75%) Embedded Engineer
6 81 (18.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 44 (9.82%) C++ Software Engineer
8 43 (9.60%) Software Developer
9 33 (7.37%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 32 (7.14%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 30 (6.70%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 30 (6.70%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
11 30 (6.70%) Lead
12 21 (4.69%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
13 19 (4.24%) Java Engineer
14 17 (3.79%) Java Developer
14 17 (3.79%) Lead Software Engineer
15 15 (3.35%) Developer/Software Engineer
16 14 (3.13%) Java Software Engineer
16 14 (3.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (20.31%) React
2 81 (18.08%) .NET
3 46 (10.27%) .NET Core
3 46 (10.27%) CSS
4 37 (8.26%) Node.js
5 30 (6.70%) AngularJS
6 27 (6.03%) HTML
6 27 (6.03%) Leaflet
6 27 (6.03%) OpenLayers
6 27 (6.03%) PostGIS
7 26 (5.80%) Spring
8 24 (5.36%) REST
9 23 (5.13%) .NET Framework
9 23 (5.13%) Vue
10 21 (4.69%) Spring Boot
11 20 (4.46%) Kafka
11 20 (4.46%) Middleware
12 18 (4.02%) Laravel
13 15 (3.35%) ASP.NET
13 15 (3.35%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.26%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (4.91%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.79%) Mobile App
4 12 (2.68%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.46%) Algorithms
5 11 (2.46%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.01%) IoT
8 8 (1.79%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.34%) Blockchain
11 5 (1.12%) Robotics
12 4 (0.89%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.67%) ARM Cortex
13 3 (0.67%) DataPower
13 3 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (0.67%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.67%) Verilog
13 3 (0.67%) Virtual Team
14 2 (0.45%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 42 (9.38%) Linux
2 30 (6.70%) Windows
3 19 (4.24%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.46%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.12%) Android
7 3 (0.67%) Unix
8 2 (0.45%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (33.71%) Agile
2 98 (21.88%) DevOps
3 68 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (11.16%) Web Development
5 45 (10.04%) CI/CD
6 41 (9.15%) Actionable Insight
7 39 (8.71%) Microservices
8 38 (8.48%) Full Stack Development
9 35 (7.81%) Computer Science
10 34 (7.59%) Continuous Integration
11 33 (7.37%) Mentoring
11 33 (7.37%) OO
12 29 (6.47%) Test Automation
13 27 (6.03%) Scrum
14 26 (5.80%) Open Source
15 25 (5.58%) UML
15 25 (5.58%) User Experience
16 24 (5.36%) Collaborative Culture
17 23 (5.13%) Design Patterns
17 23 (5.13%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 105 (23.44%) JavaScript
2 96 (21.43%) Java
3 90 (20.09%) C#
4 84 (18.75%) Python
5 69 (15.40%) C++
6 46 (10.27%) C
7 41 (9.15%) Ada
7 41 (9.15%) TypeScript
8 36 (8.04%) SQL
9 17 (3.79%) PHP
10 14 (3.13%) Go
11 11 (2.46%) Embedded C
12 8 (1.79%) Rust
13 7 (1.56%) Bash
14 6 (1.34%) Swift
15 5 (1.12%) Kotlin
15 5 (1.12%) Ruby
15 5 (1.12%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.89%) Scala
16 4 (0.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (22.10%) Security Cleared
2 49 (10.94%) SC Cleared
3 48 (10.71%) Degree
4 42 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.23%) DV Cleared
6 9 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.01%) Def Stans
2 8 (1.79%) IEC 61508
3 7 (1.56%) MISRA
4 5 (1.12%) QA
5 4 (0.89%) MISRA C
6 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.67%) GDPR
7 2 (0.45%) DO-178B
7 2 (0.45%) DO-254
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.22%) AQAP
8 1 (0.22%) TickIT
System Software
1 41 (9.15%) Docker
2 3 (0.67%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (8.71%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.01%) Ansible
3 6 (1.34%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.67%) Terraform
5 2 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.45%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.45%) Grafana
5 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (6.03%) ESRI
2 25 (5.58%) Oracle
3 21 (4.69%) Microsoft
4 10 (2.23%) Xamarin
5 8 (1.79%) Google
6 6 (1.34%) SAP
7 5 (1.12%) IBM
8 4 (0.89%) Teradata
9 3 (0.67%) Kofax
9 3 (0.67%) Pega
9 3 (0.67%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.67%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.45%) Samsung
11 1 (0.22%) Databricks
11 1 (0.22%) Dataiku
11 1 (0.22%) Netlify
11 1 (0.22%) Veracode
11 1 (0.22%) VMware