Software Developer Jobs in Plymouth

Software Developer
Devon > Plymouth

The median Software Developer salary in Plymouth is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

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

 6 months to
3 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 28 27
Rank change year-on-year +14 -1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 3 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 3.75% 3.79% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.17% 3.96% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 1
10th Percentile £50,500 £44,637 -
25th Percentile £51,250 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +100.00% -
75th Percentile £57,500 - £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £55,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +29.41% -5.56% -1.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 72 202 93
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.00% 95.73% 73.81%
Number of salaries quoted 44 170 69
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £26,286
25th Percentile £25,267 £35,000 £35,218
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £61,500 £55,000 £50,250
90th Percentile £64,140 £61,250 £55,150
Devon median annual salary £38,000 £44,881 £40,100
% change year-on-year -15.33% +11.92% -10.89%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Plymouth

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Plymouth

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Plymouth

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, 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 Plymouth region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Kanban
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Node.js
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) DynamoDB
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Programming
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) React
1 2 (66.67%) Secure Coding
1 2 (66.67%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (66.67%) GraphQL
1 2 (66.67%) Serverless
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
1 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
1 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (66.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) DynamoDB
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) GraphQL
1 2 (66.67%) Node.js
1 2 (66.67%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
1 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Programming
1 2 (66.67%) Kanban
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Secure Coding
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
5 Software Developer jobs in Devon