Software Developer Job Trends in Somerset

Software Developer
South West > Somerset

The median Software Developer salary in Somerset is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 43 38
Rank change year-on-year -5 -5 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 12 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 2.12% 1.27% 2.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 1.45% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 10
10th Percentile - - £27,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% -11.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £45,813
90th Percentile - £63,500 £46,625
South West median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,250
% change year-on-year -8.70% +2.22% +25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 514 415 335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.81% 87.74% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 279 165 275
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £27,200
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +5.00%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Somerset.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Somerset

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Somerset over the 6 months to 22 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Somerset

Software Developer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 22 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath - 7 £65,000 - 4
Software Developer
South West

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Somerset region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) .NET Core
2 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Azure AKS
2 5 (41.67%) C#
2 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
2 5 (41.67%) Containerisation
2 5 (41.67%) Docker
2 5 (41.67%) Kubernetes
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) RESTful
3 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) Azure AKS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (58.33%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) .NET Core
2 5 (41.67%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) CI/CD
1 5 (41.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) C#
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (41.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft