Developer Jobs in the South West

Developer
England > South West

The median Developer salary in the South West is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 12 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,102 867 1,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.53% 13.93% 19.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.08% 15.54% 20.56%
Number of salaries quoted 926 633 1,336
10th Percentile £33,375 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £37,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.46% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 8,426 5,578 8,651
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 89.64% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,017 3,752 5,360
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,438 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,288 £36,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,725 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% +8.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South West

Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in the South West.

Salary trend for Developer in the South West

Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the South West

Developer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Bristol +8 407 £56,250 -2.17% 40
Devon +20 201 £45,000 - 15
Gloucestershire +5 155 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Dorset -12 147 £55,000 +4.76% 11
Wiltshire -9 97 £50,000 -4.76% 15
Somerset +4 70 £50,000 -4.76% 13
Cornwall -8 7 £42,500 +41.67% 1
Developer
England

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 South West region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 349 (31.67%) JavaScript
2 284 (25.77%) C#
3 266 (24.14%) .NET
4 253 (22.96%) Full Stack Development
5 246 (22.32%) React
6 233 (21.14%) Agile
7 230 (20.87%) HTML
8 218 (19.78%) CSS
9 213 (19.33%) Azure
10 166 (15.06%) DevOps
11 157 (14.25%) Microsoft
12 151 (13.70%) SQL Server
13 149 (13.52%) Git
14 147 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
15 145 (13.16%) TypeScript
16 142 (12.89%) AWS
17 141 (12.79%) PHP
17 141 (12.79%) SQL
18 139 (12.61%) Social Skills
19 135 (12.25%) Degree
20 123 (11.16%) Software Engineering
21 122 (11.07%) AngularJS
22 120 (10.89%) ASP.NET
23 112 (10.16%) MVC
24 109 (9.89%) Java
25 107 (9.71%) Web Development
25 107 (9.71%) CI/CD
26 106 (9.62%) MySQL
27 102 (9.26%) Scrum
28 100 (9.07%) Security Cleared

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 31 (2.81%) WordPress
2 28 (2.54%) CMS
3 27 (2.45%) Confluence
4 22 (2.00%) Umbraco
5 15 (1.36%) IIS
6 13 (1.18%) Headless CMS
7 12 (1.09%) Kentico
7 12 (1.09%) SharePoint
7 12 (1.09%) Sitecore CMS
8 9 (0.82%) Apache
9 6 (0.54%) OpenEdge
10 3 (0.27%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.27%) SAS
11 2 (0.18%) Drupal
12 1 (0.091%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.091%) Appian
12 1 (0.091%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.091%) GeoServer
12 1 (0.091%) Mendix
12 1 (0.091%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.54%) InfoPath
3 5 (0.45%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.27%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.27%) S-PLUS
6 2 (0.18%) Simulink
6 2 (0.18%) Stateflow
7 1 (0.091%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.73%) Shopify
3 4 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.36%) Elite 3E
4 2 (0.18%) Magento
4 2 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.091%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.091%) iTrent
5 1 (0.091%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 213 (19.33%) Azure
2 142 (12.89%) AWS
3 78 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
4 55 (4.99%) Power Platform
5 49 (4.45%) SaaS
6 39 (3.54%) Power Automate
7 36 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (2.99%) GitHub
9 29 (2.63%) PowerApps
10 16 (1.45%) GCP
11 12 (1.09%) Firebase
11 12 (1.09%) Kontent
12 11 (1.00%) Serverless
13 10 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (0.64%) Figma
14 7 (0.64%) OpenShift
15 6 (0.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 6 (0.54%) Azure Functions
15 6 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.45%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.18%) Internet
2 12 (1.09%) HTTP
3 11 (1.00%) DNS
3 11 (1.00%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.82%) WAN
5 8 (0.73%) 5G
5 8 (0.73%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.73%) SMTP
6 6 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.36%) SSL
7 4 (0.36%) Wireless
8 3 (0.27%) Firewall
9 2 (0.18%) VoIP
10 1 (0.091%) AMQP
10 1 (0.091%) LAN
10 1 (0.091%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.091%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 151 (13.70%) SQL Server
2 106 (9.62%) MySQL
3 43 (3.90%) Power BI
4 29 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (2.09%) MongoDB
6 21 (1.91%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.81%) NoSQL
8 14 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 8 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
12 7 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.64%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.45%) Power Query
13 5 (0.45%) Redis
13 5 (0.45%) Tableau
14 4 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.36%) MariaDB
14 4 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.36%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 149 (13.52%) Git
2 38 (3.45%) JIRA
3 36 (3.27%) Visual Studio
4 32 (2.90%) Bitbucket
5 23 (2.09%) Jenkins
5 23 (2.09%) Sourcetree
6 20 (1.81%) GitLab
7 10 (0.91%) LabVIEW
7 10 (0.91%) webpack
8 7 (0.64%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.36%) Selenium
10 3 (0.27%) Moq
10 3 (0.27%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.27%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 3 (0.27%) Storybook
10 3 (0.27%) xUnit.net
11 2 (0.18%) gulp
11 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.18%) Vite
General
1 139 (12.61%) Social Skills
2 61 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (5.44%) Finance
4 48 (4.36%) Games
5 40 (3.63%) Tech for Good
6 37 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
7 33 (2.99%) Manufacturing
8 30 (2.72%) Marketing
9 29 (2.63%) Retail
10 25 (2.27%) Aviation
11 18 (1.63%) Aerospace
12 17 (1.54%) Legal
13 16 (1.45%) Advertising
14 15 (1.36%) Electronics
14 15 (1.36%) Public Sector
15 14 (1.27%) Law
15 14 (1.27%) Telecoms
16 13 (1.18%) Health Technology
17 11 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 9 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 266 (24.14%) .NET
2 246 (22.32%) React
3 230 (20.87%) HTML
4 218 (19.78%) CSS
5 122 (11.07%) AngularJS
6 120 (10.89%) ASP.NET
7 93 (8.44%) Laravel
8 87 (7.89%) Vue
9 86 (7.80%) .NET Framework
10 83 (7.53%) .NET Core
11 60 (5.44%) Node.js
12 50 (4.54%) Entity Framework
12 50 (4.54%) jQuery
13 49 (4.45%) REST
14 42 (3.81%) RESTful
15 41 (3.72%) ASP.NET Web API
16 39 (3.54%) HTML5
17 35 (3.18%) Blazor
18 33 (2.99%) ASP.NET MVC
19 31 (2.81%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.81%) Mobile App
2 34 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
2 34 (3.09%) Virtual Reality
3 26 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (2.09%) IoT
5 18 (1.63%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.45%) GNSS
7 15 (1.36%) Private Cloud
8 10 (0.91%) Tandem
9 9 (0.82%) FPGA
9 9 (0.82%) Product Ownership
9 9 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (0.82%) Smart Home
9 9 (0.82%) VHDL
10 8 (0.73%) CUDA
10 8 (0.73%) Life Science
10 8 (0.73%) MicroBlaze
10 8 (0.73%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.64%) Algorithms
11 7 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 50 (4.54%) Android
2 46 (4.17%) Linux
3 41 (3.72%) Windows
4 29 (2.63%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.73%) Unix
6 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.18%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.091%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (22.96%) Full Stack Development
2 233 (21.14%) Agile
3 166 (15.06%) DevOps
4 147 (13.34%) Problem-Solving
5 123 (11.16%) Software Engineering
6 112 (10.16%) MVC
7 107 (9.71%) CI/CD
7 107 (9.71%) Web Development
8 102 (9.26%) Scrum
9 82 (7.44%) Front End Development
10 74 (6.72%) Mentoring
10 74 (6.72%) Microservices
11 73 (6.62%) Computer Science
12 56 (5.08%) Design Patterns
13 53 (4.81%) E-Commerce
14 52 (4.72%) Business Intelligence
14 52 (4.72%) User Experience
15 47 (4.26%) CRM
16 46 (4.17%) Test Automation
17 45 (4.08%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 349 (31.67%) JavaScript
2 284 (25.77%) C#
3 145 (13.16%) TypeScript
4 141 (12.79%) PHP
4 141 (12.79%) SQL
5 109 (9.89%) Java
6 65 (5.90%) Python
7 30 (2.72%) C++
8 29 (2.63%) VB.NET
9 26 (2.36%) T-SQL
10 25 (2.27%) C
11 16 (1.45%) Swift
11 16 (1.45%) VB
12 12 (1.09%) Go
12 12 (1.09%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.09%) Ruby
13 11 (1.00%) MATLAB
14 10 (0.91%) Objective-C
15 9 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 9 (0.82%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 135 (12.25%) Degree
2 100 (9.07%) Security Cleared
3 75 (6.81%) SC Cleared
4 47 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (1.18%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.00%) Master's Degree
8 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.27%) PhD
10 1 (0.091%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.091%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.091%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.091%) MCSA
10 1 (0.091%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.36%) QA
2 8 (0.73%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.54%) SLA
4 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.18%) WCAG
6 1 (0.091%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.091%) GDPR
System Software
1 48 (4.36%) Docker
2 20 (1.81%) Firmware
3 17 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.091%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 32 (2.90%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.09%) Ansible
3 8 (0.73%) Kibana
3 8 (0.73%) Terraform
4 1 (0.091%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (0.091%) logstash
4 1 (0.091%) Nagios
4 1 (0.091%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.091%) Puppet
4 1 (0.091%) Rancher
4 1 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 157 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.45%) Xamarin
3 23 (2.09%) Oracle
4 15 (1.36%) Google
5 12 (1.09%) Optimizely
5 12 (1.09%) Sitecore
6 8 (0.73%) Altera
6 8 (0.73%) Green Hills
6 8 (0.73%) Motorola
6 8 (0.73%) Xilinx
7 7 (0.64%) Atlassian
7 7 (0.64%) Twitter
8 6 (0.54%) Facebook
8 6 (0.54%) Progress
8 6 (0.54%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.45%) Apple
9 5 (0.45%) Genesys
9 5 (0.45%) UiPath
10 4 (0.36%) Adobe
10 4 (0.36%) ServiceNow