Developer Jobs in the South West

Developer
England > South West

The median Developer salary in the South West is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 17 8 2
Rank change year-on-year -9 -6 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 574 1,248 1,794
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.10% 15.55% 24.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.61% 16.37% 25.97%
Number of salaries quoted 480 954 1,393
10th Percentile £33,625 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,551 7,623 6,908
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.91% 95.00% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,248 4,644 4,708
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% +5.43%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £75,725
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 29 November 2023.

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 29 November 2023. 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 -8 234 £57,500 - 114
Gloucestershire -1 94 £45,000 -10.00% 28
Dorset +1 92 £57,500 +9.52% 15
Wiltshire -4 72 £52,108 +7.44% 19
Somerset 0 38 £45,000 -10.00% 38
Devon -30 22 £47,500 -9.52% 29
Cornwall -8 2 £35,000 -6.67% 2
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 November 2023, 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.

1 208 (36.24%) Agile
2 192 (33.45%) C#
3 188 (32.75%) .NET
4 185 (32.23%) JavaScript
5 161 (28.05%) Azure
6 159 (27.70%) Java
7 154 (26.83%) SQL
8 129 (22.47%) AWS
9 128 (22.30%) Security Cleared
10 125 (21.78%) HTML
11 119 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
12 115 (20.03%) DevOps
13 114 (19.86%) CSS
14 108 (18.82%) SC Cleared
15 104 (18.12%) AngularJS
16 103 (17.94%) React
17 97 (16.90%) Scrum
18 96 (16.72%) Full Stack Development
19 95 (16.55%) Microsoft
20 91 (15.85%) Software Engineering
21 86 (14.98%) SQL Server
21 86 (14.98%) Git
22 81 (14.11%) Social Skills
23 79 (13.76%) MVC
24 77 (13.41%) Mentoring
25 76 (13.24%) Kubernetes
25 76 (13.24%) Docker
26 74 (12.89%) Microservices
26 74 (12.89%) CI/CD
27 64 (11.15%) .NET Core

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 25 (4.36%) Umbraco
2 19 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.14%) CMS
3 18 (3.14%) Confluence
4 11 (1.92%) WordPress
5 8 (1.39%) IIS
6 6 (1.05%) SharePoint 2010
6 6 (1.05%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.70%) Mule
8 3 (0.52%) Drupal
8 3 (0.52%) SAS
8 3 (0.52%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.35%) Apache
9 2 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.35%) JBoss
9 2 (0.35%) Kentico
9 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Fuse
10 1 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.17%) Jetty
10 1 (0.17%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 12 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.39%) InfoPath
3 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 16 (2.79%) Maximo
2 12 (2.09%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.39%) Magento
4 6 (1.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 2 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.35%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.17%) Odoo
6 1 (0.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 161 (28.05%) Azure
2 129 (22.47%) AWS
3 46 (8.01%) Power Platform
4 44 (7.67%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (5.92%) Serverless
6 23 (4.01%) GCP
7 15 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 13 (2.26%) SaaS
10 12 (2.09%) Azure Functions
10 12 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
11 11 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (1.92%) Amazon S3
11 11 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (1.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (1.39%) GitHub
12 8 (1.39%) PowerApps
13 7 (1.22%) Entra ID
13 7 (1.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.57%) DNS
2 5 (0.87%) HTTP
2 5 (0.87%) Internet
3 4 (0.70%) SSH
4 3 (0.52%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.35%) Network Security
5 2 (0.35%) SNMP
6 1 (0.17%) 5G
6 1 (0.17%) Broadband
6 1 (0.17%) DHCP
6 1 (0.17%) Firewall
6 1 (0.17%) LAN
6 1 (0.17%) Multicast
6 1 (0.17%) PPP
6 1 (0.17%) SSL
6 1 (0.17%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.17%) Unicast
6 1 (0.17%) VPN
6 1 (0.17%) WAN
6 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (14.98%) SQL Server
2 45 (7.84%) MySQL
3 42 (7.32%) NoSQL
4 34 (5.92%) Power BI
5 25 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.44%) GIS
8 14 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 12 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
10 11 (1.92%) Tableau
11 10 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
11 10 (1.74%) MongoDB
12 9 (1.57%) Relational Database
13 8 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (1.39%) Big Data
13 8 (1.39%) DynamoDB
13 8 (1.39%) Oracle Database
13 8 (1.39%) Redis
14 7 (1.22%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 86 (14.98%) Git
2 26 (4.53%) Team Foundation Server
3 24 (4.18%) Jenkins
3 24 (4.18%) Visual Studio
4 22 (3.83%) JIRA
5 20 (3.48%) Bitbucket
6 16 (2.79%) GitLab
7 6 (1.05%) Maven
8 5 (0.87%) WebDriver
9 4 (0.70%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.70%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.70%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.70%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.70%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.52%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.52%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.52%) Selenium
10 3 (0.52%) Spinnaker
10 3 (0.52%) webpack
General
1 81 (14.11%) Social Skills
2 48 (8.36%) Finance
3 33 (5.75%) Public Sector
4 29 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (3.83%) Games
6 19 (3.31%) Tech for Good
7 18 (3.14%) Retail
8 17 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (2.44%) Banking
10 11 (1.92%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.74%) Military
12 9 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.39%) Legal
14 7 (1.22%) Marketing
14 7 (1.22%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.87%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.87%) Electronics
15 5 (0.87%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (32.75%) .NET
2 125 (21.78%) HTML
3 114 (19.86%) CSS
4 104 (18.12%) AngularJS
5 103 (17.94%) React
6 64 (11.15%) .NET Core
7 55 (9.58%) ASP.NET
8 53 (9.23%) REST
9 51 (8.89%) RESTful
10 49 (8.54%) Web Services
11 42 (7.32%) .NET Framework
11 42 (7.32%) Vue
12 39 (6.79%) Node.js
13 35 (6.10%) Spring
14 30 (5.23%) XML
15 29 (5.05%) Spring Boot
16 24 (4.18%) ASP.NET MVC
16 24 (4.18%) Entity Framework
16 24 (4.18%) Laravel
17 23 (4.01%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 25 (4.36%) Greenfield Project
1 25 (4.36%) Mobile App
2 20 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (2.79%) Virtual Reality
4 15 (2.61%) Private Cloud
5 9 (1.57%) IoT
6 7 (1.22%) NHS
7 6 (1.05%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (0.87%) Low-Code
8 5 (0.87%) Smart Home
9 4 (0.70%) Cyberattack
9 4 (0.70%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.70%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (0.52%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.52%) Oculus
10 3 (0.52%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (0.35%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.36%) Android
1 48 (8.36%) Linux
2 17 (2.96%) Apple iOS
2 17 (2.96%) Windows
3 4 (0.70%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.70%) Unix
4 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.17%) MVS
5 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (36.24%) Agile
2 119 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (20.03%) DevOps
4 97 (16.90%) Scrum
5 96 (16.72%) Full Stack Development
6 91 (15.85%) Software Engineering
7 79 (13.76%) MVC
8 77 (13.41%) Mentoring
9 74 (12.89%) CI/CD
9 74 (12.89%) Microservices
10 59 (10.28%) SDLC
11 58 (10.10%) Actionable Insight
12 57 (9.93%) Unit Testing
13 56 (9.76%) Business Intelligence
14 46 (8.01%) Design Patterns
15 45 (7.84%) Front End Development
16 39 (6.79%) Android Development
17 36 (6.27%) OO
18 34 (5.92%) Project Management
19 33 (5.75%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 192 (33.45%) C#
2 185 (32.23%) JavaScript
3 159 (27.70%) Java
4 154 (26.83%) SQL
5 64 (11.15%) TypeScript
6 58 (10.10%) Python
7 51 (8.89%) PHP
8 35 (6.10%) C++
9 24 (4.18%) Kotlin
10 21 (3.66%) T-SQL
11 17 (2.96%) Bash
12 11 (1.92%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.22%) C
13 7 (1.22%) PL/SQL
13 7 (1.22%) Rust
14 5 (0.87%) Ada
14 5 (0.87%) Go
14 5 (0.87%) Swift
14 5 (0.87%) VB
15 4 (0.70%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 128 (22.30%) Security Cleared
2 108 (18.82%) SC Cleared
3 57 (9.93%) Degree
4 25 (4.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.05%) MCPD
7 4 (0.70%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.35%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.35%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.35%) MCSA
9 2 (0.35%) MCSD
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (5.23%) QA
2 15 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 7 (1.22%) Software Quality Assurance
4 6 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.70%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.35%) MISRA
7 1 (0.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 76 (13.24%) Docker
2 6 (1.05%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.17%) Firmware
3 1 (0.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 76 (13.24%) Kubernetes
2 18 (3.14%) Terraform
3 11 (1.92%) Ansible
4 4 (0.70%) Grafana
4 4 (0.70%) Packer
4 4 (0.70%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.35%) BMC PATROL
5 2 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 95 (16.55%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.18%) Oracle
3 13 (2.26%) IBM
4 10 (1.74%) Google
5 6 (1.05%) Sparx
5 6 (1.05%) Xamarin
6 5 (0.87%) SAP
7 4 (0.70%) ESRI
7 4 (0.70%) Samsung
7 4 (0.70%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.52%) MicroStrategy
9 2 (0.35%) Confluent
9 2 (0.35%) Databricks
9 2 (0.35%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.35%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.35%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.17%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.17%) Dell
10 1 (0.17%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.17%) SnapLogic