Developer Jobs in the South West

Developer
England > South West

The median Developer salary in the South West is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -14 +3 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 290 1,402 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.32% 15.20% 14.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.90% 15.82% 16.51%
Number of salaries quoted 251 1,226 735
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,556
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £53,519
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -6.58% +1.94%
75th Percentile £68,013 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +6.56%

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 3,260 8,862 6,155
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.11% 89.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,021 6,471 3,849
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £29,200
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Bristol -6 130 £60,000 +3.45% 65
Wiltshire +4 63 £51,250 +2.50% 21
Gloucestershire -25 30 £65,000 +30.00% 51
Dorset -14 29 £47,500 -5.00% 14
Somerset -23 22 £57,500 +15.00% 19
Devon -44 11 £55,000 +22.22% 21
Cornwall -3 1 £46,000 +2.22% 3
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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.

1 120 (41.38%) JavaScript
2 81 (27.93%) Azure
3 77 (26.55%) AWS
4 74 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
5 72 (24.83%) C#
6 67 (23.10%) React
7 66 (22.76%) Microsoft
8 64 (22.07%) CSS
9 63 (21.72%) HTML
9 63 (21.72%) Agile
10 62 (21.38%) SQL
11 58 (20.00%) Node.js
11 58 (20.00%) CI/CD
12 57 (19.66%) Git
13 55 (18.97%) TypeScript
14 52 (17.93%) Social Skills
14 52 (17.93%) .NET
15 48 (16.55%) Full-Stack Development
16 45 (15.52%) PHP
17 43 (14.83%) DevOps
18 39 (13.45%) MySQL
19 38 (13.10%) Java
20 37 (12.76%) Security Cleared
20 37 (12.76%) Customer Service
21 36 (12.41%) AngularJS
22 34 (11.72%) Front End Development
23 33 (11.38%) Docker
23 33 (11.38%) SQL Server
24 32 (11.03%) Web Development
24 32 (11.03%) User Experience

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 20 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.86%) Confluence
3 16 (5.52%) OpenEdge
4 10 (3.45%) WordPress
5 8 (2.76%) CMS
6 4 (1.38%) Headless CMS
6 4 (1.38%) Umbraco
7 3 (1.03%) IIS
8 2 (0.69%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.69%) DNN
8 2 (0.69%) Drupal
8 2 (0.69%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.69%) Kentico
8 2 (0.69%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.69%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.69%) Sitefinity
9 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.34%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.34%) 3ds Max
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.34%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.34%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (5.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.69%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.34%) Magento
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 81 (27.93%) Azure
2 77 (26.55%) AWS
3 31 (10.69%) Power Platform
4 24 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (8.28%) GitHub
5 22 (7.59%) Serverless
6 21 (7.24%) Power Automate
7 19 (6.55%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (5.17%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (5.17%) SaaS
9 11 (3.79%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (3.45%) GCP
11 8 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (2.41%) Stripe
13 6 (2.07%) PowerApps
14 4 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.38%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.38%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.38%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.03%) DNS
1 3 (1.03%) Internet
2 2 (0.69%) Intranet
2 2 (0.69%) SMS
2 2 (0.69%) VPN
2 2 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.34%) FTP
3 1 (0.34%) HTTP
3 1 (0.34%) SMTP
3 1 (0.34%) SSL
3 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.45%) MySQL
2 33 (11.38%) SQL Server
3 18 (6.21%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (4.48%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.48%) Power BI
4 13 (4.48%) Relational Database
5 10 (3.45%) MongoDB
6 9 (3.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (2.41%) DynamoDB
7 7 (2.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (2.07%) Redis
9 4 (1.38%) FileMaker
10 3 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 57 (19.66%) Git
2 17 (5.86%) JIRA
3 8 (2.76%) GitLab
4 6 (2.07%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.72%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.03%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.69%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.69%) Postman
7 2 (0.69%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.69%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.34%) Babel
8 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.34%) GDB
8 1 (0.34%) Log4Net
8 1 (0.34%) PHPUnit
8 1 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.34%) Vite
8 1 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 52 (17.93%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.69%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (10.69%) Finance
3 25 (8.62%) Manufacturing
4 17 (5.86%) Retail
5 15 (5.17%) Games
6 12 (4.14%) Public Sector
7 11 (3.79%) Tech for Good
8 10 (3.45%) Marketing
9 7 (2.41%) Electronics
9 7 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (2.41%) Social Housing
10 6 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.72%) Law
12 4 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.38%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.03%) Automotive
13 3 (1.03%) Banking
14 1 (0.34%) Local Government
14 1 (0.34%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (23.10%) React
2 64 (22.07%) CSS
3 63 (21.72%) HTML
4 58 (20.00%) Node.js
5 52 (17.93%) .NET
6 36 (12.41%) AngularJS
7 23 (7.93%) RESTful
8 21 (7.24%) .NET Framework
8 21 (7.24%) ASP.NET
9 20 (6.90%) GraphQL
10 18 (6.21%) .NET Core
11 17 (5.86%) Entity Framework
12 16 (5.52%) Vue
13 14 (4.83%) LAMP
13 14 (4.83%) Spring Boot
13 14 (4.83%) Tailwind CSS
14 13 (4.48%) Laravel
15 12 (4.14%) REST
16 11 (3.79%) JSON
16 11 (3.79%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.52%) IoT
2 13 (4.48%) Mobile App
3 9 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.76%) Data Structures
4 8 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (2.76%) Learning Management System
4 8 (2.76%) Legacy Applications
4 8 (2.76%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.41%) Smart Home
5 7 (2.41%) Virtual Team
6 6 (2.07%) N-Tier
6 6 (2.07%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.72%) Algorithms
7 5 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.38%) Legacy Code
8 4 (1.38%) PropTech
9 3 (1.03%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.03%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) Robotics
9 3 (1.03%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.97%) Windows
2 25 (8.62%) Linux
3 11 (3.79%) Apple iOS
4 10 (3.45%) Android
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (25.52%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (21.72%) Agile
3 58 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 48 (16.55%) Full-Stack Development
5 43 (14.83%) DevOps
6 37 (12.76%) Customer Service
7 34 (11.72%) Front End Development
8 32 (11.03%) User Experience
8 32 (11.03%) Web Development
9 31 (10.69%) Microservices
9 31 (10.69%) Software Engineering
10 28 (9.66%) E-Commerce
11 27 (9.31%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (8.97%) Clean Code
13 25 (8.62%) MVC
14 24 (8.28%) ERP
14 24 (8.28%) Mentoring
15 21 (7.24%) OOP
16 20 (6.90%) Test Automation
17 17 (5.86%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 120 (41.38%) JavaScript
2 72 (24.83%) C#
3 62 (21.38%) SQL
4 55 (18.97%) TypeScript
5 45 (15.52%) PHP
6 38 (13.10%) Java
7 30 (10.34%) Python
8 21 (7.24%) Progress 4GL
9 12 (4.14%) C++
10 11 (3.79%) VB.NET
11 10 (3.45%) T-SQL
12 8 (2.76%) Apex Code
13 7 (2.41%) Dart
14 6 (2.07%) Go
14 6 (2.07%) PowerShell
15 4 (1.38%) VB
16 2 (0.69%) R
16 2 (0.69%) Rust
16 2 (0.69%) VB6
16 2 (0.69%) XAML
Qualifications
1 37 (12.76%) Security Cleared
2 18 (6.21%) Degree
2 18 (6.21%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.48%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.69%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.69%) MOS
7 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.34%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.24%) SLA
2 14 (4.83%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.10%) WCAG
4 2 (0.69%) QA
5 1 (0.34%) HL7
System Software
1 33 (11.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.07%) Grafana
2 6 (2.07%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.03%) Ansible
4 2 (0.69%) Terraform
5 1 (0.34%) Kibana
Vendors
1 66 (22.76%) Microsoft
2 21 (7.24%) Progress
3 10 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 7 (2.41%) Adobe
5 5 (1.72%) Oracle
6 4 (1.38%) Twitter
7 3 (1.03%) IBM
7 3 (1.03%) SAP
7 3 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.69%) Google
8 2 (0.69%) IFS
8 2 (0.69%) iManage
8 2 (0.69%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.34%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.34%) InterSystems
9 1 (0.34%) PayPal