Development Engineer Jobs in the South West

Development Engineer
England > South West

The median Development Engineer salary in the South West is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 286 254
Rank change year-on-year +110 -32 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Engineer 6 6 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.17% 0.065% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.068% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile - £29,750 £34,788
25th Percentile £51,250 £33,125 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £40,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -21.55% +25.89%
75th Percentile £53,750 £45,625 £77,542
90th Percentile - £48,250 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £52,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.22% -18.85% +8.33%

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 3,321 8,876 6,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.71% 96.20% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,034 6,472 3,844
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £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 £79,925
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Engineer in the South West

Development Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Development Engineer in the South West

Development Engineer
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 Development Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 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
Gloucestershire - 4 £52,500 - 9
Bristol +51 2 - - 5
Development Engineer
England

Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Development Engineer 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 Development Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) CAD
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) Python
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded C
1 4 (66.67%) Analogue Electronics
1 4 (66.67%) LabVIEW
1 4 (66.67%) SOLIDWORKS
2 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (33.33%) OpenStack
2 2 (33.33%) Docker
2 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 2 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Podman
2 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
2 2 (33.33%) Graphcore

Development Engineer 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 2 (33.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) SOLIDWORKS
Development Applications
1 4 (66.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 4 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) CAD
1 4 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
2 2 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C
1 4 (66.67%) Embedded C
1 4 (66.67%) Python
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 2 (33.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Graphcore