Senior Developer Jobs in the South West

Senior Developer
England > South West

The median Senior Developer salary in the South West is £60,000 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 70 102 79
Rank change year-on-year +32 -23 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 286 188 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.25% 3.02% 4.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.39% 3.37% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 260 125 243
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £73,886 £77,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% - +11.54%

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%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the South West

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the South West

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the South West

Senior 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 Senior 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 +29 106 £65,000 -7.14% 6
Dorset -4 53 £57,500 -11.54% 2
Gloucestershire +28 42 £56,500 -3.83% 4
Devon +17 37 £46,958 -32.92% 4
Wiltshire -2 32 £65,000 +19.27% 5
Somerset +6 14 £55,000 -4.35%
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 Senior Developer in the job title.

1 103 (36.01%) JavaScript
2 80 (27.97%) .NET
3 79 (27.62%) C#
4 77 (26.92%) DevOps
5 71 (24.83%) Azure
6 68 (23.78%) Git
7 66 (23.08%) React
8 63 (22.03%) CSS
9 61 (21.33%) HTML
10 54 (18.88%) MVC
11 52 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
12 49 (17.13%) Microsoft
12 49 (17.13%) Agile
13 48 (16.78%) ASP.NET
13 48 (16.78%) CI/CD
14 45 (15.73%) .NET Framework
15 42 (14.69%) Web Development
15 42 (14.69%) Full Stack Development
16 41 (14.34%) Social Skills
17 40 (13.99%) .NET Core
18 38 (13.29%) Scrum
19 37 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
20 36 (12.59%) SQL Server
21 34 (11.89%) PHP
21 34 (11.89%) TypeScript
22 33 (11.54%) Laravel
23 32 (11.19%) E-Commerce
24 31 (10.84%) AWS
25 30 (10.49%) Software Engineering
26 29 (10.14%) Design Patterns

Senior 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 (6.99%) CMS
2 18 (6.29%) Umbraco
3 15 (5.24%) Confluence
4 13 (4.55%) Headless CMS
5 12 (4.20%) IIS
5 12 (4.20%) Kentico
5 12 (4.20%) Sitecore CMS
6 4 (1.40%) WordPress
7 3 (1.05%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.35%) Appian
8 1 (0.35%) Drupal
8 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.35%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.05%) Shopify
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 71 (24.83%) Azure
2 52 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (10.84%) AWS
4 12 (4.20%) Kontent
5 10 (3.50%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (2.80%) Power Automate
8 7 (2.45%) SaaS
9 6 (2.10%) GCP
9 6 (2.10%) PowerApps
10 5 (1.75%) GitHub
11 4 (1.40%) Azure Machine Learning
11 4 (1.40%) Serverless
12 3 (1.05%) Figma
12 3 (1.05%) Google Analytics
12 3 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Functions
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.70%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.59%) SQL Server
2 16 (5.59%) MySQL
3 8 (2.80%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.45%) Power BI
5 6 (2.10%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.70%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 68 (23.78%) Git
2 21 (7.34%) JIRA
3 18 (6.29%) Bitbucket
4 14 (4.90%) Visual Studio
5 12 (4.20%) Sourcetree
6 7 (2.45%) Android Studio
6 7 (2.45%) webpack
7 4 (1.40%) GitLab
8 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
8 3 (1.05%) SonarQube
8 3 (1.05%) Storybook
9 1 (0.35%) Vite
General
1 41 (14.34%) Social Skills
2 19 (6.64%) Games
3 13 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (4.20%) Retail
5 10 (3.50%) Finance
6 7 (2.45%) Fire and Rescue
7 6 (2.10%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (2.10%) Tech for Good
8 5 (1.75%) Health Technology
8 5 (1.75%) Marketing
9 3 (1.05%) Banking
9 3 (1.05%) German Language
9 3 (1.05%) Legal
9 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.70%) Law
10 2 (0.70%) Publishing
11 1 (0.35%) Automotive
11 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (27.97%) .NET
2 66 (23.08%) React
3 63 (22.03%) CSS
4 61 (21.33%) HTML
5 48 (16.78%) ASP.NET
6 45 (15.73%) .NET Framework
7 40 (13.99%) .NET Core
8 33 (11.54%) Laravel
9 23 (8.04%) Entity Framework
10 22 (7.69%) RESTful
11 20 (6.99%) AngularJS
11 20 (6.99%) LESS
11 20 (6.99%) Node.js
12 14 (4.90%) Next.js
13 13 (4.55%) ASP.NET MVC
13 13 (4.55%) Vue
13 13 (4.55%) Web Services
14 12 (4.20%) Unity (Game Engine)
15 10 (3.50%) Unreal Engine
16 9 (3.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.24%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.20%) Virtual Reality
4 11 (3.85%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (2.10%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.40%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.40%) IoT
7 4 (1.40%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.05%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.70%) Animation
9 2 (0.70%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.70%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.70%) Tandem
9 2 (0.70%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.35%) 3D Graphics
10 1 (0.35%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.35%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.15%) Android
2 6 (2.10%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.05%) Windows
4 1 (0.35%) Linux
4 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (26.92%) DevOps
2 54 (18.88%) MVC
3 49 (17.13%) Agile
4 48 (16.78%) CI/CD
5 42 (14.69%) Full Stack Development
5 42 (14.69%) Web Development
6 38 (13.29%) Scrum
7 37 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (11.19%) E-Commerce
9 30 (10.49%) Software Engineering
10 29 (10.14%) Design Patterns
11 26 (9.09%) Mentoring
12 25 (8.74%) Front End Development
13 20 (6.99%) Continuous Integration
13 20 (6.99%) CRM
14 16 (5.59%) ERP
15 15 (5.24%) Project Delivery
16 14 (4.90%) Deployment Automation
16 14 (4.90%) Technical Leadership
16 14 (4.90%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 103 (36.01%) JavaScript
2 79 (27.62%) C#
3 34 (11.89%) PHP
3 34 (11.89%) TypeScript
4 22 (7.69%) SQL
5 17 (5.94%) Java
6 8 (2.80%) Python
6 8 (2.80%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.45%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.75%) C
8 5 (1.75%) Ruby
8 5 (1.75%) Swift
9 4 (1.40%) Go
9 4 (1.40%) Rust
10 3 (1.05%) Bicep
10 3 (1.05%) C++
10 3 (1.05%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.70%) VB
12 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (9.09%) Degree
2 25 (8.74%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.40%) QA
2 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (3.15%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 49 (17.13%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.20%) Optimizely
2 12 (4.20%) Sitecore
3 7 (2.45%) Twitter
4 6 (2.10%) Google
5 4 (1.40%) UiPath
6 3 (1.05%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.05%) Coverity
6 3 (1.05%) Oracle
7 2 (0.70%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.70%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.35%) Adobe
8 1 (0.35%) Automation Anywhere
8 1 (0.35%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.35%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.35%) Quadient