Senior Developer Job Trends in the South West

Senior Developer
England > South West

The median Senior Developer salary in the South West is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 92 52
Rank change year-on-year -24 -40 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 97 66 407
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.26% 2.39% 4.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 2.58% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 85 62 366
10th Percentile £54,551 £52,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,188 £65,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,375 £72,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -12.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 7,219 2,560 9,487
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 92.52% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5,026 1,646 7,121
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,938 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -12.86%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in the South West

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies 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 7 June 2026.

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 7 June 2026. 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 -2 52 £70,000 +16.67% 9
Devon -8 17 £65,000 +16.07% 6
Somerset -23 12 £70,000 +21.74% 4
Wiltshire -16 7 £65,000 +0.58%
Cornwall - 5 £55,000 -
Gloucestershire -29 3 £80,000 +23.08% 1
Senior Developer
England

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 7 June 2026, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 22 (22.68%) C#
2 19 (19.59%) Agile
2 19 (19.59%) Full-Stack Development
3 17 (17.53%) C++
4 16 (16.49%) .NET
4 16 (16.49%) AWS
5 15 (15.46%) JavaScript
5 15 (15.46%) Mentoring
6 14 (14.43%) Microsoft
7 12 (12.37%) DevOps
8 11 (11.34%) Azure
8 11 (11.34%) Windows
9 9 (9.28%) PHP
10 6 (6.19%) Android
10 6 (6.19%) Apple iOS
10 6 (6.19%) CI/CD
10 6 (6.19%) Coaching
10 6 (6.19%) GitHub
10 6 (6.19%) Java
10 6 (6.19%) Mac OS
10 6 (6.19%) OpenGL
10 6 (6.19%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (6.19%) SC Cleared
10 6 (6.19%) Security Cleared
10 6 (6.19%) Software Engineering
10 6 (6.19%) SQL Server
10 6 (6.19%) TDD
11 5 (5.15%) Analytics
11 5 (5.15%) Clean Code
11 5 (5.15%) Decision-Making

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.03%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Siemens NX
1 1 (1.03%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.49%) AWS
2 11 (11.34%) Azure
3 6 (6.19%) GitHub
4 3 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.09%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.09%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (3.09%) Serverless
5 2 (2.06%) Azure API Management
5 2 (2.06%) Azure Functions
5 2 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.06%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.03%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.03%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.09%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.19%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.06%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.06%) MySQL
2 2 (2.06%) Power BI
2 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.06%) Git
1 2 (2.06%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (2.06%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.03%) JIRA
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (8.25%) Local Government
2 5 (5.15%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (4.12%) Back Office
4 2 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.03%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (1.03%) Finance
5 1 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.03%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.03%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.49%) .NET
2 6 (6.19%) OpenGL
3 5 (5.15%) Laravel
3 5 (5.15%) MFC
3 5 (5.15%) React
4 4 (4.12%) ASP.NET
4 4 (4.12%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (4.12%) CSS
4 4 (4.12%) HTML
4 4 (4.12%) jQuery
4 4 (4.12%) Node.js
4 4 (4.12%) React Native
5 3 (3.09%) CSS3
5 3 (3.09%) HTML5
5 3 (3.09%) REST
5 3 (3.09%) RESTful
5 3 (3.09%) Spring
6 2 (2.06%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.06%) Razor View Engine
6 2 (2.06%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.25%) NHS
2 7 (7.22%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (7.22%) Mobile App
3 6 (6.19%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.19%) Vector Graphics
4 5 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.06%) IoT
5 2 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.06%) Over-the-Top Content
5 2 (2.06%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.03%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.34%) Windows
2 6 (6.19%) Android
2 6 (6.19%) Apple iOS
2 6 (6.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (19.59%) Agile
1 19 (19.59%) Full-Stack Development
2 15 (15.46%) Mentoring
3 12 (12.37%) DevOps
4 6 (6.19%) CI/CD
4 6 (6.19%) Coaching
4 6 (6.19%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (6.19%) Software Engineering
4 6 (6.19%) TDD
5 5 (5.15%) Analytics
5 5 (5.15%) Clean Code
5 5 (5.15%) Decision-Making
5 5 (5.15%) Migration
5 5 (5.15%) Product Strategy
5 5 (5.15%) Product Vision
5 5 (5.15%) Refactoring
5 5 (5.15%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (4.12%) Cloud Enablement
6 4 (4.12%) Line Management
6 4 (4.12%) Office Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (22.68%) C#
2 17 (17.53%) C++
3 15 (15.46%) JavaScript
4 9 (9.28%) PHP
5 6 (6.19%) Java
6 5 (5.15%) SQL
6 5 (5.15%) TypeScript
7 3 (3.09%) Go
7 3 (3.09%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.06%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.06%) Python
8 2 (2.06%) Scala
8 2 (2.06%) VB
9 1 (1.03%) Bash
9 1 (1.03%) Perl
9 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (6.19%) SC Cleared
1 6 (6.19%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.12%) Degree
3 1 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.03%) OCA
3 1 (1.03%) OCP
3 1 (1.03%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (1.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.12%) QA
2 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.03%) NCSC
2 1 (1.03%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (3.09%) Active Directory
1 3 (3.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.12%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.06%) MuleSoft
3 2 (2.06%) Oracle
4 1 (1.03%) Siemens