Senior Software Developer Jobs in the South West

Senior Software Developer
England > South West

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the South West is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 213 270
Rank change year-on-year +52 +57 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 15 79 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.43% 0.86% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.89% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 10 69 3
10th Percentile - £43,750 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £58,000 £30,932
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% +87.51% -48.45%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £47,966
90th Percentile £79,128 £71,500 £58,186
England median annual salary £64,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.54% -7.14% -

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 3,264 8,870 6,171
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.58% 96.19% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,023 6,470 3,847
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £29,150
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 £54,000 £60,775
% change year-on-year +6.48% -11.15% +1.29%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the South West

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in the South West

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the South West

Senior Software 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 Software Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 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 +51 11 £60,000 -4.00% 2
Gloucestershire +51 2 £72,500 +25.00% 4
Devon +2 2 £55,000 +12.82%
Senior Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 12 (80.00%) TypeScript
1 12 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 11 (73.33%) React
2 11 (73.33%) AWS
2 11 (73.33%) Node.js
3 8 (53.33%) GraphQL
4 7 (46.67%) Mentoring
4 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
5 6 (40.00%) Java
5 6 (40.00%) Docker
5 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
6 5 (33.33%) Clean Code
6 5 (33.33%) Secure Coding
6 5 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (33.33%) Serverless
6 5 (33.33%) Microservices
6 5 (33.33%) SQL
6 5 (33.33%) Finance
6 5 (33.33%) Test Automation
6 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
7 4 (26.67%) Kanban
7 4 (26.67%) Git
7 4 (26.67%) C#
7 4 (26.67%) NoSQL
7 4 (26.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 4 (26.67%) DynamoDB
7 4 (26.67%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (26.67%) Event-Driven
7 4 (26.67%) Functional Programming
7 4 (26.67%) Technology Strategy

Senior Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (73.33%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) AWS Lambda
2 5 (33.33%) Serverless
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) DynamoDB
1 4 (26.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Git
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (73.33%) Node.js
1 11 (73.33%) React
2 8 (53.33%) GraphQL
3 1 (6.67%) .NET
3 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (6.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.67%) Private Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) PropTech
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 7 (46.67%) Mentoring
3 6 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 5 (33.33%) Clean Code
4 5 (33.33%) Microservices
4 5 (33.33%) Secure Coding
4 5 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 5 (33.33%) Unit Testing
5 4 (26.67%) Event-Driven
5 4 (26.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Functional Programming
5 4 (26.67%) Kanban
5 4 (26.67%) Technology Strategy
6 3 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (6.67%) Architectural Design
8 1 (6.67%) Concurrent Programming
8 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (6.67%) Software Architecture
8 1 (6.67%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 12 (80.00%) TypeScript
2 7 (46.67%) JavaScript
3 6 (40.00%) Java
4 5 (33.33%) SQL
5 4 (26.67%) C#
6 2 (13.33%) Python
7 1 (6.67%) Go
7 1 (6.67%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Oracle