Software Engineering Jobs in Bristol

Software Engineering
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 16 5
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 +2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 445 347 642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 14.17% 13.45% 19.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.19% 14.05% 19.74%
Number of salaries quoted 368 229 367
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,500 £41,414
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,351 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +8.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £78,232
90th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £89,400
South West median annual salary £55,000 £62,475 £59,732
% change year-on-year -11.96% +4.59% +13.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,748 2,469 3,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 87.52% 95.73% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,068 1,453 2,148
10th Percentile £33,675 £33,945 £31,993
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,162 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,098 £53,628
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% +10.20% +12.90%
75th Percentile £72,433 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £51,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.77% +6.00% +7.53%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Bristol over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Bristol

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 27 (6.07%) ArcGIS
1 27 (6.07%) GeoServer
2 4 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.45%) Captiva
3 2 (0.45%) Confluence
3 2 (0.45%) FileNet
3 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.22%) CMS
4 1 (0.22%) JBoss
4 1 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) SAP FI-GL
2 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 93 (20.90%) AWS
2 75 (16.85%) Azure
3 25 (5.62%) SaaS
4 19 (4.27%) GCP
5 16 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (3.37%) Serverless
7 9 (2.02%) GitHub
8 8 (1.80%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.57%) npm
10 6 (1.35%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
12 4 (0.90%) OCI
13 3 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.45%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.45%) AWS Lambda
14 2 (0.45%) WhatsApp
15 1 (0.22%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.35%) Wireless
3 5 (1.12%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.45%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.45%) 5G
4 2 (0.45%) AMQP
4 2 (0.45%) HTTP
4 2 (0.45%) Internet
4 2 (0.45%) Network Security
4 2 (0.45%) RS-232
4 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.22%) OFDM
5 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.22%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.66%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (6.07%) GIS
2 27 (6.07%) QGIS
3 21 (4.72%) SQL Server
4 16 (3.60%) Relational Database
5 13 (2.92%) MySQL
6 11 (2.47%) Big Data
7 7 (1.57%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.35%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.12%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.90%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.90%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.90%) Flink
10 4 (0.90%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.90%) Oracle ODI
10 4 (0.90%) SQLite
11 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.45%) InfluxDB
12 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 54 (12.13%) Git
2 21 (4.72%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.04%) Rational Rhapsody
4 13 (2.92%) Oracle Forms
5 12 (2.70%) Visual Studio
6 9 (2.02%) GitLab
7 8 (1.80%) JIRA
8 5 (1.12%) Maven
8 5 (1.12%) MSTest
8 5 (1.12%) NUnit
9 4 (0.90%) IBM UrbanCode
9 4 (0.90%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.67%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.67%) JDeveloper
10 3 (0.67%) Storybook
10 3 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.22%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.22%) Selenium
General
1 72 (16.18%) Social Skills
2 64 (14.38%) Finance
3 31 (6.97%) Banking
4 27 (6.07%) Automotive
5 23 (5.17%) Aerospace
6 22 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (4.04%) Aviation
8 17 (3.82%) Electronics
9 16 (3.60%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.60%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.15%) Marketing
11 11 (2.47%) Retail
12 10 (2.25%) Tech for Good
13 8 (1.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.35%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 5 (1.12%) Public Sector
16 4 (0.90%) Advertising
16 4 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 320 (71.91%) Software Engineer
2 132 (29.66%) Senior
3 108 (24.27%) Senior Software Engineer
4 88 (19.78%) Developer
5 84 (18.88%) Embedded Engineer
6 81 (18.20%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 45 (10.11%) C++ Software Engineer
8 43 (9.66%) Software Developer
9 34 (7.64%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 33 (7.42%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 30 (6.74%) Embedded C++ Engineer
11 30 (6.74%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
12 29 (6.52%) Lead
13 21 (4.72%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
14 20 (4.49%) Java Engineer
15 18 (4.04%) Java Developer
16 17 (3.82%) Lead Software Engineer
17 16 (3.60%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 15 (3.37%) Java Software Engineer
19 14 (3.15%) .NET Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (20.67%) React
2 80 (17.98%) .NET
3 46 (10.34%) CSS
4 45 (10.11%) .NET Core
5 38 (8.54%) Node.js
6 30 (6.74%) AngularJS
7 27 (6.07%) HTML
7 27 (6.07%) Leaflet
7 27 (6.07%) OpenLayers
7 27 (6.07%) PostGIS
7 27 (6.07%) Spring
8 24 (5.39%) REST
9 23 (5.17%) Vue
10 22 (4.94%) .NET Framework
11 20 (4.49%) Middleware
11 20 (4.49%) Spring Boot
12 19 (4.27%) Kafka
13 17 (3.82%) Laravel
14 15 (3.37%) ASP.NET
14 15 (3.37%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 37 (8.31%) Self-Motivation
2 22 (4.94%) Product Ownership
3 17 (3.82%) Mobile App
4 12 (2.70%) Cloud Native
5 11 (2.47%) Algorithms
6 10 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
6 10 (2.25%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.80%) IoT
7 8 (1.80%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (0.90%) Blockchain
9 4 (0.90%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.67%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.67%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.67%) Robotics
10 3 (0.67%) Verilog
10 3 (0.67%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.45%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.45%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 41 (9.21%) Linux
2 31 (6.97%) Windows
3 19 (4.27%) Apple iOS
4 11 (2.47%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.35%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (1.12%) Android
7 2 (0.45%) Unix
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (33.26%) Agile
2 99 (22.25%) DevOps
3 65 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (11.24%) Web Development
5 46 (10.34%) CI/CD
6 40 (8.99%) Actionable Insight
7 38 (8.54%) Full Stack Development
7 38 (8.54%) Microservices
8 35 (7.87%) Computer Science
8 35 (7.87%) Continuous Integration
9 33 (7.42%) Mentoring
10 32 (7.19%) OO
11 30 (6.74%) Test Automation
12 27 (6.07%) Scrum
13 25 (5.62%) UML
13 25 (5.62%) User Experience
14 24 (5.39%) Collaborative Culture
14 24 (5.39%) Design Patterns
14 24 (5.39%) Open Source
15 23 (5.17%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 105 (23.60%) JavaScript
2 94 (21.12%) Java
3 90 (20.22%) C#
4 85 (19.10%) Python
5 69 (15.51%) C++
6 45 (10.11%) C
7 42 (9.44%) TypeScript
8 40 (8.99%) Ada
9 35 (7.87%) SQL
10 16 (3.60%) PHP
11 14 (3.15%) Go
12 11 (2.47%) Embedded C
13 8 (1.80%) Rust
14 7 (1.57%) Bash
15 6 (1.35%) Swift
16 5 (1.12%) Kotlin
16 5 (1.12%) Ruby
16 5 (1.12%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.90%) PowerShell
17 4 (0.90%) Scala
Qualifications
1 100 (22.47%) Security Cleared
2 48 (10.79%) Degree
2 48 (10.79%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.22%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.02%) Def Stans
2 8 (1.80%) IEC 61508
3 7 (1.57%) MISRA
4 5 (1.12%) QA
5 4 (0.90%) MISRA C
6 3 (0.67%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.45%) DO-254
7 2 (0.45%) GDPR
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 1 (0.22%) AQAP
8 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.22%) TickIT
System Software
1 39 (8.76%) Docker
2 3 (0.67%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (8.76%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.02%) Ansible
3 6 (1.35%) Progress Chef
4 3 (0.67%) Terraform
5 2 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.45%) Functional Safety
5 2 (0.45%) Grafana
5 2 (0.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (6.07%) ESRI
2 24 (5.39%) Oracle
3 21 (4.72%) Microsoft
4 10 (2.25%) Xamarin
5 8 (1.80%) Google
6 5 (1.12%) SAP
7 4 (0.90%) IBM
7 4 (0.90%) Teradata
8 3 (0.67%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.45%) Kofax
9 2 (0.45%) Pega
9 2 (0.45%) Samsung
9 2 (0.45%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.22%) Databricks
10 1 (0.22%) Dataiku
10 1 (0.22%) Netlify
10 1 (0.22%) Veracode
10 1 (0.22%) VMware