Software Developer Jobs in the South West

Software Developer
England > South West

The median Software Developer salary in the South West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 147 81
Rank change year-on-year +68 -66 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 314 124 340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.15% 1.88% 4.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% 2.12% 4.20%
Number of salaries quoted 278 103 202
10th Percentile £36,365 £36,638 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,375 £35,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 9,582 5,850 8,093
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 88.91% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 7,009 3,668 5,118
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £29,150
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,879 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,050 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the South West

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in the South West

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the South West

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 Software Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 June 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 +50 104 £51,250 +7.89% 13
Devon +31 70 £42,500 - 10
Gloucestershire -4 52 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Wiltshire +19 39 £50,000 +13.64% 2
Somerset +22 26 £47,500 +10.50% 12
Dorset -31 9 £65,000 +40.54% 6
Cornwall - 6 £45,000 - 2
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 123 (39.17%) C#
2 110 (35.03%) JavaScript
3 108 (34.39%) .NET
4 91 (28.98%) Agile
5 74 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (22.93%) Social Skills
6 72 (22.93%) Full Stack Development
7 60 (19.11%) React
8 59 (18.79%) DevOps
8 59 (18.79%) Azure
9 56 (17.83%) SQL
10 55 (17.52%) Java
10 55 (17.52%) Software Engineering
11 54 (17.20%) SQL Server
12 52 (16.56%) HTML
13 51 (16.24%) MVC
14 47 (14.97%) Microsoft
14 47 (14.97%) .NET Framework
15 46 (14.65%) Git
16 45 (14.33%) TypeScript
16 45 (14.33%) AngularJS
16 45 (14.33%) CSS
17 41 (13.06%) Docker
18 39 (12.42%) CI/CD
19 37 (11.78%) AWS
20 36 (11.46%) PHP
20 36 (11.46%) Finance
21 34 (10.83%) Python
22 33 (10.51%) ASP.NET
22 33 (10.51%) Degree

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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.23%) Apache
2 5 (1.59%) Umbraco
3 4 (1.27%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (18.79%) Azure
2 37 (11.78%) AWS
3 30 (9.55%) Azure DevOps
4 19 (6.05%) SaaS
5 15 (4.78%) Power Platform
6 13 (4.14%) GCP
7 12 (3.82%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (3.82%) PowerApps
8 5 (1.59%) GitHub
9 4 (1.27%) npm
10 3 (0.96%) Firebase
11 2 (0.64%) Cloud Functions
11 2 (0.64%) PaaS
12 1 (0.32%) Azure App Service
12 1 (0.32%) Entra ID
12 1 (0.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.32%) Internet
1 1 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (17.20%) SQL Server
2 31 (9.87%) MySQL
3 10 (3.18%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (2.55%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.55%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.27%) Redis
5 4 (1.27%) SQLite
6 3 (0.96%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (0.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 46 (14.65%) Git
2 14 (4.46%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.59%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (1.27%) Gradle
4 4 (1.27%) LabVIEW
4 4 (1.27%) Maven
4 4 (1.27%) Selenium
4 4 (1.27%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.96%) Moq
5 3 (0.96%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.96%) xUnit.net
6 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.32%) GDB
6 1 (0.32%) webpack
General
1 72 (22.93%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.46%) Finance
3 30 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.14%) Aviation
4 13 (4.14%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.14%) Publishing
4 13 (4.14%) Retail
5 12 (3.82%) Fire and Rescue
6 11 (3.50%) Electronics
7 9 (2.87%) Tech for Good
8 8 (2.55%) Aerospace
9 6 (1.91%) Legal
9 6 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.91%) Social Housing
10 5 (1.59%) Banking
11 4 (1.27%) Marketing
11 4 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.96%) German Language
13 1 (0.32%) Law
13 1 (0.32%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (34.39%) .NET
2 60 (19.11%) React
3 52 (16.56%) HTML
4 47 (14.97%) .NET Framework
5 45 (14.33%) AngularJS
5 45 (14.33%) CSS
6 33 (10.51%) ASP.NET
7 31 (9.87%) Entity Framework
8 29 (9.24%) .NET Core
9 17 (5.41%) Vue
10 15 (4.78%) Node.js
11 13 (4.14%) LESS
12 12 (3.82%) REST
13 11 (3.50%) Laravel
13 11 (3.50%) RESTful
13 11 (3.50%) Symfony
14 10 (3.18%) Blazor
14 10 (3.18%) XML
15 9 (2.87%) HTML5
15 9 (2.87%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.82%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.50%) IoT
2 11 (3.50%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.87%) Virtual Team
5 6 (1.91%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (1.91%) Smart Home
6 4 (1.27%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.96%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.32%) Blog
9 1 (0.32%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.32%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.32%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.64%) Windows
2 18 (5.73%) Apple iOS
3 11 (3.50%) Android
4 5 (1.59%) Linux
4 5 (1.59%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (28.98%) Agile
2 74 (23.57%) Problem-Solving
3 72 (22.93%) Full Stack Development
4 59 (18.79%) DevOps
5 55 (17.52%) Software Engineering
6 51 (16.24%) MVC
7 39 (12.42%) CI/CD
8 32 (10.19%) Microservices
9 31 (9.87%) Mentoring
10 29 (9.24%) User Experience
11 28 (8.92%) Scrum
12 27 (8.60%) Test Automation
13 26 (8.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (6.69%) Code Quality
15 20 (6.37%) Collaborative Working
15 20 (6.37%) Computer Science
15 20 (6.37%) SDLC
16 19 (6.05%) Design Patterns
16 19 (6.05%) SOLID
17 17 (5.41%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 123 (39.17%) C#
2 110 (35.03%) JavaScript
3 56 (17.83%) SQL
4 55 (17.52%) Java
5 45 (14.33%) TypeScript
6 36 (11.46%) PHP
7 34 (10.83%) Python
8 14 (4.46%) VB.NET
9 13 (4.14%) C++
10 7 (2.23%) Go
11 6 (1.91%) C
11 6 (1.91%) Swift
12 5 (1.59%) Ada
12 5 (1.59%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.27%) Bash
13 4 (1.27%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.96%) Bicep
14 3 (0.96%) Delphi
14 3 (0.96%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (10.51%) Degree
2 23 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.78%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.55%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.59%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.32%) MCSA
8 1 (0.32%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.87%) QA
2 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 41 (13.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (7.01%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.23%) Ansible
2 7 (2.23%) Kibana
3 4 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.41%) Xamarin
3 16 (5.10%) Google
4 7 (2.23%) Oracle
5 4 (1.27%) Databricks
6 3 (0.96%) Twitter
7 1 (0.32%) Peregrine