Developer Jobs in the South West

Developer
England > South West

The median Developer salary in the South West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 11 2
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,412 946 1,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.09% 14.15% 23.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.68% 15.89% 24.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,234 668 1,410
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,821 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.84% +12.73%

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 9,007 5,954 7,863
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.23% 89.04% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,612 3,701 5,122
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £29,375
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £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 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,712
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in the South West

Developer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Developer in the South West

Developer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in the South West over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in the South West

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 Developer within the South West region over the 6 months to 17 May 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 +6 478 £60,000 +4.35% 99
Gloucestershire +10 260 £50,000 -9.09% 27
Devon +12 207 £45,000 - 43
Dorset -3 175 £52,500 - 17
Wiltshire 0 146 £47,500 -6.86% 15
Somerset +6 102 £50,000 -9.09% 32
Cornwall 0 18 £45,000 +9.09% 4
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, 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 Developer in the job title.

1 514 (36.40%) JavaScript
2 461 (32.65%) C#
3 419 (29.67%) .NET
4 390 (27.62%) Agile
5 346 (24.50%) Full Stack Development
6 334 (23.65%) HTML
7 329 (23.30%) Microsoft
8 325 (23.02%) Azure
9 316 (22.38%) React
10 313 (22.17%) CSS
11 278 (19.69%) DevOps
12 257 (18.20%) Git
13 246 (17.42%) Social Skills
14 235 (16.64%) Software Engineering
15 230 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
16 222 (15.72%) MVC
17 221 (15.65%) SQL
18 219 (15.51%) Scrum
18 219 (15.51%) AWS
19 217 (15.37%) Degree
20 214 (15.16%) SQL Server
21 209 (14.80%) PHP
22 192 (13.60%) AngularJS
23 188 (13.31%) ASP.NET
24 187 (13.24%) TypeScript
25 185 (13.10%) Java
26 165 (11.69%) Security Cleared
27 155 (10.98%) Vue
28 153 (10.84%) Design Patterns
29 149 (10.55%) MySQL

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 89 (6.30%) Confluence
2 54 (3.82%) WordPress
3 45 (3.19%) CMS
4 32 (2.27%) Umbraco
5 22 (1.56%) IIS
5 22 (1.56%) SharePoint
6 19 (1.35%) Headless CMS
7 17 (1.20%) Apache
7 17 (1.20%) Kentico
7 17 (1.20%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.28%) NServiceBus
9 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.21%) Drupal
9 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.21%) SAS
9 3 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.071%) JBoss
11 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.64%) InfoPath
3 7 (0.50%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.28%) Simulink
4 4 (0.28%) Stateflow
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.21%) S-PLUS
6 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (0.64%) Shopify
2 8 (0.57%) Maximo
3 7 (0.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.42%) Magento
5 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 325 (23.02%) Azure
2 219 (15.51%) AWS
3 112 (7.93%) Azure DevOps
4 95 (6.73%) Power Platform
5 59 (4.18%) PowerApps
6 56 (3.97%) Power Automate
7 52 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
8 45 (3.19%) SaaS
9 36 (2.55%) GitHub
10 30 (2.12%) GCP
11 28 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.20%) Kontent
13 14 (0.99%) Firebase
13 14 (0.99%) npm
13 14 (0.99%) Serverless
14 10 (0.71%) Figma
15 8 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
15 8 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 6 (0.42%) Google Play
16 6 (0.42%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.77%) Internet
2 15 (1.06%) HTTP
3 14 (0.99%) DNS
4 11 (0.78%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.71%) WAN
6 9 (0.64%) SMTP
7 8 (0.57%) 5G
7 8 (0.57%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.50%) SSL
8 7 (0.50%) VoIP
9 6 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.21%) Firewall
11 2 (0.14%) LAN
11 2 (0.14%) VPN
11 2 (0.14%) Wireless
12 1 (0.071%) FTP
12 1 (0.071%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 214 (15.16%) SQL Server
2 149 (10.55%) MySQL
3 68 (4.82%) Power BI
4 55 (3.90%) NoSQL
5 39 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
6 37 (2.62%) MongoDB
7 28 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.27%) GIS
10 17 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.99%) Oracle Database
12 11 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 10 (0.71%) Redis
14 9 (0.64%) Oracle Database 11g
14 9 (0.64%) Tableau
15 8 (0.57%) Qlik Sense
16 7 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
17 5 (0.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 257 (18.20%) Git
2 109 (7.72%) JIRA
2 109 (7.72%) Visual Studio
3 91 (6.44%) Bitbucket
4 59 (4.18%) Sourcetree
5 24 (1.70%) Jenkins
6 23 (1.63%) GitLab
7 14 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (0.85%) Android Studio
9 9 (0.64%) Storybook
9 9 (0.64%) webpack
10 8 (0.57%) Selenium
11 7 (0.50%) Subversion
12 6 (0.42%) Maven
12 6 (0.42%) Rational Rhapsody
13 5 (0.35%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.28%) Gradle
15 3 (0.21%) Grunt
15 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
15 3 (0.21%) xUnit.net
General
1 246 (17.42%) Social Skills
2 106 (7.51%) Finance
2 106 (7.51%) Games
3 100 (7.08%) Presentation Skills
4 83 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (3.47%) Fire and Rescue
6 43 (3.05%) Retail
7 37 (2.62%) Marketing
8 31 (2.20%) Tech for Good
9 22 (1.56%) Public Sector
10 21 (1.49%) Electronics
11 17 (1.20%) Legal
12 16 (1.13%) Advertising
12 16 (1.13%) Aviation
13 14 (0.99%) Law
14 13 (0.92%) Publishing
15 12 (0.85%) Banking
16 11 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 11 (0.78%) Manufacturing
16 11 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 419 (29.67%) .NET
2 334 (23.65%) HTML
3 316 (22.38%) React
4 313 (22.17%) CSS
5 192 (13.60%) AngularJS
6 188 (13.31%) ASP.NET
7 155 (10.98%) Vue
8 141 (9.99%) .NET Core
8 141 (9.99%) .NET Framework
9 130 (9.21%) Laravel
10 104 (7.37%) Entity Framework
11 94 (6.66%) Node.js
12 89 (6.30%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 86 (6.09%) ASP.NET MVC
14 85 (6.02%) jQuery
15 68 (4.82%) RESTful
16 67 (4.75%) HTML5
17 65 (4.60%) REST
18 57 (4.04%) Blazor
19 56 (3.97%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 88 (6.23%) Virtual Reality
2 44 (3.12%) Mobile App
3 41 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
5 27 (1.91%) IoT
6 21 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 21 (1.49%) Private Cloud
7 19 (1.35%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.20%) Virtual Team
9 16 (1.13%) GNSS
10 13 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.78%) Animation
12 10 (0.71%) Tandem
13 9 (0.64%) FPGA
13 9 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
13 9 (0.64%) Social Network
13 9 (0.64%) VHDL
14 8 (0.57%) CUDA
14 8 (0.57%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 62 (4.39%) Android
2 53 (3.75%) Windows
3 51 (3.61%) Linux
4 41 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.57%) Unix
6 5 (0.35%) Windows Mobile
7 4 (0.28%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (27.62%) Agile
2 346 (24.50%) Full Stack Development
3 278 (19.69%) DevOps
4 235 (16.64%) Software Engineering
5 230 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
6 222 (15.72%) MVC
7 219 (15.51%) Scrum
8 153 (10.84%) Design Patterns
9 140 (9.92%) CI/CD
10 138 (9.77%) Web Development
11 124 (8.78%) Microservices
12 116 (8.22%) User Experience
13 109 (7.72%) Mentoring
14 103 (7.29%) Front End Development
15 86 (6.09%) UML
16 83 (5.88%) Computer Science
17 80 (5.67%) OOP
17 80 (5.67%) Use Case
18 76 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
19 72 (5.10%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 514 (36.40%) JavaScript
2 461 (32.65%) C#
3 221 (15.65%) SQL
4 209 (14.80%) PHP
5 187 (13.24%) TypeScript
6 185 (13.10%) Java
7 97 (6.87%) Python
8 44 (3.12%) C++
9 32 (2.27%) C
10 29 (2.05%) Kotlin
11 28 (1.98%) T-SQL
12 26 (1.84%) VB.NET
13 19 (1.35%) Swift
14 14 (0.99%) VB
15 13 (0.92%) MATLAB
15 13 (0.92%) PowerShell
15 13 (0.92%) Ruby
15 13 (0.92%) Shell Script
16 12 (0.85%) Ada
17 11 (0.78%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 217 (15.37%) Degree
2 165 (11.69%) Security Cleared
3 138 (9.77%) SC Cleared
4 89 (6.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.13%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.78%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.35%) PhD
10 3 (0.21%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.21%) MCPD
11 2 (0.14%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.14%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.14%) HND
12 1 (0.071%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.071%) MCSA
12 1 (0.071%) MCSD
12 1 (0.071%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.071%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (3.26%) QA
2 21 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 10 (0.71%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.42%) GDPR
5 5 (0.35%) WCAG
6 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.14%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.071%) SLA
System Software
1 86 (6.09%) Docker
2 16 (1.13%) Embedded Firmware
2 16 (1.13%) Firmware
3 1 (0.071%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 68 (4.82%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.85%) Ansible
3 11 (0.78%) Terraform
4 7 (0.50%) Kibana
5 1 (0.071%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.071%) Nagios
5 1 (0.071%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.071%) Puppet
5 1 (0.071%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 329 (23.30%) Microsoft
2 41 (2.90%) Xamarin
3 38 (2.69%) Google
4 37 (2.62%) Oracle
5 17 (1.20%) Optimizely
5 17 (1.20%) Sitecore
6 9 (0.64%) Apple
6 9 (0.64%) Facebook
7 8 (0.57%) Altera
7 8 (0.57%) Green Hills
7 8 (0.57%) Motorola
7 8 (0.57%) Twitter
7 8 (0.57%) Xilinx
8 7 (0.50%) Adobe
8 7 (0.50%) WooCommerce
9 6 (0.42%) Databricks
9 6 (0.42%) UiPath
10 5 (0.35%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.35%) IBM
10 5 (0.35%) Salesforce