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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 146 81
Rank change year-on-year +69 -65 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 326 125 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.16% 1.91% 4.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% 2.15% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 288 104 205
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,746 £30,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,775 £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 9,932 5,804 8,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.18% 88.77% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7,203 3,660 5,159
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £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 £64,500 £68,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +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 7 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 7 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 +55 105 £50,000 +5.26% 13
Devon +26 77 £42,500 +6.25% 12
Gloucestershire +2 52 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Wiltshire +20 39 £50,000 +13.64% 2
Somerset +21 29 £47,500 +10.50% 8
Dorset -33 10 £65,000 +30.00% 4
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 7 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.

1 127 (38.96%) C#
2 112 (34.36%) JavaScript
3 109 (33.44%) .NET
4 91 (27.91%) Agile
5 74 (22.70%) Full Stack Development
5 74 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (22.09%) Social Skills
7 60 (18.40%) React
8 59 (18.10%) DevOps
8 59 (18.10%) Azure
9 58 (17.79%) SQL
10 56 (17.18%) Software Engineering
11 55 (16.87%) Java
12 54 (16.56%) SQL Server
13 52 (15.95%) HTML
14 51 (15.64%) MVC
15 47 (14.42%) .NET Framework
16 46 (14.11%) Microsoft
16 46 (14.11%) Git
17 45 (13.80%) TypeScript
17 45 (13.80%) CSS
18 44 (13.50%) AngularJS
19 40 (12.27%) Docker
20 38 (11.66%) CI/CD
21 36 (11.04%) PHP
21 36 (11.04%) Finance
22 35 (10.74%) Python
22 35 (10.74%) AWS
23 33 (10.12%) Degree
23 33 (10.12%) ASP.NET

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 (2.15%) Apache
2 5 (1.53%) Umbraco
3 4 (1.23%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (18.10%) Azure
2 35 (10.74%) AWS
3 30 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (6.44%) SaaS
5 15 (4.60%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.68%) GCP
6 12 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.68%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.53%) GitHub
8 4 (1.23%) npm
9 3 (0.92%) Firebase
10 2 (0.61%) Cloud Functions
10 2 (0.61%) PaaS
11 1 (0.31%) Azure App Service
11 1 (0.31%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.31%) Figma
11 1 (0.31%) Serverless
11 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.31%) Internet
1 1 (0.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (16.56%) SQL Server
2 31 (9.51%) MySQL
3 10 (3.07%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (2.45%) MongoDB
4 8 (2.45%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.23%) SQLite
7 3 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.92%) Power BI
7 3 (0.92%) Redis
Development Applications
1 46 (14.11%) Git
2 14 (4.29%) Visual Studio
3 5 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.53%) LabVIEW
3 5 (1.53%) Rational Rhapsody
4 4 (1.23%) Gradle
4 4 (1.23%) Maven
4 4 (1.23%) Selenium
4 4 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.92%) Moq
5 3 (0.92%) SpecFlow
5 3 (0.92%) xUnit.net
6 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.31%) GDB
6 1 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 72 (22.09%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.04%) Finance
3 30 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.60%) Aviation
5 13 (3.99%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.99%) Publishing
5 13 (3.99%) Retail
6 12 (3.68%) Fire and Rescue
7 11 (3.37%) Electronics
8 10 (3.07%) Aerospace
9 9 (2.76%) Tech for Good
10 7 (2.15%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.84%) Banking
11 6 (1.84%) Legal
11 6 (1.84%) Social Housing
12 5 (1.53%) Marketing
13 4 (1.23%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.92%) German Language
15 1 (0.31%) Law
15 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (33.44%) .NET
2 60 (18.40%) React
3 52 (15.95%) HTML
4 47 (14.42%) .NET Framework
5 45 (13.80%) CSS
6 44 (13.50%) AngularJS
7 33 (10.12%) ASP.NET
8 31 (9.51%) Entity Framework
9 30 (9.20%) .NET Core
10 17 (5.21%) Vue
11 15 (4.60%) Node.js
12 13 (3.99%) LESS
13 12 (3.68%) REST
14 11 (3.37%) Blazor
14 11 (3.37%) Laravel
14 11 (3.37%) RESTful
14 11 (3.37%) Symfony
15 10 (3.07%) XML
16 9 (2.76%) HTML5
16 9 (2.76%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.68%) IoT
1 12 (3.68%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.37%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.76%) Virtual Team
5 6 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
5 6 (1.84%) Smart Home
6 4 (1.23%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.92%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.61%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.31%) Blog
9 1 (0.31%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.31%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.31%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.36%) Windows
2 18 (5.52%) Apple iOS
3 11 (3.37%) Android
4 5 (1.53%) Linux
4 5 (1.53%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (27.91%) Agile
2 74 (22.70%) Full Stack Development
2 74 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (18.10%) DevOps
4 56 (17.18%) Software Engineering
5 51 (15.64%) MVC
6 38 (11.66%) CI/CD
7 33 (10.12%) Mentoring
7 33 (10.12%) Microservices
8 30 (9.20%) User Experience
9 28 (8.59%) Scrum
10 27 (8.28%) Test Automation
11 26 (7.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (6.44%) Code Quality
13 20 (6.13%) Collaborative Working
13 20 (6.13%) SDLC
14 19 (5.83%) Computer Science
14 19 (5.83%) SOLID
15 18 (5.52%) Design Patterns
16 17 (5.21%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 127 (38.96%) C#
2 112 (34.36%) JavaScript
3 58 (17.79%) SQL
4 55 (16.87%) Java
5 45 (13.80%) TypeScript
6 36 (11.04%) PHP
7 35 (10.74%) Python
8 14 (4.29%) VB.NET
9 13 (3.99%) C++
10 7 (2.15%) Go
11 6 (1.84%) C
11 6 (1.84%) Swift
12 5 (1.53%) Ada
12 5 (1.53%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.23%) Bash
13 4 (1.23%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.92%) Bicep
14 3 (0.92%) Delphi
14 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (10.12%) Degree
2 23 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 15 (4.60%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.45%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.31%) MCSA
8 1 (0.31%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.76%) QA
2 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 40 (12.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (6.44%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.15%) Ansible
2 7 (2.15%) Kibana
3 3 (0.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.21%) Xamarin
3 15 (4.60%) Google
4 7 (2.15%) Oracle
5 4 (1.23%) Databricks
6 3 (0.92%) Twitter
7 1 (0.31%) Peregrine