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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 11 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 1,430 943 1,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.01% 14.01% 23.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.61% 15.72% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,250 666 1,396
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,644 £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 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

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 9,161 5,999 7,976
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.18% 89.10% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,723 3,680 5,125
10th Percentile £27,789 £29,725 £29,500
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 £65,275
90th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +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 23 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 23 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 +9 485 £58,000 +0.87% 91
Gloucestershire +12 258 £50,000 -9.09% 24
Devon +11 215 £45,000 - 33
Dorset -2 180 £52,500 - 13
Wiltshire 0 146 £47,500 -6.86% 13
Somerset +6 103 £48,750 -11.36% 31
Cornwall +4 18 £45,000 +12.50% 4
Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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.

1 512 (35.80%) JavaScript
2 457 (31.96%) C#
3 413 (28.88%) .NET
4 390 (27.27%) Agile
5 348 (24.34%) Full Stack Development
6 335 (23.43%) HTML
7 325 (22.73%) Microsoft
8 323 (22.59%) Azure
9 316 (22.10%) React
10 313 (21.89%) CSS
11 276 (19.30%) DevOps
12 253 (17.69%) Git
13 247 (17.27%) Social Skills
14 231 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
15 227 (15.87%) Software Engineering
16 220 (15.38%) MVC
17 217 (15.17%) SQL
18 215 (15.03%) AWS
19 214 (14.97%) Scrum
20 213 (14.90%) SQL Server
20 213 (14.90%) Degree
21 210 (14.69%) PHP
22 188 (13.15%) TypeScript
23 187 (13.08%) AngularJS
24 186 (13.01%) ASP.NET
25 183 (12.80%) Java
26 162 (11.33%) Security Cleared
27 155 (10.84%) Vue
28 149 (10.42%) MySQL
29 147 (10.28%) Design Patterns

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 84 (5.87%) Confluence
2 55 (3.85%) WordPress
3 46 (3.22%) CMS
4 33 (2.31%) Umbraco
5 22 (1.54%) IIS
6 20 (1.40%) SharePoint
7 19 (1.33%) Headless CMS
8 17 (1.19%) Kentico
8 17 (1.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 16 (1.12%) Apache
10 4 (0.28%) NServiceBus
11 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.21%) Drupal
11 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.21%) SAS
11 3 (0.21%) SharePoint 2010
11 3 (0.21%) SharePoint 2013
12 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.070%) JBoss
13 1 (0.070%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.56%) InfoPath
3 7 (0.49%) 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 (0.63%) Shopify
2 8 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.42%) Magento
3 6 (0.42%) Maximo
4 4 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.070%) iTrent
6 1 (0.070%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 323 (22.59%) Azure
2 215 (15.03%) AWS
3 109 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
4 95 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 61 (4.27%) PowerApps
6 57 (3.99%) Power Automate
7 50 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
8 46 (3.22%) SaaS
9 36 (2.52%) GitHub
10 30 (2.10%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (2.03%) GCP
12 17 (1.19%) Kontent
13 14 (0.98%) Firebase
14 13 (0.91%) npm
15 12 (0.84%) Serverless
16 10 (0.70%) Figma
17 8 (0.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 6 (0.42%) AWS Lambda
18 6 (0.42%) Azure Machine Learning
18 6 (0.42%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.75%) Internet
2 15 (1.05%) HTTP
3 14 (0.98%) DNS
4 11 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.70%) WAN
6 9 (0.63%) SMTP
7 8 (0.56%) 5G
7 8 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.49%) SSL
8 7 (0.49%) 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 (0.070%) FTP
12 1 (0.070%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (14.90%) SQL Server
2 149 (10.42%) MySQL
3 68 (4.76%) Power BI
4 50 (3.50%) NoSQL
5 39 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
6 36 (2.52%) MongoDB
7 28 (1.96%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
9 18 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
10 16 (1.12%) GIS
11 15 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (0.98%) Oracle Database
13 11 (0.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 11 (0.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 10 (0.70%) Redis
15 9 (0.63%) Oracle Database 11g
15 9 (0.63%) Tableau
16 8 (0.56%) Qlik Sense
17 5 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
17 5 (0.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 253 (17.69%) Git
2 105 (7.34%) Visual Studio
3 104 (7.27%) JIRA
4 87 (6.08%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.13%) Sourcetree
6 23 (1.61%) Jenkins
7 22 (1.54%) GitLab
8 12 (0.84%) Android Studio
8 12 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.70%) webpack
10 9 (0.63%) Storybook
11 8 (0.56%) Selenium
12 7 (0.49%) Subversion
13 6 (0.42%) Rational Rhapsody
14 5 (0.35%) Maven
15 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
15 4 (0.28%) Gradle
16 3 (0.21%) Grunt
16 3 (0.21%) Moq
16 3 (0.21%) SpecFlow
General
1 247 (17.27%) Social Skills
2 105 (7.34%) Finance
3 102 (7.13%) Games
4 96 (6.71%) Presentation Skills
5 84 (5.87%) Analytical Skills
6 49 (3.43%) Fire and Rescue
7 42 (2.94%) Retail
8 37 (2.59%) Marketing
9 29 (2.03%) Tech for Good
10 22 (1.54%) Public Sector
11 21 (1.47%) Electronics
12 18 (1.26%) Legal
13 17 (1.19%) Aviation
14 16 (1.12%) Advertising
15 13 (0.91%) Law
15 13 (0.91%) Manufacturing
15 13 (0.91%) Publishing
16 12 (0.84%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.77%) Banking
17 11 (0.77%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 413 (28.88%) .NET
2 335 (23.43%) HTML
3 316 (22.10%) React
4 313 (21.89%) CSS
5 187 (13.08%) AngularJS
6 186 (13.01%) ASP.NET
7 155 (10.84%) Vue
8 140 (9.79%) .NET Core
8 140 (9.79%) .NET Framework
9 129 (9.02%) Laravel
10 103 (7.20%) Entity Framework
11 92 (6.43%) Node.js
12 85 (5.94%) jQuery
12 85 (5.94%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 84 (5.87%) ASP.NET MVC
14 67 (4.69%) HTML5
14 67 (4.69%) RESTful
15 63 (4.41%) REST
16 57 (3.99%) ASP.NET Web API
16 57 (3.99%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 84 (5.87%) Virtual Reality
2 45 (3.15%) Mobile App
3 40 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (2.10%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (1.82%) IoT
6 21 (1.47%) Onboarding
6 21 (1.47%) Private Cloud
7 19 (1.33%) Product Ownership
8 17 (1.19%) Virtual Team
9 16 (1.12%) GNSS
10 13 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (0.77%) Animation
12 10 (0.70%) Tandem
13 9 (0.63%) FPGA
13 9 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
13 9 (0.63%) Social Network
13 9 (0.63%) VHDL
14 8 (0.56%) AS400
14 8 (0.56%) MicroBlaze
Operating Systems
1 63 (4.41%) Android
2 53 (3.71%) Windows
3 49 (3.43%) Linux
4 40 (2.80%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.56%) 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 (0.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (27.27%) Agile
2 348 (24.34%) Full Stack Development
3 276 (19.30%) DevOps
4 231 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
5 227 (15.87%) Software Engineering
6 220 (15.38%) MVC
7 214 (14.97%) Scrum
8 147 (10.28%) Design Patterns
9 144 (10.07%) Web Development
10 143 (10.00%) CI/CD
11 122 (8.53%) Microservices
12 116 (8.11%) User Experience
13 106 (7.41%) Mentoring
14 104 (7.27%) Front End Development
15 82 (5.73%) Computer Science
15 82 (5.73%) UML
16 80 (5.59%) OOP
17 76 (5.31%) Use Case
18 74 (5.17%) Business Intelligence
19 71 (4.97%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 512 (35.80%) JavaScript
2 457 (31.96%) C#
3 217 (15.17%) SQL
4 210 (14.69%) PHP
5 188 (13.15%) TypeScript
6 183 (12.80%) Java
7 95 (6.64%) Python
8 44 (3.08%) C++
9 32 (2.24%) C
10 28 (1.96%) Kotlin
10 28 (1.96%) T-SQL
11 26 (1.82%) VB.NET
12 19 (1.33%) Swift
13 14 (0.98%) Ruby
13 14 (0.98%) VB
14 13 (0.91%) MATLAB
14 13 (0.91%) PowerShell
14 13 (0.91%) Shell Script
15 12 (0.84%) Ada
16 11 (0.77%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 213 (14.90%) Degree
2 162 (11.33%) Security Cleared
3 135 (9.44%) SC Cleared
4 83 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.12%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.77%) DV Cleared
8 10 (0.70%) 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 (0.070%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.070%) MCSA
12 1 (0.070%) MCSD
12 1 (0.070%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.070%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.08%) QA
2 17 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 10 (0.70%) 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 (0.070%) SLA
System Software
1 84 (5.87%) Docker
2 16 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
2 16 (1.12%) Firmware
3 1 (0.070%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 65 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.84%) Ansible
3 11 (0.77%) Terraform
4 7 (0.49%) Kibana
5 1 (0.070%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.070%) Nagios
5 1 (0.070%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.070%) Puppet
5 1 (0.070%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 325 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 41 (2.87%) Xamarin
3 38 (2.66%) Google
4 36 (2.52%) Oracle
5 17 (1.19%) Optimizely
5 17 (1.19%) Sitecore
6 9 (0.63%) Apple
6 9 (0.63%) Facebook
7 8 (0.56%) Altera
7 8 (0.56%) Green Hills
7 8 (0.56%) Motorola
7 8 (0.56%) Twitter
7 8 (0.56%) Xilinx
8 7 (0.49%) Adobe
8 7 (0.49%) WooCommerce
9 6 (0.42%) Databricks
9 6 (0.42%) UiPath
10 5 (0.35%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.35%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.35%) Splunk