Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 102 135
Rank change year-on-year +29 +33 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 66 16 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 3.52% 1.34% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.63% 1.58% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 56 13 3
10th Percentile £44,250 £42,600 £43,950
25th Percentile £57,188 £43,000 £46,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% -2.65% +0.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £67,375
90th Percentile - £74,000 £70,450
South West median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 1,819 1,011 1,428
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.12% 84.82% 97.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,289 480 782
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,813 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £71,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cheltenham +3 23 £60,000 +7.14% 8
Wotton-under-Edge - 9 £40,000 - 3
Tewkesbury -12 2 £75,000 +66.67%
Gloucester -4 1 £75,000 +11.11%
Senior Software Engineer
South West

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior Software Engineer 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 66 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 34 (51.52%) Security Cleared
3 30 (45.45%) Python
4 27 (40.91%) C
5 26 (39.39%) Java
5 26 (39.39%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (33.33%) JavaScript
7 18 (27.27%) AngularJS
7 18 (27.27%) C++
8 17 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (24.24%) Linux
10 15 (22.73%) Bash
10 15 (22.73%) AWS
11 14 (21.21%) Embedded Linux
11 14 (21.21%) Embedded C
11 14 (21.21%) Rust
12 13 (19.70%) React
12 13 (19.70%) Azure
13 12 (18.18%) Agile
13 12 (18.18%) Docker
14 11 (16.67%) Scrum
14 11 (16.67%) Node.js
15 10 (15.15%) DV Cleared
15 10 (15.15%) Finance
15 10 (15.15%) CI/CD
16 9 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 9 (13.64%) Full Stack Development
16 9 (13.64%) CSS
16 9 (13.64%) C#
16 9 (13.64%) .NET

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 15 (22.73%) AWS
2 13 (19.70%) Azure
3 6 (9.09%) npm
4 5 (7.58%) GCP
5 4 (6.06%) OpenShift
6 3 (4.55%) SaaS
7 2 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (3.03%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.61%) MongoDB
2 6 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 4 (6.06%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (1.52%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (9.09%) Storybook
2 4 (6.06%) Cucumber
2 4 (6.06%) Cypress.io
2 4 (6.06%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.06%) Selenium
3 3 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 10 (15.15%) Finance
2 9 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 9 (13.64%) Manufacturing
3 6 (9.09%) Financial Institution
4 4 (6.06%) Aerospace
4 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (6.06%) Social Skills
5 3 (4.55%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (27.27%) AngularJS
2 13 (19.70%) React
3 11 (16.67%) Node.js
4 9 (13.64%) .NET
4 9 (13.64%) CSS
5 6 (9.09%) HTML
5 6 (9.09%) Sass
5 6 (9.09%) Vue
6 5 (7.58%) Spring
6 5 (7.58%) Spring Boot
7 4 (6.06%) OpenAPI
7 4 (6.06%) RESTful
7 4 (6.06%) Swagger
8 3 (4.55%) .NET Core
8 3 (4.55%) .NET Framework
8 3 (4.55%) Tailwind CSS
9 2 (3.03%) Hibernate
9 2 (3.03%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) FPGA
2 3 (4.55%) Private Cloud
3 2 (3.03%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (24.24%) Linux
2 14 (21.21%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 26 (39.39%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (25.76%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (18.18%) Agile
5 11 (16.67%) Scrum
6 10 (15.15%) CI/CD
7 9 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
7 9 (13.64%) Full Stack Development
8 6 (9.09%) Computer Science
8 6 (9.09%) Containerisation
8 6 (9.09%) Continuous Delivery
8 6 (9.09%) Development Roadmap
8 6 (9.09%) DevOps
8 6 (9.09%) End-to-End Testing
8 6 (9.09%) Roadmaps
8 6 (9.09%) SDLC
8 6 (9.09%) Self-Awareness
8 6 (9.09%) Test Automation
8 6 (9.09%) Time Management
8 6 (9.09%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 30 (45.45%) Python
2 27 (40.91%) C
3 26 (39.39%) Java
4 22 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 18 (27.27%) C++
6 15 (22.73%) Bash
7 14 (21.21%) Embedded C
7 14 (21.21%) Rust
8 9 (13.64%) C#
9 7 (10.61%) TypeScript
10 5 (7.58%) SQL
11 1 (1.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (51.52%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.15%) DV Cleared
3 6 (9.09%) Degree
4 4 (6.06%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 12 (18.18%) Docker
2 7 (10.61%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (10.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 3 (4.55%) Terraform
3 1 (1.52%) Ansible