Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
England > South West

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the South West is £62,500 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 74 205 174
Rank change year-on-year +131 -31 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 339 50 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.21% 0.78% 1.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 0.87% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 265 37 70
10th Percentile £46,000 £44,200 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,375
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 10,157 5,725 8,324
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.15% 88.79% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,334 3,659 5,114
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 £64,750 £68,750 £65,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
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 Senior Software Engineer within the South West 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
Bristol +75 119 £63,750 -8.93% 19
Dorset +37 83 £57,500 +1.32% 9
Gloucestershire +29 66 £72,500 +31.82% 18
Devon +27 42 £65,000 -0.76% 4
Wiltshire +7 16 £75,000 +7.14% 2
Somerset +4 8 £55,000 -12.00% 7
Senior Software Engineer
England

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

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 South West region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 339 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 87 (25.66%) Python
3 78 (23.01%) C++
4 75 (22.12%) Security Cleared
5 63 (18.58%) JavaScript
5 63 (18.58%) Linux
6 50 (14.75%) C
6 50 (14.75%) Agile
7 49 (14.45%) React
8 47 (13.86%) AWS
9 44 (12.98%) Degree
10 42 (12.39%) DevOps
11 41 (12.09%) Java
12 40 (11.80%) Bash
13 38 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
13 38 (11.21%) CI/CD
14 37 (10.91%) Azure
15 35 (10.32%) .NET
16 34 (10.03%) Computer Science
16 34 (10.03%) AngularJS
17 33 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (9.73%) Embedded Linux
17 33 (9.73%) Manufacturing
18 32 (9.44%) C#
19 30 (8.85%) PostgreSQL
20 29 (8.55%) Scrum
20 29 (8.55%) CSS
21 28 (8.26%) .NET Core
22 27 (7.96%) Rust
22 27 (7.96%) Embedded C

Senior Software Engineer 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 15 (4.42%) ArcGIS
1 15 (4.42%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.29%) CMS
2 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 47 (13.86%) AWS
2 37 (10.91%) Azure
3 12 (3.54%) GCP
4 11 (3.24%) SaaS
5 10 (2.95%) Serverless
6 9 (2.65%) npm
7 8 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.36%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.18%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.59%) GitHub
9 2 (0.59%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.59%) Sentry
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.85%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (4.42%) GIS
2 15 (4.42%) QGIS
3 10 (2.95%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.06%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.88%) MySQL
6 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.59%) Big Data
7 2 (0.59%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.59%) Redis
8 1 (0.29%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 25 (7.37%) Git
2 15 (4.42%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.95%) LabVIEW
4 9 (2.65%) Storybook
4 9 (2.65%) Subversion
5 6 (1.77%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.77%) GitLab
5 6 (1.77%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.47%) Cucumber
6 5 (1.47%) JIRA
7 4 (1.18%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.18%) Postman
7 4 (1.18%) Selenium
8 2 (0.59%) Maven
9 1 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.29%) JUnit
9 1 (0.29%) SonarQube
General
1 33 (9.73%) Manufacturing
2 24 (7.08%) Social Skills
3 22 (6.49%) Aviation
4 19 (5.60%) Finance
5 18 (5.31%) Automotive
6 13 (3.83%) Marketing
7 12 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.65%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.47%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.47%) Military
10 4 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Advertising
11 3 (0.88%) Electronics
11 3 (0.88%) Legal
12 2 (0.59%) Avionics
12 2 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.59%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.29%) Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.29%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (14.45%) React
2 35 (10.32%) .NET
3 34 (10.03%) AngularJS
4 29 (8.55%) CSS
5 28 (8.26%) .NET Core
6 26 (7.67%) Node.js
7 16 (4.72%) .NET Framework
8 15 (4.42%) Leaflet
8 15 (4.42%) OpenLayers
8 15 (4.42%) PostGIS
9 13 (3.83%) Sass
10 12 (3.54%) ASP.NET
10 12 (3.54%) ASP.NET Web API
10 12 (3.54%) Entity Framework
11 10 (2.95%) Qt
11 10 (2.95%) RESTful
12 9 (2.65%) HTML
12 9 (2.65%) Vue
13 8 (2.36%) Lambda Expressions
13 8 (2.36%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.01%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (3.54%) GNSS
3 9 (2.65%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.36%) Acoustics
4 8 (2.36%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.36%) Hackathon
5 7 (2.06%) Device Driver
5 7 (2.06%) FPGA
6 5 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.18%) Mobile App
8 3 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.88%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.59%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.59%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.29%) Digital Currency
10 1 (0.29%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.29%) IoT
10 1 (0.29%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.29%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 63 (18.58%) Linux
2 33 (9.73%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (5.31%) Windows
4 5 (1.47%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.88%) Android
6 2 (0.59%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (0.59%) Debian
6 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 50 (14.75%) Agile
3 42 (12.39%) DevOps
4 38 (11.21%) CI/CD
4 38 (11.21%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (10.03%) Computer Science
6 33 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (8.55%) Scrum
8 24 (7.08%) Multithreading
8 24 (7.08%) Unit Testing
8 24 (7.08%) Web Development
9 22 (6.49%) SDLC
10 21 (6.19%) Actionable Insight
10 21 (6.19%) Artificial Intelligence
10 21 (6.19%) Validation
11 20 (5.90%) Full Stack Development
12 19 (5.60%) Roadmaps
13 18 (5.31%) Fintech
13 18 (5.31%) Machine Learning
14 17 (5.01%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 87 (25.66%) Python
2 78 (23.01%) C++
3 63 (18.58%) JavaScript
4 50 (14.75%) C
5 41 (12.09%) Java
6 40 (11.80%) Bash
7 32 (9.44%) C#
8 27 (7.96%) Embedded C
8 27 (7.96%) Rust
9 26 (7.67%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.83%) Perl
10 13 (3.83%) SQL
11 6 (1.77%) Go
12 4 (1.18%) Ada
12 4 (1.18%) Swift
12 4 (1.18%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.88%) PHP
14 2 (0.59%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (22.12%) Security Cleared
2 44 (12.98%) Degree
3 27 (7.96%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.42%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.54%) PMO
2 3 (0.88%) Def Stans
2 3 (0.88%) IEC 61508
2 3 (0.88%) QA
3 1 (0.29%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (5.90%) Docker
2 9 (2.65%) Firmware
3 7 (2.06%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (5.01%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.65%) Terraform
3 2 (0.59%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.59%) Grafana
4 1 (0.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 15 (4.42%) ESRI
2 12 (3.54%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.18%) Google
4 1 (0.29%) SAP
4 1 (0.29%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.29%) YouTube