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 to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 213 170
Rank change year-on-year +141 -43 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 335 49 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.23% 0.75% 1.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 0.85% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 263 36 70
10th Percentile £47,750 £44,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,313 £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 £73,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £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

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 9,958 5,777 8,306
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 88.79% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7,215 3,657 5,164
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 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 8 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 8 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 +84 120 £63,750 -8.93% 17
Dorset +44 81 £60,000 +5.73% 8
Gloucestershire +35 65 £72,500 +31.82% 14
Devon +21 40 £65,000 -0.76% 6
Wiltshire -4 16 £75,000 +7.14% 2
Somerset 0 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 8 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.

1 335 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 88 (26.27%) Python
3 79 (23.58%) C++
4 76 (22.69%) Security Cleared
5 65 (19.40%) Linux
6 64 (19.10%) JavaScript
7 51 (15.22%) C
7 51 (15.22%) Agile
8 50 (14.93%) React
9 48 (14.33%) AWS
10 44 (13.13%) Degree
11 43 (12.84%) DevOps
12 41 (12.24%) Java
13 40 (11.94%) Bash
14 38 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
14 38 (11.34%) Azure
14 38 (11.34%) CI/CD
15 36 (10.75%) .NET
16 34 (10.15%) Computer Science
16 34 (10.15%) Embedded Linux
16 34 (10.15%) AngularJS
17 33 (9.85%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (9.85%) C#
18 31 (9.25%) PostgreSQL
19 30 (8.96%) Manufacturing
20 29 (8.66%) Scrum
20 29 (8.66%) CSS
21 28 (8.36%) SC Cleared
21 28 (8.36%) .NET Core
22 27 (8.06%) Rust

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 16 (4.78%) ArcGIS
1 16 (4.78%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.30%) CMS
2 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.30%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.33%) AWS
2 38 (11.34%) Azure
3 12 (3.58%) GCP
4 11 (3.28%) SaaS
5 10 (2.99%) Serverless
6 9 (2.69%) npm
7 8 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (2.39%) Azure Functions
8 4 (1.19%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.60%) GitHub
9 2 (0.60%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.60%) Sentry
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (9.25%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (4.78%) GIS
2 16 (4.78%) QGIS
3 10 (2.99%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.09%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.90%) MySQL
6 3 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.60%) Big Data
7 2 (0.60%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.60%) Redis
8 1 (0.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 25 (7.46%) Git
2 15 (4.48%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.69%) LabVIEW
3 9 (2.69%) Storybook
3 9 (2.69%) Subversion
4 6 (1.79%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.79%) GitLab
4 6 (1.79%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.49%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.49%) JIRA
6 4 (1.19%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.19%) Postman
6 4 (1.19%) Selenium
7 2 (0.60%) Maven
8 1 (0.30%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.30%) JUnit
8 1 (0.30%) SonarQube
General
1 30 (8.96%) Manufacturing
2 24 (7.16%) Social Skills
3 22 (6.57%) Aviation
4 19 (5.67%) Finance
5 18 (5.37%) Automotive
6 13 (3.88%) Marketing
7 12 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (2.69%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.49%) Aerospace
9 5 (1.49%) Military
10 4 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (0.90%) Advertising
11 3 (0.90%) Electronics
11 3 (0.90%) Legal
12 2 (0.60%) Avionics
12 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.60%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.30%) Banking
13 1 (0.30%) Retail
13 1 (0.30%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (14.93%) React
2 36 (10.75%) .NET
3 34 (10.15%) AngularJS
4 29 (8.66%) CSS
5 28 (8.36%) .NET Core
6 26 (7.76%) Node.js
7 16 (4.78%) .NET Framework
7 16 (4.78%) Leaflet
7 16 (4.78%) OpenLayers
7 16 (4.78%) PostGIS
8 13 (3.88%) Sass
9 12 (3.58%) ASP.NET
9 12 (3.58%) ASP.NET Web API
9 12 (3.58%) Entity Framework
10 11 (3.28%) Qt
11 10 (2.99%) RESTful
12 9 (2.69%) HTML
12 9 (2.69%) Vue
13 8 (2.39%) Lambda Expressions
13 8 (2.39%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (3.58%) GNSS
3 9 (2.69%) Product Ownership
4 8 (2.39%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.39%) Device Driver
4 8 (2.39%) Hackathon
5 7 (2.09%) Acoustics
5 7 (2.09%) FPGA
6 5 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.49%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.90%) Private Cloud
8 2 (0.60%) e-Learning
8 2 (0.60%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.30%) Digital Currency
9 1 (0.30%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.30%) IoT
9 1 (0.30%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.30%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 65 (19.40%) Linux
2 34 (10.15%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (5.37%) Windows
4 6 (1.79%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.19%) Android
6 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.60%) Alpine Linux
7 2 (0.60%) Debian
8 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 51 (15.22%) Agile
3 43 (12.84%) DevOps
4 38 (11.34%) CI/CD
4 38 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
5 34 (10.15%) Computer Science
6 33 (9.85%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (8.66%) Scrum
8 25 (7.46%) Web Development
9 24 (7.16%) Multithreading
9 24 (7.16%) Unit Testing
10 22 (6.57%) Actionable Insight
10 22 (6.57%) SDLC
10 22 (6.57%) Validation
11 21 (6.27%) Artificial Intelligence
12 20 (5.97%) Full Stack Development
13 19 (5.67%) Roadmaps
14 18 (5.37%) Fintech
14 18 (5.37%) Machine Learning
15 17 (5.07%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 88 (26.27%) Python
2 79 (23.58%) C++
3 64 (19.10%) JavaScript
4 51 (15.22%) C
5 41 (12.24%) Java
6 40 (11.94%) Bash
7 33 (9.85%) C#
8 27 (8.06%) Embedded C
8 27 (8.06%) Rust
9 26 (7.76%) TypeScript
10 13 (3.88%) Perl
10 13 (3.88%) SQL
11 6 (1.79%) Go
12 4 (1.19%) Ada
12 4 (1.19%) Swift
12 4 (1.19%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.90%) PHP
14 2 (0.60%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (22.69%) Security Cleared
2 44 (13.13%) Degree
3 28 (8.36%) SC Cleared
4 15 (4.48%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.60%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.58%) PMO
2 3 (0.90%) Def Stans
2 3 (0.90%) IEC 61508
2 3 (0.90%) QA
3 1 (0.30%) SEPA
System Software
1 20 (5.97%) Docker
2 9 (2.69%) Firmware
3 7 (2.09%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (5.07%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.69%) Terraform
3 2 (0.60%) Functional Safety
3 2 (0.60%) Grafana
4 1 (0.30%) Ansible
Vendors
1 16 (4.78%) ESRI
2 12 (3.58%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.19%) Google
4 1 (0.30%) SAP
4 1 (0.30%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.30%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.30%) YouTube