Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

Software Engineer
England > South West

The median Software Engineer salary in the South West is £55,000 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 16 51 31
Rank change year-on-year +35 -20 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 886 356 743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.30% 5.29% 8.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.67% 5.93% 9.32%
Number of salaries quoted 664 174 332
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,125 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

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%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the South West

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the South West

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the South West

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 Software Engineer 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 +44 323 £57,500 -8.00% 70
Gloucestershire +8 207 £61,750 -1.20% 32
Dorset +25 148 £57,500 +15.00% 19
Wiltshire +26 88 £55,000 - 10
Devon +41 63 £42,500 +9.68% 8
Somerset +28 38 £50,000 -20.00% 14
Cornwall -9 5 £80,000 +88.24% 1
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 881 (99.44%) Software Engineering
2 255 (28.78%) Security Cleared
3 250 (28.22%) Python
4 229 (25.85%) Agile
5 194 (21.90%) JavaScript
6 187 (21.11%) Java
7 182 (20.54%) C++
8 168 (18.96%) Linux
8 168 (18.96%) AWS
9 156 (17.61%) C
10 138 (15.58%) Azure
11 133 (15.01%) C#
12 126 (14.22%) React
13 104 (11.74%) .NET
14 99 (11.17%) Degree
15 95 (10.72%) Problem-Solving
16 94 (10.61%) DevOps
17 82 (9.26%) DV Cleared
18 81 (9.14%) AngularJS
19 78 (8.80%) Actionable Insight
20 77 (8.69%) Cybersecurity
21 75 (8.47%) Scrum
21 75 (8.47%) Aerospace
21 75 (8.47%) Bash
22 73 (8.24%) SC Cleared
23 72 (8.13%) Git
24 71 (8.01%) Microservices
25 68 (7.67%) Windows
26 65 (7.34%) Embedded Linux
26 65 (7.34%) SDLC

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 28 (3.16%) Apache
2 27 (3.05%) ArcGIS
2 27 (3.05%) GeoServer
3 17 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.23%) CMS
4 2 (0.23%) Confluence
5 1 (0.11%) Captiva
5 1 (0.11%) FileNet
5 1 (0.11%) JBoss
5 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (1.47%) Simulink
2 2 (0.23%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 168 (18.96%) AWS
2 138 (15.58%) Azure
3 35 (3.95%) Serverless
4 34 (3.84%) GCP
5 28 (3.16%) OpenShift
6 20 (2.26%) AWS Lambda
7 17 (1.92%) Amazon EKS
7 17 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (1.69%) SaaS
9 14 (1.58%) npm
10 12 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (0.90%) Azure Functions
11 8 (0.90%) GitHub
12 5 (0.56%) Azure Storage
13 4 (0.45%) OCI
14 3 (0.34%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.34%) Power Platform
14 3 (0.34%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.03%) AMQP
2 8 (0.90%) Wireless
3 5 (0.56%) Bluetooth
3 5 (0.56%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.56%) RS-232
4 2 (0.23%) 3GPP
4 2 (0.23%) 5G
4 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.11%) Internet
5 1 (0.11%) OFDM
5 1 (0.11%) RS-422
5 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.11%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.11%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (5.64%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (4.40%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.05%) GIS
3 27 (3.05%) QGIS
4 22 (2.48%) Big Data
5 20 (2.26%) MySQL
6 18 (2.03%) Hadoop
7 17 (1.92%) Cloudera CDH
8 15 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.13%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.45%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.45%) Oracle ODI
12 2 (0.23%) NoSQL
12 2 (0.23%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.23%) SQLite
13 1 (0.11%) Apache Accumulo
13 1 (0.11%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 72 (8.13%) Git
2 36 (4.06%) Visual Studio
3 27 (3.05%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.03%) LabVIEW
5 14 (1.58%) JIRA
5 14 (1.58%) Subversion
6 12 (1.35%) Rational Rhapsody
7 10 (1.13%) Cypress.io
8 9 (1.02%) GitLab
8 9 (1.02%) Storybook
9 8 (0.90%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.90%) NetBeans
9 8 (0.90%) Selenium
10 7 (0.79%) Bitbucket
10 7 (0.79%) Maven
11 6 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.68%) Postman
12 5 (0.56%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.56%) MSTest
12 5 (0.56%) NUnit
General
1 75 (8.47%) Aerospace
2 63 (7.11%) Social Skills
3 53 (5.98%) Manufacturing
4 51 (5.76%) Finance
5 35 (3.95%) Retail
6 33 (3.72%) Automotive
7 26 (2.93%) Aviation
8 24 (2.71%) Marketing
9 20 (2.26%) Electronics
9 20 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
11 16 (1.81%) Military
12 12 (1.35%) Banking
12 12 (1.35%) Financial Institution
12 12 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.24%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.13%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.02%) Tech for Good
16 8 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.68%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (14.22%) React
2 104 (11.74%) .NET
3 81 (9.14%) AngularJS
4 63 (7.11%) Node.js
5 59 (6.66%) .NET Core
6 57 (6.43%) CSS
7 51 (5.76%) Spring Boot
8 50 (5.64%) Spring
9 39 (4.40%) REST
10 34 (3.84%) .NET Framework
11 32 (3.61%) Swagger
12 28 (3.16%) Vue
13 27 (3.05%) HTML
13 27 (3.05%) Leaflet
13 27 (3.05%) OpenLayers
13 27 (3.05%) PostGIS
14 26 (2.93%) OpenAPI
15 24 (2.71%) Qt
16 21 (2.37%) STL
17 20 (2.26%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (2.82%) Cloud Native
2 25 (2.82%) Embedded Systems
3 18 (2.03%) Product Ownership
4 14 (1.58%) Mobile App
5 12 (1.35%) GNSS
5 12 (1.35%) IoT
6 11 (1.24%) Algorithms
6 11 (1.24%) Device Driver
6 11 (1.24%) Driving Licence
6 11 (1.24%) FPGA
7 10 (1.13%) Hackathon
8 9 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (0.90%) Robotics
10 6 (0.68%) Management Information System
10 6 (0.68%) Private Cloud
11 5 (0.56%) Acoustics
11 5 (0.56%) Public Cloud
12 3 (0.34%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 168 (18.96%) Linux
2 68 (7.67%) Windows
3 65 (7.34%) Embedded Linux
4 24 (2.71%) Ubuntu
5 18 (2.03%) Debian
6 17 (1.92%) CentOS
6 17 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 14 (1.58%) Android
8 13 (1.47%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.34%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.23%) Unix
11 1 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 881 (99.44%) Software Engineering
2 229 (25.85%) Agile
3 95 (10.72%) Problem-Solving
4 94 (10.61%) DevOps
5 78 (8.80%) Actionable Insight
6 77 (8.69%) Cybersecurity
7 75 (8.47%) Scrum
8 71 (8.01%) Microservices
9 65 (7.34%) CI/CD
9 65 (7.34%) SDLC
10 52 (5.87%) Full Stack Development
11 50 (5.64%) Collaborative Working
11 50 (5.64%) Web Development
12 48 (5.42%) Computer Science
12 48 (5.42%) Configuration Management
13 45 (5.08%) Unit Testing
14 42 (4.74%) OO
15 40 (4.51%) Multithreading
16 39 (4.40%) Containerisation
17 37 (4.18%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 250 (28.22%) Python
2 194 (21.90%) JavaScript
3 187 (21.11%) Java
4 182 (20.54%) C++
5 156 (17.61%) C
6 133 (15.01%) C#
7 75 (8.47%) Bash
8 59 (6.66%) Embedded C
9 58 (6.55%) Rust
10 52 (5.87%) TypeScript
11 44 (4.97%) SQL
12 34 (3.84%) Ada
13 21 (2.37%) MATLAB
14 18 (2.03%) Perl
15 14 (1.58%) PHP
16 10 (1.13%) Swift
17 9 (1.02%) Shell Script
18 8 (0.90%) Kotlin
19 7 (0.79%) PowerShell
19 7 (0.79%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 255 (28.78%) Security Cleared
2 99 (11.17%) Degree
3 82 (9.26%) DV Cleared
4 73 (8.24%) SC Cleared
5 36 (4.06%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.34%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.34%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.23%) HND
9 1 (0.11%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.37%) QA
2 12 (1.35%) PMO
3 9 (1.02%) Def Stans
4 7 (0.79%) MISRA
5 6 (0.68%) IEC 61508
6 5 (0.56%) ISO 9001
6 5 (0.56%) TickIT
7 4 (0.45%) Accessibility
7 4 (0.45%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.11%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.11%) GDPR
8 1 (0.11%) SEPA
System Software
1 44 (4.97%) Docker
2 12 (1.35%) Firmware
3 9 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 52 (5.87%) Kubernetes
2 28 (3.16%) Terraform
3 23 (2.60%) Ansible
4 17 (1.92%) Puppet
5 4 (0.45%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.11%) Grafana
Vendors
1 41 (4.63%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.05%) ESRI
3 24 (2.71%) Google
4 20 (2.26%) Red Hat
5 17 (1.92%) SaltStack
6 11 (1.24%) Oracle
7 8 (0.90%) Atlassian
8 5 (0.56%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.45%) SAP
9 4 (0.45%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.34%) Samsung
10 3 (0.34%) SmartStream
11 2 (0.23%) Keysight
11 2 (0.23%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.23%) Zoho
12 1 (0.11%) IBM
12 1 (0.11%) Kofax
12 1 (0.11%) Pega
12 1 (0.11%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.11%) VMware