Software Engineering Jobs in the South West

Software Engineering
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 19 11
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,272 728 1,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.10% 10.84% 16.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.05% 11.45% 17.04%
Number of salaries quoted 962 416 733
10th Percentile £33,875 £40,000 £37,237
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,475 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% +4.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,925 6,357 8,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 81.59% 94.63% 95.22%
Number of salaries quoted 5,692 3,502 5,073
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £37,908
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.48% +8.00% +10.50%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the South West

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the South West

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the South West

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the South West region over the 6 months to 28 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 +9 453 £57,500 -12.01% 101
Gloucestershire +11 323 £55,000 -13.73% 34
Dorset +23 207 £57,500 +15.00% 33
Wiltshire +15 123 £55,000 -21.43% 13
Devon +26 85 £42,500 -5.56% 26
Somerset +5 48 £55,000 -3.84% 23
Cornwall -8 7 £80,000 +190.91% 1
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 82 (6.45%) Confluence
2 28 (2.20%) Apache
3 27 (2.12%) ArcGIS
3 27 (2.12%) GeoServer
4 21 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.31%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.079%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.079%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.079%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (1.49%) Simulink
2 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.16%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 1 (0.079%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 234 (18.40%) AWS
2 184 (14.47%) Azure
3 43 (3.38%) GCP
4 42 (3.30%) Serverless
5 31 (2.44%) OpenShift
6 30 (2.36%) SaaS
7 26 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
8 25 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
9 17 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (0.94%) npm
11 11 (0.86%) GitHub
12 9 (0.71%) Amazon S3
12 9 (0.71%) Power Platform
13 8 (0.63%) Azure Functions
13 8 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
14 6 (0.47%) Amazon EC2
15 5 (0.39%) Azure Storage
16 4 (0.31%) Azure Pipelines
16 4 (0.31%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.81%) AMQP
2 13 (1.02%) Internet
3 10 (0.79%) HTTP
3 10 (0.79%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (0.63%) Bluetooth
4 8 (0.63%) DNS
4 8 (0.63%) SMTP
4 8 (0.63%) Wireless
5 5 (0.39%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.39%) Network Security
5 5 (0.39%) RS-232
6 4 (0.31%) ZigBee
7 2 (0.16%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.16%) 5G
8 1 (0.079%) OFDM
8 1 (0.079%) PPP
8 1 (0.079%) RS-422
8 1 (0.079%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.079%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.87%) PostgreSQL
2 57 (4.48%) SQL Server
3 32 (2.52%) MySQL
4 29 (2.28%) Big Data
4 29 (2.28%) Relational Database
5 27 (2.12%) GIS
5 27 (2.12%) QGIS
6 22 (1.73%) Hadoop
7 17 (1.34%) Cloudera CDH
8 11 (0.86%) SQLite
9 9 (0.71%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.63%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.47%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.47%) Power BI
12 5 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.39%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.31%) Flink
Development Applications
1 174 (13.68%) Git
2 117 (9.20%) Visual Studio
3 100 (7.86%) JIRA
4 84 (6.60%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.64%) Sourcetree
6 46 (3.62%) Jenkins
7 25 (1.97%) Subversion
8 24 (1.89%) GitLab
8 24 (1.89%) LabVIEW
9 18 (1.42%) Rational Rhapsody
10 11 (0.86%) Eclipse
11 9 (0.71%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.71%) Storybook
12 8 (0.63%) NetBeans
12 8 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
13 7 (0.55%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
13 7 (0.55%) Selenium
14 6 (0.47%) MSTest
14 6 (0.47%) NUnit
General
1 138 (10.85%) Social Skills
2 104 (8.18%) Finance
3 85 (6.68%) Presentation Skills
4 82 (6.45%) Aerospace
5 77 (6.05%) Games
6 68 (5.35%) Manufacturing
7 66 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (3.38%) Retail
9 42 (3.30%) Electronics
10 40 (3.14%) Marketing
11 39 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 34 (2.67%) Banking
13 33 (2.59%) Automotive
14 28 (2.20%) Aviation
15 23 (1.81%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.49%) Public Sector
17 16 (1.26%) Military
18 15 (1.18%) Law
19 14 (1.10%) Financial Institution
20 13 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 903 (70.99%) Software Engineer
2 392 (30.82%) Senior
3 307 (24.14%) Senior Software Engineer
4 225 (17.69%) Developer
5 217 (17.06%) Embedded Engineer
6 213 (16.75%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 92 (7.23%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 90 (7.08%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 80 (6.29%) Lead
10 78 (6.13%) C++ Software Engineer
11 74 (5.82%) 3D Developer
11 74 (5.82%) Games Developer
11 74 (5.82%) Unity 3D Developer
12 59 (4.64%) Senior Developer
13 57 (4.48%) Software Developer
14 53 (4.17%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
15 48 (3.77%) Lead Software Engineer
16 41 (3.22%) Java Engineer
17 38 (2.99%) Embedded C++ Engineer
17 38 (2.99%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (13.36%) .NET
1 170 (13.36%) React
2 98 (7.70%) AngularJS
3 77 (6.05%) Node.js
4 75 (5.90%) .NET Core
5 74 (5.82%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 72 (5.66%) CSS
7 65 (5.11%) Spring
8 60 (4.72%) Spring Boot
9 52 (4.09%) REST
10 51 (4.01%) HTML
11 48 (3.77%) Vue
12 44 (3.46%) .NET Framework
13 30 (2.36%) Swagger
14 29 (2.28%) ASP.NET
14 29 (2.28%) Laravel
15 28 (2.20%) Kafka
16 27 (2.12%) Leaflet
16 27 (2.12%) PostGIS
16 27 (2.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.82%) Virtual Reality
2 59 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
3 42 (3.30%) Cloud Native
4 34 (2.67%) Embedded Systems
5 31 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 26 (2.04%) Algorithms
7 23 (1.81%) IoT
8 21 (1.65%) GNSS
8 21 (1.65%) Private Cloud
8 21 (1.65%) Product Ownership
9 17 (1.34%) Robotics
10 15 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
12 12 (0.94%) FPGA
13 11 (0.86%) Driving Licence
14 10 (0.79%) Device Driver
14 10 (0.79%) Hackathon
15 9 (0.71%) Client/Server
15 9 (0.71%) PMI
16 8 (0.63%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 217 (17.06%) Linux
2 113 (8.88%) Windows
3 64 (5.03%) Embedded Linux
4 32 (2.52%) Ubuntu
5 24 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 22 (1.73%) Android
7 19 (1.49%) Debian
8 17 (1.34%) CentOS
8 17 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (0.71%) Unix
10 5 (0.39%) Windows Mobile
11 3 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 2 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
12 2 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.079%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.079%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (27.04%) Agile
2 215 (16.90%) DevOps
3 193 (15.17%) Scrum
4 178 (13.99%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (9.36%) UML
6 118 (9.28%) CI/CD
7 110 (8.65%) Design Patterns
8 105 (8.25%) Full Stack Development
9 98 (7.70%) SDLC
10 93 (7.31%) Microservices
11 88 (6.92%) Computer Science
12 85 (6.68%) Cybersecurity
13 80 (6.29%) Actionable Insight
14 74 (5.82%) Use Case
15 66 (5.19%) Web Development
16 64 (5.03%) Continuous Integration
17 63 (4.95%) Open Source
18 62 (4.87%) Mentoring
19 61 (4.80%) Containerisation
20 59 (4.64%) OO
Programming Languages
1 325 (25.55%) Python
2 275 (21.62%) C#
3 265 (20.83%) Java
4 237 (18.63%) JavaScript
5 210 (16.51%) C++
6 189 (14.86%) C
7 87 (6.84%) Bash
8 85 (6.68%) TypeScript
9 84 (6.60%) SQL
10 64 (5.03%) Embedded C
10 64 (5.03%) Rust
11 40 (3.14%) Ada
11 40 (3.14%) PHP
12 26 (2.04%) MATLAB
13 20 (1.57%) Perl
14 19 (1.49%) Go
15 16 (1.26%) Shell Script
15 16 (1.26%) T-SQL
16 10 (0.79%) Swift
17 8 (0.63%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 393 (30.90%) Security Cleared
2 241 (18.95%) Degree
3 191 (15.02%) SC Cleared
4 113 (8.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 96 (7.55%) DV Cleared
6 23 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.10%) ISTQB
8 9 (0.71%) PMI Certification
9 7 (0.55%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.24%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.24%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.16%) HND
12 1 (0.079%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (1.73%) QA
2 17 (1.34%) Def Stans
3 16 (1.26%) IEC 61508
4 15 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 12 (0.94%) PMO
6 7 (0.55%) MISRA
7 6 (0.47%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.47%) TickIT
8 5 (0.39%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.31%) MISRA C
10 2 (0.16%) DO-254
10 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 1 (0.079%) AQAP
11 1 (0.079%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.079%) SEPA
11 1 (0.079%) SLA
System Software
1 86 (6.76%) Docker
2 23 (1.81%) Firmware
3 17 (1.34%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.31%) NFS
6 4 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 90 (7.08%) Kubernetes
2 48 (3.77%) Terraform
3 43 (3.38%) Ansible
4 17 (1.34%) Puppet
5 11 (0.86%) Grafana
6 9 (0.71%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.39%) Docker Swarm
7 5 (0.39%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.31%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.31%) Nagios
9 1 (0.079%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 144 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.20%) ESRI
3 27 (2.12%) Xamarin
4 25 (1.97%) Google
5 20 (1.57%) Red Hat
6 18 (1.42%) Oracle
7 17 (1.34%) SaltStack
8 11 (0.86%) Atlassian
9 8 (0.63%) SAP
10 6 (0.47%) Twitter
10 6 (0.47%) VMware
11 4 (0.31%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.31%) Teradata
12 3 (0.24%) Coverity
12 3 (0.24%) Samsung
12 3 (0.24%) SmartStream
13 2 (0.16%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.16%) IBM
13 2 (0.16%) Keysight
13 2 (0.16%) Zoho