The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Rank 95 101 105
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 23 12 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.334% 0.694% 0.595%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.371% 0.733% 0.640%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 11
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% +12.50%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1677 1636 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.27% 94.57% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1445 1402
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Engineer
South West

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer across the Bristol region.

Bristol Senior Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Software Engineer in their job title.

1 24 (68.57%) C#
2 22 (62.86%) SQL
3 21 (60.00%) JavaScript
4 20 (57.14%) T-SQL
4 20 (57.14%) jQuery
5 17 (48.57%) Software Engineering
5 17 (48.57%) Degree
6 16 (45.71%) SQL Server
6 16 (45.71%) Microsoft
7 15 (42.86%) .NET
7 15 (42.86%) Automated Testing
8 14 (40.00%) Ajax
8 14 (40.00%) NUnit
8 14 (40.00%) MS Excel
8 14 (40.00%) Management Information System
8 14 (40.00%) Legal
9 13 (37.14%) Project Management
9 13 (37.14%) MVC
9 13 (37.14%) PRINCE
9 13 (37.14%) SLA
9 13 (37.14%) Visual Studio
9 13 (37.14%) Marketing
9 13 (37.14%) Unit Testing
9 13 (37.14%) LINQ
9 13 (37.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 9 (25.71%) HTML
11 7 (20.00%) Silverlight
12 6 (17.14%) MVVM
12 6 (17.14%) Multithreading
12 6 (17.14%) C++

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (57.14%) jQuery
2 15 (42.86%) .NET
3 14 (40.00%) Ajax
4 13 (37.14%) LINQ
5 9 (25.71%) HTML
6 7 (20.00%) Silverlight
7 2 (5.714%) XML
7 2 (5.714%) Middleware
7 2 (5.714%) RESTful
8 1 (2.857%) NHibernate
8 1 (2.857%) WCF
8 1 (2.857%) WPF
8 1 (2.857%) WinForms
8 1 (2.857%) DOM
8 1 (2.857%) XSL
8 1 (2.857%) ASP.NET
8 1 (2.857%) COM
8 1 (2.857%) CSS
8 1 (2.857%) SOAP
8 1 (2.857%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.857%) Apache
2 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.857%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) Ethernet
2 2 (5.714%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.714%) Gigabit Ethernet
2 2 (5.714%) RTSP
3 1 (2.857%) LTE
3 1 (2.857%) WiMAX
3 1 (2.857%) HTTP
3 1 (2.857%) 3G
3 1 (2.857%) 2G
3 1 (2.857%) Wireless
3 1 (2.857%) GPRS
3 1 (2.857%) GSM
3 1 (2.857%) UMTS
3 1 (2.857%) WCDMA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (45.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.857%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.857%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (40.00%) NUnit
2 13 (37.14%) Visual Studio
2 13 (37.14%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (5.714%) Git (software)
4 1 (2.857%) MSTest
General
1 14 (40.00%) Legal
2 13 (37.14%) Marketing
3 2 (5.714%) Automotive
4 1 (2.857%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 14 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.571%) Device Driver
3 2 (5.714%) Open Source
4 1 (2.857%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.857%) DTV
4 1 (2.857%) Streaming Video
4 1 (2.857%) MPEG
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.14%) Linux
2 2 (5.714%) UNIX
3 1 (2.857%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (48.57%) Software Engineering
2 15 (42.86%) Automated Testing
3 13 (37.14%) Project Management
3 13 (37.14%) MVC
3 13 (37.14%) PRINCE
3 13 (37.14%) Unit Testing
4 6 (17.14%) MVVM
4 6 (17.14%) Multithreading
5 4 (11.43%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (5.714%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.714%) TDD
6 2 (5.714%) User Stories
7 1 (2.857%) Performance Management
7 1 (2.857%) Network Architecture
7 1 (2.857%) Embedded Software Development
7 1 (2.857%) Content Management
7 1 (2.857%) Asset Management
7 1 (2.857%) UML
7 1 (2.857%) OO
7 1 (2.857%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 24 (68.57%) C#
2 22 (62.86%) SQL
3 21 (60.00%) JavaScript
4 20 (57.14%) T-SQL
5 6 (17.14%) C++
5 6 (17.14%) C
6 3 (8.571%) Python
6 3 (8.571%) Shell Script
6 3 (8.571%) Assembly Language
7 2 (5.714%) Java
8 1 (2.857%) Embedded C
8 1 (2.857%) VB
8 1 (2.857%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (48.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (37.14%) SLA
2 2 (5.714%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.571%) Oracle
3 2 (5.714%) HP
3 2 (5.714%) IBM
4 1 (2.857%) Kofax
4 1 (2.857%) Cognos
Bristol, Avon
We require a Senior Software Engineer with a solid grounding in Microsoft .Net ( 3.5+ ) including C# and MVC with strong OO design skills and an understanding of...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking to employ 2 senior QA Test Engineers... Previous experience working with complex databases and writing SQL for test purposes is also expected. Testing within...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013