Software Engineering Jobs in Somerset

Software Engineering
South West > Somerset

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 29 28
Rank change year-on-year +12 -1 -12
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 48 44 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 6.66% 7.39% 6.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.14% 8.09% 8.20%
Number of salaries quoted 42 25 30
10th Percentile £35,475 £31,300 £39,750
25th Percentile £36,338 £45,000 £42,844
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,197 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.58% +6.41% +9.14%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £63,750 £77,715 £65,000
South West median annual salary £55,000 £60,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.22% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 525 544 561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 72.82% 91.43% 84.23%
Number of salaries quoted 424 339 355
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,000 £27,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £71,500 £71,500
South West median annual salary £50,952 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.95% +5.00% +7.53%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Somerset.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Somerset over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bath +7 17 £47,500 -11.63% 6
Yeovil +2 12 £55,000 -0.23% 2
Shepton Mallet +1 7 £50,000 -
Bridgwater - 6 £36,150 -
Taunton 0 3 £36,214 -16.94%
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) Azure
2 7 (14.58%) AWS
3 5 (10.42%) Azure Storage
4 4 (8.33%) Serverless
5 2 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 2 (4.17%) dbt
5 2 (4.17%) SaaS
6 1 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) SQL Server
2 9 (18.75%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (14.58%) SQLite
4 3 (6.25%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (4.17%) Metabase
5 2 (4.17%) Redis
6 1 (2.08%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (14.58%) Eclipse
1 7 (14.58%) Subversion
1 7 (14.58%) Visual Studio
2 6 (12.50%) Git
General
1 10 (20.83%) Marketing
2 7 (14.58%) Electronics
2 7 (14.58%) Finance
2 7 (14.58%) Manufacturing
2 7 (14.58%) Public Sector
2 7 (14.58%) Telecoms
3 6 (12.50%) Local Government
4 3 (6.25%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Automotive
5 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 37 (77.08%) Software Engineer
2 10 (20.83%) Lead
2 10 (20.83%) Senior
3 8 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Developer
4 5 (10.42%) Lead Software Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Software Team Leader
4 5 (10.42%) Team Leader
5 2 (4.17%) Embedded Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (4.17%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.17%) Senior Front-End Developer
5 2 (4.17%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.08%) C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (2.08%) Java Developer
6 1 (2.08%) Java Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Java Software Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Qt Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (31.25%) HTML
2 14 (29.17%) .NET
3 8 (16.67%) CSS
3 8 (16.67%) Laravel
3 8 (16.67%) Vue
4 5 (10.42%) .NET Core
4 5 (10.42%) .NET Framework
4 5 (10.42%) Qt
4 5 (10.42%) Sass
4 5 (10.42%) Web Services
5 4 (8.33%) React
6 2 (4.17%) D3.js
6 2 (4.17%) Node.js
7 1 (2.08%) Hibernate
7 1 (2.08%) LAMP
7 1 (2.08%) React Native
7 1 (2.08%) RESTful
7 1 (2.08%) Spring
7 1 (2.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.17%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.08%) IoT
3 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 8 (16.67%) Linux
2 7 (14.58%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (25.00%) Agile
2 8 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (16.67%) MVC
3 7 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (14.58%) Programme Management
4 4 (8.33%) Pair Programming
4 4 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (6.25%) Front End Development
5 3 (6.25%) Machine Learning
5 3 (6.25%) Microservices
6 2 (4.17%) Analytics
6 2 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (4.17%) Containerisation
6 2 (4.17%) Data Management
6 2 (4.17%) DevOps
6 2 (4.17%) Incident Response
6 2 (4.17%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (4.17%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (4.17%) Software Testing
6 2 (4.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 15 (31.25%) PHP
2 14 (29.17%) C#
2 14 (29.17%) JavaScript
3 12 (25.00%) Java
4 11 (22.92%) SQL
5 10 (20.83%) Python
6 8 (16.67%) C++
7 7 (14.58%) Bash
7 7 (14.58%) C
8 5 (10.42%) TypeScript
9 2 (4.17%) Embedded C
9 2 (4.17%) Embedded C++
9 2 (4.17%) Lisp
10 1 (2.08%) Go
10 1 (2.08%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 11 (22.92%) Degree
2 3 (6.25%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) SAP