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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 18 13
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,230 807 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.45% 11.52% 14.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.98% 12.19% 15.22%
Number of salaries quoted 938 495 674
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,171
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,607 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £95,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +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 7,698 6,620 7,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 84.16% 94.53% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,535 3,691 4,984
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,892
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +10 462 £57,500 -11.54% 127
Gloucestershire +9 336 £50,000 -23.08% 42
Dorset +15 189 £55,000 +10.00% 28
Wiltshire +10 108 £55,000 -21.43% 16
Devon +9 65 £42,500 -5.56% 28
Somerset +13 50 £50,000 -12.58% 21
Cornwall -12 3 £80,000 +190.91% 3
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 95 (7.72%) Confluence
2 27 (2.20%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.20%) GeoServer
3 24 (1.95%) Apache
4 17 (1.38%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.24%) Captiva
5 3 (0.24%) FileNet
5 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.16%) CMS
6 2 (0.16%) JBoss
6 2 (0.16%) Jupyter
6 2 (0.16%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.081%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (1.54%) Simulink
2 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.16%) GNU Octave
Business Applications
1 2 (0.16%) SAP FI-GL
1 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 234 (19.02%) AWS
2 191 (15.53%) Azure
3 48 (3.90%) GCP
4 40 (3.25%) Serverless
5 38 (3.09%) SaaS
6 26 (2.11%) OpenShift
7 24 (1.95%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (1.22%) GitHub
10 14 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
10 14 (1.14%) npm
11 13 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (0.73%) Power Platform
13 8 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (0.57%) Amazon S3
14 7 (0.57%) Azure Functions
15 6 (0.49%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (0.41%) Azure Storage
16 5 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
17 4 (0.33%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.54%) AMQP
2 12 (0.98%) Internet
3 10 (0.81%) TCP/IP
3 10 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (0.73%) HTTP
5 8 (0.65%) Bluetooth
5 8 (0.65%) Wireless
6 7 (0.57%) DNS
6 7 (0.57%) SMTP
7 5 (0.41%) Network Security
8 4 (0.33%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.33%) RS-232
8 4 (0.33%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.16%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.16%) 5G
9 2 (0.16%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.081%) OFDM
10 1 (0.081%) Software-Defined Radio
10 1 (0.081%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.12%) SQL Server
2 57 (4.63%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (3.09%) MySQL
4 31 (2.52%) Relational Database
5 29 (2.36%) Big Data
6 27 (2.20%) GIS
6 27 (2.20%) QGIS
7 18 (1.46%) Hadoop
8 13 (1.06%) Cloudera CDH
9 12 (0.98%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.89%) SQLite
11 10 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (0.65%) Data Lake
12 8 (0.65%) NoSQL
12 8 (0.65%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.49%) InfluxDB
14 6 (0.49%) Power BI
14 6 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 198 (16.10%) Git
2 128 (10.41%) Visual Studio
3 117 (9.51%) JIRA
4 96 (7.80%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.80%) Sourcetree
6 54 (4.39%) Jenkins
7 26 (2.11%) Subversion
8 22 (1.79%) GitLab
8 22 (1.79%) LabVIEW
9 19 (1.54%) Rational Rhapsody
10 14 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
11 13 (1.06%) Cypress.io
12 11 (0.89%) Eclipse
13 10 (0.81%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.81%) Selenium
14 9 (0.73%) Storybook
15 8 (0.65%) Maven
15 8 (0.65%) NetBeans
15 8 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
16 6 (0.49%) Postman
General
1 138 (11.22%) Social Skills
2 122 (9.92%) Finance
3 100 (8.13%) Presentation Skills
4 91 (7.40%) Games
5 66 (5.37%) Aerospace
6 62 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
7 55 (4.47%) Banking
8 52 (4.23%) Manufacturing
9 41 (3.33%) Retail
10 40 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 36 (2.93%) Marketing
12 33 (2.68%) Electronics
13 32 (2.60%) Automotive
14 30 (2.44%) Aviation
15 24 (1.95%) Public Sector
16 21 (1.71%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.46%) Military
18 16 (1.30%) Law
19 14 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
19 14 (1.14%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 835 (67.89%) Software Engineer
2 358 (29.11%) Senior
3 278 (22.60%) Senior Software Engineer
4 243 (19.76%) Developer
5 186 (15.12%) Embedded Engineer
6 182 (14.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 88 (7.15%) 3D Developer
7 88 (7.15%) Games Developer
7 88 (7.15%) Unity 3D Developer
8 78 (6.34%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 76 (6.18%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 73 (5.93%) Lead
11 69 (5.61%) C++ Software Engineer
12 64 (5.20%) Software Developer
13 57 (4.63%) Senior Developer
14 45 (3.66%) Java Engineer
15 44 (3.58%) Lead Software Engineer
16 43 (3.50%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
17 40 (3.25%) Java Software Engineer
18 37 (3.01%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 174 (14.15%) React
2 170 (13.82%) .NET
3 105 (8.54%) AngularJS
4 88 (7.15%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 77 (6.26%) CSS
6 74 (6.02%) Spring
7 73 (5.93%) .NET Core
8 71 (5.77%) Node.js
9 62 (5.04%) Spring Boot
10 56 (4.55%) HTML
11 48 (3.90%) REST
12 43 (3.50%) Vue
13 42 (3.41%) .NET Framework
14 34 (2.76%) Kafka
15 32 (2.60%) Laravel
16 31 (2.52%) RESTful
17 29 (2.36%) ASP.NET
18 28 (2.28%) Qt
19 27 (2.20%) Leaflet
19 27 (2.20%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.15%) Virtual Reality
2 60 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
3 38 (3.09%) Cloud Native
4 32 (2.60%) Embedded Systems
5 31 (2.52%) Mobile App
6 26 (2.11%) Algorithms
7 25 (2.03%) Product Ownership
8 24 (1.95%) IoT
9 21 (1.71%) Private Cloud
10 19 (1.54%) Robotics
11 16 (1.30%) GNSS
12 14 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 13 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
14 12 (0.98%) Device Driver
14 12 (0.98%) FPGA
14 12 (0.98%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.89%) Driving Licence
16 10 (0.81%) Hackathon
17 9 (0.73%) Client/Server
17 9 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 208 (16.91%) Linux
2 102 (8.29%) Windows
3 67 (5.45%) Embedded Linux
4 26 (2.11%) Apple iOS
4 26 (2.11%) Ubuntu
5 24 (1.95%) Android
6 13 (1.06%) CentOS
6 13 (1.06%) Debian
6 13 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (0.89%) Unix
8 5 (0.41%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.16%) Windows Embedded Compact
10 1 (0.081%) FreeBSD
10 1 (0.081%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (29.11%) Agile
2 227 (18.46%) DevOps
3 205 (16.67%) Scrum
4 195 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
5 130 (10.57%) UML
6 127 (10.33%) Design Patterns
7 116 (9.43%) CI/CD
8 110 (8.94%) Full Stack Development
9 99 (8.05%) Microservices
10 94 (7.64%) Actionable Insight
11 92 (7.48%) SDLC
12 90 (7.32%) Use Case
13 85 (6.91%) Cybersecurity
14 81 (6.59%) Computer Science
15 65 (5.28%) Continuous Integration
15 65 (5.28%) Web Development
16 64 (5.20%) Mentoring
17 61 (4.96%) Containerisation
18 60 (4.88%) Open Source
18 60 (4.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 307 (24.96%) Python
2 291 (23.66%) C#
3 281 (22.85%) Java
4 244 (19.84%) JavaScript
5 205 (16.67%) C++
6 185 (15.04%) C
7 94 (7.64%) SQL
8 80 (6.50%) Bash
9 79 (6.42%) TypeScript
10 64 (5.20%) Rust
11 63 (5.12%) Embedded C
12 43 (3.50%) PHP
13 39 (3.17%) Ada
14 25 (2.03%) MATLAB
15 20 (1.63%) Go
16 16 (1.30%) Shell Script
17 15 (1.22%) T-SQL
18 14 (1.14%) Perl
19 10 (0.81%) Kotlin
19 10 (0.81%) Swift
Qualifications
1 394 (32.03%) Security Cleared
2 243 (19.76%) Degree
3 198 (16.10%) SC Cleared
4 128 (10.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 82 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 21 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (0.89%) ISTQB
8 9 (0.73%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.24%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.24%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.24%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.16%) HND
11 1 (0.081%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.081%) OCP
11 1 (0.081%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 27 (2.20%) QA
3 17 (1.38%) Def Stans
4 16 (1.30%) IEC 61508
5 9 (0.73%) PMO
6 7 (0.57%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.57%) MISRA
7 6 (0.49%) TickIT
8 5 (0.41%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.33%) MISRA C
10 3 (0.24%) GDPR
11 2 (0.16%) DO-178B
11 2 (0.16%) DO-254
11 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.16%) SLA
12 1 (0.081%) AQAP
12 1 (0.081%) SEPA
System Software
1 102 (8.29%) Docker
2 22 (1.79%) Firmware
3 16 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.16%) NFS
6 2 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 94 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 43 (3.50%) Terraform
3 39 (3.17%) Ansible
4 13 (1.06%) Puppet
5 9 (0.73%) Progress Chef
6 8 (0.65%) Grafana
7 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.33%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.16%) Nagios
10 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.081%) Podman
Vendors
1 157 (12.76%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.28%) ESRI
2 28 (2.28%) Oracle
3 27 (2.20%) Xamarin
4 26 (2.11%) Google
5 16 (1.30%) Red Hat
6 13 (1.06%) SaltStack
6 13 (1.06%) SAP
7 9 (0.73%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.57%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.57%) Twitter
9 5 (0.41%) IBM
9 5 (0.41%) VMware
10 4 (0.33%) Teradata
11 3 (0.24%) Kofax
11 3 (0.24%) Pega
11 3 (0.24%) SmartStream
12 2 (0.16%) Samsung
12 2 (0.16%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.16%) Zoho