Software Engineering Jobs in the South West
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Software Engineering skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineering over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South West region.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineering
Rank 45 46 69
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +23
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 229 261 196
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 4.364% 4.699% 3.206%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.789% 6.232% 4.678%
Number of salaries quoted 180 231 177
Average salary £35,250 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.87% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category		 3956 4188 4190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 75.40% 75.41% 68.53%
Number of salaries quoted 3462 3563 3539
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West Software Engineering Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the South West region.

South West Software Engineering Salary Trend

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineering across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West Software Engineering Salary Histogram

Software Engineering
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bristol -9 84 £37,500 -6.25%
Gloucestershire -9 70 £35,500 -11.25%
Somerset +29 40 £40,000 -5.88%
Dorset -28 18 £35,000 +7.69%
Wiltshire -11 17 £27,500 -28.57%
Cornwall - 5 £30,000 -
Devon +1 1 £40,000 -
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering.

1 251 (55.16%) Degree
2 248 (54.51%) C++
3 214 (47.03%) Java
4 188 (41.32%) C#
5 146 (32.09%) Linux
6 144 (31.65%) JavaScript
7 142 (31.21%) Computer Science
8 122 (26.81%) C
9 117 (25.71%) .NET
10 116 (25.49%) Security Cleared
11 112 (24.62%) UNIX
12 104 (22.86%) HTML
13 99 (21.76%) Windows
14 98 (21.54%) PHP
15 90 (19.78%) UML
16 88 (19.34%) DV Cleared
17 81 (17.80%) SQL
18 80 (17.58%) Shell Script
19 73 (16.04%) OO
20 71 (15.60%) Electronics
21 60 (13.19%) Mathematics
22 59 (12.97%) Agile Software Development
22 59 (12.97%) MySQL
23 58 (12.75%) OOD
24 57 (12.53%) SC Cleared
25 54 (11.87%) Perl
26 53 (11.65%) CSS
26 53 (11.65%) Scrum
27 50 (10.99%) Oracle
28 49 (10.77%) SQL Server

Software Engineering
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Software Engineering also 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 that cited Software Engineering. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 117 (25.71%) .NET
2 104 (22.86%) HTML
3 53 (11.65%) CSS
4 49 (10.77%) XML
5 46 (10.11%) J2EE
6 31 (6.813%) CGI
7 25 (5.495%) ASP.NET
8 24 (5.275%) Web Services
9 23 (5.055%) jQuery
10 22 (4.835%) JSP
11 21 (4.615%) LAMP
12 19 (4.176%) JSON
12 19 (4.176%) Flash
13 17 (3.736%) Java EE
14 16 (3.516%) Ajax
15 13 (2.857%) LINQ
15 13 (2.857%) .NET Framework
16 10 (2.198%) Hibernate
16 10 (2.198%) STL
16 10 (2.198%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 26 (5.714%) Apache
2 11 (2.418%) WordPress
3 9 (1.978%) IIS
4 6 (1.319%) CMS
4 6 (1.319%) Magento
5 5 (1.099%) Confluence
6 3 (0.659%) Drupal
6 3 (0.659%) Windows Azure
6 3 (0.659%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.440%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.440%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.220%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 15 (3.297%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.319%) Simulink
3 5 (1.099%) MS Office
4 3 (0.659%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 5 (1.099%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.956%) TCP/IP
2 17 (3.736%) Ethernet
3 15 (3.297%) Internet
4 14 (3.077%) DVB
5 13 (2.857%) DLNA
6 9 (1.978%) Firewall
7 8 (1.758%) Wireless
8 7 (1.538%) SMS
9 6 (1.319%) 2G
9 6 (1.319%) 3G
9 6 (1.319%) LTE
10 4 (0.879%) 3GPP
10 4 (0.879%) UMTS
10 4 (0.879%) GPRS
10 4 (0.879%) GSM
10 4 (0.879%) WCDMA
10 4 (0.879%) HTTP
11 3 (0.659%) 4G
11 3 (0.659%) VoIP
12 2 (0.440%) WiMAX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (12.97%) MySQL
2 49 (10.77%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.396%) Big Data
4 15 (3.297%) QlikView
4 15 (3.297%) Oracle OLAP
4 15 (3.297%) OLAP
4 15 (3.297%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.857%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (2.418%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.758%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.538%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (1.099%) SQL Server 2005
10 3 (0.659%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.220%) CouchDB
11 1 (0.220%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.220%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.220%) GIS
Development Applications
1 49 (10.77%) Visual Studio
2 23 (5.055%) Rational DOORS
3 18 (3.956%) Rational Rhapsody
4 15 (3.297%) GoogleTest
4 15 (3.297%) CppUnit
5 14 (3.077%) NUnit
6 13 (2.857%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (2.857%) Subversion
7 8 (1.758%) Eclipse
8 7 (1.538%) Hudson
9 6 (1.319%) NetBeans
9 6 (1.319%) PVCS
10 5 (1.099%) JIRA
10 5 (1.099%) Git (software)
11 4 (0.879%) Rational Rose
12 3 (0.659%) JUnit
12 3 (0.659%) LabVIEW
13 2 (0.440%) MSBuild
13 2 (0.440%) Eclipse RCP
13 2 (0.440%) Cucumber
General
1 71 (15.60%) Electronics
2 33 (7.253%) Finance
3 32 (7.033%) Military
4 28 (6.154%) Marketing
5 23 (5.055%) Aerospace
6 15 (3.297%) Telecoms
7 14 (3.077%) Legal
7 14 (3.077%) Publishing
8 8 (1.758%) Games
9 7 (1.538%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.099%) Advertising
11 4 (0.879%) Multimedia
11 4 (0.879%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.659%) Music
12 3 (0.659%) Avionics
13 2 (0.440%) Mandarin Language
14 1 (0.220%) Music Industry
14 1 (0.220%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 201 (44.18%) Software Engineer
2 170 (37.36%) Developer
3 92 (20.22%) Java Developer
4 61 (13.41%) C++ Developer
5 52 (11.43%) C++/Java Developer
6 31 (6.813%) Senior Software Engineer
6 31 (6.813%) Software Developer
6 31 (6.813%) Graduate
7 30 (6.593%) C# Developer
8 28 (6.154%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 23 (5.055%) C++/C# Developer
10 22 (4.835%) Software Manager
11 21 (4.615%) C++ Software Engineer
12 16 (3.516%) Development Manager
13 15 (3.297%) Administrator
13 15 (3.297%) DBA
13 15 (3.297%) Software Development Manager
14 13 (2.857%) .NET Software Engineer
14 13 (2.857%) C# Software Engineer
15 12 (2.637%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 142 (31.21%) Computer Science
2 60 (13.19%) Mathematics
3 33 (7.253%) Digital Media
4 31 (6.813%) Management Information System
5 18 (3.956%) Machine Learning
6 15 (3.297%) Embedded Systems
6 15 (3.297%) Open Source
7 13 (2.857%) Video on Demand
7 13 (2.857%) DTV
7 13 (2.857%) MPEG
7 13 (2.857%) iDTV
8 7 (1.538%) Physics
8 7 (1.538%) iPhone
8 7 (1.538%) CAN bus
8 7 (1.538%) Handset
9 5 (1.099%) Device Driver
10 4 (0.879%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.220%) Robotics
11 1 (0.220%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.220%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 146 (32.09%) Linux
2 112 (24.62%) UNIX
3 99 (21.76%) Windows
4 19 (4.176%) Android
5 18 (3.956%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (2.418%) Apple iOS
7 10 (2.198%) HPUX
7 10 (2.198%) Solaris
8 8 (1.758%) Embedded Linux
9 7 (1.538%) VxWorks
10 6 (1.319%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.319%) Windows Vista
11 4 (0.879%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.879%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.440%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (19.78%) UML
2 73 (16.04%) OO
3 59 (12.97%) Agile Software Development
4 58 (12.75%) OOD
5 53 (11.65%) Scrum
6 40 (8.791%) Kanban
7 39 (8.571%) Software Architecture
8 37 (8.132%) Multithreading
9 34 (7.473%) Data Management
10 33 (7.253%) TDD
10 33 (7.253%) Automated Testing
11 30 (6.593%) OOA/OOD
12 27 (5.934%) Project Management
13 25 (5.495%) Identity Management
13 25 (5.495%) Validation
14 22 (4.835%) Continuous Integration
15 19 (4.176%) Configuration Management
16 18 (3.956%) OOP
16 18 (3.956%) Requirements Analysis
17 16 (3.516%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 248 (54.51%) C++
2 214 (47.03%) Java
3 188 (41.32%) C#
4 144 (31.65%) JavaScript
5 122 (26.81%) C
6 98 (21.54%) PHP
7 81 (17.80%) SQL
8 80 (17.58%) Shell Script
9 54 (11.87%) Perl
10 41 (9.011%) VB
10 41 (9.011%) Python
11 32 (7.033%) Bash shell
12 30 (6.593%) T-SQL
13 23 (5.055%) Ada
14 21 (4.615%) Embedded C
15 16 (3.516%) ActionScript
15 16 (3.516%) PL/SQL
16 15 (3.297%) PHP5
17 14 (3.077%) VB.NET
18 10 (2.198%) VC++
Qualifications
1 251 (55.16%) Degree
2 116 (25.49%) Security Cleared
3 88 (19.34%) DV Cleared
4 57 (12.53%) SC Cleared
5 21 (4.615%) PhD
6 11 (2.418%) ISEB
7 8 (1.758%) MCP
7 8 (1.758%) MCSD
7 8 (1.758%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.099%) HND
9 2 (0.440%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.297%) SLA
2 13 (2.857%) DO-178B
2 13 (2.857%) TickIT
3 11 (2.418%) QA
4 9 (1.978%) JTAG
4 9 (1.978%) IEC 61508
5 8 (1.758%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (0.879%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 50 (10.99%) Oracle
2 35 (7.692%) Microsoft
3 31 (6.813%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.297%) Business Objects
4 15 (3.297%) Salesforce.com
5 10 (2.198%) Citrix
6 8 (1.758%) Borland
7 7 (1.538%) Symbian
7 7 (1.538%) JBoss
8 5 (1.099%) HP
9 4 (0.879%) VMware
10 3 (0.659%) Freescale
11 2 (0.440%) Intel
11 2 (0.440%) Twitter
11 2 (0.440%) GigaSpaces
12 1 (0.220%) Dundas
12 1 (0.220%) IBM
12 1 (0.220%) Motorola
12 1 (0.220%) Cognos
12 1 (0.220%) Anite
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Dorchester, Weymouth, Poole, Bournemouth, Dorset,...
Software Engineer / Programmer / Developer, C#, .NET, C++, UML, Dorchester, Dorset, £30-35,000 (negotiable dependant on experience) + flexible working conditions and an open and relaxed working environment.Key...
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Posted: 13 May 2013
.Net Developer - Swindon - £40,000 - £50,000
Swindon, South West
The role requires candidates with a solid understanding of Software engineering and also a wide range of technical skills to ensure they are able to lead a small...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Software Test Engineer / C / C++ / XML / Python
Bristol, Avon
This role would suit a test engineer with 2 - 5 years of experience following a degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering. You must be able to read...
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Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
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DV Cleared C#, C++, Java Developers - Gloucester
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
For these positions exposure in at least one of the following Java, C#, C++, in Linux or Windows based environments is essential although for more junior positions other...
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Salary: upto 46k + excellent benefits
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Graduate Software Engineer - Christchurch- £19K - £22K
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Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
C / C++ Software Engineer
Bristol, Avon
You should have a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar and strong coding skills of C++, any knowledge of C coding, ATL / WTL, MSBuild or multithreading...
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Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
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PHP Developer / Software Developer
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Salary: Up to £36,000 per annum
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C and C++ Software Engineers (Linux)
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Salary: £25000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Application Software Engineer, Bristol,
Bristol, Avon
Therefore good software engineering and knowledge of complex algorithms are required. Software Development is carried out in C and C++, in a mixed environment including Windows (PC based)...
QUANTICA
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Competitive Extras
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Application Software Engineer, Bristol,
Bristol, South West
Therefore good software engineering and knowledge of complex algorithms are required.Software Development is carried out in C and C++, in a mixed environment including Windows (PC based)...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Competitive Extras
Posted: 22 May 2013
C++ Software Engineer. Linux. £25-35k. Bristol
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XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
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C++ Software Engineer x2. Linux. £25-35k. Bristol
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Salary: £25-35,000 + Bens
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C++ Software Engineer x2. Linux. £25-35k. Bristol
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Software Engineer - Cheltenham
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
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IT Manager - LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
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