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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 18 13
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 +2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,237 766 1,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.34% 11.24% 14.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.97% 11.90% 15.68%
Number of salaries quoted 947 451 692
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,204
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,300 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +6.09% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,715 £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 7,748 6,435 7,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.55% 94.47% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,564 3,571 4,992
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,225 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +7.72%
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 9 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 9 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 +10 448 £57,500 -11.54% 102
Gloucestershire +9 336 £51,250 -21.15% 36
Dorset +19 196 £57,500 +15.00% 30
Wiltshire +16 111 £55,000 -21.43% 13
Devon +12 74 £42,500 -5.56% 20
Somerset +10 49 £50,000 -12.58% 21
Cornwall -20 5 £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 96 (7.76%) Confluence
2 27 (2.18%) ArcGIS
2 27 (2.18%) GeoServer
3 26 (2.10%) Apache
4 19 (1.54%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.32%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.24%) Captiva
6 3 (0.24%) FileNet
6 3 (0.24%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.16%) CMS
8 1 (0.081%) JBoss
8 1 (0.081%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.081%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.081%) Umbraco
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
1 232 (18.76%) AWS
2 185 (14.96%) Azure
3 47 (3.80%) GCP
4 42 (3.40%) Serverless
5 36 (2.91%) SaaS
6 30 (2.43%) OpenShift
7 26 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (2.02%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (1.29%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
11 13 (1.05%) npm
12 12 (0.97%) GitHub
13 9 (0.73%) Amazon S3
13 9 (0.73%) Power Platform
14 8 (0.65%) Azure Functions
14 8 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (0.49%) Amazon EC2
16 5 (0.40%) Azure Storage
17 4 (0.32%) Azure Pipelines
17 4 (0.32%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 21 (1.70%) AMQP
2 13 (1.05%) Internet
3 11 (0.89%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.81%) HTTP
4 10 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (0.65%) Bluetooth
5 8 (0.65%) DNS
5 8 (0.65%) SMTP
5 8 (0.65%) Wireless
6 5 (0.40%) Network Security
7 4 (0.32%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.32%) RS-232
7 4 (0.32%) ZigBee
8 2 (0.16%) 3GPP
8 2 (0.16%) 5G
8 2 (0.16%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.081%) OFDM
9 1 (0.081%) Software-Defined Radio
9 1 (0.081%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.09%) SQL Server
2 59 (4.77%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (2.99%) MySQL
4 30 (2.43%) Big Data
4 30 (2.43%) Relational Database
5 27 (2.18%) GIS
5 27 (2.18%) QGIS
6 20 (1.62%) Hadoop
7 15 (1.21%) Cloudera CDH
8 11 (0.89%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.89%) SQLite
9 10 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (0.65%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.65%) Oracle Database
11 7 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.57%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.49%) InfluxDB
12 6 (0.49%) Power BI
13 5 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 196 (15.84%) Git
2 129 (10.43%) Visual Studio
3 118 (9.54%) JIRA
4 98 (7.92%) Bitbucket
5 59 (4.77%) Sourcetree
6 53 (4.28%) Jenkins
7 26 (2.10%) Subversion
8 22 (1.78%) GitLab
8 22 (1.78%) LabVIEW
9 19 (1.54%) Rational Rhapsody
10 14 (1.13%) Oracle Forms
11 12 (0.97%) 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%) NetBeans
15 8 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
16 6 (0.49%) Maven
16 6 (0.49%) Postman
General
1 137 (11.08%) Social Skills
2 113 (9.14%) Finance
3 101 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
4 91 (7.36%) Games
5 73 (5.90%) Aerospace
6 62 (5.01%) Analytical Skills
7 56 (4.53%) Manufacturing
8 46 (3.72%) Banking
9 41 (3.31%) Retail
10 40 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 37 (2.99%) Marketing
12 35 (2.83%) Electronics
13 32 (2.59%) Automotive
14 29 (2.34%) Aviation
15 23 (1.86%) Public Sector
16 22 (1.78%) Telecoms
17 18 (1.46%) Military
18 15 (1.21%) Law
19 14 (1.13%) Financial Institution
20 12 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 849 (68.63%) Software Engineer
2 370 (29.91%) Senior
3 288 (23.28%) Senior Software Engineer
4 244 (19.73%) Developer
5 197 (15.93%) Embedded Engineer
6 193 (15.60%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 88 (7.11%) 3D Developer
7 88 (7.11%) Games Developer
7 88 (7.11%) Unity 3D Developer
8 82 (6.63%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 80 (6.47%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 73 (5.90%) Lead
11 71 (5.74%) C++ Software Engineer
12 62 (5.01%) Software Developer
13 59 (4.77%) Senior Developer
14 46 (3.72%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
15 44 (3.56%) Lead Software Engineer
16 41 (3.31%) Java Engineer
17 38 (3.07%) Embedded C++ Engineer
17 38 (3.07%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (13.99%) .NET
2 171 (13.82%) React
3 101 (8.16%) AngularJS
4 88 (7.11%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 75 (6.06%) .NET Core
6 74 (5.98%) CSS
7 73 (5.90%) Node.js
8 67 (5.42%) Spring
9 64 (5.17%) Spring Boot
10 52 (4.20%) HTML
11 47 (3.80%) REST
12 45 (3.64%) .NET Framework
13 44 (3.56%) Vue
14 32 (2.59%) Laravel
15 31 (2.51%) Kafka
16 29 (2.34%) ASP.NET
17 28 (2.26%) Swagger
18 27 (2.18%) Leaflet
18 27 (2.18%) OpenLayers
18 27 (2.18%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 88 (7.11%) Virtual Reality
2 60 (4.85%) Self-Motivation
3 41 (3.31%) Cloud Native
4 33 (2.67%) Embedded Systems
5 31 (2.51%) Mobile App
6 26 (2.10%) Algorithms
7 24 (1.94%) IoT
7 24 (1.94%) Product Ownership
8 21 (1.70%) Private Cloud
9 19 (1.54%) Robotics
10 18 (1.46%) GNSS
11 15 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (0.97%) FPGA
14 11 (0.89%) Device Driver
14 11 (0.89%) Driving Licence
14 11 (0.89%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.81%) Hackathon
16 9 (0.73%) Client/Server
16 9 (0.73%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 211 (17.06%) Linux
2 105 (8.49%) Windows
3 66 (5.34%) Embedded Linux
4 30 (2.43%) Ubuntu
5 25 (2.02%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.86%) Android
7 15 (1.21%) CentOS
7 15 (1.21%) Debian
7 15 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (0.97%) Unix
9 5 (0.40%) Windows Mobile
10 2 (0.16%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.16%) Windows Embedded Compact
11 1 (0.081%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.081%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 353 (28.54%) Agile
2 223 (18.03%) DevOps
3 211 (17.06%) Scrum
4 188 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
5 132 (10.67%) UML
6 123 (9.94%) Design Patterns
7 119 (9.62%) CI/CD
8 105 (8.49%) Full Stack Development
9 96 (7.76%) Microservices
10 94 (7.60%) SDLC
11 88 (7.11%) Cybersecurity
11 88 (7.11%) Use Case
12 87 (7.03%) Computer Science
13 86 (6.95%) Actionable Insight
14 66 (5.34%) Web Development
15 63 (5.09%) Open Source
16 62 (5.01%) Continuous Integration
17 61 (4.93%) Mentoring
18 60 (4.85%) Containerisation
19 59 (4.77%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 309 (24.98%) Python
2 290 (23.44%) C#
3 269 (21.75%) Java
4 238 (19.24%) JavaScript
5 210 (16.98%) C++
6 190 (15.36%) C
7 93 (7.52%) SQL
8 84 (6.79%) Bash
9 77 (6.22%) TypeScript
10 65 (5.25%) Rust
11 63 (5.09%) Embedded C
12 43 (3.48%) PHP
13 41 (3.31%) Ada
14 25 (2.02%) MATLAB
15 19 (1.54%) Go
16 16 (1.29%) Perl
16 16 (1.29%) Shell Script
16 16 (1.29%) T-SQL
17 10 (0.81%) Swift
18 9 (0.73%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 397 (32.09%) Security Cleared
2 249 (20.13%) Degree
3 200 (16.17%) SC Cleared
4 130 (10.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 88 (7.11%) DV Cleared
6 24 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (0.89%) ISTQB
8 9 (0.73%) PMI Certification
9 5 (0.40%) 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 (0.081%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 24 (1.94%) QA
3 17 (1.37%) Def Stans
4 16 (1.29%) IEC 61508
5 10 (0.81%) PMO
6 7 (0.57%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.57%) MISRA
7 6 (0.49%) TickIT
8 5 (0.40%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.32%) 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 97 (7.84%) Docker
2 23 (1.86%) Firmware
3 17 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
4 7 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.32%) NFS
6 4 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 91 (7.36%) Kubernetes
2 46 (3.72%) Terraform
3 43 (3.48%) Ansible
4 15 (1.21%) Puppet
5 10 (0.81%) Grafana
6 9 (0.73%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.49%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.32%) Functional Safety
9 4 (0.32%) Nagios
10 2 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 155 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.26%) ESRI
2 28 (2.26%) Oracle
3 27 (2.18%) Google
3 27 (2.18%) Xamarin
4 18 (1.46%) Red Hat
5 15 (1.21%) SaltStack
6 13 (1.05%) SAP
7 11 (0.89%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.57%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.57%) Twitter
8 7 (0.57%) VMware
9 5 (0.40%) IBM
10 4 (0.32%) Teradata
11 3 (0.24%) Coverity
11 3 (0.24%) Kofax
11 3 (0.24%) Pega
11 3 (0.24%) SmartStream
12 2 (0.16%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.16%) Zoho