Software Engineer Jobs in Bournemouth

Software Engineer
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Software Engineer salary in Bournemouth is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 33 46
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 45 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 7.87% 2.69% 3.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.38% 3.42% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 39 4 11
10th Percentile £38,750 - £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +25.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £84,063 £52,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £84,625 -
Dorset median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -4.76% +31.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bournemouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bournemouth with a recognized job title 537 146 297
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 78.49% 98.34%
Number of salaries quoted 306 117 269
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £86,000 £75,250
Dorset median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £49,400
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% +9.78%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Bournemouth

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Bournemouth.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Bournemouth

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bournemouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Bournemouth

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bournemouth region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (44.44%) C++
3 16 (35.56%) Windows
4 15 (33.33%) Java
4 15 (33.33%) Multithreading
5 12 (26.67%) CI/CD
5 12 (26.67%) SDLC
6 11 (24.44%) Agile
7 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
7 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
7 10 (22.22%) Hackathon
7 10 (22.22%) Roadmaps
7 10 (22.22%) Code Quality
8 8 (17.78%) Line Management
8 8 (17.78%) JavaScript
8 8 (17.78%) Aviation
8 8 (17.78%) Technical Leadership
9 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
9 7 (15.56%) C#
9 7 (15.56%) JIRA
9 7 (15.56%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (15.56%) Git
10 6 (13.33%) Performance Management
10 6 (13.33%) Waterfall
10 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (13.33%) Subversion
10 6 (13.33%) Change Management
10 6 (13.33%) Scrum
10 6 (13.33%) C

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bournemouth 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 1 (2.22%) Apache
1 1 (2.22%) CMS
1 1 (2.22%) Sitecore CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) MySQL
2 1 (2.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Git
1 7 (15.56%) JIRA
2 6 (13.33%) Subversion
3 5 (11.11%) LabVIEW
4 1 (2.22%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.22%) SonarQube
General
1 8 (17.78%) Aviation
2 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) .NET
1 2 (4.44%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.22%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.22%) CSS
2 1 (2.22%) HTML
2 1 (2.22%) LAMP
2 1 (2.22%) Laravel
2 1 (2.22%) React
2 1 (2.22%) RESTful
2 1 (2.22%) Symfony
2 1 (2.22%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) Hackathon
2 7 (15.56%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (11.11%) Algorithms
4 4 (8.89%) Mobile App
4 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (35.56%) Windows
2 4 (8.89%) Android
2 4 (8.89%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 15 (33.33%) Multithreading
3 12 (26.67%) CI/CD
3 12 (26.67%) SDLC
4 11 (24.44%) Agile
5 10 (22.22%) Code Quality
5 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 10 (22.22%) Technology Roadmap
6 8 (17.78%) Line Management
6 8 (17.78%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (13.33%) Change Management
7 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (13.33%) Customer-Centricity
7 6 (13.33%) Defect Tracking
7 6 (13.33%) Performance Management
7 6 (13.33%) Scrum
7 6 (13.33%) Waterfall
8 5 (11.11%) Configuration Management
8 5 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 20 (44.44%) C++
2 15 (33.33%) Java
3 8 (17.78%) JavaScript
4 7 (15.56%) C#
5 6 (13.33%) C
6 5 (11.11%) Python
7 4 (8.89%) Kotlin
7 4 (8.89%) Swift
8 2 (4.44%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Degree
1 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) Sitecore