Software Engineering Jobs in Bournemouth

Software Engineering
Dorset > Bournemouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bournemouth requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 17 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 -7
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 6 85 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 9.68% 13.16% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 14.29% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2 60 5
10th Percentile £37,625 £50,000 £38,600
25th Percentile £37,813 £51,875 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +12.15% -14.40%
75th Percentile £45,313 £65,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £45,875 £75,000 £81,250
Dorset median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bournemouth

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bournemouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60 595 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bournemouth 96.77% 92.11% 97.71%
Number of salaries quoted 41 265 112
10th Percentile - £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +12.82% -2.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £61,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
Dorset median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.63% - -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Bournemouth

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Bournemouth

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Bournemouth

Software Engineering
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 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Junior
1 3 (50.00%) Junior Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Junior Java Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) QA Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) QA Test Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) Kafka
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) Spring
1 1 (16.67%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (33.33%) Operational Stability
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) SOLID
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker