Software Engineering Job Trends in Bridgwater

Software Engineering
Somerset > Bridgwater

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bridgwater requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgwater 1.82% - 10.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.23% - 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 - £35,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £36,150
75th Percentile £42,500 - £36,825
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bridgwater

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 Bridgwater.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31 10 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgwater 56.36% 90.91% 57.89%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 22
10th Percentile £34,850 - £30,125
25th Percentile £37,813 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £35,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +54.93% -21.11%
75th Percentile £48,125 - £36,825
90th Percentile £50,000 - £36,992
Somerset median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +8.70% -7.34%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgwater

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bridgwater.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Bridgwater

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Bridgwater

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgwater citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgwater citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgwater by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA