Software Engineering Jobs in Dorset

Software Engineering
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 28 17
Rank change year-on-year +17 -11 +17
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 197 54 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 16.32% 8.17% 14.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.11% 8.52% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 138 36 86
10th Percentile £38,750 - £26,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -20.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 -
South West median annual salary £55,000 £62,475 £59,732
% change year-on-year -11.96% +4.59% +13.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,031 634 745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 85.42% 95.92% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 581 325 560
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,550 £30,975
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,271 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
South West median annual salary £51,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.77% +6.00% +7.53%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Dorset

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Dorset

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Dorset over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Dorset

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 18 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
Bournemouth +8 84 £60,000 +25.00% 8
Poole +12 41 £55,000 +10.00% 2
Dorchester +8 17 £45,000 +50.00% 8
Weymouth - 6 £47,500 - 2
Blandford Forum - 3 £55,000 - 1
Wareham - 3 - -
Wimborne - 2 £10,500 -
Ferndown - 1 £37,500 -
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 (0.51%) CMS
1 1 (0.51%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.05%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 15 (7.61%) AWS
2 3 (1.52%) Azure
3 2 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.02%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) MySQL
2 7 (3.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (11.68%) LabVIEW
2 22 (11.17%) Git
3 10 (5.08%) Subversion
4 8 (4.06%) JIRA
4 8 (4.06%) NetBeans
4 8 (4.06%) Visual Studio
5 6 (3.05%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (1.52%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.52%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
General
1 28 (14.21%) Social Skills
2 21 (10.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (8.63%) Finance
4 15 (7.61%) Law
5 12 (6.09%) Manufacturing
6 11 (5.58%) Banking
6 11 (5.58%) Investment Banking
7 10 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (5.08%) Aviation
8 6 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.05%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.54%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.52%) Marketing
11 2 (1.02%) Avionics
11 2 (1.02%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.02%) Legal
11 2 (1.02%) Military
11 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (72.59%) Software Engineer
2 73 (37.06%) Senior
3 70 (35.53%) Senior Software Engineer
4 16 (8.12%) Lead
5 14 (7.11%) .NET Developer
5 14 (7.11%) C# .NET Developer
5 14 (7.11%) C# Developer
5 14 (7.11%) Developer
6 12 (6.09%) C++ Software Engineer
6 12 (6.09%) Lead Software Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Java Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Java Software Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Principal Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Principal Software Engineer
7 11 (5.58%) Software Manager
8 8 (4.06%) Angular Developer
9 6 (3.05%) Control Systems Engineer
9 6 (3.05%) Embedded Engineer
9 6 (3.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 6 (3.05%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.64%) Qt
2 18 (9.14%) .NET
3 14 (7.11%) Spring Boot
4 10 (5.08%) MFC
4 10 (5.08%) STL
5 9 (4.57%) AngularJS
5 9 (4.57%) Yocto
6 8 (4.06%) .NET Core
7 6 (3.05%) Kafka
8 5 (2.54%) JavaFX
9 4 (2.03%) Laravel
9 4 (2.03%) RESTful
10 3 (1.52%) CSS
10 3 (1.52%) LAMP
10 3 (1.52%) Spring
10 3 (1.52%) Web Services
11 2 (1.02%) .NET Framework
12 1 (0.51%) HTML
12 1 (0.51%) React
12 1 (0.51%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.11%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (6.09%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.08%) Hackathon
4 9 (4.57%) Device Driver
5 8 (4.06%) Client/Server
5 8 (4.06%) IoT
6 7 (3.55%) PMI
7 6 (3.05%) Robotics
7 6 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.03%) Acoustics
8 4 (2.03%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.52%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.52%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.02%) FPGA
10 2 (1.02%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.02%) Replication
11 1 (0.51%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.26%) Windows
2 30 (15.23%) Linux
3 9 (4.57%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.03%) Android
4 4 (2.03%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.40%) Agile
2 45 (22.84%) SDLC
3 30 (15.23%) CI/CD
3 30 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (13.71%) Code Quality
5 26 (13.20%) Multithreading
6 24 (12.18%) Scrum
7 23 (11.68%) Microservices
8 18 (9.14%) Artificial Intelligence
9 17 (8.63%) UML
10 16 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (7.61%) Defect Tracking
12 14 (7.11%) Customer-Centricity
12 14 (7.11%) Mentoring
13 13 (6.60%) Configuration Management
13 13 (6.60%) Machine Learning
13 13 (6.60%) Operational Stability
14 12 (6.09%) Software Testing
15 11 (5.58%) Computer Science
15 11 (5.58%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 57 (28.93%) C++
2 39 (19.80%) Java
3 38 (19.29%) C
4 28 (14.21%) C#
5 19 (9.64%) Python
6 13 (6.60%) JavaScript
7 11 (5.58%) MATLAB
8 5 (2.54%) Fortran
8 5 (2.54%) SQL
9 4 (2.03%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.03%) PHP
9 4 (2.03%) Swift
10 3 (1.52%) Bash
10 3 (1.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (18.27%) Degree
2 25 (12.69%) Security Cleared
3 18 (9.14%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.55%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.52%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (1.02%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.06%) Def Stans
1 8 (4.06%) IEC 61508
1 8 (4.06%) QA
2 5 (2.54%) ISO 9001
2 5 (2.54%) TickIT
3 2 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.05%) Docker
Vendors
1 14 (7.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.06%) Atlassian
2 8 (4.06%) Xamarin
3 2 (1.02%) Keysight
4 1 (0.51%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.51%) Twitter