Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £48,918 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 February 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 86 108
Rank change year-on-year +13 +22 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 11 53 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 1.46% 3.68% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% 3.83% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7 35 14
10th Percentile - £43,750 £45,475
25th Percentile £47,603 £44,250 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,918 £60,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -18.47% -12.73% -
75th Percentile £73,125 £80,000 £76,563
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,125
South West median annual salary £58,000 £62,500 £68,474
% change year-on-year -7.20% -8.72% +14.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 724 1,384 1,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 96.04% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 330 894 654
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -6.54% +11.46%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,875 £82,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.20% - -

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 6 February 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 6 February 2025. 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
Filton -23 4 £48,918 -24.74%
Cheltenham +19 3 £72,500 +31.82% 2
Wotton-under-Edge 0 2 - - 1
Senior Software Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 6 February 2025, Senior 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) Java
2 7 (63.64%) Python
3 6 (54.55%) SQL
3 6 (54.55%) C#
3 6 (54.55%) Degree
3 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
4 5 (45.45%) Azure
4 5 (45.45%) React
4 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (36.36%) Middleware
5 4 (36.36%) OOD
5 4 (36.36%) ETL
5 4 (36.36%) Eclipse
5 4 (36.36%) HTML
5 4 (36.36%) CSS
5 4 (36.36%) JSP
5 4 (36.36%) Windows
5 4 (36.36%) Linux
5 4 (36.36%) UML
5 4 (36.36%) OO
5 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
5 4 (36.36%) Physics
5 4 (36.36%) Apache
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
5 4 (36.36%) Kubernetes
5 4 (36.36%) SDLC

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (36.36%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Azure
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 2 (18.18%) Cloud Computing
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Eclipse
1 4 (36.36%) Eclipse RCP
2 2 (18.18%) Git
3 1 (9.09%) GitLab
General
1 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) React
2 4 (36.36%) CSS
2 4 (36.36%) HTML
2 4 (36.36%) JSP
2 4 (36.36%) Middleware
3 2 (18.18%) .NET
3 2 (18.18%) .NET Core
3 2 (18.18%) Android Jetpack
3 2 (18.18%) Jetpack Compose
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Algorithms
1 2 (18.18%) Data Structures
2 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Linux
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (54.55%) Mentoring
3 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) Analytics
4 4 (36.36%) Business Analytics
4 4 (36.36%) ETL
4 4 (36.36%) Mathematics
4 4 (36.36%) OO
4 4 (36.36%) OOD
4 4 (36.36%) Physics
4 4 (36.36%) SDLC
4 4 (36.36%) Software Testing
4 4 (36.36%) UML
4 4 (36.36%) Unit Testing
5 3 (27.27%) Open Source
6 2 (18.18%) Android Development
6 2 (18.18%) Coaching
6 2 (18.18%) DevOps
6 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Java
1 7 (63.64%) Python
2 6 (54.55%) C#
2 6 (54.55%) SQL
3 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) Go
4 2 (18.18%) Kotlin
4 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
4 1 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) Kubernetes