Software Engineer Jobs in Gloucestershire

Software Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Software Engineer salary in Gloucestershire is £78,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 July 2025.

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

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 15 38
Rank change year-on-year -25 +23 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 31 224 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 5.03% 12.66% 8.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.34% 13.05% 9.72%
Number of salaries quoted 20 138 58
10th Percentile £52,250 £41,750 £46,750
25th Percentile £56,875 £45,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +8.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - £81,625 £82,500
South West median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -

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 580 1,716 1,049
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 97.00% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 353 1,223 528
10th Percentile £27,300 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,000 £78,750 £82,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 9 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Gloucestershire

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 Software Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 9 July 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
Gloucester +17 13 £82,500 +8.20% 14
Cheltenham -5 12 £85,000 +25.93% 6
Filton -16 2 - -
Cinderford - 2 - -
Tewkesbury +15 1 £42,500 -19.05%
Software Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 9 July 2025, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (67.74%) Security Cleared
3 16 (51.61%) DV Cleared
4 11 (35.48%) React
4 11 (35.48%) Java
5 10 (32.26%) JavaScript
5 10 (32.26%) TypeScript
6 9 (29.03%) Python
7 8 (25.81%) CI/CD
8 7 (22.58%) Linux
8 7 (22.58%) GitLab
8 7 (22.58%) Agile
8 7 (22.58%) MongoDB
9 6 (19.35%) Git
9 6 (19.35%) Atlassian
9 6 (19.35%) Unit Testing
9 6 (19.35%) Kibana
9 6 (19.35%) Oracle
9 6 (19.35%) C++
9 6 (19.35%) Scrum
9 6 (19.35%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (16.13%) Aerospace
10 5 (16.13%) Hibernate
10 5 (16.13%) Relational Database
10 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
11 4 (12.90%) JSF
11 4 (12.90%) AWS
11 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
11 4 (12.90%) Full-Stack Development
12 3 (9.68%) Electronics

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 1 (3.23%) Apache
1 1 (3.23%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.90%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) NuGet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (22.58%) MongoDB
2 6 (19.35%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (16.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (22.58%) GitLab
2 6 (19.35%) Git
3 3 (9.68%) JUnit
4 2 (6.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (3.23%) Bitbucket
5 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 5 (16.13%) Aerospace
2 3 (9.68%) Electronics
3 1 (3.23%) Automotive
3 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (35.48%) React
2 5 (16.13%) Hibernate
3 4 (12.90%) JSF
4 2 (6.45%) MFC
5 1 (3.23%) .NET
5 1 (3.23%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (3.23%) Blazor
5 1 (3.23%) HTML
5 1 (3.23%) RESTful
5 1 (3.23%) Spring
5 1 (3.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Code
2 1 (3.23%) PKI
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (22.58%) Linux
2 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (25.81%) CI/CD
3 7 (22.58%) Agile
4 6 (19.35%) Scrum
4 6 (19.35%) Unit Testing
5 4 (12.90%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
6 2 (6.45%) Code Quality
6 2 (6.45%) Decision-Making
6 2 (6.45%) DevOps
6 2 (6.45%) DevSecOps
6 2 (6.45%) Multithreaded Programming
6 2 (6.45%) Multithreading
6 2 (6.45%) OO
6 2 (6.45%) OOP
6 2 (6.45%) SDLC
6 2 (6.45%) Software Assurance
6 2 (6.45%) Systems Engineering
6 2 (6.45%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.23%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (35.48%) Java
2 10 (32.26%) JavaScript
2 10 (32.26%) TypeScript
3 9 (29.03%) Python
4 6 (19.35%) C++
5 2 (6.45%) VC++
6 1 (3.23%) C
6 1 (3.23%) C#
6 1 (3.23%) Rust
6 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (67.74%) Security Cleared
2 16 (51.61%) DV Cleared
3 5 (16.13%) SC Cleared
4 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.23%) Degree
5 1 (3.23%) PhD
Systems Management
1 6 (19.35%) Kibana
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Atlassian
1 6 (19.35%) Oracle
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft