Software Engineer Jobs in the Isle of Wight

Software Engineer
South East > Isle of Wight

The median Software Engineer salary in the Isle of Wight is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 5
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 80 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Isle of Wight 9.80% - 7.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.88% - 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 77 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Isle of Wight

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Isle of Wight. 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 the Isle of Wight with a recognized job title 810 12 13
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.26% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 574 12 3
10th Percentile £47,683 - £26,850
25th Percentile £60,000 £22,500 £31,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £42,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +52.94% -2.30% +12.99%
75th Percentile £70,600 £43,750 £46,750
90th Percentile - £53,875 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Isle of Wight

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the Isle of Wight

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Isle of Wight

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the Isle of Wight.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the Isle of Wight

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Isle of Wight

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the Isle of Wight over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the Isle of Wight

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the Isle of Wight

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Isle of Wight region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Cowes - 15 £61,500 - 1
Freshwater - 13 £65,000 - 1
Ryde - 13 £65,000 - 1
Sandown - 12 £65,000 - 1
Bembridge - 12 £65,000 - 1
East Cowes - 3 £58,000 -
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Isle of Wight

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Isle of Wight region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 80 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 80 (100.00%) Degree
2 78 (97.50%) Agile
2 78 (97.50%) Computer Science
3 76 (95.00%) UML
4 74 (92.50%) Waterfall
5 44 (55.00%) Chartered Engineer
6 32 (40.00%) Ada
7 30 (37.50%) Configuration Management
7 30 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 26 (32.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (7.50%) Rust
9 6 (7.50%) Mathematics
9 6 (7.50%) Python
9 6 (7.50%) Java
10 4 (5.00%) Software Testing
10 4 (5.00%) Test Automation
10 4 (5.00%) DevSecOps
10 4 (5.00%) CI/CD
11 2 (2.50%) SDLC
11 2 (2.50%) Unit Testing
11 2 (2.50%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (2.50%) Business Analytics
11 2 (2.50%) Analytics
11 2 (2.50%) Mentoring
11 2 (2.50%) Physics
11 2 (2.50%) SQL
11 2 (2.50%) CSS
11 2 (2.50%) JSP
11 2 (2.50%) Windows

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Isle of Wight 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 2 (2.50%) Apache
Development Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Eclipse
1 2 (2.50%) Eclipse RCP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.50%) CSS
1 2 (2.50%) HTML
1 2 (2.50%) JSP
1 2 (2.50%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.50%) Linux
1 2 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 78 (97.50%) Agile
2 78 (97.50%) Computer Science
3 76 (95.00%) UML
4 74 (92.50%) Waterfall
5 30 (37.50%) Configuration Management
6 6 (7.50%) Mathematics
7 4 (5.00%) CI/CD
7 4 (5.00%) DevSecOps
7 4 (5.00%) Software Testing
7 4 (5.00%) Test Automation
8 2 (2.50%) Analytics
8 2 (2.50%) Business Analytics
8 2 (2.50%) ETL
8 2 (2.50%) Mentoring
8 2 (2.50%) OO
8 2 (2.50%) OOD
8 2 (2.50%) Physics
8 2 (2.50%) SDLC
8 2 (2.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (40.00%) Ada
2 6 (7.50%) Java
2 6 (7.50%) Python
2 6 (7.50%) Rust
3 2 (2.50%) C#
3 2 (2.50%) SQL
4 1 (1.25%) C++
Qualifications
1 80 (100.00%) Degree
2 44 (55.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 26 (32.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 12207