Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Poole

Senior Software Engineer
Dorset > Poole

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Poole is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 12 43
Rank change year-on-year -6 +31 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 2 16 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Poole 2.82% 11.51% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.86% 11.76% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 0
10th Percentile £52,950 £52,500 -
25th Percentile £53,625 £53,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £61,625 £62,500 -
90th Percentile £62,450 - -
Dorset median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Poole

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Poole. 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 Poole with a recognized job title 70 136 156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.59% 97.84% 84.32%
Number of salaries quoted 38 121 145
10th Percentile £29,075 £30,000 £33,300
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £63,225 £62,500 £71,250
Dorset median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.63% +5.26% -5.00%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Poole

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Poole

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Poole

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Poole

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Poole

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 Poole region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Motion Control
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 1 (50.00%) GCC
2 1 (50.00%) GDB
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (50.00%) Yocto
2 1 (50.00%) gcov
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) QNX
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) IBM

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Poole 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GCC
2 1 (50.00%) gcov
2 1 (50.00%) GDB
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) LabVIEW
2 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (50.00%) Yocto
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Motion Control
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM
1 1 (50.00%) QNX