Software Developer Job Trends in Poole

Software Developer
Dorset > Poole

The median Software Developer salary in Poole is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Poole 1.42% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.47% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £46,625 - -
25th Percentile £47,188 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 - -
75th Percentile £49,688 - -
90th Percentile £49,875 - -
Dorset median annual salary £48,750 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +41.18%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 136 40 136
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.45% 97.56% 97.84%
Number of salaries quoted 105 32 121
10th Percentile - £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.51% -7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,125 £62,500
Dorset median annual salary £45,000 £47,683 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.63% -4.63% +5.26%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Poole

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Poole.

Software Developer job vacancy trend in Poole

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Poole

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Poole.

Salary distribution trend for Software Developer job vacancies in Poole

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole

For the 6 months to 23 April 2026, Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Poole region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Poole by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript