Software Engineering Job Trends in Salisbury

Software Engineering
Wiltshire > Salisbury

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Salisbury requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 23 26
Rank change year-on-year +19 +3 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 13 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Salisbury 17.81% 7.69% 9.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.53% 8.59% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,281 £31,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,792 £34,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.24% -27.37% -29.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £37,250 £51,250
90th Percentile - - £68,125
Wiltshire median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £51,716
% change year-on-year +50.00% -22.65% -13.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Salisbury

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Salisbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53 128 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salisbury 72.60% 89.51% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 48 88 88
10th Percentile £30,925 £31,750 £40,262
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £43,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.62% -19.50% -
75th Percentile £44,063 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £70,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.04% -2.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Salisbury

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Salisbury.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Salisbury

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Salisbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salisbury citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Salisbury citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Salisbury

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Salisbury over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Salisbury

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Salisbury 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Software-Defined Radio
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Manufacturing
2 5 (38.46%) Pharmaceutical
3 4 (30.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Embedded Engineer
1 9 (69.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 9 (69.23%) Software Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (30.77%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
2 4 (30.77%) Digital Signal Processing
2 4 (30.77%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (30.77%) Linear Algebra
2 4 (30.77%) Mathematical Modelling
2 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
2 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
2 4 (30.77%) Physics
2 4 (30.77%) Signal Processing
2 4 (30.77%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) C
1 4 (30.77%) C++
1 4 (30.77%) Rust
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
1 8 (61.54%) DV Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) Master's Degree