Software Engineer Jobs in Somerset

Software Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Software Engineer salary in Somerset is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 48 46
Rank change year-on-year +22 -2 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 39 18 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 5.39% 3.04% 3.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.56% 3.68% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 35 8 12
10th Percentile £35,475 £47,164 £42,125
25th Percentile £35,534 £48,585 £44,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +16.28% +10.82%
75th Percentile £55,000 £80,588 £62,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £89,897 £64,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 701 489 594
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.96% 82.60% 90.96%
Number of salaries quoted 565 348 380
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,675 £26,737
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,641 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £69,125 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Somerset

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Somerset

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Somerset over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Somerset

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Bath +19 15 £52,500 -30.00% 1
Yeovil +3 12 £55,000 +4.76% 1
Bridgwater - 6 £36,150 -
Shepton Mallet -3 3 £50,000 -
Taunton - 3 £36,214 -
Software Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Somerset region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (97.44%) Software Engineering
2 14 (35.90%) C#
2 14 (35.90%) .NET
3 13 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 12 (30.77%) Degree
5 11 (28.21%) Agile
5 11 (28.21%) SQL Server
6 10 (25.64%) Azure
7 9 (23.08%) PHP
8 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
8 8 (20.51%) MVC
9 7 (17.95%) Laravel
9 7 (17.95%) HTML
10 6 (15.38%) TypeScript
10 6 (15.38%) Local Government
10 6 (15.38%) Git
10 6 (15.38%) Vue
11 5 (12.82%) Sass
11 5 (12.82%) Azure Storage
11 5 (12.82%) .NET Core
11 5 (12.82%) .NET Framework
11 5 (12.82%) Marketing
11 5 (12.82%) SQL
11 5 (12.82%) CSS
11 5 (12.82%) Web Services
12 4 (10.26%) Python
12 4 (10.26%) Java
12 4 (10.26%) C++
12 4 (10.26%) Pair Programming
12 4 (10.26%) Accessibility

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

Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Azure Storage
3 3 (7.69%) AWS
3 3 (7.69%) Serverless
4 2 (5.13%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (28.21%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.13%) SQLite
4 1 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) Git
2 2 (5.13%) Eclipse
2 2 (5.13%) Subversion
2 2 (5.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (15.38%) Local Government
2 5 (12.82%) Marketing
3 3 (7.69%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.13%) Electronics
4 2 (5.13%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.13%) Social Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.56%) Automotive
5 1 (2.56%) Games
5 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.56%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (35.90%) .NET
2 7 (17.95%) HTML
2 7 (17.95%) Laravel
3 6 (15.38%) Vue
4 5 (12.82%) .NET Core
4 5 (12.82%) .NET Framework
4 5 (12.82%) CSS
4 5 (12.82%) Sass
4 5 (12.82%) Web Services
5 2 (5.13%) Qt
5 2 (5.13%) React
6 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.56%) Kafka
6 1 (2.56%) React Native
6 1 (2.56%) RESTful
6 1 (2.56%) Spring
6 1 (2.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.56%) Animation
3 1 (2.56%) IoT
3 1 (2.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.13%) Linux
1 2 (5.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (97.44%) Software Engineering
2 11 (28.21%) Agile
3 8 (20.51%) MVC
4 4 (10.26%) Pair Programming
5 3 (7.69%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (5.13%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.13%) Programme Management
6 2 (5.13%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (2.56%) B2B
7 1 (2.56%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (2.56%) Game Development
7 1 (2.56%) Machine Learning
7 1 (2.56%) Mentoring
7 1 (2.56%) Microservices
7 1 (2.56%) Mobile Development
7 1 (2.56%) OO
7 1 (2.56%) User Experience
7 1 (2.56%) UVM
7 1 (2.56%) UX Design
7 1 (2.56%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (35.90%) C#
2 13 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 9 (23.08%) PHP
4 6 (15.38%) TypeScript
5 5 (12.82%) SQL
6 4 (10.26%) C++
6 4 (10.26%) Java
6 4 (10.26%) Python
7 2 (5.13%) Bash
7 2 (5.13%) C
8 1 (2.56%) MATLAB
8 1 (2.56%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Degree
2 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.13%) SAP
186 Software Engineer jobs in the South West