Software Engineering Job Trends in Somerset

Software Engineering
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 26 13
Rank change year-on-year -8 -13 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 16 32 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 3.77% 4.53% 10.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.66% 7.64% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15 25 24
10th Percentile - £51,000 £29,600
25th Percentile £34,500 £60,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £77,500 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +55.78% -17.08%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £56,563
90th Percentile - - £73,625
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 343 419 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 80.90% 59.26% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 166 201 287
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £28,387
25th Percentile £29,563 £38,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,678 £52,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.77% +5.05% +4.21%
75th Percentile £55,625 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,317 £81,250 £71,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - +10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Somerset

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Somerset over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 17 October 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
Glastonbury - 9 £65,000 -
Cheddar - 5 £35,000 -
Bath -11 1 £95,000 +22.58% 12
Street - 1 - - 1
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (31.25%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Power Platform
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (6.25%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) Power BI
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) C++ Software Engineer
1 9 (56.25%) Senior
1 9 (56.25%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
1 9 (56.25%) Senior Software Engineer
1 9 (56.25%) Software Engineer
2 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Graduate
2 5 (31.25%) Graduate Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Graduate IT Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Graduate IT Support
2 5 (31.25%) Graduate IT Support Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Graduate Support Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) IT Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) IT Graduate
2 5 (31.25%) IT Support
2 5 (31.25%) IT Support Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Developer
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) Node.js
2 1 (6.25%) .NET
2 1 (6.25%) Next.js
2 1 (6.25%) Pandas
2 1 (6.25%) React
2 1 (6.25%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (6.25%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Android
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (31.25%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.25%) Android Development
3 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
3 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
3 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven
3 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 1 (6.25%) Fintech
3 1 (6.25%) Kanban
3 1 (6.25%) Line Management
3 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
3 1 (6.25%) Microservices
3 1 (6.25%) OO
3 1 (6.25%) OOP
3 1 (6.25%) OWASP
3 1 (6.25%) Roadmaps
3 1 (6.25%) Secure Coding
3 1 (6.25%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) C++
2 7 (43.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) Go
3 1 (6.25%) Java
3 1 (6.25%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) Rust
3 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) DV Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Ansible
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.25%) Terraform