Software Engineering
South West > Somerset
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 23 | 18 | 27 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | +9 | +1 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering | 27 | 49 | 42 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset | 7.34% | 6.75% | 7.18% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 7.76% | 9.23% | 7.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16 | 43 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,162 | £35,475 | £31,300 |
| 25th Percentile | £59,500 | £37,142 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £50,000 | £57,197 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +55.00% | -12.58% | +6.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £55,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £63,750 | £77,715 |
| South West median annual salary | £55,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | +4.35% |
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 | 348 | 531 | 533 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset | 94.57% | 73.14% | 91.11% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 168 | 430 | 332 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,125 | £26,500 | £28,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,574 | £32,500 | £34,803 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,342 | £45,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.43% | -10.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £61,250 | £57,000 | £59,813 |
| 90th Percentile | £75,000 | £65,000 | £70,600 |
| South West median annual salary | £52,600 | £50,500 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.16% | -3.81% | +5.00% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.
Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Somerset
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Somerset.
Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Somerset
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Somerset over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.
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 3 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeovil | -4 | 13 | £58,000 | +5.45% | 1 |
| Street | - | 6 | £77,500 | - | 7 |
| Taunton | +8 | 2 | £44,500 | +22.88% | 1 |
| Bath | +1 | 2 | £80,000 | +68.42% | 24 |
| Shepton Mallet | +1 | 1 | £62,500 | +25.00% | |
| Software Engineering South West |
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Software Engineering
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:
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