Software Engineering Jobs in Somerset

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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 24 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 27 50 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 7.85% 5.37% 7.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.74% 8.73% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 19 46 23
10th Percentile £34,500 £35,475 £30,900
25th Percentile £47,787 £41,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £62,813 £72,607
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £77,715
South West median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +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 309 573 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 89.83% 61.55% 90.56%
Number of salaries quoted 181 435 339
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £36,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% -8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £57,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £72,500
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,396 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.57% -2.97% +8.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Somerset

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Somerset over the 6 months to 30 June 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 30 June 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 -6 9 £49,050 -10.82% 3
Street - 6 £77,500 - 11
Glastonbury - 5 £65,000 - 3
Cheddar - 4 £35,000 - 1
Bath -1 2 £80,000 +28.00% 83
Shepton Mallet +2 1 £62,500 -
Software Engineering
South West

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) Apache
Business Applications
1 4 (14.81%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) Azure Data Factory
2 5 (18.52%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (18.52%) Azure Functions
2 5 (18.52%) Azure Logic Apps
2 5 (18.52%) Azure Service Bus
2 5 (18.52%) GitHub
2 5 (18.52%) GitHub Actions
2 5 (18.52%) Power Automate
2 5 (18.52%) SaaS
2 5 (18.52%) Serverless
3 4 (14.81%) Figma
3 4 (14.81%) Power Platform
4 3 (11.11%) AWS
5 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Power BI
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.70%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) Git
1 5 (18.52%) JIRA
1 5 (18.52%) Postman
2 4 (14.81%) Selenium
2 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
2 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (3.70%) CMake
3 1 (3.70%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.70%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (3.70%) Subversion
3 1 (3.70%) WiX
General
1 7 (25.93%) Electronics
2 4 (14.81%) Retail
2 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Advertising
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Finance
3 1 (3.70%) Health Technology
3 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.70%) Marketing
3 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.70%) Tech for Good
3 1 (3.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (55.56%) Software Engineer
2 11 (40.74%) Senior
2 11 (40.74%) Senior Software Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Principal Engineer
3 6 (22.22%) Software Assurance Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) C++ Software Engineer
4 5 (18.52%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 4 (14.81%) Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Graduate
5 4 (14.81%) Graduate Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Graduate IT Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Graduate IT Support
5 4 (14.81%) Graduate IT Support Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Graduate Support Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) IT Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) IT Graduate
5 4 (14.81%) IT Support
5 4 (14.81%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (14.81%) Support Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) HTML
2 6 (22.22%) .NET
2 6 (22.22%) CSS
3 5 (18.52%) AngularJS
3 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET Web API
3 5 (18.52%) Bootstrap
3 5 (18.52%) JSON
3 5 (18.52%) Tailwind CSS
3 5 (18.52%) XML
4 4 (14.81%) .NET Framework
4 4 (14.81%) NgRx
4 4 (14.81%) RxJS
5 2 (7.41%) Node.js
5 2 (7.41%) React
5 2 (7.41%) React Native
6 1 (3.70%) Django
6 1 (3.70%) jQuery
6 1 (3.70%) Next.js
6 1 (3.70%) Pandas
6 1 (3.70%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Client/Server
2 4 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.70%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 2 (7.41%) Windows
3 1 (3.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Agile
2 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
3 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 6 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 6 (22.22%) SDLC
3 6 (22.22%) Software Assurance
3 6 (22.22%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 5 (18.52%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (18.52%) DevOps
4 5 (18.52%) Project Management
4 5 (18.52%) Release Management
4 5 (18.52%) Scrum
4 5 (18.52%) Supply Chain Management
4 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
4 5 (18.52%) Web Development
5 4 (14.81%) Continuous Deployment
5 4 (14.81%) Logistics
5 4 (14.81%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) JavaScript
2 8 (29.63%) C++
3 6 (22.22%) C#
3 6 (22.22%) Python
4 5 (18.52%) Java
4 5 (18.52%) TypeScript
5 4 (14.81%) Rust
6 2 (7.41%) SQL
7 1 (3.70%) Ada
7 1 (3.70%) Bash
7 1 (3.70%) C
7 1 (3.70%) Go
7 1 (3.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (25.93%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Ansible
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) SAP