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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 24 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 62 20 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 5.98% 6.21% 5.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.34% 7.72% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 59 18 37
10th Percentile £36,050 £34,500 £35,475
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,188 £35,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 - £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £90,000
South West median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +3.45% -10.77%

All Process & 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 743 259 441
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 71.72% 80.43% 56.98%
Number of salaries quoted 449 166 321
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,250 £29,290
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -3.06% +3.16%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £68,750
South West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -2.73%

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 4 August 2026.

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 4 August 2026. 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
Taunton - 16 £50,000 - 3
Bath -18 6 £85,000 -10.53% 5
Weston-super-Mare - 6 £30,500 -
Clevedon - 4 £75,000 -
Yeovil -1 2 - - 1
Frome - 2 £47,500 -
Bridgwater - 1 £40,000 -
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:

Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.58%) Azure
2 6 (9.68%) AWS
2 6 (9.68%) GCP
3 5 (8.06%) SaaS
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Functions
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Storage
4 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.61%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.61%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.61%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.61%) MariaDB
2 1 (1.61%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Eclipse
1 6 (9.68%) Git
1 6 (9.68%) Subversion
2 1 (1.61%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.61%) Rational DOORS
General
1 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (9.68%) Electronics
2 6 (9.68%) Retail
3 5 (8.06%) Aerospace
4 4 (6.45%) Military
5 3 (4.84%) Aviation
5 3 (4.84%) Avionics
5 3 (4.84%) Finance
6 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.61%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.61%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (77.42%) Software Engineer
2 28 (45.16%) Senior
2 28 (45.16%) Senior Software Engineer
3 6 (9.68%) Developer
3 6 (9.68%) Java Developer
3 6 (9.68%) Junior
3 6 (9.68%) Junior Developer
3 6 (9.68%) Junior Java Developer
4 5 (8.06%) Head of Development
4 5 (8.06%) Head of Software Development
5 1 (1.61%) Automation Engineer
5 1 (1.61%) Data Engineer
5 1 (1.61%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (1.61%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (1.61%) Principal Software Engineer
5 1 (1.61%) Project Manager
5 1 (1.61%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (1.61%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (64.52%) WPF
2 21 (33.87%) Vue
3 7 (11.29%) React
4 6 (9.68%) Jakarta EE
4 6 (9.68%) RESTful
4 6 (9.68%) Struts
4 6 (9.68%) Web Services
5 1 (1.61%) .NET
5 1 (1.61%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.61%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.61%) JSON
5 1 (1.61%) Playwright
5 1 (1.61%) SGML
5 1 (1.61%) XML
5 1 (1.61%) XSL
5 1 (1.61%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 22 (35.48%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (4.84%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (3.23%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.23%) Raspberry Pi
4 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.61%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 9 (14.52%) Linux
2 7 (11.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (37.10%) CI/CD
2 22 (35.48%) Agile
3 21 (33.87%) Microservices
3 21 (33.87%) Software Architecture
4 15 (24.19%) Mentoring
4 15 (24.19%) SOLID
5 8 (12.90%) Computer Science
6 7 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (11.29%) SDLC
6 7 (11.29%) Test Automation
7 6 (9.68%) Full-Stack Development
7 6 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (9.68%) Regression Testing
7 6 (9.68%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (9.68%) Sprint Planning
8 4 (6.45%) Email Migration
8 4 (6.45%) Migration
9 3 (4.84%) AI
9 3 (4.84%) DevOps
10 2 (3.23%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (69.35%) C#
2 10 (16.13%) C++
3 9 (14.52%) Java
3 9 (14.52%) Python
4 8 (12.90%) JavaScript
5 6 (9.68%) Perl
6 3 (4.84%) C
7 1 (1.61%) Ada
7 1 (1.61%) Ada 95
7 1 (1.61%) Rust
7 1 (1.61%) SQL
7 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.90%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (12.90%) Degree
2 2 (3.23%) DV Cleared
2 2 (3.23%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.23%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.61%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) Accessibility
1 2 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.61%) MIL-STD-1553
System Software
1 6 (9.68%) Docker
2 2 (3.23%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle