Enterprise Software Job Trends in the South West

Enterprise Application Software
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 193 162 223
Rank change year-on-year -31 +61 -18
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 52 7 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.50% 0.20% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.18% 0.56% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 41 3 7
10th Percentile £46,250 - £44,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £86,250 £71,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 - £79,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%

All Generic Skills
South West

Enterprise Software falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,385 1,241 2,008
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 22.95% 35.01% 27.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,607 713 1,080
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,000 £27,598
25th Percentile £37,500 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £73,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Enterprise Software relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend in the South West

Enterprise Software
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Enterprise Software.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in the South West over the 6 months to 26 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Software in the South West

Enterprise Software
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Software within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 September 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
Bristol -17 23 £65,000 -3.70% 19
Devon -13 16 £65,000 -3.70% 1
Wiltshire - 8 £87,500 - 7
Dorset -2 2 - - 5
Somerset -33 2 £48,000 -26.15% 16
Cornwall +6 1 £57,500 -
Enterprise Software
England

Enterprise Software
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.62%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.85%) Azure
2 10 (19.23%) Power Platform
3 9 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (17.31%) SaaS
4 6 (11.54%) AWS
5 5 (9.62%) Anthropic Claude
5 5 (9.62%) Copilot Studio
6 2 (3.85%) Azure AI
6 2 (3.85%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) 3GPP
1 3 (5.77%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.69%) Metadata
2 4 (7.69%) Power BI
3 3 (5.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.85%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.92%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (19.23%) JIRA
2 3 (5.77%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 20 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 15 (28.85%) Finance
3 14 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.69%) Aerospace
5 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.77%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.85%) Marketing
7 2 (3.85%) Retail
8 1 (1.92%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (40.38%) Senior
2 11 (21.15%) Architect
2 11 (21.15%) Developer
2 11 (21.15%) Senior Developer
2 11 (21.15%) Senior Software Developer
2 11 (21.15%) Software Developer
3 6 (11.54%) Applications Engineer
3 6 (11.54%) Senior Applications Engineer
3 6 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (9.62%) Product Owner
5 4 (7.69%) Programme Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Business Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Business Systems Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Systems Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) IT Support
7 2 (3.85%) IT Support Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.62%) .NET
1 5 (9.62%) React
2 4 (7.69%) Middleware
3 3 (5.77%) AngularJS
3 3 (5.77%) ASP.NET
3 3 (5.77%) ASP.NET Core
3 3 (5.77%) Blazor
3 3 (5.77%) jQuery
3 3 (5.77%) OAuth
3 3 (5.77%) OpenID
4 2 (3.85%) REST
5 1 (1.92%) EDI
5 1 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.92%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 5 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 5 (9.62%) Replication
3 4 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.77%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.85%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.85%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.85%) Multi-touch
6 1 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.77%) Windows
2 2 (3.85%) Linux
2 2 (3.85%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (44.23%) Agile
2 20 (38.46%) AI
3 18 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (23.08%) User Experience
5 11 (21.15%) CI/CD
5 11 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (21.15%) Use Case
6 10 (19.23%) DevOps
6 10 (19.23%) ERP
7 8 (15.38%) CRM
8 7 (13.46%) Analytics
8 7 (13.46%) B2B
8 7 (13.46%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (13.46%) LLM
8 7 (13.46%) Mentoring
8 7 (13.46%) Roadmaps
9 6 (11.54%) Data Modelling
9 6 (11.54%) Observability
9 6 (11.54%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (46.15%) SQL
2 11 (21.15%) C#
3 9 (17.31%) JavaScript
4 6 (11.54%) Python
5 3 (5.77%) PL/SQL
5 3 (5.77%) PowerShell
5 3 (5.77%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.85%) Java
7 1 (1.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Security Cleared
2 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.62%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (9.62%) Degree
3 5 (9.62%) DV Cleared
4 4 (7.69%) PMI Certification
4 4 (7.69%) PMP
5 3 (5.77%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (17.31%) QA
2 5 (9.62%) Data Quality
3 4 (7.69%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.92%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.77%) Atlassian
2 3 (5.77%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.85%) Foundry
3 2 (3.85%) Freshdesk
3 2 (3.85%) HubSpot
3 2 (3.85%) Oracle
4 1 (1.92%) IFS
4 1 (1.92%) Splunk
4 1 (1.92%) Tenable