Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
England > South West

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the South West is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 84 203
Rank change year-on-year -47 +119 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 45 283 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.29% 3.07% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 3.19% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 37 222 44
10th Percentile £47,603 £48,875 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,751 £80,000 £80,125
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% -6.90% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 3,278 8,876 6,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 96.20% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,019 6,472 3,844
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £79,925
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the South West.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
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 Senior Software Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Bristol -22 16 £62,500 -3.85% 13
Gloucestershire +17 8 £66,250 -8.62% 14
Somerset +7 8 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Dorset -10 6 £58,000 -3.33% 3
Devon -1 4 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Cornwall - 2 £77,500 -
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South West region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (51.11%) Agile
3 22 (48.89%) Python
4 20 (44.44%) Java
4 20 (44.44%) CI/CD
5 15 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 14 (31.11%) JavaScript
6 14 (31.11%) Test Automation
7 13 (28.89%) Degree
8 12 (26.67%) Azure
8 12 (26.67%) Git
8 12 (26.67%) C#
9 11 (24.44%) C++
9 11 (24.44%) Linux
10 10 (22.22%) SQL
10 10 (22.22%) .NET
10 10 (22.22%) Mathematics
10 10 (22.22%) DevOps
10 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (20.00%) Kubernetes
11 9 (20.00%) Software Testing
11 9 (20.00%) Docker
11 9 (20.00%) Scrum
12 8 (17.78%) HTML
12 8 (17.78%) Computer Science
13 7 (15.56%) AWS
13 7 (15.56%) TypeScript
13 7 (15.56%) CSS
13 7 (15.56%) Windows
13 7 (15.56%) React

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (6.67%) Apache
1 3 (6.67%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.67%) Azure
2 7 (15.56%) AWS
3 5 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
3 5 (11.11%) SaaS
4 4 (8.89%) GitHub
5 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (6.67%) Azure Functions
5 3 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (6.67%) Figma
5 3 (6.67%) GCP
5 3 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (6.67%) Power Automate
5 3 (6.67%) Serverless
6 2 (4.44%) Apigee
6 2 (4.44%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (4.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (2.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.22%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) NoSQL
1 3 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.44%) RavenDB
3 1 (2.22%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.22%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 12 (26.67%) Git
2 5 (11.11%) Visual Studio Code
3 4 (8.89%) GitLab
3 4 (8.89%) Visual Studio
4 3 (6.67%) Eclipse
4 3 (6.67%) Eclipse RCP
4 3 (6.67%) JIRA
4 3 (6.67%) Postman
4 3 (6.67%) Selenium
5 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
5 2 (4.44%) JUnit
5 2 (4.44%) LabVIEW
5 2 (4.44%) Maven
5 2 (4.44%) SonarQube
5 2 (4.44%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (2.22%) CMake
6 1 (2.22%) GCC
6 1 (2.22%) GDB
6 1 (2.22%) Subversion
6 1 (2.22%) WiX
General
1 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.89%) Finance
3 3 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 3 (6.67%) Banking
3 3 (6.67%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.67%) Retail
4 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.22%) Electronics
5 1 (2.22%) Marketing
5 1 (2.22%) Military
5 1 (2.22%) Tech for Good
5 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (22.22%) .NET
2 8 (17.78%) HTML
3 7 (15.56%) CSS
3 7 (15.56%) React
4 4 (8.89%) Spring
5 3 (6.67%) .NET Framework
5 3 (6.67%) AngularJS
5 3 (6.67%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (6.67%) Bootstrap
5 3 (6.67%) JSON
5 3 (6.67%) JSP
5 3 (6.67%) Middleware
5 3 (6.67%) NgRx
5 3 (6.67%) OpenCL
5 3 (6.67%) RxJS
5 3 (6.67%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (6.67%) XML
6 2 (4.44%) .NET Core
6 2 (4.44%) Android Jetpack
6 2 (4.44%) Jetpack Compose
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Client/Server
1 3 (6.67%) CUDA
1 3 (6.67%) Data Centre
1 3 (6.67%) Device Driver
1 3 (6.67%) PCIe
2 2 (4.44%) Algorithms
2 2 (4.44%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.22%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.22%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.22%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.22%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.22%) NHS
3 1 (2.22%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) Linux
2 7 (15.56%) Windows
3 2 (4.44%) Android
3 2 (4.44%) Unix
4 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (51.11%) Agile
3 20 (44.44%) CI/CD
4 15 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 14 (31.11%) Test Automation
6 10 (22.22%) DevOps
6 10 (22.22%) Mathematics
6 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (20.00%) Scrum
7 9 (20.00%) Software Testing
8 8 (17.78%) Computer Science
9 6 (13.33%) DevSecOps
9 6 (13.33%) SDLC
10 5 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (11.11%) OO
10 5 (11.11%) Unit Testing
11 4 (8.89%) Artificial Intelligence
11 4 (8.89%) Continuous Integration
11 4 (8.89%) Physics
11 4 (8.89%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 22 (48.89%) Python
2 20 (44.44%) Java
3 14 (31.11%) JavaScript
4 12 (26.67%) C#
5 11 (24.44%) C++
6 10 (22.22%) SQL
7 7 (15.56%) Rust
7 7 (15.56%) TypeScript
8 6 (13.33%) C
9 4 (8.89%) Go
10 2 (4.44%) Kotlin
11 1 (2.22%) Bash
11 1 (2.22%) Embedded C
11 1 (2.22%) Embedded C++
11 1 (2.22%) PHP
11 1 (2.22%) Ruby
11 1 (2.22%) Swift
Qualifications
1 13 (28.89%) Degree
2 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (6.67%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.44%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.22%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 9 (20.00%) Docker
2 4 (8.89%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.44%) Istio
2 2 (4.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Graphcore
3 1 (2.22%) IBM
3 1 (2.22%) QNX
3 1 (2.22%) SAP