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 £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 202 175
Rank change year-on-year +136 -27 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 302 56 175
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.43% 0.90% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.58% 1.00% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 231 32 74
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,750 £54,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +15.56%
75th Percentile £73,886 £73,125 £73,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%

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 8,426 5,578 8,651
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 89.64% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6,017 3,752 5,360
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,438 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,288 £36,363
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,725 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% +8.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +70 95 £55,000 -21.43% 8
Dorset +46 82 £55,000 -3.08% 7
Gloucestershire +32 53 £75,000 +23.46% 3
Devon +41 44 £65,000 +6.56% 1
Somerset +16 12 £55,000 -4.35% 1
Wiltshire - 12 £75,000 -
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 26 July 2024, 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.

1 302 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 69 (22.85%) Python
3 59 (19.54%) C++
4 57 (18.87%) Security Cleared
5 51 (16.89%) Degree
5 51 (16.89%) Linux
6 44 (14.57%) JavaScript
7 40 (13.25%) Agile
8 38 (12.58%) AWS
8 38 (12.58%) Bash
9 36 (11.92%) C
9 36 (11.92%) React
10 33 (10.93%) DevOps
10 33 (10.93%) Java
10 33 (10.93%) Manufacturing
11 32 (10.60%) Computer Science
12 31 (10.26%) Azure
12 31 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
13 30 (9.93%) CI/CD
14 26 (8.61%) Embedded Linux
15 25 (8.28%) Embedded C
15 25 (8.28%) Rust
16 24 (7.95%) AngularJS
16 24 (7.95%) Machine Learning
16 24 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (7.95%) Scrum
16 24 (7.95%) Multithreading
17 23 (7.62%) Artificial Intelligence
17 23 (7.62%) .NET
17 23 (7.62%) Docker

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 8 (2.65%) ArcGIS
1 8 (2.65%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.33%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.58%) AWS
2 31 (10.26%) Azure
3 11 (3.64%) SaaS
4 10 (3.31%) Serverless
5 9 (2.98%) GCP
6 8 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (2.65%) Azure Functions
6 8 (2.65%) npm
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub
7 3 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (0.99%) Sentry
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.33%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.96%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (2.65%) GIS
2 8 (2.65%) QGIS
3 4 (1.32%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.32%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.99%) MySQL
4 3 (0.99%) Redis
5 2 (0.66%) Big Data
5 2 (0.66%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 22 (7.28%) Git
2 19 (6.29%) LabVIEW
3 12 (3.97%) Visual Studio
4 8 (2.65%) Storybook
5 5 (1.66%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.66%) Cucumber
5 5 (1.66%) GitLab
6 2 (0.66%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.33%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.33%) Eclipse RCP
7 1 (0.33%) Maven
7 1 (0.33%) Postman
7 1 (0.33%) Selenium
7 1 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 33 (10.93%) Manufacturing
2 14 (4.64%) Finance
2 14 (4.64%) Social Skills
3 12 (3.97%) Marketing
4 11 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (2.98%) Automotive
5 9 (2.98%) Aviation
6 8 (2.65%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
8 3 (0.99%) Advertising
8 3 (0.99%) Legal
9 2 (0.66%) Military
10 1 (0.33%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Avionics
10 1 (0.33%) Electronics
10 1 (0.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (11.92%) React
2 24 (7.95%) AngularJS
3 23 (7.62%) .NET
4 22 (7.28%) Node.js
5 20 (6.62%) .NET Core
5 20 (6.62%) CSS
6 12 (3.97%) .NET Framework
7 9 (2.98%) ASP.NET
7 9 (2.98%) ASP.NET Web API
7 9 (2.98%) Entity Framework
7 9 (2.98%) Sass
7 9 (2.98%) Spring
7 9 (2.98%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.65%) ASP.NET Core
8 8 (2.65%) Lambda Expressions
8 8 (2.65%) Leaflet
8 8 (2.65%) OpenLayers
8 8 (2.65%) PostGIS
9 7 (2.32%) HTML
9 7 (2.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.30%) Acoustics
2 12 (3.97%) GNSS
3 10 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.65%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.65%) Hackathon
4 8 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.32%) FPGA
6 5 (1.66%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (1.32%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.32%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.99%) e-Learning
9 2 (0.66%) Device Driver
9 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.66%) Legacy Code
10 1 (0.33%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 51 (16.89%) Linux
2 26 (8.61%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (4.64%) Windows
4 5 (1.66%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.99%) Alpine Linux
5 3 (0.99%) Debian
6 1 (0.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 40 (13.25%) Agile
3 33 (10.93%) DevOps
4 32 (10.60%) Computer Science
5 31 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
6 30 (9.93%) CI/CD
7 24 (7.95%) Machine Learning
7 24 (7.95%) Multithreading
7 24 (7.95%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (7.95%) Scrum
8 23 (7.62%) Artificial Intelligence
9 20 (6.62%) SDLC
9 20 (6.62%) Unit Testing
10 19 (6.29%) Roadmaps
11 18 (5.96%) Code Quality
12 17 (5.63%) OO
12 17 (5.63%) Web Development
13 16 (5.30%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (5.30%) Mentoring
13 16 (5.30%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.85%) Python
2 59 (19.54%) C++
3 44 (14.57%) JavaScript
4 38 (12.58%) Bash
5 36 (11.92%) C
6 33 (10.93%) Java
7 25 (8.28%) Embedded C
7 25 (8.28%) Rust
8 22 (7.28%) TypeScript
9 20 (6.62%) C#
10 14 (4.64%) Perl
11 10 (3.31%) SQL
12 5 (1.66%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.32%) Swift
14 3 (0.99%) PHP
15 2 (0.66%) Go
16 1 (0.33%) Ada
16 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 51 (16.89%) Degree
3 20 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 13 (4.30%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.33%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.97%) PMO
2 2 (0.66%) Def Stans
2 2 (0.66%) IEC 61508
2 2 (0.66%) QA
System Software
1 23 (7.62%) Docker
2 7 (2.32%) Embedded Firmware
2 7 (2.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (4.64%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.32%) Terraform
3 3 (0.99%) Grafana
4 2 (0.66%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (2.98%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.65%) ESRI
3 4 (1.32%) YouTube
4 2 (0.66%) Google