Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

The median annual salary for a Senior Software Engineer was £45,000 in advertised job vacancies in the South West during the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Senior Software Engineer England / South West
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	184	185	190
Rank change year-on-year	+1	+5
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer	60	51	59
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West	1.13%	0.99%	0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category	1.16%	1.01%	1.01%
Number of salaries quoted	53	46	44
Median salary	£45,000	£43,000	£52,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.65%	-18.09%
90% offered a salary of more than	£37,500	£39,800	£40,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£52,500	£56,200	£69,250
UK excluding London median salary	£50,000	£47,500	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles South West
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	5151	5050	5839
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West	97.06%	97.62%	97.15%
Number of salaries quoted	4281	4276	4924
Median salary	£40,000	£40,000	£37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£23,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£60,000	£55,500	£55,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the South West that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South West

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT 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

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the South West over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

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 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Somerset	+5	19	£45,000	+12.50%	3
Dorset	+6	17	£40,000	-5.88%	3
Gloucestershire	+1	8	£49,500	+23.75%
Bristol	-22	8	£43,250	-19.53%	7
Devon	+3	4	£52,500	+16.66%
Wiltshire	+3	4	£50,000	+8.69%	1
Senior Software Engineer England

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

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the South West region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1	122 (100.00%)	Software Engineering
2	67 (54.92%)	C#
3	63 (51.64%)	Java
4	54 (44.26%)	C++
5	51 (41.80%)	.NET
6	49 (40.16%)	Agile Software Development
7	41 (33.61%)	JavaScript
8	40 (32.79%)	C
9	39 (31.97%)	HTML
10	38 (31.15%)	SQL
11	32 (26.23%)	Spring
12	31 (25.41%)	Unit Testing
13	30 (24.59%)	Test Automation
14	28 (22.95%)	Scrum
14	28 (22.95%)	Windows

14	28 (22.95%)	OO
15	26 (21.31%)	MVC
16	25 (20.49%)	SQL Server
16	25 (20.49%)	ASP.NET
17	23 (18.85%)	CSS
17	23 (18.85%)	Continuous Integration
18	22 (18.03%)	SC Cleared
18	22 (18.03%)	Security Cleared
18	22 (18.03%)	Team Foundation Server
19	20 (16.39%)	AngularJS
19	20 (16.39%)	Line Management
20	19 (15.57%)	Embedded Systems
20	19 (15.57%)	.NET Framework
20	19 (15.57%)	TDD
21	18 (14.75%)	JUnit

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	11 (9.02%)	IIS
1	11 (9.02%)	Tomcat
2	8 (6.56%)	Mule ESB
3	7 (5.74%)	Mule
4	6 (4.92%)	Apache
5	4 (3.28%)	Anypoint
5	4 (3.28%)	Elasticsearch
5	4 (3.28%)	GlassFish
5	4 (3.28%)	WebLogic
5	4 (3.28%)	WebSphere
6	3 (2.46%)	Confluence
7	1 (0.82%)	JBoss

Business Applications
1	1 (0.82%)	SAP Business One
1	1 (0.82%)	SAP Oil and Gas

Cloud Services
1	11 (9.02%)	Microsoft Azure
2	9 (7.38%)	Amazon AWS

Communications & Networking
1	6 (4.92%)	TCP/IP
2	4 (3.28%)	HTTP
3	3 (2.46%)	Internet
4	2 (1.64%)	802.15
4	2 (1.64%)	Bluetooth
4	2 (1.64%)	Wi-Fi
4	2 (1.64%)	Wireless

Database & Business Intelligence
1	25 (20.49%)	SQL Server
2	18 (14.75%)	MongoDB
3	13 (10.66%)	NoSQL
4	12 (9.84%)	MySQL
5	8 (6.56%)	PostgreSQL
6	4 (3.28%)	Crystal Reports
7	3 (2.46%)	Relational Database
7	3 (2.46%)	SQLite
7	3 (2.46%)	Triplestore
8	2 (1.64%)	RDBMS
9	1 (0.82%)	SQL Server Integration Services
9	1 (0.82%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	22 (18.03%)	Team Foundation Server
2	18 (14.75%)	JUnit
3	15 (12.30%)	Git (software)
4	13 (10.66%)	Visual Studio
5	12 (9.84%)	NUnit
6	10 (8.20%)	JIRA
6	10 (8.20%)	Moq
6	10 (8.20%)	Visual Studio Team System
7	9 (7.38%)	Maven
7	9 (7.38%)	Mockito
8	8 (6.56%)	Cucumber
8	8 (6.56%)	Gradle
9	7 (5.74%)	Atlassian Bamboo
9	7 (5.74%)	Subversion
10	5 (4.10%)	Ant
10	5 (4.10%)	Eclipse
10	5 (4.10%)	Selenium
11	4 (3.28%)	Jenkins
11	4 (3.28%)	Liquibase
11	4 (3.28%)	Robot Framework

General
1	9 (7.38%)	Electronics
2	7 (5.74%)	Finance
3	5 (4.10%)	Automotive
3	5 (4.10%)	Manufacturing
4	4 (3.28%)	Telecoms
5	3 (2.46%)	Aerospace
6	2 (1.64%)	Advertising
7	1 (0.82%)	Games
7	1 (0.82%)	Marketing

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	51 (41.80%)	.NET
2	39 (31.97%)	HTML
3	32 (26.23%)	Spring
4	25 (20.49%)	ASP.NET
5	23 (18.85%)	CSS
6	20 (16.39%)	AngularJS
7	19 (15.57%)	.NET Framework
8	17 (13.93%)	Hibernate
8	17 (13.93%)	WPF
9	16 (13.11%)	WCF
10	14 (11.48%)	REST
11	12 (9.84%)	NHibernate
12	11 (9.02%)	Entity Framework
12	11 (9.02%)	jQuery
13	10 (8.20%)	JSON
13	10 (8.20%)	XML
14	9 (7.38%)	HTML5
15	7 (5.74%)	J2EE
15	7 (5.74%)	SOAP
16	6 (4.92%)	Spring Boot

Miscellaneous
1	19 (15.57%)	Embedded Systems
2	14 (11.48%)	Computer Science
3	10 (8.20%)	Greenfield Project
4	7 (5.74%)	Algorithms
4	7 (5.74%)	Analytical Skills
5	5 (4.10%)	User Experience
6	4 (3.28%)	Semantic Web
7	3 (2.46%)	Life Science
7	3 (2.46%)	Mobile App
8	2 (1.64%)	Internet of Things
8	2 (1.64%)	Smart Home
9	1 (0.82%)	Client/Server
9	1 (0.82%)	Digital Media
9	1 (0.82%)	Digital TV
9	1 (0.82%)	Enterprise Software
9	1 (0.82%)	MPEG

Operating Systems
1	28 (22.95%)	Windows
2	13 (10.66%)	Android
3	11 (9.02%)	Linux
3	11 (9.02%)	Windows Server
4	9 (7.38%)	Windows Server 2003
5	3 (2.46%)	Embedded Linux
6	2 (1.64%)	OpenWrt

Processes & Methodologies
1	122 (100.00%)	Software Engineering
2	49 (40.16%)	Agile Software Development
3	31 (25.41%)	Unit Testing
4	30 (24.59%)	Test Automation
5	28 (22.95%)	OO
5	28 (22.95%)	Scrum
6	26 (21.31%)	MVC
7	23 (18.85%)	Continuous Integration
8	20 (16.39%)	Line Management
9	19 (15.57%)	TDD
10	18 (14.75%)	Mentoring
11	16 (13.11%)	Multithreading
11	16 (13.11%)	OOP
12	15 (12.30%)	UML
13	14 (11.48%)	Multithreaded Programming
14	12 (9.84%)	Continuous Delivery
14	12 (9.84%)	Customer Requirements
14	12 (9.84%)	Software Delivery
15	11 (9.02%)	ETL
15	11 (9.02%)	Release Management

Programming Languages
1	67 (54.92%)	C#
2	63 (51.64%)	Java
3	54 (44.26%)	C++
4	41 (33.61%)	JavaScript
5	40 (32.79%)	C
6	38 (31.15%)	SQL
7	11 (9.02%)	Delphi
8	8 (6.56%)	PowerShell
9	7 (5.74%)	Embedded C
10	5 (4.10%)	Embedded C++
10	5 (4.10%)	Groovy
10	5 (4.10%)	Python
11	4 (3.28%)	CoffeeScript
11	4 (3.28%)	PHP
11	4 (3.28%)	T-SQL
11	4 (3.28%)	VB
11	4 (3.28%)	XPath
12	3 (2.46%)	SPARQL
13	1 (0.82%)	Bash Shell
13	1 (0.82%)	F#