Software Engineer Jobs in the South West

Software Engineer
England > South West

The median Software Engineer salary in the South West is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 48 36
Rank change year-on-year +32 -12 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 839 409 639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.17% 5.84% 8.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.54% 6.54% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 632 217 307
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 8,793 6,253 7,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.13% 89.29% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,433 3,885 5,117
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,100 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the South West

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the South West

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the South West

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 Software Engineer within the South West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +38 325 £57,500 -8.00% 95
Gloucestershire +6 204 £61,750 -5.00% 35
Dorset +19 136 £57,500 +15.00% 18
Wiltshire +18 77 £55,000 - 14
Devon +29 50 £42,500 +6.25% 14
Somerset +26 39 £50,000 -16.67% 10
Cornwall -9 1 £80,000 +88.24% 3
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 835 (99.52%) Software Engineering
2 247 (29.44%) Security Cleared
3 240 (28.61%) Python
4 230 (27.41%) Agile
5 195 (23.24%) Java
6 193 (23.00%) JavaScript
7 177 (21.10%) C++
8 165 (19.67%) Linux
8 165 (19.67%) AWS
9 155 (18.47%) C
10 138 (16.45%) Azure
11 130 (15.49%) C#
12 126 (15.02%) React
13 107 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
14 102 (12.16%) .NET
15 95 (11.32%) DevOps
16 92 (10.97%) Degree
17 88 (10.49%) Actionable Insight
18 83 (9.89%) AngularJS
19 79 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
20 74 (8.82%) Git
21 72 (8.58%) Scrum
22 71 (8.46%) Microservices
23 70 (8.34%) Bash
23 70 (8.34%) SC Cleared
23 70 (8.34%) DV Cleared
24 67 (7.99%) Embedded Linux
25 61 (7.27%) Aerospace
25 61 (7.27%) CI/CD
26 60 (7.15%) Social Skills

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 27 (3.22%) ArcGIS
1 27 (3.22%) GeoServer
2 24 (2.86%) Apache
3 13 (1.55%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.36%) Captiva
4 3 (0.36%) Confluence
4 3 (0.36%) FileNet
4 3 (0.36%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.24%) CMS
5 2 (0.24%) JBoss
5 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Fuse
5 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (1.55%) Simulink
2 2 (0.24%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 165 (19.67%) AWS
2 138 (16.45%) Azure
3 35 (4.17%) GCP
4 33 (3.93%) Serverless
5 21 (2.50%) OpenShift
6 16 (1.91%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (1.91%) SaaS
7 14 (1.67%) npm
8 13 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
8 13 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.19%) GitHub
10 7 (0.83%) Azure Functions
11 5 (0.60%) Azure Storage
12 4 (0.48%) OCI
13 3 (0.36%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (0.36%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
14 2 (0.24%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.67%) AMQP
2 8 (0.95%) Wireless
3 5 (0.60%) Bluetooth
4 4 (0.48%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.48%) RS-232
5 3 (0.36%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.24%) 3GPP
6 2 (0.24%) 5G
7 1 (0.12%) Internet
7 1 (0.12%) OFDM
7 1 (0.12%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.12%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.12%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (4.77%) SQL Server
3 27 (3.22%) GIS
3 27 (3.22%) QGIS
4 24 (2.86%) MySQL
5 20 (2.38%) Big Data
6 15 (1.79%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.67%) Hadoop
8 13 (1.55%) Cloudera CDH
9 11 (1.31%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (0.72%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.48%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.48%) Oracle ODI
13 3 (0.36%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.24%) SQLite
15 1 (0.12%) Apache Accumulo
15 1 (0.12%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 74 (8.82%) Git
2 33 (3.93%) Visual Studio
3 29 (3.46%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.03%) JIRA
5 16 (1.91%) LabVIEW
6 14 (1.67%) Subversion
7 13 (1.55%) Rational Rhapsody
8 10 (1.19%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.07%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.07%) GitLab
9 9 (1.07%) Maven
9 9 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
9 9 (1.07%) Selenium
9 9 (1.07%) Storybook
10 8 (0.95%) NetBeans
11 7 (0.83%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.72%) Postman
13 5 (0.60%) Eclipse
14 4 (0.48%) Jasmine
14 4 (0.48%) Mocha
General
1 61 (7.27%) Aerospace
2 60 (7.15%) Social Skills
3 55 (6.56%) Finance
4 41 (4.89%) Manufacturing
5 32 (3.81%) Automotive
6 31 (3.69%) Retail
7 26 (3.10%) Aviation
8 22 (2.62%) Banking
9 21 (2.50%) Marketing
10 20 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (1.91%) Military
13 14 (1.67%) Public Sector
14 13 (1.55%) Electronics
15 12 (1.43%) Financial Institution
16 8 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (0.95%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.72%) Local Government
17 6 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (15.02%) React
2 102 (12.16%) .NET
3 83 (9.89%) AngularJS
4 58 (6.91%) CSS
5 57 (6.79%) .NET Core
6 54 (6.44%) Node.js
7 52 (6.20%) Spring
8 48 (5.72%) Spring Boot
9 33 (3.93%) REST
10 31 (3.69%) .NET Framework
10 31 (3.69%) HTML
11 28 (3.34%) Swagger
12 27 (3.22%) Leaflet
12 27 (3.22%) OpenLayers
12 27 (3.22%) PostGIS
13 25 (2.98%) Qt
14 24 (2.86%) Vue
15 23 (2.74%) RESTful
16 22 (2.62%) OpenAPI
17 21 (2.50%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (2.74%) Embedded Systems
3 20 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 20 (2.38%) Product Ownership
4 14 (1.67%) Mobile App
5 13 (1.55%) IoT
6 12 (1.43%) Device Driver
7 11 (1.31%) Algorithms
7 11 (1.31%) Driving Licence
7 11 (1.31%) FPGA
8 10 (1.19%) Hackathon
9 9 (1.07%) GNSS
10 8 (0.95%) Private Cloud
10 8 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
10 8 (0.95%) Robotics
11 7 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
11 7 (0.83%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.72%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 3 (0.36%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 165 (19.67%) Linux
2 67 (7.99%) Embedded Linux
3 60 (7.15%) Windows
4 20 (2.38%) Ubuntu
5 16 (1.91%) Android
6 15 (1.79%) Apple iOS
7 13 (1.55%) CentOS
7 13 (1.55%) Debian
7 13 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.48%) Unix
9 2 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.24%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 835 (99.52%) Software Engineering
2 230 (27.41%) Agile
3 107 (12.75%) Problem-Solving
4 95 (11.32%) DevOps
5 88 (10.49%) Actionable Insight
6 79 (9.42%) Cybersecurity
7 72 (8.58%) Scrum
8 71 (8.46%) Microservices
9 61 (7.27%) CI/CD
10 58 (6.91%) SDLC
11 57 (6.79%) Full Stack Development
12 52 (6.20%) Unit Testing
13 49 (5.84%) Web Development
14 43 (5.13%) OO
15 42 (5.01%) Computer Science
16 41 (4.89%) Code Quality
16 41 (4.89%) Configuration Management
17 40 (4.77%) Mentoring
18 39 (4.65%) Containerisation
18 39 (4.65%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 240 (28.61%) Python
2 195 (23.24%) Java
3 193 (23.00%) JavaScript
4 177 (21.10%) C++
5 155 (18.47%) C
6 130 (15.49%) C#
7 70 (8.34%) Bash
8 60 (7.15%) Rust
9 59 (7.03%) Embedded C
10 50 (5.96%) TypeScript
11 48 (5.72%) SQL
12 33 (3.93%) Ada
13 20 (2.38%) MATLAB
14 15 (1.79%) PHP
15 13 (1.55%) Perl
16 10 (1.19%) Kotlin
16 10 (1.19%) Swift
17 9 (1.07%) Go
17 9 (1.07%) Shell Script
18 7 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 247 (29.44%) Security Cleared
2 92 (10.97%) Degree
3 70 (8.34%) DV Cleared
3 70 (8.34%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.36%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.24%) HND
8 1 (0.12%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.12%) OCP
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.98%) QA
2 9 (1.07%) Def Stans
2 9 (1.07%) PMO
3 7 (0.83%) MISRA
4 6 (0.72%) IEC 61508
5 5 (0.60%) Accessibility
5 5 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.60%) TickIT
6 4 (0.48%) MISRA C
7 3 (0.36%) GDPR
8 2 (0.24%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 49 (5.84%) Docker
2 12 (1.43%) Firmware
3 9 (1.07%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 46 (5.48%) Kubernetes
2 23 (2.74%) Terraform
3 19 (2.26%) Ansible
4 13 (1.55%) Puppet
5 4 (0.48%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.24%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 43 (5.13%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.22%) ESRI
3 21 (2.50%) Google
4 16 (1.91%) Red Hat
5 15 (1.79%) Oracle
6 13 (1.55%) SaltStack
7 8 (0.95%) Atlassian
8 7 (0.83%) ServiceNow
9 6 (0.72%) SAP
10 4 (0.48%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.36%) IBM
11 3 (0.36%) Kofax
11 3 (0.36%) Pega
11 3 (0.36%) SmartStream
12 2 (0.24%) Keysight
12 2 (0.24%) Samsung
12 2 (0.24%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.24%) Zoho
13 1 (0.12%) Netlify
13 1 (0.12%) Veracode