Software Engineering Jobs in the South West

Software Engineering
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 21 7
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,104 661 1,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.55% 10.62% 18.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.24% 11.22% 19.34%
Number of salaries quoted 788 379 817
10th Percentile £39,450 £41,227 £35,068
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,800 5,890 8,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 77.33% 94.65% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,670 3,616 5,274
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,188 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the South West

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the South West

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the South West

Software Engineering
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 Engineering 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 +10 349 £57,500 -12.01% 64
Gloucestershire +12 263 £60,000 -7.69% 43
Dorset +19 215 £57,500 +4.55% 30
Wiltshire +14 104 £50,000 -31.03% 8
Devon +33 96 £57,500 +27.78% 7
Somerset +3 42 £55,000 +4.76% 5
Cornwall - 9 £80,000 - 3
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 30 (2.72%) Confluence
2 26 (2.36%) Apache
3 21 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 18 (1.63%) ArcGIS
4 18 (1.63%) GeoServer
5 6 (0.54%) WinCC
6 4 (0.36%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.091%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.091%) CMS
7 1 (0.091%) Luigi
7 1 (0.091%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (1.09%) Simulink
2 1 (0.091%) CPLEX
Cloud Services
1 196 (17.75%) AWS
2 157 (14.22%) Azure
3 41 (3.71%) OpenShift
3 41 (3.71%) Serverless
4 37 (3.35%) GCP
5 27 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
6 22 (1.99%) SaaS
7 21 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
8 18 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
9 10 (0.91%) npm
10 9 (0.82%) Amazon S3
11 8 (0.72%) Azure Functions
12 7 (0.63%) GitHub
13 6 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (0.54%) WhatsApp
14 5 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
15 4 (0.36%) GitHub Actions
16 3 (0.27%) Sentry
17 2 (0.18%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.17%) AMQP
2 12 (1.09%) HTTP
3 10 (0.91%) Internet
3 10 (0.91%) Network Security
4 9 (0.82%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.72%) DNS
5 8 (0.72%) SMTP
5 8 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.27%) RS-232
7 2 (0.18%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.18%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.091%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.091%) PPP
8 1 (0.091%) RS-422
8 1 (0.091%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 26 (2.36%) Big Data
4 19 (1.72%) Hadoop
4 19 (1.72%) MySQL
5 18 (1.63%) Cloudera CDH
5 18 (1.63%) GIS
5 18 (1.63%) QGIS
5 18 (1.63%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.63%) SQLite
7 6 (0.54%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.45%) InfluxDB
9 4 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (0.36%) Redis
10 3 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.27%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.18%) Power BI
12 1 (0.091%) RethinkDB
Development Applications
1 94 (8.51%) Git
2 55 (4.98%) Visual Studio
3 39 (3.53%) JIRA
4 36 (3.26%) LabVIEW
5 33 (2.99%) Bitbucket
6 29 (2.63%) Jenkins
7 23 (2.08%) Sourcetree
8 17 (1.54%) GitLab
9 8 (0.72%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
9 8 (0.72%) Storybook
9 8 (0.72%) Subversion
10 7 (0.63%) MSTest
10 7 (0.63%) NetBeans
10 7 (0.63%) NUnit
10 7 (0.63%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.36%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.36%) Mocha
11 4 (0.36%) Selenium
General
1 105 (9.51%) Social Skills
2 78 (7.07%) Manufacturing
3 73 (6.61%) Aerospace
4 62 (5.62%) Finance
4 62 (5.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (3.80%) Electronics
6 39 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (2.45%) Marketing
9 25 (2.26%) Games
9 25 (2.26%) Retail
10 20 (1.81%) Tech for Good
11 18 (1.63%) Telecoms
12 17 (1.54%) Automotive
13 14 (1.27%) Aviation
13 14 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 13 (1.18%) Law
15 12 (1.09%) Financial Institution
16 11 (1.00%) Military
17 10 (0.91%) Legal
Job Titles
1 829 (75.09%) Software Engineer
2 354 (32.07%) Senior
3 302 (27.36%) Senior Software Engineer
4 215 (19.47%) Embedded Engineer
4 215 (19.47%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 123 (11.14%) Developer
6 103 (9.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 103 (9.33%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 80 (7.25%) C++ Software Engineer
8 75 (6.79%) Lead
9 45 (4.08%) Lead Software Engineer
10 43 (3.89%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
11 36 (3.26%) Software Developer
12 34 (3.08%) C# Software Engineer
13 31 (2.81%) Java Engineer
14 30 (2.72%) Senior Developer
15 27 (2.45%) Java Software Engineer
15 27 (2.45%) Principal Engineer
16 26 (2.36%) C Software Engineer
17 25 (2.26%) Embedded C++ Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (11.32%) .NET
2 124 (11.23%) React
3 75 (6.79%) AngularJS
4 63 (5.71%) Spring
5 59 (5.34%) Node.js
6 55 (4.98%) CSS
7 53 (4.80%) Spring Boot
8 52 (4.71%) .NET Core
9 46 (4.17%) REST
10 42 (3.80%) HTML
11 40 (3.62%) .NET Framework
12 34 (3.08%) ASP.NET
13 27 (2.45%) Vue
13 27 (2.45%) WPF
14 25 (2.26%) RESTful
15 24 (2.17%) Swagger
16 23 (2.08%) Entity Framework
16 23 (2.08%) RabbitMQ
16 23 (2.08%) Unity (Game Engine)
17 21 (1.90%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 40 (3.62%) Cloud Native
2 38 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
3 28 (2.54%) Embedded Systems
4 25 (2.26%) Cyberattack
5 23 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
6 22 (1.99%) Mobile App
7 21 (1.90%) GNSS
8 20 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
9 19 (1.72%) Acoustics
9 19 (1.72%) Algorithms
10 17 (1.54%) Private Cloud
11 16 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.45%) Product Ownership
11 16 (1.45%) Robotics
12 11 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.00%) PMI
12 11 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (0.91%) FPGA
13 10 (0.91%) Hackathon
14 8 (0.72%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 191 (17.30%) Linux
2 94 (8.51%) Windows
3 49 (4.44%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 26 (2.36%) Ubuntu
6 21 (1.90%) Debian
7 18 (1.63%) CentOS
8 12 (1.09%) Apple iOS
9 10 (0.91%) Unix
10 9 (0.82%) Android
11 3 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.27%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (23.73%) Agile
2 144 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
3 131 (11.87%) DevOps
4 115 (10.42%) Scrum
5 97 (8.79%) CI/CD
6 93 (8.42%) SDLC
7 88 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
8 83 (7.52%) Computer Science
9 76 (6.88%) Machine Learning
10 74 (6.70%) Mentoring
11 64 (5.80%) Microservices
12 61 (5.53%) Artificial Intelligence
13 58 (5.25%) Configuration Management
13 58 (5.25%) Full Stack Development
14 56 (5.07%) Actionable Insight
14 56 (5.07%) UML
15 54 (4.89%) Software Testing
16 51 (4.62%) OO
17 50 (4.53%) Collaborative Working
18 49 (4.44%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 293 (26.54%) Python
2 213 (19.29%) C++
3 211 (19.11%) Java
4 186 (16.85%) C#
5 167 (15.13%) JavaScript
6 151 (13.68%) C
7 82 (7.43%) Bash
8 68 (6.16%) SQL
9 61 (5.53%) Rust
9 61 (5.53%) TypeScript
10 54 (4.89%) Embedded C
11 41 (3.71%) Perl
12 28 (2.54%) PHP
13 20 (1.81%) MATLAB
14 17 (1.54%) Ada
15 10 (0.91%) Go
16 8 (0.72%) Kotlin
17 7 (0.63%) Fortran
17 7 (0.63%) Shell Script
17 7 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 277 (25.09%) Security Cleared
2 186 (16.85%) Degree
3 127 (11.50%) SC Cleared
4 83 (7.52%) DV Cleared
5 40 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 23 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (1.36%) ISTQB
8 13 (1.18%) Master's Degree
9 11 (1.00%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.27%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
10 3 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.27%) HND
11 2 (0.18%) HNC
11 2 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 1 (0.091%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.091%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.09%) Def Stans
1 12 (1.09%) PMO
2 11 (1.00%) IEC 61508
3 10 (0.91%) QA
4 7 (0.63%) ISO 9001
4 7 (0.63%) TickIT
5 6 (0.54%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.18%) DO-254
7 2 (0.18%) MISRA
8 1 (0.091%) AQAP
8 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.091%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.091%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 76 (6.88%) Docker
2 20 (1.81%) Firmware
3 16 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.36%) NFS
4 4 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 4 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 78 (7.07%) Kubernetes
2 60 (5.43%) Terraform
3 54 (4.89%) Ansible
4 31 (2.81%) Puppet
5 18 (1.63%) Progress Chef
6 13 (1.18%) Salt
7 12 (1.09%) Grafana
8 5 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.45%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.36%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 76 (6.88%) Microsoft
2 23 (2.08%) Google
3 19 (1.72%) ESRI
3 19 (1.72%) Red Hat
4 18 (1.63%) SaltStack
5 11 (1.00%) Xamarin
6 10 (0.91%) Atlassian
7 7 (0.63%) Oracle
8 6 (0.54%) Siemens
8 6 (0.54%) Twitter
9 5 (0.45%) Databricks
9 5 (0.45%) SAP
9 5 (0.45%) YouTube
10 4 (0.36%) Cognizant
10 4 (0.36%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.36%) VMware
11 3 (0.27%) Coverity
11 3 (0.27%) Samsung
12 2 (0.18%) Keysight
12 2 (0.18%) Salesforce