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 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 11 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 -6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 490 1,233 751
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 13.63% 13.28% 11.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.58% 15.90% 11.80%
Number of salaries quoted 295 943 450
10th Percentile £33,800 £32,500 £38,400
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,859 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,267 £80,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% -13.79% +3.57%

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 3,360 7,755 6,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.44% 83.54% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,930 5,571 3,573
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,063 £37,500 £39,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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 12 May 2025.

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 12 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 +2 271 £55,000 -4.35% 167
Gloucestershire +2 112 £52,600 +0.19% 135
Dorset -13 34 £47,500 -17.39% 30
Somerset -10 23 £71,250 +42.50% 48
Devon -17 23 £65,000 +52.94% 36
Wiltshire -16 22 £52,500 -4.55% 21
Cornwall +10 2 £77,500 -3.13% 7
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 20 (4.08%) Jupyter
2 6 (1.22%) Apache
3 5 (1.02%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.82%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 87 (17.76%) Simulink
2 9 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 2 (0.41%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.20%) BASE24
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 99 (20.20%) AWS
2 78 (15.92%) Azure
3 40 (8.16%) GCP
4 24 (4.90%) GitHub
5 21 (4.29%) Serverless
6 16 (3.27%) GitHub Actions
6 16 (3.27%) SaaS
7 10 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (1.22%) Amazon S3
9 6 (1.22%) Azure Functions
9 6 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (1.02%) npm
10 5 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.82%) Figma
11 4 (0.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.45%) 5G
1 12 (2.45%) SD-WAN
1 12 (2.45%) WAN
2 4 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.41%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.41%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.20%) ATM
4 1 (0.20%) GSM
4 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.69%) Big Data
2 18 (3.67%) MySQL
3 14 (2.86%) MongoDB
4 13 (2.65%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.65%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.04%) SQL Server
6 7 (1.43%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.82%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.61%) DynamoDB
9 3 (0.61%) Tableau
10 2 (0.41%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.41%) Power BI
10 2 (0.41%) RavenDB
11 1 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.20%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.20%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.20%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.20%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 55 (11.22%) Git
2 29 (5.92%) GitLab
3 16 (3.27%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.65%) JIRA
5 9 (1.84%) Visual Studio
6 7 (1.43%) Cucumber
6 7 (1.43%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.22%) Eclipse
7 6 (1.22%) Eclipse RCP
7 6 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
8 5 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.02%) JUnit
8 5 (1.02%) Postman
8 5 (1.02%) webpack
9 4 (0.82%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.82%) Selenium
10 3 (0.61%) Maven
10 3 (0.61%) NetBeans
10 3 (0.61%) Xcode
10 3 (0.61%) XCTest
General
1 102 (20.82%) Finance
2 91 (18.57%) Electronics
3 64 (13.06%) Social Skills
4 54 (11.02%) Banking
5 41 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
6 28 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.67%) Marketing
8 17 (3.47%) Retail
9 16 (3.27%) Games
10 13 (2.65%) Manufacturing
11 12 (2.45%) Aerospace
12 11 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (1.84%) Local Government
14 8 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.43%) Legal
15 7 (1.43%) Public Sector
16 3 (0.61%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.61%) Private Banking
16 3 (0.61%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.41%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 196 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 90 (18.37%) Systems Engineer
3 84 (17.14%) Senior
4 50 (10.20%) Lead
5 41 (8.37%) Senior Software Engineer
6 32 (6.53%) Developer
7 27 (5.51%) Principal Engineer
7 27 (5.51%) Software Assurance Engineer
8 23 (4.69%) Data Scientist
9 20 (4.08%) Senior Data Scientist
9 20 (4.08%) Technical Leader
10 17 (3.47%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 17 (3.47%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
10 17 (3.47%) Lead Software Engineer
11 11 (2.24%) Analyst
11 11 (2.24%) Java Engineer
11 11 (2.24%) Java Software Engineer
11 11 (2.24%) Junior
11 11 (2.24%) Team Leader
12 9 (1.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (12.45%) React
2 32 (6.53%) HTML
2 32 (6.53%) Node.js
3 30 (6.12%) .NET
4 29 (5.92%) CSS
4 29 (5.92%) Spring Boot
5 23 (4.69%) AngularJS
6 19 (3.88%) Spring
7 15 (3.06%) RESTful
8 14 (2.86%) XML
9 12 (2.45%) .NET Core
9 12 (2.45%) REST
9 12 (2.45%) Software Packaging
10 11 (2.24%) LAMP
10 11 (2.24%) Laravel
11 9 (1.84%) Kafka
12 8 (1.63%) .NET Framework
12 8 (1.63%) Web Services
13 7 (1.43%) JSON
13 7 (1.43%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.33%) Algorithms
2 21 (4.29%) Cyberattack
3 17 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (3.27%) Mobile App
5 14 (2.86%) Private Cloud
6 12 (2.45%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.45%) Self-Driving Car
7 8 (1.63%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.43%) Reinsurance
9 6 (1.22%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.22%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.02%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.02%) Hackathon
10 5 (1.02%) Reference Data
11 4 (0.82%) Educational Technology
11 4 (0.82%) GNSS
11 4 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (0.82%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.96%) Linux
2 22 (4.49%) Windows
3 8 (1.63%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.43%) Android
5 2 (0.41%) Unix
6 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (31.84%) Systems Engineering
2 152 (31.02%) Agile
3 146 (29.80%) Mathematics
4 105 (21.43%) Validation
5 104 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (19.39%) Decision-Making
7 87 (17.76%) DevOps
8 85 (17.35%) Mentoring
9 84 (17.14%) Digital Twin
9 84 (17.14%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
9 84 (17.14%) SysML
9 84 (17.14%) Verification and Validation
10 83 (16.94%) CI/CD
11 72 (14.69%) Software Assurance
11 72 (14.69%) Test Automation
12 70 (14.29%) Computer Science
13 56 (11.43%) Artificial Intelligence
13 56 (11.43%) Microservices
14 49 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
15 48 (9.80%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 123 (25.10%) Java
2 112 (22.86%) Python
3 98 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 89 (18.16%) MATLAB
5 49 (10.00%) SQL
6 38 (7.76%) C#
7 32 (6.53%) C++
8 31 (6.33%) TypeScript
9 20 (4.08%) PHP
10 13 (2.65%) Rust
11 12 (2.45%) C
12 8 (1.63%) Bash
12 8 (1.63%) Go
13 6 (1.22%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.82%) Ada
14 4 (0.82%) Swift
15 3 (0.61%) Clojure
15 3 (0.61%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.61%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 187 (38.16%) Degree
2 87 (17.76%) HNC
3 84 (17.14%) HND
4 78 (15.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 75 (15.31%) Security Cleared
6 36 (7.35%) DV Cleared
7 31 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (6.12%) SC Cleared
9 9 (1.84%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.43%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.02%) PhD
12 4 (0.82%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.82%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
14 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.08%) QA
2 12 (2.45%) PMO
3 9 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.22%) NIST
5 4 (0.82%) Def Stans
5 4 (0.82%) JSP 440
5 4 (0.82%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.61%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.61%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.61%) WCAG
7 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.20%) MISRA
System Software
1 60 (12.24%) Docker
2 5 (1.02%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 55 (11.22%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.88%) Terraform
3 6 (1.22%) BMC PATROL
3 6 (1.22%) Kibana
4 3 (0.61%) Ansible
5 2 (0.41%) Argo
5 2 (0.41%) Graylog
5 2 (0.41%) Istio
5 2 (0.41%) Podman
5 2 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (5.10%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.27%) Google
3 14 (2.86%) Oracle
4 9 (1.84%) Databricks
5 8 (1.63%) Atlassian
6 6 (1.22%) Graphcore
7 5 (1.02%) IBM
8 4 (0.82%) F5
8 4 (0.82%) Intel
9 3 (0.61%) SAP
10 2 (0.41%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.41%) SnapLogic
10 2 (0.41%) Splunk
10 2 (0.41%) Twitter
10 2 (0.41%) UiPath
11 1 (0.20%) HP
11 1 (0.20%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.20%) QNX
11 1 (0.20%) Salesforce