Software Engineer Jobs in Swindon

Software Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Software Engineer salary in Swindon is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

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

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 49 50
Rank change year-on-year +20 +1 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1 7 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 0.71% 1.54% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.64% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - - £53,000
25th Percentile £81,250 £40,000 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -25.00% -17.65%
75th Percentile £83,750 £61,250 £78,125
90th Percentile - £62,000 £83,000
Wiltshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% - -21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 128 426 374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 93.83% 91.44%
Number of salaries quoted 98 365 279
10th Percentile £31,750 £26,250 £30,400
25th Percentile £48,165 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,143 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,568 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £70,000 £74,701
Wiltshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Swindon

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Swindon

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Swindon.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Swindon

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 Swindon region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) EMV
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) BASE24
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) VersaTest
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) VersaTest
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EMV
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) COBOL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) HP