Software Engineer Jobs in Taunton

Software Engineer
Somerset > Taunton

The median Software Engineer salary in Taunton is £44,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 12 17
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Taunton 13.33% 6.00% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.33% 6.00% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £37,050 - -
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,534 £56,332
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £36,214 £57,197
Median % change year-on-year +22.88% -36.69% -
75th Percentile £51,500 £36,895 £58,062
90th Percentile £54,350 - -
Somerset median annual salary £63,750 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +27.50% -16.67% +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 15 50 78
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 97.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10 41 60
10th Percentile £34,437 £14,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £20,500 £34,788
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,419 £27,500 £43,889
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -37.34% -0.34%
75th Percentile £48,355 £38,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £56,500 £47,500 £63,125
Somerset median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% -10.00% +11.11%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Taunton

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Taunton

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Taunton

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Taunton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Taunton over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Taunton

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 2 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 Taunton region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (50.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Functions
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) CSS3
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) jQuery
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) ARM Cortex
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded C++
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft