Software Engineering Jobs in Wiltshire

Software Engineering
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 16 32
Rank change year-on-year -15 +16 -4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 22 110 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 6.01% 8.65% 6.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.31% 10.60% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 14 58 18
10th Percentile - - £36,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £45,000 £49,590
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £68,525 £70,563 £95,000
90th Percentile £78,308 £80,000 -
South West median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +5.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 301 1,038 865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 82.24% 81.67% 91.05%
Number of salaries quoted 236 741 497
10th Percentile £29,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £67,756 £62,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,952 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.23% -2.95% +5.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Wiltshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Wiltshire.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Wiltshire

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Wiltshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Wiltshire

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Salisbury +12 8 £34,500 -23.33% 1
Swindon +11 7 £68,525 +19.17% 12
Corsham +6 3 £65,000 - 4
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) NonStop SQL
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) VersaTest
General
1 11 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Electronics
4 3 (13.64%) Aerospace
4 3 (13.64%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Architect
1 7 (31.82%) Software Test Engineer
1 7 (31.82%) Solutions Architect
1 7 (31.82%) Test Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Principal Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Principal Solutions Architect
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Electronics Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Software Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Lead
5 1 (4.55%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) QA Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) QA Test Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) RESTful
2 1 (4.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Algorithms
1 3 (13.64%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.55%) EMV
2 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Linux
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) DevOps
1 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (31.82%) Regression Testing
2 7 (31.82%) Roadmaps
2 7 (31.82%) Software Testing
2 7 (31.82%) Time Management
3 5 (22.73%) Agile
3 5 (22.73%) Scrum
4 4 (18.18%) Business Case
4 4 (18.18%) CI/CD
4 4 (18.18%) Containerisation
4 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) Kanban
4 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
4 4 (18.18%) SOA
5 3 (13.64%) Control Theory
5 3 (13.64%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
5 3 (13.64%) Model Validation
5 3 (13.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 7 (31.82%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) MATLAB
3 2 (9.09%) C++
4 1 (4.55%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) Degree
2 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 7 (31.82%) ISTQB
4 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
5 3 (13.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
5 3 (13.64%) Master's Degree
5 3 (13.64%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) JSP 440
1 4 (18.18%) NIST
1 4 (18.18%) NIST 800
2 1 (4.55%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) HP