Software Engineering Jobs in Dorset

Software Engineering
South West > Dorset

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 34 19
Rank change year-on-year +24 -15 +13
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 216 50 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 17.13% 7.80% 14.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.21% 8.14% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 150 36 83
10th Percentile £38,750 - £26,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -20.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,750 £76,250 -
South West median annual salary £55,000 £62,450 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.93% +4.08% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,069 614 753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 84.77% 95.79% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 607 331 547
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,875 £39,511 £38,044
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £75,000
South West median annual salary £51,000 £54,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.42% +9.00% +7.76%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Dorset

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Dorset

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Dorset over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Dorset

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Bournemouth +14 87 £60,000 +12.15% 8
Poole +16 40 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Dorchester +7 21 £45,000 +50.00% 9
Weymouth - 6 £47,500 - 4
Blandford Forum - 3 £55,000 - 4
Wareham - 3 - - 1
Wimborne - 2 £10,500 -
Ferndown - 1 £37,500 -
Software Engineering
South West

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (0.46%) CMS
1 1 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (2.78%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 15 (6.94%) AWS
2 3 (1.39%) Azure
3 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.56%) MySQL
2 7 (3.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (12.50%) LabVIEW
2 22 (10.19%) Git
3 9 (4.17%) NetBeans
3 9 (4.17%) Subversion
3 9 (4.17%) Visual Studio
4 7 (3.24%) JIRA
4 7 (3.24%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (1.39%) Eclipse
5 3 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.46%) CppUnit
6 1 (0.46%) JUnit
6 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
General
1 27 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 21 (9.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (7.87%) Finance
3 17 (7.87%) Manufacturing
4 15 (6.94%) Law
5 11 (5.09%) Banking
5 11 (5.09%) Investment Banking
6 9 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (4.17%) Aviation
7 6 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.78%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.31%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.39%) Marketing
9 3 (1.39%) Military
10 2 (0.93%) Avionics
10 2 (0.93%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.93%) Legal
11 1 (0.46%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 162 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 80 (37.04%) Senior
3 77 (35.65%) Senior Software Engineer
4 18 (8.33%) C++ Software Engineer
4 18 (8.33%) Lead
5 15 (6.94%) Java Engineer
5 15 (6.94%) Java Software Engineer
6 13 (6.02%) .NET Developer
6 13 (6.02%) C# .NET Developer
6 13 (6.02%) C# Developer
6 13 (6.02%) Developer
7 12 (5.56%) Lead Software Engineer
8 11 (5.09%) Principal Engineer
8 11 (5.09%) Principal Software Engineer
8 11 (5.09%) Software Manager
9 9 (4.17%) C Software Engineer
9 9 (4.17%) C/C++ Software Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) Embedded Engineer
10 8 (3.70%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 7 (3.24%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.33%) Qt
2 17 (7.87%) .NET
3 14 (6.48%) Spring Boot
4 10 (4.63%) MFC
4 10 (4.63%) STL
5 8 (3.70%) .NET Core
5 8 (3.70%) AngularJS
5 8 (3.70%) Yocto
6 6 (2.78%) JavaFX
6 6 (2.78%) Kafka
7 4 (1.85%) RESTful
8 3 (1.39%) Laravel
8 3 (1.39%) Spring
8 3 (1.39%) Web Services
9 2 (0.93%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.93%) CSS
9 2 (0.93%) HTML
9 2 (0.93%) LAMP
10 1 (0.46%) React
10 1 (0.46%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.48%) Embedded Systems
2 12 (5.56%) Algorithms
3 10 (4.63%) Hackathon
4 8 (3.70%) Client/Server
4 8 (3.70%) Device Driver
4 8 (3.70%) IoT
5 7 (3.24%) Acoustics
5 7 (3.24%) PMI
6 6 (2.78%) Robotics
7 5 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.85%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.39%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.39%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.93%) FPGA
11 1 (0.46%) Low-Code
11 1 (0.46%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.46%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 33 (15.28%) Windows
2 29 (13.43%) Linux
3 8 (3.70%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (1.85%) Android
4 4 (1.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.07%) Agile
2 48 (22.22%) SDLC
3 30 (13.89%) CI/CD
4 29 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (12.04%) Code Quality
5 26 (12.04%) Multithreading
6 24 (11.11%) Scrum
7 23 (10.65%) Microservices
8 19 (8.80%) Artificial Intelligence
9 18 (8.33%) UML
10 15 (6.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (6.94%) Mentoring
11 14 (6.48%) Defect Tracking
11 14 (6.48%) Machine Learning
12 13 (6.02%) Configuration Management
12 13 (6.02%) Customer-Centricity
12 13 (6.02%) Operational Stability
13 12 (5.56%) Full Stack Development
14 11 (5.09%) Multithreaded Programming
14 11 (5.09%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 62 (28.70%) C++
2 42 (19.44%) Java
3 41 (18.98%) C
4 26 (12.04%) C#
5 24 (11.11%) Python
6 12 (5.56%) JavaScript
6 12 (5.56%) MATLAB
7 7 (3.24%) Bash
7 7 (3.24%) Perl
8 6 (2.78%) Fortran
8 6 (2.78%) SQL
9 4 (1.85%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.85%) Swift
10 3 (1.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (16.67%) Degree
2 25 (11.57%) Security Cleared
3 18 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 8 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.24%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.39%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.39%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.93%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.17%) Def Stans
1 9 (4.17%) IEC 61508
2 8 (3.70%) QA
3 6 (2.78%) ISO 9001
4 5 (2.31%) TickIT
5 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.78%) Docker
Vendors
1 14 (6.48%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.17%) Atlassian
3 8 (3.70%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.39%) Cognizant
5 2 (0.93%) Keysight
6 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.46%) Sitecore