Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Engineer salary in the South East is £53,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 72 31
Rank change year-on-year +40 -41 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1,050 548 1,761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.88% 3.98% 8.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.24% 4.42% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 776 364 677
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,938 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.20% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,125 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 16,826 12,386 19,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 89.99% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,952 7,966 12,353
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +68 415 £50,000 -18.03% 55
Hampshire +13 335 £52,500 -12.50% 35
Berkshire +82 195 £55,000 -26.67% 19
Surrey +13 175 £55,000 -15.38% 19
Oxfordshire +45 129 £51,020 -10.10% 27
Buckinghamshire -3 91 £50,000 -16.67% 10
Kent +36 57 £51,250 -2.38% 11
Sussex - 25 £45,000 - 2
West Sussex +25 22 £56,500 -5.83% 18
East Sussex +6 19 £42,500 -39.29% 2
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, 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 South East region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1,043 (99.33%) Software Engineering
2 311 (29.62%) Degree
3 298 (28.38%) C++
4 297 (28.29%) Python
5 285 (27.14%) C
6 253 (24.10%) Linux
7 227 (21.62%) C#
8 217 (20.67%) Agile
9 190 (18.10%) Security Cleared
10 177 (16.86%) Computer Science
11 173 (16.48%) .NET
12 169 (16.10%) JavaScript
13 153 (14.57%) SC Cleared
14 148 (14.10%) Azure
15 147 (14.00%) Java
16 145 (13.81%) Windows
17 144 (13.71%) Electronics
18 138 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
19 129 (12.29%) Mathematics
20 125 (11.90%) Social Skills
21 120 (11.43%) AWS
22 115 (10.95%) DevOps
22 115 (10.95%) Computer Science Degree
23 114 (10.86%) Git
24 111 (10.57%) Algorithms
25 106 (10.10%) Artificial Intelligence
26 103 (9.81%) SQL
27 100 (9.52%) React
28 74 (7.05%) Microsoft
29 73 (6.95%) Physics

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 29 (2.76%) ArcGIS
1 29 (2.76%) GeoServer
2 18 (1.71%) Apache
3 17 (1.62%) Confluence
4 6 (0.57%) nginx
4 6 (0.57%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.29%) CMS
6 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.095%) JBoss
7 1 (0.095%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.095%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (5.90%) Simulink
2 25 (2.38%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.67%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.48%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.19%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.095%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.095%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.48%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.095%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 148 (14.10%) Azure
2 120 (11.43%) AWS
3 27 (2.57%) SaaS
4 20 (1.90%) GitHub
5 18 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (1.71%) GCP
6 7 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (0.57%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 6 (0.57%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (0.57%) IaaS
8 5 (0.48%) Datadog
9 4 (0.38%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.29%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (0.29%) Serverless
11 2 (0.19%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.19%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.095%) AWS IoT
12 1 (0.095%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.095%) Google Container Engine
12 1 (0.095%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.71%) Wireless
2 14 (1.33%) J1939
3 12 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.95%) Ethernet
4 10 (0.95%) RS-485
5 8 (0.76%) Internet
6 6 (0.57%) Bluetooth
6 6 (0.57%) RS-232
7 5 (0.48%) GPRS
8 4 (0.38%) 5G
8 4 (0.38%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.29%) Modbus
9 3 (0.29%) Network Security
10 2 (0.19%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.19%) MQTT
11 1 (0.095%) 4G
11 1 (0.095%) Broadband
11 1 (0.095%) HTTP
11 1 (0.095%) LoRaWAN
11 1 (0.095%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (3.71%) GIS
3 38 (3.62%) NoSQL
4 29 (2.76%) QGIS
5 25 (2.38%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.10%) MySQL
7 10 (0.95%) Redis
8 8 (0.76%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.57%) CouchDB
11 4 (0.38%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.38%) Power BI
12 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.095%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.095%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 114 (10.86%) Git
2 44 (4.19%) JIRA
3 38 (3.62%) Visual Studio
4 36 (3.43%) Subversion
5 26 (2.48%) Jenkins
6 23 (2.19%) CMake
7 21 (2.00%) ClearCase
7 21 (2.00%) Plastic SCM
7 21 (2.00%) Vagrant
8 14 (1.33%) ClearQuest
9 12 (1.14%) GitLab
10 11 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.95%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.76%) TestRail
13 7 (0.67%) Robot Framework
14 6 (0.57%) Gradle
15 4 (0.38%) Eclipse
16 2 (0.19%) GDB
16 2 (0.19%) Sourcetree
17 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 144 (13.71%) Electronics
2 125 (11.90%) Social Skills
3 56 (5.33%) Manufacturing
4 53 (5.05%) Military
5 51 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (4.29%) Automotive
7 41 (3.90%) Finance
8 39 (3.71%) Aerospace
9 25 (2.38%) Tech for Good
10 16 (1.52%) Public Sector
11 15 (1.43%) Aviation
12 13 (1.24%) Retail
12 13 (1.24%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.05%) Marketing
14 9 (0.86%) Law
15 8 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.67%) Health Technology
17 6 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.57%) Legal
18 5 (0.48%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 173 (16.48%) .NET
2 100 (9.52%) React
3 59 (5.62%) AngularJS
4 57 (5.43%) .NET Core
5 47 (4.48%) CSS
6 46 (4.38%) Qt
7 43 (4.10%) WPF
8 36 (3.43%) Middleware
9 34 (3.24%) HTML
10 32 (3.05%) ASP.NET
11 29 (2.76%) Leaflet
11 29 (2.76%) OpenLayers
11 29 (2.76%) PostGIS
12 26 (2.48%) STL
12 26 (2.48%) Vue
13 23 (2.19%) Spring
14 21 (2.00%) XML
15 19 (1.81%) .NET Framework
16 17 (1.62%) Django
16 17 (1.62%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 111 (10.57%) Algorithms
2 59 (5.62%) IoT
3 57 (5.43%) Embedded Systems
4 37 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (2.29%) Device Driver
6 22 (2.10%) Mobile App
6 22 (2.10%) Robotics
7 21 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
8 20 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
9 19 (1.81%) Analogue Electronics
10 18 (1.71%) Satnav
11 16 (1.52%) FPGA
12 14 (1.33%) Acoustics
12 14 (1.33%) Raspberry Pi
13 13 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
14 12 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.14%) VHDL
15 10 (0.95%) Life Science
16 9 (0.86%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 253 (24.10%) Linux
2 145 (13.81%) Windows
3 49 (4.67%) Embedded Linux
4 40 (3.81%) Ubuntu
5 31 (2.95%) Android
6 25 (2.38%) CentOS
7 24 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (1.62%) Unix
9 12 (1.14%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.67%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,043 (99.33%) Software Engineering
2 217 (20.67%) Agile
3 177 (16.86%) Computer Science
4 138 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
5 129 (12.29%) Mathematics
6 115 (10.95%) DevOps
7 106 (10.10%) Artificial Intelligence
8 73 (6.95%) Physics
9 72 (6.86%) Full Stack Development
10 71 (6.76%) Mentoring
11 69 (6.57%) Actionable Insight
12 63 (6.00%) Machine Learning
12 63 (6.00%) Software Testing
13 62 (5.90%) SDLC
14 60 (5.71%) Test Automation
15 54 (5.14%) Signal Processing
16 49 (4.67%) OO
17 46 (4.38%) Collaborative Working
17 46 (4.38%) Microservices
17 46 (4.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 298 (28.38%) C++
2 297 (28.29%) Python
3 285 (27.14%) C
4 227 (21.62%) C#
5 169 (16.10%) JavaScript
6 147 (14.00%) Java
7 103 (9.81%) SQL
8 44 (4.19%) Bash
9 43 (4.10%) MATLAB
10 41 (3.90%) Embedded C
11 36 (3.43%) Kotlin
12 35 (3.33%) TypeScript
13 29 (2.76%) Go
14 25 (2.38%) Fortran
15 22 (2.10%) PowerShell
16 18 (1.71%) Haskell
17 16 (1.52%) Perl
18 15 (1.43%) PHP
19 14 (1.33%) T-SQL
20 11 (1.05%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 311 (29.62%) Degree
2 190 (18.10%) Security Cleared
3 153 (14.57%) SC Cleared
4 115 (10.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (5.05%) Master's Degree
6 49 (4.67%) PhD
7 18 (1.71%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.05%) HND
9 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.95%) QA
2 21 (2.00%) MISRA
3 20 (1.90%) Software Quality Assurance
4 15 (1.43%) ISO 26262
5 14 (1.33%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.33%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.095%) GDPR
7 1 (0.095%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.095%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.095%) JTAG
System Software
1 51 (4.86%) Docker
2 40 (3.81%) Firmware
3 35 (3.33%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.095%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (3.43%) Terraform
2 35 (3.33%) Ansible
3 24 (2.29%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.48%) SELinux
5 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.095%) Grafana
6 1 (0.095%) Kibana
6 1 (0.095%) Puppet
Vendors
1 74 (7.05%) Microsoft
2 30 (2.86%) ESRI
3 21 (2.00%) IBM
3 21 (2.00%) Lauterbach
4 20 (1.90%) Xilinx
5 15 (1.43%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.05%) SAP
7 8 (0.76%) Google
7 8 (0.76%) Siemens
8 7 (0.67%) Oracle
9 6 (0.57%) VMware
10 5 (0.48%) Siebel
10 5 (0.48%) YouTube
11 4 (0.38%) Facebook
11 4 (0.38%) Instagram
11 4 (0.38%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.38%) Renesas
12 3 (0.29%) QinetiQ
12 3 (0.29%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.29%) Xamarin