Software Engineering Jobs in the South East

Software Engineering
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 16 21 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +9
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,590 1,383 2,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.90% 10.05% 14.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.72% 10.65% 14.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 864 1,388
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,875 £34,997
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.73% +12.17% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,125 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,831 12,988 19,581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.99% 94.36% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,186 7,705 11,814
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,550 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,339 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
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 Engineering 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 +6 597 £55,000 -14.73% 123
Hampshire +7 552 £57,500 -4.17% 76
Berkshire +25 296 £60,000 -14.29% 42
Surrey -3 263 £60,000 -14.29% 39
Oxfordshire +3 195 £55,000 +4.76% 50
Buckinghamshire -21 106 £50,000 -13.04% 32
Kent -13 67 £42,500 -20.93% 24
West Sussex +4 60 £64,000 +2.40% 27
Sussex - 31 £45,000 - 3
East Sussex -35 20 £42,500 -29.17% 7
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 (1.82%) ArcGIS
1 29 (1.82%) GeoServer
2 21 (1.32%) Apache
3 20 (1.26%) Confluence
4 6 (0.38%) nginx
4 6 (0.38%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.19%) CMS
5 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.063%) IIS
7 1 (0.063%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 93 (5.85%) Simulink
2 27 (1.70%) Stateflow
3 10 (0.63%) OrCAD
4 7 (0.44%) CANalyzer
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.25%) Doxygen
7 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.063%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.063%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 7 (0.44%) NetSuite
1 7 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.31%) Siebel CRM
3 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.063%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.063%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 247 (15.53%) Azure
2 207 (13.02%) AWS
3 73 (4.59%) SaaS
4 41 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
5 31 (1.95%) GCP
6 28 (1.76%) GitHub
7 23 (1.45%) Power Platform
8 18 (1.13%) Serverless
9 12 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (0.57%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (0.57%) Amazon S3
11 9 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
13 7 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (0.44%) IaaS
13 7 (0.44%) IBM Cloud
14 6 (0.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.38%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.01%) Network Security
2 26 (1.64%) TCP/IP
3 25 (1.57%) Wireless
4 24 (1.51%) Ethernet
5 19 (1.19%) Internet
6 14 (0.88%) J1939
7 12 (0.75%) VPN
8 11 (0.69%) Firewall
8 11 (0.69%) RS-485
9 10 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (0.57%) CTI
11 7 (0.44%) RS-232
12 6 (0.38%) GPRS
13 5 (0.31%) BGP
13 5 (0.31%) IPsec
13 5 (0.31%) LAN
13 5 (0.31%) OSPF
13 5 (0.31%) SSL
13 5 (0.31%) VLAN
13 5 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (5.91%) NoSQL
2 55 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (2.52%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.45%) GIS
5 35 (2.20%) MySQL
6 29 (1.82%) QGIS
7 19 (1.19%) Power BI
8 16 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
8 16 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 15 (0.94%) Redis
10 9 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.38%) CouchDB
12 6 (0.38%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.31%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.19%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.19%) Power Query
15 2 (0.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 200 (12.58%) Git
2 74 (4.65%) Visual Studio
3 66 (4.15%) JIRA
4 54 (3.40%) Jenkins
5 40 (2.52%) GitLab
6 39 (2.45%) Subversion
7 37 (2.33%) Selenium
8 24 (1.51%) Cypress.io
8 24 (1.51%) SoapUI
9 23 (1.45%) CMake
10 22 (1.38%) Team Foundation Server
11 21 (1.32%) ClearCase
11 21 (1.32%) Plastic SCM
11 21 (1.32%) Vagrant
12 17 (1.07%) JUnit
13 14 (0.88%) ClearQuest
14 12 (0.75%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.50%) NUnit
15 8 (0.50%) TestRail
16 7 (0.44%) Robot Framework
General
1 249 (15.66%) Social Skills
2 164 (10.31%) Electronics
3 114 (7.17%) Finance
4 78 (4.91%) Manufacturing
5 69 (4.34%) Analytical Skills
6 66 (4.15%) Military
7 59 (3.71%) Aerospace
8 55 (3.46%) Automotive
9 37 (2.33%) Public Sector
10 31 (1.95%) Law
11 29 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.76%) Tech for Good
13 27 (1.70%) Legal
14 21 (1.32%) Aviation
14 21 (1.32%) Marketing
15 17 (1.07%) Retail
16 15 (0.94%) Health Technology
17 14 (0.88%) Games
17 14 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1,043 (65.60%) Software Engineer
2 392 (24.65%) Senior
3 294 (18.49%) Senior Software Engineer
4 266 (16.73%) Embedded Engineer
5 247 (15.53%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 220 (13.84%) Developer
7 172 (10.82%) Lead
8 105 (6.60%) C++ Software Engineer
9 84 (5.28%) Software Developer
10 79 (4.97%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 76 (4.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 65 (4.09%) Lead Software Engineer
13 63 (3.96%) Senior Developer
14 60 (3.77%) Team Leader
15 49 (3.08%) Architect
15 49 (3.08%) Graduate
16 46 (2.89%) Software Team Leader
17 45 (2.83%) Graduate Software Engineer
18 44 (2.77%) C# Software Engineer
19 41 (2.58%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 291 (18.30%) .NET
2 154 (9.69%) React
3 86 (5.41%) CSS
4 79 (4.97%) .NET Core
5 76 (4.78%) HTML
6 70 (4.40%) AngularJS
7 60 (3.77%) Qt
8 54 (3.40%) Spring
9 50 (3.14%) Middleware
10 46 (2.89%) ASP.NET
11 43 (2.70%) WPF
12 40 (2.52%) .NET Framework
13 36 (2.26%) Vue
14 29 (1.82%) Leaflet
14 29 (1.82%) OpenLayers
14 29 (1.82%) PostGIS
15 28 (1.76%) STL
16 27 (1.70%) Hibernate
16 27 (1.70%) Jest
17 26 (1.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 146 (9.18%) Algorithms
2 78 (4.91%) Embedded Systems
3 73 (4.59%) IoT
4 64 (4.03%) Greenfield Project
5 37 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.26%) Product Ownership
7 34 (2.14%) Management Information System
8 33 (2.08%) FPGA
8 33 (2.08%) Robotics
9 32 (2.01%) Mobile App
10 26 (1.64%) Device Driver
11 24 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.51%) Renewable Energy
12 23 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
13 20 (1.26%) Analogue Electronics
13 20 (1.26%) Data Structures
14 18 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (1.13%) Satnav
15 17 (1.07%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 341 (21.45%) Linux
2 185 (11.64%) Windows
3 73 (4.59%) Embedded Linux
4 41 (2.58%) Android
5 40 (2.52%) Ubuntu
6 25 (1.57%) CentOS
7 24 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (1.07%) Unix
9 13 (0.82%) Apple iOS
9 13 (0.82%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.31%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
12 3 (0.19%) VxWorks
12 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
13 2 (0.13%) Rocky
14 1 (0.063%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.063%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 451 (28.36%) Agile
2 287 (18.05%) Computer Science
3 260 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
4 247 (15.53%) DevOps
5 173 (10.88%) Artificial Intelligence
6 164 (10.31%) Mathematics
7 138 (8.68%) Mentoring
8 127 (7.99%) Test Automation
9 119 (7.48%) CI/CD
9 119 (7.48%) SDLC
10 113 (7.11%) Machine Learning
11 112 (7.04%) Full Stack Development
12 98 (6.16%) Physics
13 84 (5.28%) Software Testing
14 81 (5.09%) Signal Processing
14 81 (5.09%) Technical Leadership
15 77 (4.84%) Collaborative Working
16 76 (4.78%) Actionable Insight
17 73 (4.59%) Scrum
18 70 (4.40%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 413 (25.97%) Python
2 380 (23.90%) C++
3 365 (22.96%) C
4 343 (21.57%) C#
5 259 (16.29%) Java
6 250 (15.72%) JavaScript
7 201 (12.64%) SQL
8 83 (5.22%) TypeScript
9 59 (3.71%) MATLAB
10 56 (3.52%) Bash
10 56 (3.52%) Embedded C
11 53 (3.33%) Kotlin
12 44 (2.77%) Go
13 43 (2.70%) PowerShell
14 32 (2.01%) PHP
15 25 (1.57%) Fortran
16 22 (1.38%) T-SQL
17 18 (1.13%) Haskell
18 16 (1.01%) Perl
19 15 (0.94%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 483 (30.38%) Degree
2 290 (18.24%) Security Cleared
3 192 (12.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 190 (11.95%) SC Cleared
5 75 (4.72%) Master's Degree
6 57 (3.58%) PhD
7 42 (2.64%) DV Cleared
8 15 (0.94%) CISSP
9 12 (0.75%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.69%) HND
11 9 (0.57%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.50%) CISM
12 8 (0.50%) GIAC
12 8 (0.50%) GPEN
13 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.38%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.31%) CCIE
14 5 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.31%) JNCIE
15 4 (0.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.65%) QA
2 21 (1.32%) MISRA
3 20 (1.26%) Software Quality Assurance
4 19 (1.19%) ISO 26262
5 18 (1.13%) Automotive SPICE
6 14 (0.88%) AUTOSAR
7 13 (0.82%) NIST
8 10 (0.63%) GDPR
8 10 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.57%) ISO 13485
10 8 (0.50%) GRC
10 8 (0.50%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.38%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.13%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
13 2 (0.13%) JTAG
13 2 (0.13%) SLA
14 1 (0.063%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.063%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 120 (7.55%) Docker
2 57 (3.58%) Firmware
3 39 (2.45%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.19%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.063%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.063%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 93 (5.85%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.40%) Ansible
3 46 (2.89%) Terraform
4 6 (0.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (0.38%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.38%) Nessus
5 5 (0.31%) SELinux
5 5 (0.31%) Suricata
6 2 (0.13%) Grafana
6 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.13%) Puppet
7 1 (0.063%) FTK
7 1 (0.063%) Nagios
7 1 (0.063%) SCCM
Vendors
1 148 (9.31%) Microsoft
2 40 (2.52%) Xilinx
3 30 (1.89%) ESRI
4 28 (1.76%) IBM
5 25 (1.57%) SAP
6 21 (1.32%) Lauterbach
7 16 (1.01%) Atlassian
8 11 (0.69%) EMC
9 10 (0.63%) Google
9 10 (0.63%) IFS
9 10 (0.63%) VMware
10 9 (0.57%) Red Hat
11 8 (0.50%) Oracle
11 8 (0.50%) Siemens
11 8 (0.50%) Splunk
12 6 (0.38%) Cisco
12 6 (0.38%) Qualys
13 5 (0.31%) Juniper
13 5 (0.31%) Palo Alto
13 5 (0.31%) Siebel