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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 19 14
Rank change year-on-year +3 -5 +8
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,516 1,459 2,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.71% 10.35% 13.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.42% 10.96% 14.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 879 1,400
10th Percentile £38,691 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,250 £78,750 £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 14,553 13,316 19,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.59% 94.48% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 10,031 7,760 11,884
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,750 £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 £77,500 £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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +4 571 £55,000 -14.06% 114
Hampshire +8 523 £57,500 -4.17% 90
Berkshire +19 284 £60,000 -14.29% 46
Surrey -3 255 £60,000 -14.29% 42
Oxfordshire +1 185 £55,000 +4.76% 48
Buckinghamshire -26 102 £50,000 -13.04% 20
Kent -18 64 £45,000 -18.18% 14
West Sussex +4 57 £64,000 +2.40% 30
Sussex - 27 £50,000 - 7
East Sussex -36 19 £42,500 -29.17% 6
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 (1.91%) ArcGIS
1 29 (1.91%) GeoServer
2 22 (1.45%) Apache
3 19 (1.25%) Confluence
4 6 (0.40%) nginx
4 6 (0.40%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.13%) IIS
6 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.066%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.066%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 88 (5.80%) Simulink
2 27 (1.78%) Stateflow
3 10 (0.66%) OrCAD
4 7 (0.46%) CANalyzer
5 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.26%) Doxygen
7 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.066%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.066%) Mathematica
9 1 (0.066%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
1 7 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
1 7 (0.46%) Siebel CRM
2 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.066%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 238 (15.70%) Azure
2 199 (13.13%) AWS
3 73 (4.82%) SaaS
4 39 (2.57%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (1.78%) GCP
5 27 (1.78%) GitHub
6 23 (1.52%) Power Platform
7 21 (1.39%) Serverless
8 14 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
9 10 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (0.59%) Amazon S3
10 9 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (0.53%) IaaS
12 7 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
12 7 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.46%) IBM Cloud
13 6 (0.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 29 (1.91%) Network Security
2 26 (1.72%) TCP/IP
3 25 (1.65%) Wireless
4 24 (1.58%) Ethernet
5 19 (1.25%) Internet
6 14 (0.92%) J1939
7 12 (0.79%) VPN
8 11 (0.73%) Firewall
8 11 (0.73%) RS-485
9 10 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (0.59%) CTI
11 7 (0.46%) RS-232
12 6 (0.40%) GPRS
13 5 (0.33%) BGP
13 5 (0.33%) IPsec
13 5 (0.33%) LAN
13 5 (0.33%) OSPF
13 5 (0.33%) SSL
13 5 (0.33%) VLAN
13 5 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (6.07%) NoSQL
2 51 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (2.70%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.57%) GIS
5 31 (2.04%) MySQL
6 29 (1.91%) QGIS
7 19 (1.25%) Power BI
8 18 (1.19%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.99%) Redis
11 9 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.40%) CouchDB
12 6 (0.40%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.33%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.20%) Geospatial Data
14 3 (0.20%) Power Query
15 2 (0.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 196 (12.93%) Git
2 73 (4.82%) Visual Studio
3 65 (4.29%) JIRA
4 55 (3.63%) Jenkins
5 39 (2.57%) GitLab
5 39 (2.57%) Subversion
6 35 (2.31%) Selenium
7 24 (1.58%) Cypress.io
7 24 (1.58%) SoapUI
8 23 (1.52%) CMake
9 22 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
10 21 (1.39%) ClearCase
10 21 (1.39%) Plastic SCM
11 19 (1.25%) Vagrant
12 16 (1.06%) JUnit
13 14 (0.92%) ClearQuest
14 11 (0.73%) Bitbucket
15 8 (0.53%) NUnit
15 8 (0.53%) TestRail
16 7 (0.46%) Maven
General
1 240 (15.83%) Social Skills
2 157 (10.36%) Electronics
3 108 (7.12%) Finance
4 74 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 64 (4.22%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (4.22%) Military
6 59 (3.89%) Aerospace
7 51 (3.36%) Automotive
8 35 (2.31%) Public Sector
9 31 (2.04%) Law
10 29 (1.91%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.78%) Legal
12 26 (1.72%) Tech for Good
13 20 (1.32%) Aviation
13 20 (1.32%) Marketing
14 17 (1.12%) Retail
15 15 (0.99%) Health Technology
16 14 (0.92%) Games
16 14 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 997 (65.77%) Software Engineer
2 374 (24.67%) Senior
3 283 (18.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 249 (16.42%) Embedded Engineer
5 230 (15.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 204 (13.46%) Developer
7 166 (10.95%) Lead
8 107 (7.06%) C++ Software Engineer
9 80 (5.28%) Software Developer
10 76 (5.01%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 73 (4.82%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 64 (4.22%) Lead Software Engineer
13 56 (3.69%) Team Leader
14 55 (3.63%) Senior Developer
15 48 (3.17%) Graduate
16 45 (2.97%) Architect
17 44 (2.90%) Graduate Software Engineer
18 43 (2.84%) C# Software Engineer
18 43 (2.84%) Software Team Leader
19 37 (2.44%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 290 (19.13%) .NET
2 154 (10.16%) React
3 84 (5.54%) CSS
4 80 (5.28%) .NET Core
5 74 (4.88%) HTML
6 70 (4.62%) AngularJS
7 59 (3.89%) Qt
8 52 (3.43%) Spring
9 48 (3.17%) Middleware
10 47 (3.10%) ASP.NET
11 39 (2.57%) .NET Framework
11 39 (2.57%) WPF
12 37 (2.44%) Vue
13 29 (1.91%) Leaflet
13 29 (1.91%) OpenLayers
13 29 (1.91%) PostGIS
14 28 (1.85%) STL
15 27 (1.78%) Jest
16 26 (1.72%) Hibernate
17 25 (1.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 145 (9.56%) Algorithms
2 76 (5.01%) Embedded Systems
3 72 (4.75%) IoT
4 59 (3.89%) Greenfield Project
5 37 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 33 (2.18%) FPGA
8 32 (2.11%) Product Ownership
9 31 (2.04%) Mobile App
10 28 (1.85%) Robotics
11 26 (1.72%) Device Driver
12 23 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
13 22 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
15 20 (1.32%) Analogue Electronics
15 20 (1.32%) Data Structures
15 20 (1.32%) Satnav
16 18 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
16 18 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
17 17 (1.12%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 328 (21.64%) Linux
2 184 (12.14%) Windows
3 68 (4.49%) Embedded Linux
4 38 (2.51%) Android
5 37 (2.44%) Ubuntu
6 23 (1.52%) CentOS
7 22 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (1.06%) Unix
9 12 (0.79%) Apple iOS
9 12 (0.79%) Windows 10
10 5 (0.33%) Kali Linux
11 4 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
11 4 (0.26%) Windows Server
12 3 (0.20%) VxWorks
13 2 (0.13%) Rocky
14 1 (0.066%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 442 (29.16%) Agile
2 281 (18.54%) Computer Science
3 260 (17.15%) Problem-Solving
4 241 (15.90%) DevOps
5 163 (10.75%) Artificial Intelligence
6 160 (10.55%) Mathematics
7 139 (9.17%) Mentoring
8 128 (8.44%) Test Automation
9 118 (7.78%) CI/CD
10 116 (7.65%) SDLC
11 106 (6.99%) Machine Learning
12 105 (6.93%) Full Stack Development
13 94 (6.20%) Physics
14 82 (5.41%) Actionable Insight
15 81 (5.34%) Software Testing
16 80 (5.28%) Technical Leadership
17 73 (4.82%) Collaborative Working
17 73 (4.82%) Signal Processing
18 71 (4.68%) Scrum
19 70 (4.62%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 404 (26.65%) Python
2 363 (23.94%) C++
3 353 (23.28%) C
4 336 (22.16%) C#
5 249 (16.42%) Java
5 249 (16.42%) JavaScript
6 201 (13.26%) SQL
7 81 (5.34%) TypeScript
8 58 (3.83%) MATLAB
9 57 (3.76%) Bash
10 55 (3.63%) Embedded C
11 51 (3.36%) Kotlin
12 43 (2.84%) PowerShell
13 40 (2.64%) Go
14 25 (1.65%) PHP
15 24 (1.58%) Fortran
16 22 (1.45%) T-SQL
17 18 (1.19%) Perl
18 17 (1.12%) Haskell
18 17 (1.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 468 (30.87%) Degree
2 284 (18.73%) Security Cleared
3 190 (12.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 186 (12.27%) SC Cleared
5 75 (4.95%) Master's Degree
6 56 (3.69%) PhD
7 36 (2.37%) DV Cleared
8 15 (0.99%) CISSP
9 13 (0.86%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.73%) HND
11 10 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.53%) CISM
12 8 (0.53%) GIAC
12 8 (0.53%) GPEN
13 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.40%) Numerate Degree
15 5 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.33%) CCIE
15 5 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.33%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (5.15%) QA
2 22 (1.45%) Software Quality Assurance
3 21 (1.39%) MISRA
4 19 (1.25%) ISO 26262
5 18 (1.19%) Automotive SPICE
6 14 (0.92%) AUTOSAR
7 13 (0.86%) NIST
8 10 (0.66%) GDPR
8 10 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.53%) GRC
9 8 (0.53%) ISO 13485
9 8 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.40%) NIST 800
11 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 2 (0.13%) JTAG
12 2 (0.13%) SLA
13 1 (0.066%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.066%) IEC 62304
13 1 (0.066%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 115 (7.59%) Docker
2 55 (3.63%) Firmware
3 38 (2.51%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.20%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.13%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.066%) Kamailio
7 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 86 (5.67%) Kubernetes
2 52 (3.43%) Ansible
3 44 (2.90%) Terraform
4 6 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (0.40%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.40%) Nessus
5 5 (0.33%) SELinux
5 5 (0.33%) Suricata
6 2 (0.13%) Grafana
6 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.13%) SCCM
7 1 (0.066%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.066%) FTK
7 1 (0.066%) Nagios
7 1 (0.066%) Puppet
7 1 (0.066%) SCOM
Vendors
1 142 (9.37%) Microsoft
2 36 (2.37%) Xilinx
3 30 (1.98%) ESRI
4 29 (1.91%) IBM
5 26 (1.72%) SAP
6 21 (1.39%) Lauterbach
7 15 (0.99%) Atlassian
8 13 (0.86%) Oracle
9 10 (0.66%) EMC
9 10 (0.66%) Google
9 10 (0.66%) IFS
9 10 (0.66%) Red Hat
9 10 (0.66%) VMware
10 8 (0.53%) Siemens
10 8 (0.53%) Splunk
11 7 (0.46%) Siebel
12 6 (0.40%) Cisco
12 6 (0.40%) Qualys
13 5 (0.33%) Juniper
13 5 (0.33%) Palo Alto