Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 71 32
Rank change year-on-year +39 -39 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1,007 600 1,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.74% 4.27% 8.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.10% 4.74% 8.74%
Number of salaries quoted 737 368 686
10th Percentile £37,300 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,250 £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 16,502 12,669 19,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 90.16% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11,730 7,986 12,354
10th Percentile £27,613 £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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +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 29 May 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 29 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 +55 401 £50,000 -19.68% 55
Hampshire +9 321 £53,000 -11.67% 46
Berkshire +78 190 £55,000 -26.67% 23
Surrey +12 170 £56,250 -13.46% 24
Oxfordshire +42 123 £51,020 -14.97% 26
Buckinghamshire +1 88 £50,000 -16.67% 6
Kent +33 55 £55,000 +4.76% 7
Sussex - 21 £45,000 - 6
West Sussex +17 19 £55,000 -8.33% 23
East Sussex -5 18 £42,500 -39.29% 3
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 1,000 (99.30%) Software Engineering
2 306 (30.39%) Degree
3 293 (29.10%) Python
4 288 (28.60%) C++
5 279 (27.71%) C
6 244 (24.23%) Linux
7 219 (21.75%) C#
8 215 (21.35%) Agile
9 189 (18.77%) Security Cleared
10 176 (17.48%) Computer Science
11 170 (16.88%) .NET
12 164 (16.29%) JavaScript
13 151 (15.00%) SC Cleared
14 143 (14.20%) Windows
15 142 (14.10%) Java
16 141 (14.00%) Azure
17 139 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
18 138 (13.70%) Electronics
19 128 (12.71%) Mathematics
20 122 (12.12%) Social Skills
21 116 (11.52%) AWS
22 115 (11.42%) Computer Science Degree
23 111 (11.02%) Git
23 111 (11.02%) Algorithms
24 110 (10.92%) DevOps
25 102 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence
26 101 (10.03%) SQL
27 98 (9.73%) React
28 72 (7.15%) Physics
28 72 (7.15%) Actionable Insight

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 (2.88%) ArcGIS
1 29 (2.88%) GeoServer
2 18 (1.79%) Apache
3 17 (1.69%) Confluence
4 6 (0.60%) nginx
4 6 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.20%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.099%) JBoss
6 1 (0.099%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.099%) WordPress
Applications
1 60 (5.96%) Simulink
2 25 (2.48%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.70%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.50%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.20%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.099%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.099%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.099%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.60%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.099%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 141 (14.00%) Azure
2 116 (11.52%) AWS
3 28 (2.78%) SaaS
4 20 (1.99%) GitHub
5 17 (1.69%) GCP
6 15 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (0.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (0.60%) IaaS
9 5 (0.50%) Datadog
10 4 (0.40%) Power Platform
10 4 (0.40%) Serverless
11 3 (0.30%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.20%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.20%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.099%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.099%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.099%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.099%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.79%) Wireless
2 14 (1.39%) J1939
3 12 (1.19%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.99%) Ethernet
4 10 (0.99%) RS-485
5 8 (0.79%) Internet
6 6 (0.60%) Bluetooth
6 6 (0.60%) RS-232
7 5 (0.50%) GPRS
8 4 (0.40%) 5G
8 4 (0.40%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.30%) Modbus
10 2 (0.20%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.20%) MQTT
11 1 (0.099%) 4G
11 1 (0.099%) Broadband
11 1 (0.099%) HTTP
11 1 (0.099%) LoRaWAN
11 1 (0.099%) Network Security
11 1 (0.099%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (4.77%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (3.87%) GIS
3 36 (3.57%) NoSQL
4 29 (2.88%) QGIS
5 25 (2.48%) SQL Server
6 21 (2.09%) MySQL
7 10 (0.99%) Redis
8 9 (0.89%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.60%) CouchDB
11 4 (0.40%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.40%) Power BI
12 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.099%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.099%) Couchbase
13 1 (0.099%) Oracle Database
13 1 (0.099%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 111 (11.02%) Git
2 43 (4.27%) JIRA
3 37 (3.67%) Visual Studio
4 35 (3.48%) Subversion
5 26 (2.58%) Jenkins
6 23 (2.28%) CMake
7 21 (2.09%) ClearCase
7 21 (2.09%) Plastic SCM
8 19 (1.89%) Vagrant
9 14 (1.39%) ClearQuest
10 12 (1.19%) GitLab
11 11 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
12 10 (0.99%) Bitbucket
13 8 (0.79%) TestRail
14 7 (0.70%) Robot Framework
15 6 (0.60%) Gradle
16 4 (0.40%) Eclipse
17 2 (0.20%) GDB
17 2 (0.20%) Sourcetree
18 1 (0.099%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 138 (13.70%) Electronics
2 122 (12.12%) Social Skills
3 55 (5.46%) Manufacturing
4 52 (5.16%) Military
5 49 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (4.17%) Automotive
7 40 (3.97%) Finance
8 39 (3.87%) Aerospace
9 23 (2.28%) Tech for Good
10 16 (1.59%) Public Sector
11 15 (1.49%) Aviation
12 13 (1.29%) Retail
12 13 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.09%) Marketing
14 9 (0.89%) Law
15 8 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.70%) Health Technology
17 6 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.60%) Legal
18 5 (0.50%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 170 (16.88%) .NET
2 98 (9.73%) React
3 58 (5.76%) AngularJS
4 57 (5.66%) .NET Core
5 45 (4.47%) CSS
5 45 (4.47%) Qt
6 39 (3.87%) WPF
7 34 (3.38%) Middleware
8 32 (3.18%) ASP.NET
8 32 (3.18%) HTML
9 29 (2.88%) Leaflet
9 29 (2.88%) OpenLayers
9 29 (2.88%) PostGIS
10 26 (2.58%) STL
10 26 (2.58%) Vue
11 22 (2.18%) Spring
12 20 (1.99%) XML
13 18 (1.79%) .NET Framework
14 17 (1.69%) Django
14 17 (1.69%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 111 (11.02%) Algorithms
2 58 (5.76%) IoT
3 56 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
4 34 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (2.38%) Device Driver
6 22 (2.18%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.09%) Robotics
8 20 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (1.99%) Legacy Applications
9 19 (1.89%) Analogue Electronics
9 19 (1.89%) Renewable Energy
9 19 (1.89%) Satnav
10 16 (1.59%) FPGA
11 14 (1.39%) Acoustics
11 14 (1.39%) Raspberry Pi
12 13 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
13 12 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.19%) VHDL
14 10 (0.99%) Life Science
15 9 (0.89%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 244 (24.23%) Linux
2 143 (14.20%) Windows
3 48 (4.77%) Embedded Linux
4 37 (3.67%) Ubuntu
5 29 (2.88%) Android
6 23 (2.28%) CentOS
7 22 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (1.69%) Unix
9 11 (1.09%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.70%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.20%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,000 (99.30%) Software Engineering
2 215 (21.35%) Agile
3 176 (17.48%) Computer Science
4 139 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (12.71%) Mathematics
6 110 (10.92%) DevOps
7 102 (10.13%) Artificial Intelligence
8 72 (7.15%) Actionable Insight
8 72 (7.15%) Physics
9 71 (7.05%) Mentoring
10 70 (6.95%) Full Stack Development
11 63 (6.26%) Software Testing
12 62 (6.16%) SDLC
13 61 (6.06%) Machine Learning
14 60 (5.96%) Test Automation
15 52 (5.16%) Signal Processing
16 46 (4.57%) Web Development
17 45 (4.47%) Microservices
17 45 (4.47%) OO
18 44 (4.37%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 293 (29.10%) Python
2 288 (28.60%) C++
3 279 (27.71%) C
4 219 (21.75%) C#
5 164 (16.29%) JavaScript
6 142 (14.10%) Java
7 101 (10.03%) SQL
8 44 (4.37%) Bash
9 42 (4.17%) MATLAB
10 41 (4.07%) Embedded C
11 34 (3.38%) Kotlin
12 33 (3.28%) TypeScript
13 30 (2.98%) Go
14 25 (2.48%) Fortran
15 21 (2.09%) PowerShell
16 18 (1.79%) Haskell
17 17 (1.69%) Perl
18 14 (1.39%) T-SQL
19 13 (1.29%) PHP
20 11 (1.09%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 306 (30.39%) Degree
2 189 (18.77%) Security Cleared
3 151 (15.00%) SC Cleared
4 115 (11.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 54 (5.36%) Master's Degree
6 49 (4.87%) PhD
7 17 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.09%) HND
9 2 (0.20%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.20%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.28%) QA
2 21 (2.09%) MISRA
2 21 (2.09%) Software Quality Assurance
3 15 (1.49%) ISO 26262
4 14 (1.39%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (1.39%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.099%) GDPR
6 1 (0.099%) IEC 62304
6 1 (0.099%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.099%) JTAG
System Software
1 50 (4.97%) Docker
2 39 (3.87%) Firmware
3 34 (3.38%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (3.38%) Terraform
2 32 (3.18%) Ansible
3 22 (2.18%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.50%) SELinux
5 2 (0.20%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.099%) Grafana
6 1 (0.099%) Kibana
Vendors
1 68 (6.75%) Microsoft
2 30 (2.98%) ESRI
3 21 (2.09%) IBM
3 21 (2.09%) Lauterbach
4 18 (1.79%) Xilinx
5 15 (1.49%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.09%) SAP
7 9 (0.89%) Oracle
8 8 (0.79%) Google
8 8 (0.79%) Siemens
9 6 (0.60%) Siebel
9 6 (0.60%) VMware
10 5 (0.50%) YouTube
11 4 (0.40%) Facebook
11 4 (0.40%) Instagram
11 4 (0.40%) OpenAI
11 4 (0.40%) Renesas
12 3 (0.30%) QinetiQ
12 3 (0.30%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.30%) Xamarin