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

6 months to
29 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 1,527 1,451 2,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.71% 10.33% 13.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.43% 10.93% 14.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 873 1,392
10th Percentile £38,691 £38,750 £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 £72,500 £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 14,647 13,277 19,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.51% 94.48% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,075 7,723 11,821
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,875 £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 29 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 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 +5 578 £55,000 -15.38% 112
Hampshire +7 527 £57,500 -4.17% 88
Berkshire +21 289 £60,000 -14.29% 44
Surrey -3 255 £60,000 -14.29% 43
Oxfordshire 0 186 £55,000 +4.76% 46
Buckinghamshire -23 103 £50,000 -13.04% 22
Kent -14 64 £45,000 -18.18% 15
West Sussex +2 57 £64,000 +2.40% 30
Sussex - 27 £50,000 - 7
East Sussex -39 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 (1.90%) ArcGIS
1 29 (1.90%) GeoServer
2 22 (1.44%) Apache
3 20 (1.31%) Confluence
4 6 (0.39%) nginx
4 6 (0.39%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.13%) IIS
6 2 (0.13%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.065%) Kinematics
7 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.065%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.065%) WordPress
Applications
1 88 (5.76%) Simulink
2 27 (1.77%) Stateflow
3 10 (0.65%) 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 (0.065%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.065%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.065%) Mathematica
9 1 (0.065%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 7 (0.46%) NetSuite
1 7 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 6 (0.39%) Siebel CRM
3 2 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.065%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 240 (15.72%) Azure
2 201 (13.16%) AWS
3 74 (4.85%) SaaS
4 39 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (1.90%) GCP
6 28 (1.83%) GitHub
7 23 (1.51%) Power Platform
8 19 (1.24%) Serverless
9 12 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (0.59%) Amazon S3
11 9 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (0.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 8 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.52%) IaaS
13 7 (0.46%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (0.46%) IBM Cloud
14 6 (0.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 30 (1.96%) Network Security
2 26 (1.70%) TCP/IP
3 25 (1.64%) Wireless
4 24 (1.57%) Ethernet
5 19 (1.24%) Internet
6 14 (0.92%) J1939
7 12 (0.79%) VPN
8 11 (0.72%) Firewall
8 11 (0.72%) RS-485
9 10 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
10 9 (0.59%) CTI
11 7 (0.46%) RS-232
12 6 (0.39%) 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 (6.02%) NoSQL
2 52 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (2.69%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.55%) GIS
5 31 (2.03%) MySQL
6 29 (1.90%) QGIS
7 19 (1.24%) Power BI
8 17 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
10 15 (0.98%) Redis
11 9 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.39%) CouchDB
12 6 (0.39%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.33%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
15 3 (0.20%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
15 3 (0.20%) Power Query
16 2 (0.13%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 195 (12.77%) Git
2 73 (4.78%) Visual Studio
3 65 (4.26%) JIRA
4 55 (3.60%) Jenkins
5 40 (2.62%) GitLab
6 38 (2.49%) Subversion
7 35 (2.29%) Selenium
8 24 (1.57%) Cypress.io
8 24 (1.57%) SoapUI
9 23 (1.51%) CMake
10 22 (1.44%) Team Foundation Server
11 21 (1.38%) ClearCase
11 21 (1.38%) Plastic SCM
12 19 (1.24%) Vagrant
13 17 (1.11%) JUnit
14 14 (0.92%) ClearQuest
15 11 (0.72%) Bitbucket
16 8 (0.52%) NUnit
16 8 (0.52%) TestRail
17 7 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 242 (15.85%) Social Skills
2 158 (10.35%) Electronics
3 109 (7.14%) Finance
4 75 (4.91%) Manufacturing
5 66 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
6 64 (4.19%) Military
7 59 (3.86%) Aerospace
8 52 (3.41%) Automotive
9 38 (2.49%) Public Sector
10 31 (2.03%) Law
11 29 (1.90%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.77%) Legal
13 26 (1.70%) Tech for Good
14 20 (1.31%) Aviation
14 20 (1.31%) Marketing
15 17 (1.11%) Retail
16 15 (0.98%) Health Technology
17 14 (0.92%) Games
17 14 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 1,000 (65.49%) Software Engineer
2 376 (24.62%) Senior
3 285 (18.66%) Senior Software Engineer
4 250 (16.37%) Embedded Engineer
5 231 (15.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 206 (13.49%) Developer
7 168 (11.00%) Lead
8 106 (6.94%) C++ Software Engineer
9 80 (5.24%) Software Developer
10 76 (4.98%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 73 (4.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 64 (4.19%) Lead Software Engineer
13 57 (3.73%) Team Leader
14 56 (3.67%) Senior Developer
15 49 (3.21%) Architect
16 48 (3.14%) Graduate
17 44 (2.88%) Graduate Software Engineer
17 44 (2.88%) Software Team Leader
18 42 (2.75%) C# Software Engineer
19 37 (2.42%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 288 (18.86%) .NET
2 151 (9.89%) React
3 84 (5.50%) CSS
4 79 (5.17%) .NET Core
5 74 (4.85%) HTML
6 69 (4.52%) AngularJS
7 59 (3.86%) Qt
8 53 (3.47%) Spring
9 48 (3.14%) Middleware
10 46 (3.01%) ASP.NET
11 39 (2.55%) .NET Framework
11 39 (2.55%) WPF
12 36 (2.36%) Vue
13 29 (1.90%) Leaflet
13 29 (1.90%) OpenLayers
13 29 (1.90%) PostGIS
14 28 (1.83%) STL
15 27 (1.77%) Hibernate
15 27 (1.77%) Jest
16 25 (1.64%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 146 (9.56%) Algorithms
2 76 (4.98%) Embedded Systems
3 72 (4.72%) IoT
4 61 (3.99%) Greenfield Project
5 38 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.29%) Product Ownership
7 34 (2.23%) Management Information System
8 33 (2.16%) FPGA
9 31 (2.03%) Mobile App
10 29 (1.90%) Robotics
11 26 (1.70%) Device Driver
12 23 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
13 21 (1.38%) Renewable Energy
14 20 (1.31%) Analogue Electronics
14 20 (1.31%) Data Structures
15 19 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (1.24%) Satnav
16 18 (1.18%) Hybrid Cloud
17 17 (1.11%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 328 (21.48%) Linux
2 184 (12.05%) Windows
3 68 (4.45%) Embedded Linux
4 38 (2.49%) Android
5 37 (2.42%) Ubuntu
6 23 (1.51%) CentOS
7 22 (1.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (1.11%) 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 (0.065%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 446 (29.21%) Agile
2 283 (18.53%) Computer Science
3 258 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
4 240 (15.72%) DevOps
5 164 (10.74%) Artificial Intelligence
6 162 (10.61%) Mathematics
7 139 (9.10%) Mentoring
8 127 (8.32%) Test Automation
9 117 (7.66%) CI/CD
9 117 (7.66%) SDLC
10 107 (7.01%) Full Stack Development
11 106 (6.94%) Machine Learning
12 96 (6.29%) Physics
13 83 (5.44%) Software Testing
14 81 (5.30%) Technical Leadership
15 79 (5.17%) Actionable Insight
16 74 (4.85%) Signal Processing
17 73 (4.78%) Collaborative Working
17 73 (4.78%) Scrum
18 69 (4.52%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 405 (26.52%) Python
2 364 (23.84%) C++
3 354 (23.18%) C
4 334 (21.87%) C#
5 250 (16.37%) Java
6 245 (16.04%) JavaScript
7 199 (13.03%) SQL
8 81 (5.30%) TypeScript
9 58 (3.80%) MATLAB
10 57 (3.73%) Bash
11 56 (3.67%) Embedded C
12 51 (3.34%) Kotlin
13 43 (2.82%) PowerShell
14 41 (2.69%) Go
15 25 (1.64%) Fortran
15 25 (1.64%) PHP
16 22 (1.44%) T-SQL
17 18 (1.18%) Haskell
18 17 (1.11%) Perl
19 16 (1.05%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 473 (30.98%) Degree
2 287 (18.80%) Security Cleared
3 189 (12.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 188 (12.31%) SC Cleared
5 76 (4.98%) Master's Degree
6 57 (3.73%) PhD
7 39 (2.55%) DV Cleared
8 15 (0.98%) CISSP
9 13 (0.85%) Azure Certification
10 11 (0.72%) HND
11 10 (0.65%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.52%) CISM
12 8 (0.52%) GIAC
12 8 (0.52%) GPEN
13 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.39%) 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 76 (4.98%) QA
2 21 (1.38%) MISRA
2 21 (1.38%) Software Quality Assurance
3 19 (1.24%) ISO 26262
4 18 (1.18%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (0.92%) AUTOSAR
6 13 (0.85%) NIST
7 10 (0.65%) GDPR
7 10 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.52%) GRC
8 8 (0.52%) ISO 13485
8 8 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.39%) NIST 800
10 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.13%) JTAG
11 2 (0.13%) SLA
12 1 (0.065%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.065%) IEC 62304
12 1 (0.065%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 116 (7.60%) Docker
2 55 (3.60%) Firmware
3 38 (2.49%) 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 (0.065%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.065%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 88 (5.76%) Kubernetes
2 52 (3.41%) Ansible
3 44 (2.88%) Terraform
4 6 (0.39%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (0.39%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.39%) 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 (0.065%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.065%) FTK
7 1 (0.065%) Nagios
7 1 (0.065%) Puppet
7 1 (0.065%) SCOM
Vendors
1 142 (9.30%) Microsoft
2 36 (2.36%) Xilinx
3 30 (1.96%) ESRI
4 29 (1.90%) IBM
5 26 (1.70%) SAP
6 21 (1.38%) Lauterbach
7 16 (1.05%) Atlassian
8 11 (0.72%) Oracle
9 10 (0.65%) EMC
9 10 (0.65%) Google
9 10 (0.65%) IFS
9 10 (0.65%) Red Hat
9 10 (0.65%) VMware
10 8 (0.52%) Siemens
10 8 (0.52%) Splunk
11 6 (0.39%) Cisco
11 6 (0.39%) Qualys
11 6 (0.39%) Siebel
12 5 (0.33%) Palo Alto
12 5 (0.33%) YouTube