Software Development Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Software Development Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Software Development Engineer salary in the City of London is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 221 273
Rank change year-on-year +48 +52 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 5 17 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.15% 0.36% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.37% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 6
10th Percentile £66,750 £71,000 £51,727
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £58,841
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +16.67% +30.43%
75th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £95,313
90th Percentile £82,250 £102,500 £97,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £87,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -17.14% +16.67% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 3,223 4,537 6,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 96.37% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 3,811 5,675
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,441 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Software Development Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Engineer in the City of London

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Engineer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Software Development Engineer in the City of London

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Software Development 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 City of London region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Statistics
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Logistics
3 2 (40.00%) C#
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Serverless
3 2 (40.00%) SDET
3 2 (40.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (40.00%) Zero Defects
3 2 (40.00%) Amazon SQS
3 2 (40.00%) Data Quality

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (40.00%) Amazon Kinesis
1 2 (40.00%) Amazon SQS
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (40.00%) Serverless
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Big Data
2 1 (20.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Git
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) React
2 1 (20.00%) .NET
2 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (20.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Machine Learning
2 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Statistics
3 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (40.00%) Logistics
3 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (40.00%) SDET
3 2 (40.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Zero Defects
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Go
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
2 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft