Software Engineer Jobs in London
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Engineer
Rank 173 167 188
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 729 832 722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 1.667% 1.551% 1.245%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.784% 1.651% 1.331%
Number of salaries quoted 594 708 650
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
Search 88 Software Engineer jobs in London
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the London region.

London Software Engineer Salary Trend

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +58 229 £50,000 -9.09%
Ealing -11 8 £49,000 -14.78%
Docklands, London - 7 £55,000 -
Canary Wharf - 4 £81,250 -
New Malden - 4 £44,500 -
Barnet +10 2 £32,000 +23.07%
Hammersmith 0 2 £37,500 -42.30%
Kingston Upon Thames -2 2 £64,000 +55.15%
Paddington - 2 - -
Croydon 0 1 £40,000 -5.88%
Hounslow -5 1 £39,000 -8.23%
Twickenham - 1 - -
Hackney - 1 - -
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title.

1 793 (49.59%) Java
2 556 (34.77%) C++
3 529 (33.08%) C#
4 484 (30.27%) Degree
5 454 (28.39%) SQL
6 448 (28.02%) OO
7 412 (25.77%) .NET
8 392 (24.52%) Computer Science
9 349 (21.83%) Linux
10 348 (21.76%) Finance
11 339 (21.20%) Agile Software Development
12 338 (21.14%) JavaScript
13 335 (20.95%) TDD
14 303 (18.95%) Windows
15 268 (16.76%) SQL Server
16 247 (15.45%) Web Services
17 246 (15.38%) C
18 227 (14.20%) UNIX
19 224 (14.01%) Oracle
20 214 (13.38%) CSS
21 208 (13.01%) Spring
22 202 (12.63%) Scrum
23 201 (12.57%) HTML
24 189 (11.82%) XML
25 187 (11.69%) Multithreading
26 185 (11.57%) MVC
27 178 (11.13%) Python
28 175 (10.94%) ASP.NET
29 158 (9.881%) MySQL
30 154 (9.631%) WCF

Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 412 (25.77%) .NET
2 247 (15.45%) Web Services
3 214 (13.38%) CSS
4 208 (13.01%) Spring
5 201 (12.57%) HTML
6 189 (11.82%) XML
7 175 (10.94%) ASP.NET
8 154 (9.631%) WCF
9 129 (8.068%) HTML5
10 123 (7.692%) Hibernate
11 120 (7.505%) J2EE
12 111 (6.942%) RESTful
13 106 (6.629%) jQuery
14 102 (6.379%) Ajax
15 100 (6.254%) REST
16 91 (5.691%) ASP.NET MVC
16 91 (5.691%) WPF
17 87 (5.441%) STL
18 80 (5.003%) JSON
19 77 (4.816%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 93 (5.816%) Tomcat
2 63 (3.940%) Apache
3 32 (2.001%) SharePoint
4 30 (1.876%) CMS
5 24 (1.501%) IIS
6 21 (1.313%) Apache Solr
7 20 (1.251%) Windows Azure
8 17 (1.063%) WebSphere MQ
8 17 (1.063%) ActiveMQ
9 16 (1.001%) Drupal
10 15 (0.938%) RabbitMQ
11 13 (0.813%) Confluence
12 12 (0.750%) ESB
12 12 (0.750%) Jetty
13 10 (0.625%) Apache Pig
14 9 (0.563%) Magento
14 9 (0.563%) nginx
15 8 (0.500%) WordPress
16 7 (0.438%) Amazon AWS
17 6 (0.375%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 46 (2.877%) MS Excel
2 30 (1.876%) MS Office
3 13 (0.813%) Mingle
4 5 (0.313%) Simulink
5 4 (0.250%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.188%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.250%) BusinessWorks
2 3 (0.188%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.125%) Front Arena
4 1 (0.063%) Maximo
4 1 (0.063%) Summit
4 1 (0.063%) RMDS
4 1 (0.063%) Taleo
4 1 (0.063%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.063%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 109 (6.817%) HTTP
2 94 (5.879%) Internet
3 76 (4.753%) TCP/IP
4 40 (2.502%) Broadband
5 24 (1.501%) HTTPS
6 22 (1.376%) SSL
7 19 (1.188%) Firewall
8 18 (1.126%) DVB
9 15 (0.938%) SMTP
10 12 (0.750%) GSM
10 12 (0.750%) LAN
10 12 (0.750%) Wireless
11 9 (0.563%) UMTS
11 9 (0.563%) WAN
12 8 (0.500%) LTE
12 8 (0.500%) VoIP
12 8 (0.500%) GPRS
13 7 (0.438%) Ethernet
13 7 (0.438%) RTP
13 7 (0.438%) 3GPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 268 (16.76%) SQL Server
2 158 (9.881%) MySQL
3 89 (5.566%) SQL Server 2008
4 82 (5.128%) NoSQL
5 77 (4.816%) Big Data
6 54 (3.377%) Hadoop
7 42 (2.627%) RDBMS
8 41 (2.564%) MongoDB
9 39 (2.439%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 36 (2.251%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 35 (2.189%) CouchDB
12 33 (2.064%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 31 (1.939%) Microsoft Analysis Services
14 29 (1.814%) MarkLogic
15 27 (1.689%) OLTP
16 23 (1.438%) DB2
17 22 (1.376%) Data Mining
18 12 (0.750%) Redis
18 12 (0.750%) Oracle 8/8i
18 12 (0.750%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 118 (7.380%) Git (software)
2 101 (6.316%) Subversion
3 85 (5.316%) Visual Studio
4 79 (4.941%) JUnit
5 74 (4.628%) Cucumber
6 69 (4.315%) Selenium
7 65 (4.065%) Maven
8 54 (3.377%) JIRA
8 54 (3.377%) NUnit
9 48 (3.002%) Team Foundation Server
10 45 (2.814%) WebDriver
11 44 (2.752%) Jenkins
12 33 (2.064%) Rhino Mocks
13 27 (1.689%) Eclipse
14 23 (1.438%) Hudson
15 21 (1.313%) TestNG
16 20 (1.251%) Rational Rose
17 17 (1.063%) TeamCity
18 15 (0.938%) IntelliJ
18 15 (0.938%) GitHub
General
1 348 (21.76%) Finance
2 120 (7.505%) Games
3 104 (6.504%) Banking
4 69 (4.315%) Telecoms
5 51 (3.189%) Front Office
6 39 (2.439%) Retail
7 36 (2.251%) Publishing
8 32 (2.001%) Music
9 31 (1.939%) Legal
10 25 (1.563%) Investment Banking
11 21 (1.313%) Multimedia
11 21 (1.313%) Marketing
12 20 (1.251%) Electronics
12 20 (1.251%) Financial Institution
13 18 (1.126%) Music Industry
14 15 (0.938%) Online Betting
15 14 (0.876%) Advertising
16 11 (0.688%) Law
17 10 (0.625%) Back Office
18 8 (0.500%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 392 (24.52%) Computer Science
2 143 (8.943%) Mathematics
3 135 (8.443%) Open Source
4 55 (3.440%) Mobile App
5 49 (3.064%) Embedded Systems
6 43 (2.689%) Hedge funds
7 40 (2.502%) BBC
8 39 (2.439%) Digital Media
9 37 (2.314%) Physics
9 37 (2.314%) SaaS
10 35 (2.189%) STB
10 35 (2.189%) Online Games
11 34 (2.126%) Fixed Income
12 30 (1.876%) Derivative
13 29 (1.814%) Device Driver
14 27 (1.689%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 26 (1.626%) Social Media
16 25 (1.563%) DTV
17 24 (1.501%) Enterprise Software
18 22 (1.376%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 349 (21.83%) Linux
2 303 (18.95%) Windows
3 227 (14.20%) UNIX
4 106 (6.629%) Android
5 94 (5.879%) Apple iOS
6 30 (1.876%) Embedded Linux
7 28 (1.751%) Windows Phone
8 20 (1.251%) Windows Server 2008
9 11 (0.688%) Windows Vista
10 9 (0.563%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (0.563%) Windows XP
11 8 (0.500%) AIX
12 6 (0.375%) Mac OS X
13 5 (0.313%) Windows Mobile
13 5 (0.313%) VxWorks
14 3 (0.188%) Solaris
15 2 (0.125%) Symbian OS
15 2 (0.125%) Debian
16 1 (0.063%) Windows CE
16 1 (0.063%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 448 (28.02%) OO
2 339 (21.20%) Agile Software Development
3 335 (20.95%) TDD
4 202 (12.63%) Scrum
5 187 (11.69%) Multithreading
6 185 (11.57%) MVC
7 153 (9.568%) Unit Testing
8 132 (8.255%) BDD
9 128 (8.005%) Software Engineering
10 124 (7.755%) E-Commerce
11 100 (6.254%) Continuous Integration
12 99 (6.191%) OOP
13 83 (5.191%) Automated Testing
14 82 (5.128%) Web Development
15 79 (4.941%) Kanban
16 76 (4.753%) OOD
17 61 (3.815%) Refactoring
18 50 (3.127%) Test Automation
19 49 (3.064%) UML
20 42 (2.627%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 793 (49.59%) Java
2 556 (34.77%) C++
3 529 (33.08%) C#
4 454 (28.39%) SQL
5 338 (21.14%) JavaScript
6 246 (15.38%) C
7 178 (11.13%) Python
8 130 (8.130%) Perl
9 120 (7.505%) Ruby
10 115 (7.192%) PHP
11 84 (5.253%) Scala
12 47 (2.939%) Objective-C
13 46 (2.877%) Clojure
14 39 (2.439%) Groovy
15 37 (2.314%) ActionScript
16 35 (2.189%) T-SQL
17 33 (2.064%) F#
18 30 (1.876%) PL/SQL
19 27 (1.689%) Embedded C
20 24 (1.501%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 484 (30.27%) Degree
2 36 (2.251%) PhD
3 25 (1.563%) ISEB
4 19 (1.188%) Security Cleared
5 10 (0.625%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (0.563%) ISTQB
7 8 (0.500%) MCSA
8 6 (0.375%) SC Cleared
9 5 (0.313%) Sun Certification
10 4 (0.250%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.188%) CCNA
11 3 (0.188%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.188%) HND
12 2 (0.125%) MCSD
12 2 (0.125%) MCTS
13 1 (0.063%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.063%) HNC
13 1 (0.063%) MCP
13 1 (0.063%) MCAD
13 1 (0.063%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (7.630%) QA
2 3 (0.188%) ISO 9001
3 2 (0.125%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.125%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.063%) SLA
4 1 (0.063%) Section 508
4 1 (0.063%) ISO/IEC 14443
System Software
1 20 (1.251%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.938%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.438%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.250%) OpenSIPS
5 1 (0.063%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 15 (0.938%) Puppet
2 12 (0.750%) OSSEC
2 12 (0.750%) SCCM
2 12 (0.750%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 10 (0.625%) WMI
4 2 (0.125%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.125%) Nagios
Vendors
1 224 (14.01%) Oracle
2 131 (8.193%) Microsoft
3 52 (3.252%) Google
4 18 (1.126%) TIBCO
5 17 (1.063%) VMware
6 15 (0.938%) Cisco
6 15 (0.938%) Zend
6 15 (0.938%) Twitter
7 14 (0.876%) Facebook
8 12 (0.750%) Reuters
8 12 (0.750%) IBM
8 12 (0.750%) Adobe
9 11 (0.688%) Bloomberg
10 9 (0.563%) Sybase
10 9 (0.563%) JBoss
11 8 (0.500%) Apple
12 6 (0.375%) DataSynapse
12 6 (0.375%) Citrix
12 6 (0.375%) QNX
13 5 (0.313%) Green Hills
Senior Software Engineer - Proprietary HFT Trading Firm
London
Senior Software Engineer - Low Latency, Trading Support, Java, C++, C#, Python, Proprietary Trading, High Frequency Trading, Real-Time Systems Proprietary HFT Trading Firm... Their systems are developed in...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £80000 - £120000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
C/C++ Windows Software Engineer - Mobile Industry- City London
City, London
We are looking for Developer’s with extensive exposure to C++/C with knowledge of Windows platform... Successful candidate would have a Degree in Computer Science Engineering Technology...
Real Time Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 45,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer Java CQ5
City, London
We're looking for a Java focused Software Engineer with CQ5 experience. Key Technical Competencies: *Understand Technical Debt *Understand performance characteristics *Develop sites with high performance targets *Develop...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
C++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer - Finance
London
Job Role: C++ UNIX Developer Location: London, CitySalary: £60k to £70k + 25 days holiday + benefitsC++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer (UNIX/Linux Python C/C++). Opportunity to join a...
Client Server
Salary: £60k to £70k + 25 days holiday + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Engineer in Test - C# - Central London
City, London
Software Engineer in Test - .NET Framework required for this fast paced company in London. The Test Engineer will be required to review software and design, implement and troubleshoot...
ISL
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer
City, London
My client a innovative telecommunications company based in the heart of Central London are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who has a passion for/ expert knowledge in...
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £75000 - £90000 per annum + bonus work from home
Posted: 23 May 2013
C++ Software Engineer - Linux
City of London
The position is for a young project using C++ on linux systems joining a fast growing, agile development team with plenty of opportunity to be part of shaping...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 4 May 2013
C++ Software Engineer - Linux - Finance - London
City of London
The position is for a young project using C++ on linux systems joining a fast growing, agile development team with plenty of opportunity to be part of shaping...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 16 May 2013
C++ Developer / C++ Software Engineer ( Security )
London
Job Role: C++ Developer / Software EngineerLocation: London, CentralSalary: £40k to £45k + bonus + benefitsC++ Developer / Software Engineer (C / C++ STL Linux / Windows)... Requirements for C++ Developer: - Strong object orientated...
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Software Engineer (Developer, Java, J2EE, C, C++)
Chiswick, West London, United Kingdom
Demonstrable talent coding in at least one major language (Java, J2EE, C, C++) - Demonstrable talent in writing and using algorithms and assessing time complexity and performance... The ideal...
OpenBet
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
C++ Software Engineer / Linux AND Windows
London
You should have demonstrable experience with OOD, UML, GUI design and development, and multi threading on Linux and Windows platforms. You must have a strong educational background, a...
IT Connections
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000
Posted: 24 May 2013
Graduate/Junior Software Engineers. C++/C/Java. Covent Garden
City of London
C++/C/Java. Engineer, Programmer, Computer Science, SQL, HTML5Due to continued growth and commercial success the industry leading software house within the music industry are looking to recruit...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits package
Posted: 3 May 2013
Software Engineer in Test/QA Developer, Java, SQL, XML, Unix
London
The Developer / Tester will join a rapid development environment creating bespoke automated testing solutions across a highly complex cutting edge trading systems in an extremely successful front office...
Aston Carter
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Engineer - C++, RDBMS, STL
West London
C++ Software Engineer - Hounslow / Greater London - C++ / real-time - to 50k + ex benefits Technical environment: C++ real-time apps, Unix, Oracle / PLSQL, STL My client is a highly...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013
C++ Software Engineer - OO, Real-Time - London - NEW JOB
West London
Required Skills BSc Degree / Masters in Science degree in Computer Science or Mathematics... C / C++ OR Embedded C / C++ development... Experience with the C++ Standard Template Library STL.
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £60,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer - World class Tech startup - London
London
Strong Java or C++ knowledge and coding ability. Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP etc). Experience with Spring & REST... Exposure to “Big Data” technologies - Hadoop, MapReduce etc.....
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £40,000 to £70,000 per annum + stock options
Posted: 20 May 2013
C# / C++ Software Engineer
City of London
To be considered for this role you'll be required to have experience with some of the following technologies - .NET / C# / C++ / Silverlight / F# Due to the complexity...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 23 May 2013
C# / C++ Software Engineer
City, London
To be considered for this role you'll be required to have experience with some of the following technologies - .NET / C# / C++ / Silverlight / F# Due to the complexity...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 22 May 2013
Software Engineer - C#
West London
C# / Webservices / SQL Server, London A leading international Oil and Gas company are looking to recruit a Senior C# Developer for their growing in house development team... C# ...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 50,000 - 70,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Software Research Engineer (C / C++, Python, Lua, Linux, AI)
Central London / West End
experienced in C/C++ and at least one scripting language such as Lua, Python or Matlab and desire to learn new programming languages... Ideally as the Software Research...
DeepMind Technologies
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum Dependent on experience
Posted: 22 May 2013
Software Engineer / C++ Developer
City, London
The ideal candidate will have graduated with an Academic education in Information Technology, in-depth Analytical skills using C++ development solutions, experience applying Object Orientated concepts in design /...
MBA Ltd
Posted: 24 May 2013
Software Test Engineer
London
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TEST ENGINEER Leading, globally recognised technology company is looking for a Software Development Test Engineer to join their buzzing 'Test and Release' team. Job Summary: The...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 23 May 2013
Research Software Engineer
City, London
We have built a team consisting of the world's most respected specialists within the field of Machine Learning and AI... Working within this team of world class...
Amiqus
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
C++ Developer / C++ Senior Software Engineer
London
Job Role: C++ Senior DeveloperLocation: London, CitySalary: £100k to £150k + bonus + benefitsC++ Developer / Senior C++ Software Engineer (C/ C++ UNIX) sought by market leading financial organisation to join...
Client Server
Salary: £100k to £150k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer (C/Linux/STB)
West London
You will develop, modify, re-factor and optimise the Middleware layer within a Set Top Box Software Architecture. You will be required to interact both with members of...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 25 May 2013
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