Software Engineering Jobs in Reading

Software Engineering
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 28 17
Rank change year-on-year +6 -11 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 147 142 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 8.60% 8.92% 10.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.72% 9.21% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 76 107 101
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £48,438 £57,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £92,500 £91,250
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,512 1,541 1,612
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 88.47% 96.80% 92.33%
Number of salaries quoted 928 820 945
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £54,995 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.55%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Reading

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Reading.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Reading

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Reading over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Reading

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (19.73%) ArcGIS
1 29 (19.73%) GeoServer
2 3 (2.04%) Confluence
3 2 (1.36%) JBoss
3 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.68%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (4.76%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 55 (37.41%) Azure
2 54 (36.73%) AWS
3 5 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (3.40%) Serverless
4 4 (2.72%) Firebolt
5 2 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.36%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.36%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.36%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.36%) SaaS
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.68%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.68%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.68%) GCP
6 1 (0.68%) GitHub
6 1 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.68%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.80%) Network Security
2 7 (4.76%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.72%) Internet
4 2 (1.36%) Firewall
4 2 (1.36%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.36%) RS-485
4 2 (1.36%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (21.77%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (20.41%) GIS
3 29 (19.73%) QGIS
4 6 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.40%) Redis
6 4 (2.72%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (2.04%) Oracle Database
7 3 (2.04%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.04%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.36%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.36%) MySQL
8 2 (1.36%) Power BI
9 1 (0.68%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (10.20%) Git
2 8 (5.44%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.40%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.72%) GitLab
4 4 (2.72%) Subversion
5 3 (2.04%) IntelliJ
5 3 (2.04%) JDeveloper
5 3 (2.04%) JIRA
6 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.68%) Gradle
6 1 (0.68%) JUnit
6 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 19 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (12.24%) Finance
3 11 (7.48%) Health Technology
3 11 (7.48%) Tech for Good
4 9 (6.12%) Social Skills
4 9 (6.12%) Telecoms
5 7 (4.76%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.36%) Electronics
6 2 (1.36%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 98 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 73 (49.66%) Senior
3 53 (36.05%) Senior Software Engineer
4 20 (13.61%) Developer
5 13 (8.84%) Embedded Engineer
5 13 (8.84%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 12 (8.16%) Research Engineer
6 12 (8.16%) Research Software Engineer
7 11 (7.48%) Senior Developer
7 11 (7.48%) Software Developer
8 9 (6.12%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 9 (6.12%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 8 (5.44%) Java Engineer
9 8 (5.44%) Lead
9 8 (5.44%) Security Assurance Manager
9 8 (5.44%) Security Manager
10 7 (4.76%) Hardware Engineer
10 7 (4.76%) Senior Hardware Engineer
11 6 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 6 (4.08%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (38.10%) .NET
2 45 (30.61%) React
3 29 (19.73%) Leaflet
3 29 (19.73%) OpenLayers
3 29 (19.73%) PostGIS
4 27 (18.37%) .NET Core
5 26 (17.69%) CSS
6 13 (8.84%) ASP.NET
7 11 (7.48%) AngularJS
7 11 (7.48%) Blazor
8 10 (6.80%) Django
9 8 (5.44%) Vue
10 7 (4.76%) Spring
11 5 (3.40%) FastAPI
11 5 (3.40%) Kafka
11 5 (3.40%) SQLAlchemy
12 4 (2.72%) Node.js
12 4 (2.72%) Web Services
12 4 (2.72%) XML
13 3 (2.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.88%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (6.12%) FPGA
2 9 (6.12%) IoT
3 8 (5.44%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (4.76%) Algorithms
4 7 (4.76%) PCIe
5 2 (1.36%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.36%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.36%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.36%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.36%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.68%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.68%) Mixed Reality
6 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.05%) Linux
2 9 (6.12%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (4.76%) Unix
4 4 (2.72%) Ubuntu
4 4 (2.72%) Windows
5 2 (1.36%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (35.37%) Agile
2 50 (34.01%) Actionable Insight
3 43 (29.25%) DevOps
4 29 (19.73%) Web Development
5 28 (19.05%) Computer Science
6 25 (17.01%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (10.88%) Mentoring
8 14 (9.52%) Containerisation
9 13 (8.84%) Microservices
9 13 (8.84%) Open Source
10 12 (8.16%) Full Stack Development
11 11 (7.48%) SDLC
12 10 (6.80%) Application Security
12 10 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (6.80%) OWASP
12 10 (6.80%) Penetration Testing
12 10 (6.80%) Physics
12 10 (6.80%) Vulnerability Management
13 9 (6.12%) Clean Code
13 9 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (39.46%) Python
2 36 (24.49%) C#
3 33 (22.45%) JavaScript
4 24 (16.33%) SQL
5 16 (10.88%) Java
6 15 (10.20%) C
7 13 (8.84%) Bash
7 13 (8.84%) C++
7 13 (8.84%) TypeScript
8 10 (6.80%) PowerShell
9 7 (4.76%) Fortran
9 7 (4.76%) Ruby
10 5 (3.40%) Go
11 4 (2.72%) Perl
11 4 (2.72%) T-SQL
12 3 (2.04%) PHP
13 2 (1.36%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.68%) Haskell
14 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 53 (36.05%) Security Cleared
2 43 (29.25%) SC Cleared
3 37 (25.17%) Degree
4 10 (6.80%) CISSP
5 9 (6.12%) Master's Degree
5 9 (6.12%) PhD
6 8 (5.44%) CISM
6 8 (5.44%) GIAC
6 8 (5.44%) GPEN
7 5 (3.40%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) GRC
1 8 (5.44%) NIST
2 6 (4.08%) GDPR
2 6 (4.08%) NIST 800
3 5 (3.40%) QA
4 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (1.36%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (6.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.76%) Ansible
3 6 (4.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (4.08%) Nessus
4 3 (2.04%) Terraform
5 2 (1.36%) Suricata
6 1 (0.68%) Grafana
6 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.68%) Puppet
Vendors
1 29 (19.73%) ESRI
2 14 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 7 (4.76%) EMC
4 6 (4.08%) Qualys
5 4 (2.72%) Oracle
6 2 (1.36%) Cisco
6 2 (1.36%) Juniper
6 2 (1.36%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.36%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.36%) Splunk
7 1 (0.68%) Google