Software Developer Jobs in the South East

Software Developer
England > South East

The median Software Developer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 75 73
Rank change year-on-year -47 -2 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 361 581 845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.17% 3.85% 4.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.32% 4.25% 4.45%
Number of salaries quoted 326 477 582
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,875 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +15.79%

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 15,586 13,661 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.60% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,549 12,610
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £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 £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
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 Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -34 154 £70,000 +22.81% 12
Berkshire +18 107 £75,000 +25.00% 7
Hampshire -52 83 £63,500 +15.45% 16
East Sussex +9 48 £62,500 +22.55% 7
Oxfordshire -20 40 £55,000 - 2
Surrey -26 39 £57,500 - 8
Kent -12 27 £40,000 -11.11% 5
Buckinghamshire -57 7 £50,000 +3.63% 3
Sussex - 4 £44,000 - 1
West Sussex +34 3 £42,500 -12.82% 3
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Software Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 226 (62.60%) C#
2 194 (53.74%) .NET
3 155 (42.94%) JavaScript
4 140 (38.78%) Degree
5 130 (36.01%) Computer Science
6 127 (35.18%) Agile
7 88 (24.38%) SQL Server
8 87 (24.10%) TypeScript
8 87 (24.10%) React
9 85 (23.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 84 (23.27%) Artificial Intelligence
11 77 (21.33%) .NET Core
11 77 (21.33%) Docker
12 75 (20.78%) SQL
13 70 (19.39%) CSS
13 70 (19.39%) Propensity Modelling
14 68 (18.84%) Software Engineering
15 67 (18.56%) Kubernetes
16 66 (18.28%) HTML
17 58 (16.07%) NoSQL
18 54 (14.96%) Social Skills
19 51 (14.13%) Azure
20 49 (13.57%) C++
21 48 (13.30%) DevOps
22 47 (13.02%) Python
23 44 (12.19%) Java
24 43 (11.91%) AngularJS
25 42 (11.63%) Git
26 41 (11.36%) ASP.NET
27 40 (11.08%) Microsoft

Software Developer 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 4 (1.11%) IIS
2 3 (0.83%) CMS
2 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.83%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.55%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.28%) Apache
4 1 (0.28%) Mendix
4 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (2.77%) Simulink
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.28%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 51 (14.13%) Azure
2 32 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (5.54%) AWS
4 14 (3.88%) SaaS
5 13 (3.60%) GitHub
6 7 (1.94%) Pulumi
7 5 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (1.39%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.11%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.11%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.11%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.49%) Network Security
2 6 (1.66%) DNS
2 6 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.11%) Firewall
3 4 (1.11%) iSCSI
3 4 (1.11%) LAN
3 4 (1.11%) NAS
3 4 (1.11%) VPN
3 4 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.55%) SSL
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (24.38%) SQL Server
2 58 (16.07%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.22%) MySQL
4 6 (1.66%) Redis
4 6 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.39%) Power BI
6 3 (0.83%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.55%) GIS
7 2 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 42 (11.63%) Git
2 24 (6.65%) Visual Studio
3 11 (3.05%) Selenium
4 9 (2.49%) Jasmine
4 9 (2.49%) JIRA
4 9 (2.49%) NUnit
4 9 (2.49%) Team Foundation Server
4 9 (2.49%) Visual Studio Code
5 8 (2.22%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.94%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.39%) Bugzilla
7 5 (1.39%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.39%) Zephyr
8 4 (1.11%) GitLab
9 2 (0.55%) Maven
10 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.28%) GDB
10 1 (0.28%) JUnit
10 1 (0.28%) TestNG
10 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 54 (14.96%) Social Skills
2 39 (10.80%) Finance
3 18 (4.99%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (4.16%) Marketing
4 15 (4.16%) Public Sector
5 12 (3.32%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.05%) Back Office
7 9 (2.49%) Electronics
7 9 (2.49%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.22%) Retail
9 7 (1.94%) Police
10 6 (1.66%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.11%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.11%) Law
12 3 (0.83%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.83%) Automotive
13 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.55%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.28%) Aviation
14 1 (0.28%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 194 (53.74%) .NET
2 87 (24.10%) React
3 77 (21.33%) .NET Core
4 70 (19.39%) CSS
5 66 (18.28%) HTML
6 43 (11.91%) AngularJS
7 41 (11.36%) ASP.NET
8 30 (8.31%) .NET Framework
9 29 (8.03%) Entity Framework
9 29 (8.03%) HTML5
10 19 (5.26%) CSS3
11 14 (3.88%) Web Services
12 12 (3.32%) Qt
12 12 (3.32%) RESTful
13 11 (3.05%) ASP.NET MVC
13 11 (3.05%) JSON
14 10 (2.77%) ASP.NET Web API
14 10 (2.77%) Blazor
15 7 (1.94%) ARM Templates
15 7 (1.94%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.99%) Algorithms
2 11 (3.05%) Digital Media
3 6 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (1.66%) Data Structures
3 6 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (1.66%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.39%) Client/Server
4 5 (1.39%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (1.11%) Replication
6 3 (0.83%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.55%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.55%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.28%) CUDA
8 1 (0.28%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.28%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.99%) Linux
1 18 (4.99%) Windows
2 10 (2.77%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (1.11%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.28%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (36.01%) Computer Science
2 127 (35.18%) Agile
3 84 (23.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 70 (19.39%) Propensity Modelling
5 68 (18.84%) Software Engineering
6 48 (13.30%) DevOps
7 40 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (9.70%) MVC
9 34 (9.42%) Full Stack Development
10 31 (8.59%) CI/CD
11 29 (8.03%) OOP
12 27 (7.48%) Microservices
12 27 (7.48%) SDLC
13 26 (7.20%) Machine Learning
14 25 (6.93%) Test Automation
15 24 (6.65%) Mentoring
16 21 (5.82%) Code Quality
17 20 (5.54%) Mathematics
17 20 (5.54%) Multithreading
17 20 (5.54%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 226 (62.60%) C#
2 155 (42.94%) JavaScript
3 87 (24.10%) TypeScript
4 75 (20.78%) SQL
5 49 (13.57%) C++
6 47 (13.02%) Python
7 44 (12.19%) Java
8 38 (10.53%) C
9 14 (3.88%) T-SQL
10 11 (3.05%) PHP
11 7 (1.94%) Bicep
12 6 (1.66%) Fortran
13 5 (1.39%) Go
14 2 (0.55%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 140 (38.78%) Degree
2 85 (23.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 35 (9.70%) Security Cleared
4 14 (3.88%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.22%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.22%) PhD
6 7 (1.94%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.83%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.93%) QA
2 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 77 (21.33%) Docker
2 4 (1.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 67 (18.56%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.94%) MIIS
2 7 (1.94%) Terraform
3 5 (1.39%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (1.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (11.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (2.77%) Xilinx
3 6 (1.66%) VMware
4 5 (1.39%) HP
4 5 (1.39%) SAP
5 4 (1.11%) Veeam
6 3 (0.83%) Google
7 2 (0.55%) New Relic
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle
8 1 (0.28%) Peregrine
8 1 (0.28%) Thales
8 1 (0.28%) YouTube