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

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,376 1,561 2,627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.24% 10.46% 13.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.73% 11.07% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,045 950 1,385
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +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 14,140 14,106 18,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.73% 94.52% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 9,922 8,179 12,081
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,565
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 £86,250 £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 4 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 4 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 -2 517 £57,500 -10.85% 117
Hampshire +6 474 £57,500 -4.17% 97
Berkshire +14 258 £60,000 -14.29% 41
Surrey -6 228 £60,000 -14.29% 64
Oxfordshire 0 162 £55,000 +4.76% 51
Buckinghamshire -25 97 £52,501 -8.69% 25
Kent -12 63 £45,000 -33.33% 18
West Sussex +3 54 £64,000 +16.36% 17
Sussex - 24 £52,500 - 3
East Sussex -39 16 £42,500 -29.17% 5
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 (2.11%) ArcGIS
1 29 (2.11%) GeoServer
2 23 (1.67%) Apache
3 20 (1.45%) Confluence
4 6 (0.44%) nginx
4 6 (0.44%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.29%) JBoss
5 4 (0.29%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.22%) CMS
6 3 (0.22%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.22%) WordPress
7 2 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.15%) IIS
7 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.073%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.073%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.073%) WebSphere
Applications
1 76 (5.52%) Simulink
2 27 (1.96%) Stateflow
3 10 (0.73%) OrCAD
4 7 (0.51%) CANalyzer
5 4 (0.29%) Doxygen
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.15%) TargetLink
7 1 (0.073%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.073%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.073%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.073%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.073%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 8 (0.58%) Siebel CRM
2 7 (0.51%) NetSuite
2 7 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.22%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.15%) SystmOne
5 1 (0.073%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 220 (15.99%) Azure
2 180 (13.08%) AWS
3 64 (4.65%) SaaS
4 37 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
5 28 (2.03%) GCP
6 25 (1.82%) GitHub
7 22 (1.60%) Serverless
8 18 (1.31%) Power Platform
9 14 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (0.58%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (0.58%) Amazon S3
12 8 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (0.58%) IaaS
13 7 (0.51%) IBM Cloud
14 6 (0.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
15 5 (0.36%) Datadog
15 5 (0.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (1.96%) Wireless
2 26 (1.89%) TCP/IP
3 25 (1.82%) Network Security
4 20 (1.45%) Ethernet
5 17 (1.24%) Internet
6 14 (1.02%) J1939
7 11 (0.80%) RS-485
7 11 (0.80%) VPN
8 10 (0.73%) Firewall
9 9 (0.65%) CTI
9 9 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.51%) RS-232
11 6 (0.44%) GPRS
12 5 (0.36%) BGP
12 5 (0.36%) IPsec
12 5 (0.36%) LAN
12 5 (0.36%) OSPF
12 5 (0.36%) SSL
12 5 (0.36%) VLAN
12 5 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (5.38%) NoSQL
2 52 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (2.91%) SQL Server
4 38 (2.76%) GIS
5 29 (2.11%) MySQL
5 29 (2.11%) QGIS
6 18 (1.31%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
8 13 (0.94%) Redis
9 12 (0.87%) Power BI
10 6 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.44%) CouchDB
10 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
11 5 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.36%) Oracle Database
12 3 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.22%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.22%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.15%) EDRMS
13 2 (0.15%) Jackrabbit
Development Applications
1 180 (13.08%) Git
2 65 (4.72%) JIRA
3 58 (4.22%) Visual Studio
4 50 (3.63%) Jenkins
5 43 (3.13%) Subversion
6 36 (2.62%) GitLab
7 30 (2.18%) Selenium
8 25 (1.82%) Cypress.io
9 24 (1.74%) CMake
9 24 (1.74%) SoapUI
10 21 (1.53%) ClearCase
10 21 (1.53%) Plastic SCM
10 21 (1.53%) Team Foundation Server
11 16 (1.16%) JUnit
12 14 (1.02%) ClearQuest
13 13 (0.94%) Vagrant
14 11 (0.80%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.65%) Gradle
16 7 (0.51%) Maven
16 7 (0.51%) TestRail
General
1 221 (16.06%) Social Skills
2 159 (11.56%) Electronics
3 107 (7.78%) Finance
4 72 (5.23%) Manufacturing
5 65 (4.72%) Military
6 62 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
7 52 (3.78%) Aerospace
8 44 (3.20%) Automotive
9 40 (2.91%) Public Sector
10 34 (2.47%) Telecoms
11 28 (2.03%) Marketing
12 27 (1.96%) Legal
13 24 (1.74%) Law
13 24 (1.74%) Tech for Good
14 18 (1.31%) Aviation
14 18 (1.31%) Retail
15 16 (1.16%) Health Technology
16 14 (1.02%) Games
17 12 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (0.80%) Police
Job Titles
1 897 (65.19%) Software Engineer
2 335 (24.35%) Senior
3 247 (17.95%) Senior Software Engineer
4 226 (16.42%) Embedded Engineer
5 206 (14.97%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 193 (14.03%) Developer
7 141 (10.25%) Lead
8 111 (8.07%) C++ Software Engineer
9 70 (5.09%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 70 (5.09%) Software Developer
10 66 (4.80%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 54 (3.92%) Lead Software Engineer
12 52 (3.78%) Senior Developer
13 43 (3.13%) Team Leader
14 40 (2.91%) Graduate
15 37 (2.69%) C# Software Engineer
16 36 (2.62%) Graduate Software Engineer
16 36 (2.62%) Junior
17 35 (2.54%) Java Engineer
18 34 (2.47%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (19.91%) .NET
2 156 (11.34%) React
3 80 (5.81%) CSS
4 76 (5.52%) .NET Core
5 72 (5.23%) AngularJS
5 72 (5.23%) HTML
6 59 (4.29%) Qt
7 55 (4.00%) Spring
8 40 (2.91%) ASP.NET
9 36 (2.62%) Vue
9 36 (2.62%) WPF
10 34 (2.47%) .NET Framework
11 30 (2.18%) Middleware
12 29 (2.11%) Leaflet
12 29 (2.11%) OpenLayers
12 29 (2.11%) PostGIS
12 29 (2.11%) STL
13 28 (2.03%) XML
14 27 (1.96%) Jest
15 26 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 140 (10.17%) Algorithms
2 79 (5.74%) Embedded Systems
3 72 (5.23%) IoT
4 55 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
5 36 (2.62%) FPGA
6 35 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.40%) Management Information System
8 32 (2.33%) Product Ownership
9 28 (2.03%) Mobile App
9 28 (2.03%) Robotics
10 27 (1.96%) Device Driver
11 22 (1.60%) Analogue Electronics
11 22 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.53%) Satnav
13 20 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
14 19 (1.38%) Data Structures
14 19 (1.38%) VHDL
15 18 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
16 17 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
16 17 (1.24%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 305 (22.17%) Linux
2 181 (13.15%) Windows
3 65 (4.72%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (2.25%) Android
4 31 (2.25%) Ubuntu
5 17 (1.24%) CentOS
6 16 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.87%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.80%) Apple iOS
9 8 (0.58%) Unix
10 4 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
10 4 (0.29%) Kali Linux
10 4 (0.29%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.15%) Rocky
12 1 (0.073%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.073%) VxWorks
12 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.073%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 432 (31.40%) Agile
2 260 (18.90%) Computer Science
3 244 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
4 225 (16.35%) DevOps
5 149 (10.83%) Mathematics
6 141 (10.25%) Artificial Intelligence
7 140 (10.17%) Mentoring
8 120 (8.72%) CI/CD
9 112 (8.14%) Test Automation
10 108 (7.85%) SDLC
11 95 (6.90%) Full Stack Development
12 93 (6.76%) Actionable Insight
13 89 (6.47%) Machine Learning
14 85 (6.18%) Technical Leadership
15 79 (5.74%) Physics
16 72 (5.23%) Software Testing
16 72 (5.23%) Unit Testing
17 71 (5.16%) Microservices
18 62 (4.51%) Scrum
18 62 (4.51%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 363 (26.38%) Python
2 344 (25.00%) C
3 335 (24.35%) C++
4 321 (23.33%) C#
5 236 (17.15%) JavaScript
6 225 (16.35%) Java
7 175 (12.72%) SQL
8 78 (5.67%) TypeScript
9 57 (4.14%) MATLAB
10 56 (4.07%) Embedded C
11 50 (3.63%) Bash
12 38 (2.76%) Go
13 34 (2.47%) PowerShell
14 33 (2.40%) Kotlin
15 21 (1.53%) Ruby
15 21 (1.53%) T-SQL
16 20 (1.45%) Perl
16 20 (1.45%) PHP
17 16 (1.16%) Haskell
18 14 (1.02%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 443 (32.19%) Degree
2 241 (17.51%) Security Cleared
3 176 (12.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 163 (11.85%) SC Cleared
5 68 (4.94%) Master's Degree
6 49 (3.56%) PhD
7 27 (1.96%) DV Cleared
8 14 (1.02%) CISSP
9 11 (0.80%) HND
10 9 (0.65%) AWS Certification
10 9 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (0.58%) CISM
11 8 (0.58%) GIAC
11 8 (0.58%) GPEN
12 5 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.36%) CCIE
12 5 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.36%) JNCIE
12 5 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (5.89%) QA
2 23 (1.67%) Software Quality Assurance
3 22 (1.60%) MISRA
4 19 (1.38%) ISO 26262
5 18 (1.31%) Automotive SPICE
6 14 (1.02%) AUTOSAR
7 12 (0.87%) NIST
8 10 (0.73%) GDPR
9 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.58%) GRC
10 8 (0.58%) ISO 13485
11 7 (0.51%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.44%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 2 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.15%) JTAG
14 2 (0.15%) SLA
15 1 (0.073%) IEC 61131
15 1 (0.073%) IEC 62304
15 1 (0.073%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 117 (8.50%) Docker
2 55 (4.00%) Firmware
3 38 (2.76%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.22%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.15%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.073%) Kamailio
7 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 84 (6.10%) Kubernetes
2 40 (2.91%) Ansible
3 39 (2.83%) Terraform
4 6 (0.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (0.44%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.44%) Nessus
5 5 (0.36%) SELinux
6 4 (0.29%) Suricata
7 3 (0.22%) Grafana
7 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.15%) SCCM
9 1 (0.073%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.073%) Nagios
9 1 (0.073%) Puppet
9 1 (0.073%) SCOM
Vendors
1 129 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 30 (2.18%) ESRI
2 30 (2.18%) SAP
3 29 (2.11%) IBM
4 24 (1.74%) Xilinx
5 21 (1.53%) Lauterbach
6 17 (1.24%) Oracle
7 16 (1.16%) Atlassian
8 11 (0.80%) Google
9 10 (0.73%) EMC
9 10 (0.73%) IFS
9 10 (0.73%) Red Hat
10 8 (0.58%) Siebel
10 8 (0.58%) Siemens
11 7 (0.51%) Splunk
11 7 (0.51%) VMware
12 6 (0.44%) Qualys
13 5 (0.36%) Cisco
13 5 (0.36%) YouTube
14 4 (0.29%) Instagram