Programmer Jobs in the South East

Programmer
England > South East

The median Programmer salary in the South East is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 376 403
Rank change year-on-year +57 +27 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 77 38 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.46% 0.25% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.28% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 57 8 36
10th Percentile £35,000 £50,500 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £65,313 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £70,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +64.71% +8.97%
75th Percentile £50,000 - £57,500
90th Percentile £50,250 - £60,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -32.80% +13.64% -

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 13,785 18,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 90.64% 96.38%
Number of salaries quoted 11,307 8,641 12,626
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £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 £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in the South East

Programmer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Programmer in the South East

Programmer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in the South East over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Programmer in the South East

Programmer
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 Programmer within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 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
Hampshire - 28 £35,000 - 9
Thames Valley +11 21 £40,000 - 6
Surrey +21 14 £45,000 -29.41% 4
Berkshire +16 12 £45,000 - 1
Kent -2 8 £38,500 - 4
Oxfordshire - 8 £37,000 - 3
Middlesex - 5 £48,500 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £50,000 - 2
West Sussex - 1 - - 3
Programmer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 17 (22.08%) RPG
1 17 (22.08%) Windows
2 16 (20.78%) SQL
2 16 (20.78%) MS Visio
2 16 (20.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (20.78%) AutoCAD
2 16 (20.78%) R
3 14 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
5 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (14.29%) Degree
5 11 (14.29%) Mathematics
5 11 (14.29%) Physics
5 11 (14.29%) REST
6 10 (12.99%) SDLC
6 10 (12.99%) Modular Programming
6 10 (12.99%) JSON
6 10 (12.99%) Systems Analysis
6 10 (12.99%) Eclipse
6 10 (12.99%) EDI
6 10 (12.99%) Web Services
6 10 (12.99%) XML
6 10 (12.99%) XSL
6 10 (12.99%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (12.99%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (11.69%) Manufacturing
8 7 (9.09%) Ladder Logic
9 6 (7.79%) Chemistry
9 6 (7.79%) Computer Science
9 6 (7.79%) C#

Programmer 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:

Applications
1 16 (20.78%) AutoCAD
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (20.78%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.30%) Azure
1 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.30%) Azure Functions
1 1 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (1.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.30%) Git
2 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.99%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.19%) Electronics
5 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.30%) Agriculture
5 1 (1.30%) Automotive
5 1 (1.30%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.29%) REST
2 10 (12.99%) EDI
2 10 (12.99%) JSON
2 10 (12.99%) Web Services
2 10 (12.99%) XML
2 10 (12.99%) XSL
3 5 (6.49%) EDIFACT
4 1 (1.30%) .NET
4 1 (1.30%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.30%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.30%) Blazor
4 1 (1.30%) CSS
4 1 (1.30%) HTML
4 1 (1.30%) React
4 1 (1.30%) Svelte
4 1 (1.30%) Vue
4 1 (1.30%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.19%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (18.18%) Software Engineering
2 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (14.29%) Mathematics
2 11 (14.29%) Physics
3 10 (12.99%) Modular Programming
3 10 (12.99%) Requirements Gathering
3 10 (12.99%) SDLC
3 10 (12.99%) Systems Analysis
4 6 (7.79%) Chemistry
4 6 (7.79%) Computer Science
5 5 (6.49%) B2B
5 5 (6.49%) Mathematical Modelling
6 1 (1.30%) CAD
6 1 (1.30%) Design Patterns
6 1 (1.30%) DevOps
6 1 (1.30%) Mentoring
6 1 (1.30%) MVC
6 1 (1.30%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.08%) RPG
2 16 (20.78%) R
2 16 (20.78%) SQL
3 7 (9.09%) Ladder Logic
4 6 (7.79%) C#
5 5 (6.49%) Java
5 5 (6.49%) MATLAB
5 5 (6.49%) Python
5 5 (6.49%) RPG IV
5 5 (6.49%) RPG/400
6 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (6.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.30%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (1.30%) Oracle
1 1 (1.30%) QinetiQ