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 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 71 71
Rank change year-on-year -55 0 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 367 602 855
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.22% 3.96% 4.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.37% 4.36% 4.52%
Number of salaries quoted 331 491 592
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,875 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £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 £81,250 £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 15,515 13,804 18,906
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.69% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,273 8,655 12,709
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £64,750 £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%

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 19 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 19 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 -31 157 £70,000 +27.27% 15
Berkshire +12 110 £75,000 +25.00% 8
Hampshire -53 82 £62,500 +13.64% 18
East Sussex +3 49 £60,000 +17.65%
Surrey -25 41 £50,000 -13.04% 6
Oxfordshire -31 40 £55,000 - 3
Kent -12 29 £40,000 -11.11% 4
Buckinghamshire -55 7 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Sussex - 4 £44,000 -
West Sussex +40 3 £42,500 -19.05% 3
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 234 (63.76%) C#
2 202 (55.04%) .NET
3 161 (43.87%) JavaScript
4 142 (38.69%) Degree
5 130 (35.42%) Computer Science
5 130 (35.42%) Agile
6 92 (25.07%) React
7 91 (24.80%) TypeScript
7 91 (24.80%) SQL Server
8 84 (22.89%) Computer Science Degree
9 83 (22.62%) Artificial Intelligence
10 80 (21.80%) .NET Core
10 80 (21.80%) Docker
11 78 (21.25%) SQL
12 74 (20.16%) CSS
13 71 (19.35%) Propensity Modelling
14 70 (19.07%) HTML
15 68 (18.53%) Software Engineering
15 68 (18.53%) Kubernetes
16 60 (16.35%) NoSQL
17 53 (14.44%) Social Skills
17 53 (14.44%) Azure
18 47 (12.81%) AngularJS
18 47 (12.81%) Python
19 46 (12.53%) C++
20 45 (12.26%) DevOps
21 44 (11.99%) ASP.NET
21 44 (11.99%) Microsoft
22 43 (11.72%) Java
23 41 (11.17%) Git

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 5 (1.36%) IIS
2 3 (0.82%) CMS
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.82%) Umbraco
3 2 (0.54%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.27%) Apache
4 1 (0.27%) Mendix
4 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (2.18%) Simulink
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.27%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 53 (14.44%) Azure
2 31 (8.45%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (5.99%) AWS
4 13 (3.54%) GitHub
4 13 (3.54%) SaaS
5 7 (1.91%) Pulumi
6 5 (1.36%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.36%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.09%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.09%) Snowflake
8 3 (0.82%) ChatGPT
9 2 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.27%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.18%) Network Security
2 6 (1.63%) DNS
2 6 (1.63%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.09%) Firewall
3 4 (1.09%) iSCSI
3 4 (1.09%) LAN
3 4 (1.09%) NAS
3 4 (1.09%) VPN
3 4 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.54%) SSL
5 1 (0.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (24.80%) SQL Server
2 60 (16.35%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.18%) MySQL
4 7 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.63%) Redis
5 6 (1.63%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.36%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.36%) Power BI
7 3 (0.82%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.54%) GIS
9 1 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 41 (11.17%) Git
2 23 (6.27%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.72%) JIRA
3 10 (2.72%) Selenium
4 9 (2.45%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.45%) Team Foundation Server
5 8 (2.18%) Jasmine
5 8 (2.18%) NUnit
5 8 (2.18%) Visual Studio Code
6 7 (1.91%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.36%) Bugzilla
7 5 (1.36%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.36%) Zephyr
8 4 (1.09%) GitLab
9 3 (0.82%) Maven
10 1 (0.27%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.27%) JUnit
10 1 (0.27%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.27%) WebDriver
General
1 53 (14.44%) Social Skills
2 41 (11.17%) Finance
3 19 (5.18%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.36%) Marketing
4 16 (4.36%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.54%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.00%) Back Office
7 10 (2.72%) Electronics
7 10 (2.72%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.18%) Retail
9 7 (1.91%) Police
10 6 (1.63%) Automotive
10 6 (1.63%) Tech for Good
11 4 (1.09%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.82%) Law
13 2 (0.54%) Games
13 2 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.27%) Banking
14 1 (0.27%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (55.04%) .NET
2 92 (25.07%) React
3 80 (21.80%) .NET Core
4 74 (20.16%) CSS
5 70 (19.07%) HTML
6 47 (12.81%) AngularJS
7 44 (11.99%) ASP.NET
8 31 (8.45%) .NET Framework
9 29 (7.90%) Entity Framework
9 29 (7.90%) HTML5
10 19 (5.18%) CSS3
11 14 (3.81%) Web Services
12 12 (3.27%) ASP.NET MVC
12 12 (3.27%) Qt
13 11 (3.00%) Blazor
13 11 (3.00%) JSON
13 11 (3.00%) RESTful
14 10 (2.72%) ASP.NET Web API
15 8 (2.18%) jQuery
16 7 (1.91%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.90%) Algorithms
2 11 (3.00%) Digital Media
3 7 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (1.63%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.63%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.36%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (1.09%) Replication
7 3 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (0.82%) Mobile App
7 3 (0.82%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.54%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.27%) CUDA
9 1 (0.27%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.27%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.90%) Windows
2 16 (4.36%) Linux
3 8 (2.18%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (1.09%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (35.42%) Agile
1 130 (35.42%) Computer Science
2 83 (22.62%) Artificial Intelligence
3 71 (19.35%) Propensity Modelling
4 68 (18.53%) Software Engineering
5 45 (12.26%) DevOps
6 38 (10.35%) Problem-Solving
7 37 (10.08%) MVC
8 34 (9.26%) Full Stack Development
9 33 (8.99%) CI/CD
10 30 (8.17%) OOP
11 28 (7.63%) SDLC
12 27 (7.36%) Microservices
13 25 (6.81%) Machine Learning
14 24 (6.54%) Mentoring
14 24 (6.54%) Test Automation
15 23 (6.27%) Unit Testing
16 21 (5.72%) Multithreading
17 20 (5.45%) Mathematics
17 20 (5.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 234 (63.76%) C#
2 161 (43.87%) JavaScript
3 91 (24.80%) TypeScript
4 78 (21.25%) SQL
5 47 (12.81%) Python
6 46 (12.53%) C++
7 43 (11.72%) Java
8 35 (9.54%) C
9 15 (4.09%) T-SQL
10 12 (3.27%) PHP
11 7 (1.91%) Bicep
12 6 (1.63%) Fortran
13 5 (1.36%) Go
14 2 (0.54%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 142 (38.69%) Degree
2 84 (22.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 32 (8.72%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.00%) DV Cleared
5 8 (2.18%) DBS Check
5 8 (2.18%) PhD
6 7 (1.91%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.82%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.82%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.08%) QA
2 4 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 80 (21.80%) Docker
2 4 (1.09%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (18.53%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.91%) MIIS
2 7 (1.91%) Terraform
3 5 (1.36%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (1.09%) WSUS
Vendors
1 44 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 8 (2.18%) Xilinx
3 6 (1.63%) SAP
3 6 (1.63%) VMware
4 5 (1.36%) HP
5 4 (1.09%) Google
5 4 (1.09%) Veeam
6 2 (0.54%) New Relic
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle
7 1 (0.27%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.27%) Thales
7 1 (0.27%) YouTube