Software Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Software Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £53,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 93 21
Rank change year-on-year +54 -72 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 346 205 681
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.17% 3.34% 9.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.46% 3.72% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 246 109 254
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,857 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,025 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +19.05% -4.55%
75th Percentile £69,063 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +15.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,341 5,512 6,686
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.92% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,509 3,218 4,172
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +69 165 £58,000 -22.67% 20
Oxfordshire +43 104 £50,510 -15.82% 32
Buckinghamshire -8 77 £52,501 +0.00% 15
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Software Engineer 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 Thames Valley region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 346 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 104 (30.06%) Python
3 96 (27.75%) Degree
4 79 (22.83%) .NET
5 70 (20.23%) C#
5 70 (20.23%) Agile
6 65 (18.79%) Azure
7 63 (18.21%) C
8 62 (17.92%) C++
9 61 (17.63%) Linux
10 58 (16.76%) Security Cleared
11 56 (16.18%) DevOps
12 54 (15.61%) React
13 53 (15.32%) Computer Science
14 51 (14.74%) JavaScript
14 51 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
15 50 (14.45%) AWS
16 47 (13.58%) Actionable Insight
17 45 (13.01%) SC Cleared
17 45 (13.01%) Java
18 44 (12.72%) Windows
18 44 (12.72%) Social Skills
19 36 (10.40%) Full Stack Development
20 35 (10.12%) SQL
21 34 (9.83%) PostgreSQL
22 33 (9.54%) .NET Core
23 32 (9.25%) Web Development
24 31 (8.96%) GIS
25 30 (8.67%) Mentoring
26 29 (8.38%) PostGIS

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (8.38%) ArcGIS
1 29 (8.38%) GeoServer
2 6 (1.73%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.58%) JBoss
3 2 (0.58%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Confluence
4 1 (0.29%) nginx
4 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Simulink
1 2 (0.58%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 65 (18.79%) Azure
2 50 (14.45%) AWS
3 10 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (2.31%) GitHub
5 6 (1.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 6 (1.73%) IaaS
6 5 (1.45%) Datadog
6 5 (1.45%) Serverless
7 4 (1.16%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.58%) Power Automate
8 2 (0.58%) PowerApps
8 2 (0.58%) SaaS
9 1 (0.29%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.29%) GCP
9 1 (0.29%) Google Container Engine
9 1 (0.29%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.18%) Wireless
2 8 (2.31%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.73%) Internet
4 5 (1.45%) GPRS
5 3 (0.87%) RS-485
5 3 (0.87%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.29%) MQTT
6 1 (0.29%) RS-232
6 1 (0.29%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (9.83%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (8.96%) GIS
3 29 (8.38%) QGIS
4 9 (2.60%) MySQL
5 6 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.73%) CouchDB
5 6 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.73%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.45%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.16%) Power BI
8 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.87%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.87%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.58%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.58%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (3.76%) Git
2 7 (2.02%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.73%) Gradle
4 5 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.45%) Subversion
5 3 (0.87%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.87%) JDeveloper
5 3 (0.87%) JIRA
5 3 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.58%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.29%) Mercurial
7 1 (0.29%) Sourcetree
General
1 44 (12.72%) Social Skills
2 27 (7.80%) Electronics
3 19 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.05%) Aerospace
5 10 (2.89%) Manufacturing
6 8 (2.31%) Health Technology
6 8 (2.31%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.02%) Law
7 7 (2.02%) Tech for Good
8 6 (1.73%) Legal
8 6 (1.73%) Retail
9 5 (1.45%) Automotive
9 5 (1.45%) Finance
10 1 (0.29%) Games
10 1 (0.29%) Marketing
10 1 (0.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (22.83%) .NET
2 54 (15.61%) React
3 33 (9.54%) .NET Core
4 29 (8.38%) CSS
4 29 (8.38%) Leaflet
4 29 (8.38%) OpenLayers
4 29 (8.38%) PostGIS
5 21 (6.07%) ASP.NET
6 17 (4.91%) Spring
7 14 (4.05%) WPF
8 13 (3.76%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.31%) Hibernate
10 7 (2.02%) Blazor
10 7 (2.02%) Django
10 7 (2.02%) Vue
11 6 (1.73%) Kafka
11 6 (1.73%) Spring Boot
12 5 (1.45%) Node.js
13 4 (1.16%) Qt
13 4 (1.16%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 20 (5.78%) IoT
2 19 (5.49%) Algorithms
3 13 (3.76%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (2.89%) Life Science
5 9 (2.60%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.31%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (1.73%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.73%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.73%) Hackathon
7 6 (1.73%) PropTech
8 5 (1.45%) Device Driver
8 5 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (1.16%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.16%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.87%) Arduino
10 3 (0.87%) ARM Cortex
10 3 (0.87%) FPGA
10 3 (0.87%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (0.58%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.58%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 61 (17.63%) Linux
2 44 (12.72%) Windows
3 21 (6.07%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (2.02%) Unix
5 4 (1.16%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.29%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 70 (20.23%) Agile
3 56 (16.18%) DevOps
4 53 (15.32%) Computer Science
5 51 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (13.58%) Actionable Insight
7 36 (10.40%) Full Stack Development
8 32 (9.25%) Web Development
9 30 (8.67%) Mentoring
10 27 (7.80%) Mathematics
11 24 (6.94%) Physics
12 23 (6.65%) Multithreading
13 21 (6.07%) Coaching
13 21 (6.07%) Microservices
13 21 (6.07%) Open Source
13 21 (6.07%) Software Testing
14 20 (5.78%) Artificial Intelligence
15 17 (4.91%) Collaborative Working
15 17 (4.91%) SDLC
16 15 (4.34%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 104 (30.06%) Python
2 70 (20.23%) C#
3 63 (18.21%) C
4 62 (17.92%) C++
5 51 (14.74%) JavaScript
6 45 (13.01%) Java
7 35 (10.12%) SQL
8 20 (5.78%) TypeScript
9 17 (4.91%) Bash
10 13 (3.76%) Ruby
11 10 (2.89%) Embedded C
11 10 (2.89%) VB.NET
12 8 (2.31%) Go
12 8 (2.31%) T-SQL
13 7 (2.02%) Fortran
13 7 (2.02%) MATLAB
13 7 (2.02%) XAML
14 5 (1.45%) PowerShell
15 4 (1.16%) VB
15 4 (1.16%) VB6
Qualifications
1 96 (27.75%) Degree
2 58 (16.76%) Security Cleared
3 45 (13.01%) SC Cleared
4 29 (8.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (6.65%) PhD
6 22 (6.36%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.58%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.47%) QA
2 2 (0.58%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.29%) JTAG
System Software
1 18 (5.20%) Docker
2 7 (2.02%) Firmware
3 4 (1.16%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.18%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.45%) Ansible
3 2 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (8.38%) ESRI
2 21 (6.07%) Microsoft
3 5 (1.45%) YouTube
4 4 (1.16%) OpenAI
5 3 (0.87%) Oracle
5 3 (0.87%) Renesas
6 2 (0.58%) Google
6 2 (0.58%) IFS
6 2 (0.58%) VMware
7 1 (0.29%) F5
7 1 (0.29%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.29%) SAP