Software Engineering Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 20 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 -9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 517 578 979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.74% 9.60% 14.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.12% 10.13% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 386 325 454
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,878 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +11.11% -6.25%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,668 5,706 6,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.90% 94.74% 92.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,915 3,100 3,897
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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 +14 257 £60,000 -14.29% 40
Oxfordshire -1 164 £55,000 +4.76% 67
Buckinghamshire -27 96 £52,501 -8.30% 25
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
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 (5.61%) ArcGIS
1 29 (5.61%) GeoServer
2 6 (1.16%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.77%) Confluence
4 2 (0.39%) Apache
4 2 (0.39%) JBoss
4 2 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
4 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.19%) nginx
5 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.55%) OrCAD
2 5 (0.97%) Simulink
3 2 (0.39%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 92 (17.79%) Azure
2 75 (14.51%) AWS
3 18 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (1.55%) GitHub
4 8 (1.55%) SaaS
5 7 (1.35%) IaaS
5 7 (1.35%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.35%) Serverless
6 6 (1.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (0.97%) Datadog
8 4 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (0.77%) Firebolt
9 3 (0.58%) GCP
9 3 (0.58%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.39%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (0.39%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.39%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.39%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.48%) Ethernet
2 16 (3.09%) Internet
3 12 (2.32%) Network Security
4 11 (2.13%) Wireless
5 6 (1.16%) VPN
6 5 (0.97%) GPRS
6 5 (0.97%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.77%) Firewall
7 4 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.58%) RS-485
9 2 (0.39%) Broadband
10 1 (0.19%) MQTT
10 1 (0.19%) RS-232
10 1 (0.19%) SpaceWire
10 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (6.00%) GIS
3 29 (5.61%) QGIS
4 25 (4.84%) NoSQL
5 18 (3.48%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (2.71%) MySQL
8 10 (1.93%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.16%) CouchDB
9 6 (1.16%) Power BI
9 6 (1.16%) Redis
10 4 (0.77%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.58%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.39%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
13 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.19%) EDRMS
Development Applications
1 46 (8.90%) Git
2 24 (4.64%) Cypress.io
2 24 (4.64%) Selenium
3 23 (4.45%) SoapUI
4 8 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.55%) Visual Studio
5 7 (1.35%) Gradle
6 6 (1.16%) JIRA
7 5 (0.97%) GitLab
7 5 (0.97%) Subversion
8 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.58%) gulp
9 3 (0.58%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.58%) JDeveloper
9 3 (0.58%) PostCSS
9 3 (0.58%) rollup.js
9 3 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.58%) Vite
10 2 (0.39%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.39%) WebDriver
General
1 55 (10.64%) Social Skills
2 31 (6.00%) Electronics
3 29 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (5.22%) Finance
5 19 (3.68%) Aerospace
6 16 (3.09%) Health Technology
7 13 (2.51%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.93%) Automotive
9 10 (1.93%) Tech for Good
9 10 (1.93%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.74%) Law
11 8 (1.55%) Legal
11 8 (1.55%) Retail
12 7 (1.35%) Games
13 4 (0.77%) Aeronautics
14 2 (0.39%) Marketing
14 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 349 (67.50%) Software Engineer
2 163 (31.53%) Senior
3 121 (23.40%) Senior Software Engineer
4 95 (18.38%) Embedded Engineer
5 83 (16.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 68 (13.15%) Lead
7 62 (11.99%) Developer
8 43 (8.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 43 (8.32%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 34 (6.58%) C++ Software Engineer
9 34 (6.58%) Team Leader
10 30 (5.80%) Development Team Leader
10 30 (5.80%) Software Development Team Leader
10 30 (5.80%) Software Team Leader
11 23 (4.45%) Senior Developer
12 20 (3.87%) Lead Software Engineer
13 18 (3.48%) Full Stack Engineer
13 18 (3.48%) Java Engineer
13 18 (3.48%) Software Developer
14 16 (3.09%) Full Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (24.76%) .NET
2 95 (18.38%) React
3 44 (8.51%) .NET Core
4 39 (7.54%) CSS
5 29 (5.61%) Leaflet
5 29 (5.61%) OpenLayers
5 29 (5.61%) PostGIS
6 24 (4.64%) ASP.NET
7 23 (4.45%) Jest
8 20 (3.87%) AngularJS
8 20 (3.87%) Spring
9 15 (2.90%) Django
10 14 (2.71%) HTML
10 14 (2.71%) WPF
11 13 (2.51%) Vue
12 10 (1.93%) Blazor
12 10 (1.93%) Kafka
13 9 (1.74%) Web Services
14 8 (1.55%) Hibernate
14 8 (1.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.64%) Algorithms
2 23 (4.45%) IoT
3 20 (3.87%) Embedded Systems
3 20 (3.87%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (2.90%) FPGA
5 12 (2.32%) Life Science
6 10 (1.93%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.93%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.55%) Legacy Applications
7 8 (1.55%) Management Information System
7 8 (1.55%) PCIe
8 7 (1.35%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.16%) Client/Server
9 6 (1.16%) Hackathon
9 6 (1.16%) PropTech
10 5 (0.97%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.97%) Device Driver
10 5 (0.97%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.97%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.97%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 84 (16.25%) Linux
2 47 (9.09%) Windows
3 21 (4.06%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (1.55%) Unix
5 4 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.77%) Kali Linux
5 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.19%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (26.31%) Agile
2 86 (16.63%) Computer Science
3 73 (14.12%) DevOps
4 66 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (10.25%) Full Stack Development
6 50 (9.67%) Actionable Insight
6 50 (9.67%) Mentoring
7 48 (9.28%) Artificial Intelligence
8 40 (7.74%) Mathematics
9 35 (6.77%) Physics
10 33 (6.38%) Web Development
11 30 (5.80%) Microservices
11 30 (5.80%) Propensity Modelling
12 29 (5.61%) Machine Learning
13 28 (5.42%) Coaching
14 27 (5.22%) Technical Leadership
15 26 (5.03%) Open Source
16 25 (4.84%) Software Testing
17 24 (4.64%) Containerisation
18 22 (4.26%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 146 (28.24%) Python
2 111 (21.47%) C#
3 92 (17.79%) JavaScript
4 84 (16.25%) SQL
5 77 (14.89%) C
6 74 (14.31%) C++
7 69 (13.35%) Java
8 56 (10.83%) TypeScript
9 21 (4.06%) Bash
10 16 (3.09%) Embedded C
10 16 (3.09%) Ruby
11 14 (2.71%) MATLAB
11 14 (2.71%) T-SQL
12 12 (2.32%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.93%) VB.NET
14 9 (1.74%) Go
15 7 (1.35%) Fortran
15 7 (1.35%) XAML
16 5 (0.97%) PHP
17 4 (0.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 171 (33.08%) Degree
2 69 (13.35%) Security Cleared
3 48 (9.28%) SC Cleared
4 39 (7.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (5.61%) PhD
6 28 (5.42%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.32%) CISSP
8 8 (1.55%) Azure Certification
8 8 (1.55%) CISM
8 8 (1.55%) GIAC
8 8 (1.55%) GPEN
9 4 (0.77%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.29%) QA
2 12 (2.32%) NIST
3 8 (1.55%) GDPR
3 8 (1.55%) GRC
4 7 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.16%) NIST 800
5 6 (1.16%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.39%) SLA
7 2 (0.39%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.19%) JTAG
System Software
1 51 (9.86%) Docker
2 13 (2.51%) Firmware
3 8 (1.55%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (8.12%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.55%) Ansible
2 8 (1.55%) Terraform
3 6 (1.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (1.16%) Nessus
4 4 (0.77%) Suricata
5 1 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (7.35%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.61%) ESRI
3 8 (1.55%) EMC
4 6 (1.16%) Qualys
5 5 (0.97%) YouTube
6 4 (0.77%) Cisco
6 4 (0.77%) Juniper
6 4 (0.77%) OpenAI
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle
6 4 (0.77%) Palo Alto
6 4 (0.77%) Splunk
7 3 (0.58%) Google
7 3 (0.58%) Renesas
8 2 (0.39%) IFS
8 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.39%) SAP
8 2 (0.39%) VMware
9 1 (0.19%) Databricks
9 1 (0.19%) F5
9 1 (0.19%) RedGate