Software Engineering Job Trends in Basingstoke

Software Engineering
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 37 20
Rank change year-on-year +2 -17 +14
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 10 11 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 2.05% 3.89% 6.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 4.26% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 28
10th Percentile £31,000 £61,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,125 £70,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £80,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +60.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £83,125 £55,888
90th Percentile - £100,000 £73,750
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +22.73% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 374 258 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 76.80% 91.17% 69.31%
Number of salaries quoted 306 231 223
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £44,200
25th Percentile £39,813 £49,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% -14.07% +35.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,250 £87,500
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Basingstoke

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Basingstoke

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) AWS
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) ChatGPT
2 2 (20.00%) GCP
2 2 (20.00%) GitHub
2 2 (20.00%) Google Gemini
2 2 (20.00%) Google Sheets
2 2 (20.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (10.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Git
2 2 (20.00%) ESLint
2 2 (20.00%) GitLab
2 2 (20.00%) Storybook
2 2 (20.00%) Vite
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (60.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (60.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Junior
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) Laravel
1 2 (20.00%) Node.js
1 2 (20.00%) Tailwind CSS
1 2 (20.00%) Vue
2 1 (10.00%) Nuxt
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Agile
1 3 (30.00%) AI
1 3 (30.00%) Validation
2 2 (20.00%) A/B Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
2 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (20.00%) Data Science
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (20.00%) OWASP
2 2 (20.00%) SOLID
2 2 (20.00%) Statistics
2 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (20.00%) Time Management
2 2 (20.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (20.00%) PHP
1 2 (20.00%) Python
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
1 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Google
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft