Software Engineering Job Trends in Canterbury

Software Engineering
Kent > Canterbury

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Canterbury requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Canterbury 0.76% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +38.89% -18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Canterbury

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 Canterbury.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 106 20 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Canterbury 80.30% 86.96% 78.08%
Number of salaries quoted 35 6 48
10th Percentile £40,500 - £27,965
25th Percentile £44,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -22.73% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £47,500 -
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -10.53%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Canterbury

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Canterbury

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Canterbury

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Canterbury citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Canterbury 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FPGA
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware