Software Engineering Job Trends in Chatham

Software Engineering
Kent > Chatham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chatham 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 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chatham 2.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £112,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -60.00% +109.30% +7.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chatham

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 Chatham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30 20 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chatham 66.67% 76.92% 80.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 37
10th Percentile - £25,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £52,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £67,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +25.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £86,750 £117,500 £97,500
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £38,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +16.88% -25.24% +3.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Chatham

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Chatham

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Chatham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chatham citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chatham citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chatham 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 1 (100.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Siemens