Software Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Software Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Software Engineer salary in the City of London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 54 48
Rank change year-on-year +22 -6 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 158 104 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.47% 4.37% 4.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.79% 4.80% 5.03%
Number of salaries quoted 137 88 139
10th Percentile £70,000 £55,125 £56,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £56,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £71,250 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -13.64% -2.94%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,125 £101,250
90th Percentile - £115,000 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -9.09% -2.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 2,728 2,167 2,982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 91.09% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,987 1,470 2,625
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,600
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +6.90% -0.68% -2.67%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 2 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the City of London

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 2 March 2026, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 153 (96.84%) Software Engineering
2 44 (27.85%) AWS
3 26 (16.46%) Azure
3 26 (16.46%) Python
4 25 (15.82%) Full-Stack Development
5 23 (14.56%) .NET
6 22 (13.92%) C#
6 22 (13.92%) C++
6 22 (13.92%) Java
7 21 (13.29%) React
8 19 (12.03%) TypeScript
9 18 (11.39%) Microservices
10 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (10.76%) GCP
11 16 (10.13%) Agile
12 13 (8.23%) Degree
12 13 (8.23%) Node.js
13 12 (7.59%) DevOps
13 12 (7.59%) Google
14 11 (6.96%) Computer Science
14 11 (6.96%) Django
15 10 (6.33%) BigQuery
15 10 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
15 10 (6.33%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (6.33%) Go
15 10 (6.33%) JavaScript
15 10 (6.33%) Mentoring
15 10 (6.33%) SDLC
16 9 (5.70%) AI
16 9 (5.70%) CI/CD

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.63%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 44 (27.85%) AWS
2 26 (16.46%) Azure
3 17 (10.76%) GCP
4 3 (1.90%) SaaS
5 2 (1.27%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (0.63%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.63%) Cloud Run
6 1 (0.63%) Figma
6 1 (0.63%) GitHub
6 1 (0.63%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.63%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.33%) BigQuery
1 10 (6.33%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Git
2 1 (0.63%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.63%) JIRA
General
1 17 (10.76%) Finance
2 12 (7.59%) Tech for Good
3 4 (2.53%) Aeronautics
3 4 (2.53%) Aerospace
3 4 (2.53%) Automotive
4 3 (1.90%) Banking
4 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (1.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.27%) Advertising
5 2 (1.27%) Front Office
5 2 (1.27%) Marketing
5 2 (1.27%) Social Skills
6 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.63%) Law
6 1 (0.63%) Legal
6 1 (0.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (14.56%) .NET
2 21 (13.29%) React
3 13 (8.23%) Node.js
4 11 (6.96%) Django
5 8 (5.06%) React Native
5 8 (5.06%) RESTful
6 4 (2.53%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 4 (2.53%) FastAPI
6 4 (2.53%) HTML
7 3 (1.90%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.90%) CSS
7 3 (1.90%) REST
7 3 (1.90%) Spring
8 2 (1.27%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.27%) Kafka
8 2 (1.27%) OLE
8 2 (1.27%) Spring Boot
9 1 (0.63%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.63%) gRPC
9 1 (0.63%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.86%) Algorithms
2 11 (6.96%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (6.33%) Data Structures
4 9 (5.70%) Cloud Native
4 9 (5.70%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.70%) IoT
5 6 (3.80%) Robotics
6 3 (1.90%) NHS
6 3 (1.90%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.27%) Derivative
7 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.63%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.63%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.63%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.63%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.63%) Over-the-Top Content
8 1 (0.63%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.63%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.63%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.90%) Mac OS
1 3 (1.90%) Windows
2 2 (1.27%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (96.84%) Software Engineering
2 25 (15.82%) Full-Stack Development
3 18 (11.39%) Microservices
4 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (10.13%) Agile
6 12 (7.59%) DevOps
7 11 (6.96%) Computer Science
8 10 (6.33%) Mentoring
8 10 (6.33%) SDLC
9 9 (5.70%) AI
9 9 (5.70%) CI/CD
9 9 (5.70%) Fintech
10 8 (5.06%) Code Quality
11 7 (4.43%) Data Science
11 7 (4.43%) Low Latency
12 5 (3.16%) Customer-Centricity
12 5 (3.16%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (3.16%) Software Architecture
12 5 (3.16%) TDD
13 4 (2.53%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 26 (16.46%) Python
2 22 (13.92%) C#
2 22 (13.92%) C++
2 22 (13.92%) Java
3 19 (12.03%) TypeScript
4 10 (6.33%) Go
4 10 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.16%) Scala
6 4 (2.53%) Kotlin
7 3 (1.90%) C
8 2 (1.27%) PHP
8 2 (1.27%) Rust
9 1 (0.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (8.23%) Degree
2 10 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.90%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.90%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (2.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (7.59%) Google
2 3 (1.90%) Apple
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.63%) Typelevel
3 1 (0.63%) YouTube
95 Software Engineer jobs in the City of London