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 16 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 55 48
Rank change year-on-year +29 -7 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 180 104 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.80% 4.76% 4.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.14% 5.21% 5.01%
Number of salaries quoted 156 94 135
10th Percentile £70,000 - £56,250
25th Percentile £80,000 £56,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £73,750 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.81% -7.81% -8.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £94,375 £101,250
90th Percentile - £114,250 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +26.67% -6.25% -5.88%

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 2,932 1,995 2,994
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 91.35% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2,108 1,469 2,572
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £96,563 £96,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £113,750
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 16 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 16 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.

1 174 (96.67%) Software Engineering
2 48 (26.67%) AWS
3 30 (16.67%) .NET
4 29 (16.11%) Python
5 28 (15.56%) C#
6 27 (15.00%) Azure
6 27 (15.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 26 (14.44%) Java
8 25 (13.89%) C++
9 22 (12.22%) TypeScript
10 21 (11.67%) React
11 19 (10.56%) GCP
11 19 (10.56%) Microservices
12 18 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (8.33%) Agile
13 15 (8.33%) Degree
13 15 (8.33%) DevOps
14 14 (7.78%) Fintech
14 14 (7.78%) Node.js
15 13 (7.22%) Computer Science
15 13 (7.22%) Google
16 12 (6.67%) Django
16 12 (6.67%) JavaScript
17 11 (6.11%) BigQuery
17 11 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
17 11 (6.11%) Elasticsearch
17 11 (6.11%) Go
17 11 (6.11%) Mentoring
18 10 (5.56%) Kubernetes
19 9 (5.00%) AI

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 (0.56%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 48 (26.67%) AWS
2 27 (15.00%) Azure
3 19 (10.56%) GCP
4 4 (2.22%) SaaS
5 2 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.11%) Pulumi
6 1 (0.56%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.56%) Cloud Run
6 1 (0.56%) GitHub
6 1 (0.56%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.11%) BigQuery
1 11 (6.11%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.11%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.78%) Git
2 1 (0.56%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 21 (11.67%) Finance
2 12 (6.67%) Tech for Good
3 4 (2.22%) Aeronautics
3 4 (2.22%) Aerospace
3 4 (2.22%) Automotive
3 4 (2.22%) Banking
3 4 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (1.67%) Front Office
4 3 (1.67%) Manufacturing
4 3 (1.67%) Marketing
5 2 (1.11%) Advertising
5 2 (1.11%) Social Skills
6 1 (0.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.56%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (16.67%) .NET
2 21 (11.67%) React
3 14 (7.78%) Node.js
4 12 (6.67%) Django
5 8 (4.44%) React Native
5 8 (4.44%) RESTful
6 5 (2.78%) Boost C++ Libraries
6 5 (2.78%) FastAPI
7 4 (2.22%) Spring
8 3 (1.67%) CSS
8 3 (1.67%) HTML
8 3 (1.67%) REST
9 2 (1.11%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.11%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.11%) Kafka
9 2 (1.11%) OLE
9 2 (1.11%) Spring Boot
10 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
10 1 (0.56%) Entity Framework
10 1 (0.56%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.89%) Algorithms
2 13 (7.22%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (6.11%) Cloud Native
3 11 (6.11%) Data Structures
3 11 (6.11%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.00%) IoT
5 6 (3.33%) Robotics
6 3 (1.67%) Derivative
6 3 (1.67%) NHS
6 3 (1.67%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.11%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.56%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.56%) Blockchain
8 1 (0.56%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.56%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.56%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.56%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.56%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.67%) Mac OS
1 3 (1.67%) Windows
2 2 (1.11%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (96.67%) Software Engineering
2 27 (15.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 19 (10.56%) Microservices
4 18 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (8.33%) Agile
5 15 (8.33%) DevOps
6 14 (7.78%) Fintech
7 13 (7.22%) Computer Science
8 11 (6.11%) Mentoring
9 9 (5.00%) AI
9 9 (5.00%) CI/CD
9 9 (5.00%) Code Quality
9 9 (5.00%) SDLC
10 8 (4.44%) Low Latency
11 7 (3.89%) Data Science
12 6 (3.33%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (3.33%) Software Architecture
13 5 (2.78%) Customer-Centricity
13 5 (2.78%) TDD
13 5 (2.78%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.11%) Python
2 28 (15.56%) C#
3 26 (14.44%) Java
4 25 (13.89%) C++
5 22 (12.22%) TypeScript
6 12 (6.67%) JavaScript
7 11 (6.11%) Go
8 5 (2.78%) Scala
9 4 (2.22%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.22%) SQL
10 3 (1.67%) C
11 2 (1.11%) PHP
11 2 (1.11%) Rust
12 1 (0.56%) Elm
Qualifications
1 15 (8.33%) Degree
2 11 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (1.67%) DV Cleared
3 3 (1.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (7.22%) Google
2 3 (1.67%) Apple
3 1 (0.56%) Typelevel
3 1 (0.56%) YouTube
106 Software Engineer jobs in the City of London