Software Engineering Jobs in the City of Westminster

Software Engineering
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of Westminster requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 24 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 +7
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 26 14 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 13.54% 7.87% 12.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.69% 9.40% 13.13%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 10
10th Percentile - £55,875 -
25th Percentile £56,250 £60,938 £103,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £82,500 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.24% -23.26% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £113,125 £111,250
90th Percentile - £160,000 -
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -5.88% -2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of Westminster

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 the City of Westminster.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 177 149 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 92.19% 83.71% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 46 90 68
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,375 £45,075
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £56,031
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -28.81% +18.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £110,000
90th Percentile - £97,750 £111,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the City of Westminster

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the City of Westminster.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the City of Westminster

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (73.08%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Blender
1 1 (3.85%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) Amazon EKS
1 3 (11.54%) AWS
1 3 (11.54%) AWS CloudFormation
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 19 (73.08%) HTTP
2 1 (3.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) Elasticsearch
General
1 22 (84.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 21 (80.77%) Social Skills
3 20 (76.92%) Games
4 19 (73.08%) Advertising
4 19 (73.08%) Finance
4 19 (73.08%) Retail
5 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Senior
2 19 (73.08%) Senior Software Engineer
2 19 (73.08%) Software Engineer
3 3 (11.54%) Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Software Developer
4 1 (3.85%) Architect
4 1 (3.85%) Engineering Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Manager
4 1 (3.85%) Senior Service Manager
4 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (73.08%) Kafka
2 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 3 (11.54%) Node.js
2 3 (11.54%) Pandas
3 2 (7.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (73.08%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (11.54%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.85%) 3D Graphics
3 1 (3.85%) Animation
3 1 (3.85%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.85%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (3.85%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Android
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) Agile
2 21 (80.77%) Computer Science
3 19 (73.08%) Machine Learning
3 19 (73.08%) Performance Metrics
3 19 (73.08%) Programmatic Advertising
4 5 (19.23%) OO
5 4 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (11.54%) Android Development
6 3 (11.54%) CI/CD
6 3 (11.54%) Containerisation
6 3 (11.54%) Design Patterns
6 3 (11.54%) Kanban
6 3 (11.54%) Line Management
6 3 (11.54%) Mathematics
6 3 (11.54%) OOP
6 3 (11.54%) OWASP
6 3 (11.54%) Secure Coding
6 3 (11.54%) Statistics
7 2 (7.69%) Software Testing
7 2 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 22 (84.62%) Python
2 19 (73.08%) Scala
3 5 (19.23%) C++
3 5 (19.23%) Java
4 3 (11.54%) Go
4 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
4 3 (11.54%) Rust
5 2 (7.69%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (80.77%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) DV Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Ansible
1 3 (11.54%) Kubernetes
1 3 (11.54%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (73.08%) Apple
1 19 (73.08%) Google
1 19 (73.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow