Software Development Engineer Jobs in Croydon

Software Development Engineer
South London > Croydon

The median Software Development Engineer salary in Croydon is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Croydon 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South London median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 144 202 181
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 79.12% 94.84% 91.88%
Number of salaries quoted 32 147 112
10th Percentile - £24,750 £32,275
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £40,113
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £65,272 £81,786 £67,438
90th Percentile £68,625 £83,750 £88,625
South London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Job postings that featured Software Development Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Engineer in Croydon

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in Croydon

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Engineer in Croydon.

Salary trend for Software Development Engineer in Croydon

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Software Development Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Croydon region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Load Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA