Software Engineering Jobs in Hampshire

Software Engineering
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 9 16
Rank change year-on-year -18 +7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 124 492 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 6.13% 12.31% 11.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.99% 15.02% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 74 413 271
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £39,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,125 £82,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -11.54% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,773 3,276 2,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 87.64% 81.94% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 2,507 1,857
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,500 £29,400
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,375 £50,000 £54,313
Median % change year-on-year +8.75% -7.94% +3.45%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £56,673 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.35% -9.09% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Hampshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Hampshire.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Hampshire

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Hampshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Hampshire

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Portsmouth -9 34 £55,000 -4.35% 24
Southampton -4 31 £60,000 - 34
Fareham -2 18 £60,000 -5.88% 17
Farnborough -6 13 £49,050 -29.93% 20
Petersfield -2 4 £55,000 +29.41%
Basingstoke -32 3 £70,000 +40.00% 15
Winchester +11 2 £65,000 -21.21% 1
Gosport - 2 £55,000 -
Southsea - 2 £55,000 -
Waterlooville - 2 £55,000 -
Havant +14 1 - - 2
Eastleigh +14 1 £36,500 -47.86% 1
Romsey -6 1 - -
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (1.61%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 15 (12.10%) Azure
2 4 (3.23%) GCP
2 4 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 4 (3.23%) SaaS
3 3 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (2.42%) Datadog
3 3 (2.42%) Figma
3 3 (2.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 3 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.61%) AWS
4 2 (1.61%) Cloud Run
4 2 (1.61%) GitHub
4 2 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (1.61%) Serverless
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.26%) Software-Defined Radio
1 9 (7.26%) Wireless
2 7 (5.65%) TCP/IP
3 6 (4.84%) Firewall
3 6 (4.84%) Network Security
4 1 (0.81%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.81%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.81%) HTTP
4 1 (0.81%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.42%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.42%) Power BI
3 1 (0.81%) MySQL
3 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.81%) Redis
3 1 (0.81%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (4.84%) GitLab
2 5 (4.03%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.03%) Robot Framework
3 4 (3.23%) Git
4 2 (1.61%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.61%) Eclipse RCP
5 1 (0.81%) Bugzilla
5 1 (0.81%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (0.81%) CruiseControl
5 1 (0.81%) Gemini Tracker
5 1 (0.81%) Hudson
5 1 (0.81%) Subversion
5 1 (0.81%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 22 (17.74%) Electronics
2 13 (10.48%) Finance
2 13 (10.48%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.68%) Aviation
4 7 (5.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (5.65%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.03%) Military
6 3 (2.42%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.61%) Banking
7 2 (1.61%) Local Government
7 2 (1.61%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.61%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.81%) Automotive
8 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Law
8 1 (0.81%) Marketing
8 1 (0.81%) Retail
8 1 (0.81%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 32 (25.81%) Senior
3 27 (21.77%) Senior Software Engineer
4 20 (16.13%) Principal Engineer
5 19 (15.32%) Software Assurance Engineer
6 17 (13.71%) Embedded Engineer
7 16 (12.90%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 16 (12.90%) Lead
8 14 (11.29%) C++ Software Engineer
9 10 (8.06%) Developer
10 6 (4.84%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
11 5 (4.03%) Embedded C Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) C Software Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) C/C++ Embedded Software Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) C/C++ Software Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Embedded C Software Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Embedded C/C++ Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Embedded C/C++ Software Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Security Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.48%) React
2 8 (6.45%) HTML
3 6 (4.84%) .NET
3 6 (4.84%) CSS
4 5 (4.03%) Django
5 4 (3.23%) Next.js
5 4 (3.23%) Node.js
5 4 (3.23%) Yocto
6 3 (2.42%) Tailwind CSS
7 2 (1.61%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.61%) JSP
7 2 (1.61%) Kafka
7 2 (1.61%) Middleware
7 2 (1.61%) OpenEmbedded
7 2 (1.61%) REST
8 1 (0.81%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.81%) JSON
8 1 (0.81%) STL
8 1 (0.81%) WCF
8 1 (0.81%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.48%) Algorithms
2 12 (9.68%) Acoustics
2 12 (9.68%) Robotics
3 10 (8.06%) Embedded Systems
4 9 (7.26%) e-Learning
4 9 (7.26%) MicroBlaze
4 9 (7.26%) RISC-V
5 7 (5.65%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.23%) CCTV
7 3 (2.42%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (2.42%) Cloud Native
7 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.42%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.61%) FPGA
8 2 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.61%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.81%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.81%) CPLD
9 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.81%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 27 (21.77%) Linux
2 11 (8.87%) Windows
3 9 (7.26%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (5.65%) Android
5 6 (4.84%) Apple iOS
6 5 (4.03%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.19%) Computer Science
2 24 (19.35%) Agile
3 23 (18.55%) Artificial Intelligence
4 20 (16.13%) Decision-Making
4 20 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (15.32%) Mathematics
5 19 (15.32%) Software Assurance
5 19 (15.32%) Software Testing
5 19 (15.32%) Systems Engineering
6 16 (12.90%) DevOps
7 14 (11.29%) SDLC
8 13 (10.48%) CI/CD
9 12 (9.68%) Test Automation
10 11 (8.87%) Signal Processing
11 10 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (8.06%) Digital Signal Processing
12 9 (7.26%) Innovative Thinking
12 9 (7.26%) Logistics
13 8 (6.45%) Cloud Security
13 8 (6.45%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 38 (30.65%) C++
2 22 (17.74%) C
3 20 (16.13%) Python
4 19 (15.32%) C#
5 17 (13.71%) JavaScript
6 14 (11.29%) Ada
7 13 (10.48%) Java
8 12 (9.68%) SQL
9 6 (4.84%) Rust
9 6 (4.84%) TypeScript
10 5 (4.03%) Embedded C
11 4 (3.23%) Embedded C++
12 3 (2.42%) PHP
13 2 (1.61%) Delphi
13 2 (1.61%) Go
13 2 (1.61%) MATLAB
13 2 (1.61%) R
13 2 (1.61%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.81%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.81%) Scala
Qualifications
1 41 (33.06%) Degree
2 33 (26.61%) BPSS Clearance
3 25 (20.16%) Security Cleared
4 21 (16.94%) SC Cleared
5 11 (8.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.84%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (3.23%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.42%) DBS Check
9 2 (1.61%) HNC
9 2 (1.61%) PhD
10 1 (0.81%) OCP
10 1 (0.81%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 6 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.03%) QA
3 1 (0.81%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (7.26%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (7.26%) Firmware
2 4 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.84%) ArcSight ESM
1 6 (4.84%) QRadar
2 4 (3.23%) Terraform
3 3 (2.42%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.81%) Grafana
4 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (4.84%) ArcSight
1 6 (4.84%) LogLogic
1 6 (4.84%) McAfee
1 6 (4.84%) Splunk
2 5 (4.03%) Red Hat
3 4 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.42%) Google
5 2 (1.61%) Apple
5 2 (1.61%) NVIDIA
5 2 (1.61%) Spotify
6 1 (0.81%) Databricks
6 1 (0.81%) EMC
6 1 (0.81%) Foundry
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle
6 1 (0.81%) Palantir
6 1 (0.81%) SAP