Software Engineering Jobs in London

Software Engineering
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 22 16 13
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,648 6,081 8,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.95% 13.01% 15.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.56% 13.57% 16.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 3,497 4,533
10th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £68,718 £65,000 £64,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £86,597 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% +1.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £136,250 £129,950
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,243 44,796 49,228
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 93.63% 95.82% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 13,801 30,668 33,404
10th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £42,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £112,500 £110,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in London over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in London

Software Engineering
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
Central London -5 255 £80,000 -5.88% 90
South London -20 20 £62,500 -3.85% 13
West London -20 12 £68,750 -11.29% 7
North London -1 1 £90,000 +38.46% 1
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 125 (7.58%) Apache Airflow
2 115 (6.98%) Apache
3 39 (2.37%) Confluence
4 20 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 20 (1.21%) nginx
5 15 (0.91%) CMS
6 12 (0.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 11 (0.67%) WinCC
8 10 (0.61%) Drupal
9 9 (0.55%) SharePoint
10 8 (0.49%) JBoss
10 8 (0.49%) Red Hat Fuse
11 7 (0.42%) WebSphere
11 7 (0.42%) WordPress
12 4 (0.24%) OpenEdge
13 3 (0.18%) IBM HTTP Server
13 3 (0.18%) IIS
13 3 (0.18%) MS Exchange
13 3 (0.18%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 3 (0.18%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.061%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.18%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.12%) Ripple
4 1 (0.061%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.061%) Endur
4 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 684 (41.50%) AWS
2 444 (26.94%) Azure
3 435 (26.40%) GCP
4 109 (6.61%) Serverless
5 86 (5.22%) OpenShift
6 83 (5.04%) GitHub
7 65 (3.94%) dbt
8 62 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
8 62 (3.76%) SaaS
9 51 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
10 46 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
11 44 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
12 43 (2.61%) Amazon S3
13 38 (2.31%) Cloud Computing
13 38 (2.31%) Power Platform
14 27 (1.64%) PaaS
15 25 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
16 23 (1.40%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 19 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.94%) Internet
2 11 (0.67%) HTTP
2 11 (0.67%) TCP/IP
3 9 (0.55%) AMQP
3 9 (0.55%) VoIP
4 5 (0.30%) DNS
4 5 (0.30%) OpenVPN
5 3 (0.18%) Network Security
6 2 (0.12%) Firewall
6 2 (0.12%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.12%) Multicast
6 2 (0.12%) Unicast
6 2 (0.12%) WebEx
7 1 (0.061%) 4G
7 1 (0.061%) DSL
7 1 (0.061%) Modbus
7 1 (0.061%) RS-232
7 1 (0.061%) RS-485
7 1 (0.061%) VPN
7 1 (0.061%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (7.71%) PostgreSQL
2 95 (5.76%) SQL Server
3 86 (5.22%) Apache Ignite
4 78 (4.73%) NoSQL
5 65 (3.94%) Amazon Athena
6 52 (3.16%) Apache Arrow
6 52 (3.16%) Dremio
7 45 (2.73%) Redis
8 43 (2.61%) MongoDB
9 42 (2.55%) Relational Database
10 41 (2.49%) Big Data
11 29 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
11 29 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
12 28 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
13 27 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
14 26 (1.58%) MySQL
15 22 (1.33%) Hadoop
16 20 (1.21%) Power BI
17 19 (1.15%) DynamoDB
18 18 (1.09%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 120 (7.28%) Git
2 98 (5.95%) Jenkins
3 66 (4.00%) Artifactory
4 65 (3.94%) Cypress.io
5 58 (3.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 55 (3.34%) JIRA
7 49 (2.97%) GitLab
8 37 (2.25%) Bitbucket
9 32 (1.94%) webpack
10 21 (1.27%) CircleCI
11 20 (1.21%) TeamCity
12 19 (1.15%) Liquibase
13 17 (1.03%) Cucumber
14 14 (0.85%) Selenium
14 14 (0.85%) SonarQube
15 13 (0.79%) Maven
15 13 (0.79%) Octopus Deploy
15 13 (0.79%) Visual Studio
16 12 (0.73%) Travis CI
17 10 (0.61%) Appium
General
1 653 (39.62%) Finance
2 389 (23.60%) Front Office
3 261 (15.84%) Social Skills
4 193 (11.71%) Banking
5 84 (5.10%) Investment Banking
6 74 (4.49%) Analytical Skills
7 67 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 47 (2.85%) Financial Institution
9 43 (2.61%) Retail
10 42 (2.55%) Marketing
11 38 (2.31%) Law
11 38 (2.31%) Legal
12 34 (2.06%) Public Sector
13 19 (1.15%) Games
14 17 (1.03%) Aerospace
14 17 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
15 16 (0.97%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.91%) Health Technology
17 13 (0.79%) Police
17 13 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 738 (44.78%) Software Engineer
2 589 (35.74%) Developer
3 333 (20.21%) Senior
4 257 (15.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 168 (10.19%) Python Engineer
6 166 (10.07%) Lead
7 144 (8.74%) Senior Software Engineer
8 141 (8.56%) Python Developer
9 126 (7.65%) .NET Developer
10 119 (7.22%) Python Software Engineer
11 116 (7.04%) Full Stack Developer
12 114 (6.92%) AWS Engineer
12 114 (6.92%) React Developer
13 111 (6.74%) Full Stack Engineer
14 97 (5.89%) .NET Software Engineer
14 97 (5.89%) Java Developer
15 96 (5.83%) Senior Developer
16 94 (5.70%) Full Stack Software Engineer
17 93 (5.64%) Java Engineer
18 92 (5.58%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 518 (31.43%) React
2 319 (19.36%) .NET
3 225 (13.65%) Node.js
4 173 (10.50%) Redux
5 162 (9.83%) AngularJS
6 125 (7.58%) ASP.NET
7 119 (7.22%) CSS
8 117 (7.10%) HTML
9 110 (6.67%) gRPC
9 110 (6.67%) Vue
10 101 (6.13%) Kafka
11 98 (5.95%) REST
12 96 (5.83%) ASP.NET Core
13 88 (5.34%) RESTful
14 86 (5.22%) Spring
15 79 (4.79%) .NET Core
16 78 (4.73%) Protocol Buffers
17 77 (4.67%) GraphQL
18 74 (4.49%) Pandas
19 67 (4.07%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 205 (12.44%) Fixed Income
2 177 (10.74%) Derivative
3 140 (8.50%) Greenfield Project
4 136 (8.25%) Equities
5 133 (8.07%) Hedge funds
6 118 (7.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 85 (5.16%) Distributed Systems
8 73 (4.43%) Cloud Native
9 43 (2.61%) Mobile App
10 42 (2.55%) Algorithms
10 42 (2.55%) Data Structures
11 41 (2.49%) Product Ownership
12 33 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
13 29 (1.76%) Distributed Applications
14 23 (1.40%) Legacy Code
14 23 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
15 22 (1.33%) Management Information System
15 22 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
16 17 (1.03%) SCADA
17 16 (0.97%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 164 (9.95%) Linux
2 50 (3.03%) Unix
3 32 (1.94%) Windows
4 31 (1.88%) Apple iOS
5 29 (1.76%) Android
6 14 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.73%) HPUX
7 12 (0.73%) Solaris
8 11 (0.67%) AIX
8 11 (0.67%) Fedora
8 11 (0.67%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.30%) CentOS
10 3 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.12%) VMS
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.061%) Debian
12 1 (0.061%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 756 (45.87%) Agile
2 445 (27.00%) DevOps
3 308 (18.69%) Full Stack Development
4 299 (18.14%) CI/CD
5 292 (17.72%) Asset Management
6 278 (16.87%) Microservices
7 246 (14.93%) Fintech
8 237 (14.38%) Computer Science
9 230 (13.96%) Problem-Solving
10 189 (11.47%) Investment Management
11 188 (11.41%) Analytics
12 177 (10.74%) TDD
13 160 (9.71%) Mentoring
14 148 (8.98%) Containerisation
15 137 (8.31%) SDLC
16 126 (7.65%) Roadmaps
17 117 (7.10%) Scrum
18 109 (6.61%) Continuous Integration
19 106 (6.43%) Test Automation
20 105 (6.37%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 601 (36.47%) Python
2 487 (29.55%) Java
3 478 (29.00%) TypeScript
4 459 (27.85%) JavaScript
5 382 (23.18%) C#
6 288 (17.48%) SQL
7 134 (8.13%) C++
8 111 (6.74%) Go
9 78 (4.73%) Kotlin
10 66 (4.00%) Ruby
11 61 (3.70%) PowerShell
12 58 (3.52%) Scala
13 54 (3.28%) Bash
13 54 (3.28%) Rust
14 38 (2.31%) PHP
15 29 (1.76%) C
16 27 (1.64%) Shell Script
17 16 (0.97%) T-SQL
18 15 (0.91%) PL/SQL
19 14 (0.85%) R
Qualifications
1 297 (18.02%) Degree
2 125 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 116 (7.04%) Security Cleared
4 73 (4.43%) SC Cleared
5 67 (4.07%) Master's Degree
6 24 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 16 (0.97%) PhD
8 12 (0.73%) Azure Certification
9 10 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.49%) HNC
10 8 (0.49%) HND
10 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.18%) ISEB
12 3 (0.18%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 3 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
13 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 2 (0.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (0.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 191 (11.59%) QA
2 27 (1.64%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.97%) WCAG
4 12 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 8 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.36%) ISO 9000
8 5 (0.30%) GDPR
9 3 (0.18%) NIST
9 3 (0.18%) SLA
10 1 (0.061%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.061%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.061%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.061%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.061%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.061%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 235 (14.26%) Docker
2 9 (0.55%) OpenSIPS
3 8 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.49%) IAG
4 7 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.36%) Firmware
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.24%) Ceph
8 3 (0.18%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.12%) HDFS
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.061%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 284 (17.23%) Kubernetes
2 158 (9.59%) Terraform
3 101 (6.13%) Ansible
4 19 (1.15%) Argo
4 19 (1.15%) Grafana
5 18 (1.09%) Rancher
6 10 (0.61%) Functional Safety
7 9 (0.55%) Kibana
7 9 (0.55%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.55%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.36%) Puppet
9 4 (0.24%) Wonderware InTouch
10 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.18%) Data Guard
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.12%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.061%) SCCM
12 1 (0.061%) SCOM
12 1 (0.061%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 142 (8.62%) Microsoft
2 139 (8.43%) Google
3 33 (2.00%) Splunk
4 31 (1.88%) Oracle
5 24 (1.46%) Finsemble
6 23 (1.40%) Red Hat
7 22 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.27%) TOWER Software
9 19 (1.15%) CyberArk
10 17 (1.03%) Adobe
11 13 (0.79%) Databricks
11 13 (0.79%) IBM
12 11 (0.67%) Apple
12 11 (0.67%) Siemens
13 10 (0.61%) SAP
13 10 (0.61%) VMware
14 8 (0.49%) Bloomberg
15 7 (0.42%) Confluent
16 6 (0.36%) Dynatrace
16 6 (0.36%) ServiceNow