Software Development Engineer Jobs in London

Software Development Engineer
England > London

The median Software Development Engineer salary in London is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 582 692
Rank change year-on-year +87 +110 -143
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 13 48 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.055% 0.14% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.15% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2 39 38
10th Percentile £66,750 £44,580 £50,875
25th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £66,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -3.13% +6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £94,375 £89,688
90th Percentile £82,250 £100,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -19.23% -5.45% +19.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,079 32,746 65,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 94.99% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,593 24,087 34,614
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Engineer in London

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Software Development Engineer in London

Software Development Engineer
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 Development Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. 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 +42 5 £72,500 -17.14%
Software Development Engineer
England

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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 London region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Degree
1 11 (84.62%) Computer Science
1 11 (84.62%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (84.62%) Onboarding
2 10 (76.92%) Architectural Patterns
3 9 (69.23%) Java
4 8 (61.54%) Design Patterns
5 7 (53.85%) SDLC
5 7 (53.85%) Machine Learning
6 6 (46.15%) Analytics
6 6 (46.15%) Front End Development
6 6 (46.15%) C#
6 6 (46.15%) Agile
7 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
7 5 (38.46%) Statistics
7 5 (38.46%) OO
7 5 (38.46%) Python
7 5 (38.46%) OOD
8 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
8 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (30.77%) Change Management
8 4 (30.77%) Finance
8 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
8 4 (30.77%) Logistics
8 4 (30.77%) Amazon SQS
8 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
8 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
8 4 (30.77%) AWS
8 4 (30.77%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (30.77%) Actionable Insight

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon EKS
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon Kinesis
1 4 (30.77%) Amazon SQS
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) AWS Lambda
1 4 (30.77%) Serverless
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) Big Data
2 1 (7.69%) Data Mining
2 1 (7.69%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Marketing
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) React
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) .NET Framework
2 1 (7.69%) Gherkin
2 1 (7.69%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Onboarding
2 2 (15.38%) Distributed Applications
2 2 (15.38%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (15.38%) Kindle
2 2 (15.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Computer Science
2 10 (76.92%) Architectural Patterns
3 8 (61.54%) Design Patterns
4 7 (53.85%) Machine Learning
4 7 (53.85%) SDLC
5 6 (46.15%) Agile
5 6 (46.15%) Analytics
5 6 (46.15%) Front End Development
6 5 (38.46%) OO
6 5 (38.46%) OOD
6 5 (38.46%) Software Engineering
6 5 (38.46%) Statistics
7 4 (30.77%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (30.77%) Change Management
7 4 (30.77%) Data Analysis
7 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (30.77%) Logistics
7 4 (30.77%) Mathematics
7 4 (30.77%) Zero Defects
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) Java
2 6 (46.15%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) Python
4 4 (30.77%) Go
4 4 (30.77%) JavaScript
4 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
6 1 (7.69%) C++
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (84.62%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft