Software Engineering Jobs in Merton

Software Engineering
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merton 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 19 26
Rank change year-on-year +17 +7 +2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 42 9 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 61.76% 7.03% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 61.76% 7.89% 7.87%
Number of salaries quoted 38 9 7
10th Percentile £46,850 £54,400 £36,600
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £70,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.86% +55.56% -34.55%
75th Percentile £102,188 £97,500 £49,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £109,250 £55,400
South London median annual salary £82,500 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.86% +27.27% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 68 114 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merton 100.00% 89.06% 92.70%
Number of salaries quoted 57 41 38
10th Percentile £46,500 £31,250 £37,625
25th Percentile £58,000 £42,500 £41,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -10.20%
75th Percentile £86,250 £77,000 £79,688
90th Percentile £111,250 £95,000 £92,500
South London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Merton

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Merton

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Merton

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Merton

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Merton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Merton over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Merton

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Merton

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Merton region over the 6 months to 3 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
Wimbledon +4 23 £82,500 -24.14% 2
New Malden +16 18 £60,000 -4.00% 2
Morden - 1 - -
Software Engineering
South London

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merton 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 24 (57.14%) AWS
2 3 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Elasticsearch
General
1 23 (54.76%) Finance
1 23 (54.76%) Financial Institution
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 27 (64.29%) Software Engineer
2 23 (54.76%) Java Engineer
2 23 (54.76%) Java Software Engineer
3 15 (35.71%) Senior
4 10 (23.81%) Senior Java Engineer
4 10 (23.81%) Senior Java Software Engineer
4 10 (23.81%) Senior Software Engineer
5 8 (19.05%) Principal Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Engineering Manager
6 2 (4.76%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Developer
7 1 (2.38%) Integration Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Software Developer
7 1 (2.38%) Software Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (54.76%) Akka
1 23 (54.76%) AngularJS
1 23 (54.76%) Kafka
1 23 (54.76%) Spring
1 23 (54.76%) Spring Boot
2 13 (30.95%) RxJava
2 13 (30.95%) Spring WebFlux
3 3 (7.14%) WPF
4 1 (2.38%) .NET
4 1 (2.38%) Node.js
4 1 (2.38%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.38%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Windows
2 1 (2.38%) Android
2 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (97.62%) Agile
2 23 (54.76%) BDD
2 23 (54.76%) Fintech
2 23 (54.76%) Microservices
2 23 (54.76%) Pair Programming
2 23 (54.76%) TDD
3 13 (30.95%) CI/CD
3 13 (30.95%) Concurrent Programming
3 13 (30.95%) Multithreading
4 12 (28.57%) DevOps
5 11 (26.19%) Containerisation
6 10 (23.81%) High Availability
7 7 (16.67%) Line Management
7 7 (16.67%) Mathematics
8 6 (14.29%) Computer Science
8 6 (14.29%) DevSecOps
8 6 (14.29%) Earned Value Management
8 6 (14.29%) UML
8 6 (14.29%) Waterfall
8 6 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 30 (71.43%) Java
2 7 (16.67%) Python
2 7 (16.67%) Rust
3 3 (7.14%) C#
3 3 (7.14%) PowerShell
4 2 (4.76%) C
5 1 (2.38%) C++
5 1 (2.38%) Go
5 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 24 (57.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 24 (57.14%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.38%) Ansible
2 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (14.29%) Atlassian
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) VMware