Software Engineering Job Trends in Petersfield

Software Engineering
Hampshire > Petersfield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Petersfield requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 3 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 7 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Petersfield 50.00% 28.57% 9.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 58.33% 33.33% 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £42,500
75th Percentile £65,000 - £46,250
90th Percentile £68,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Petersfield

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 Petersfield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Petersfield 85.71% 85.71% 81.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 9
10th Percentile £39,600 - £39,750
25th Percentile - - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +53.33%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £64,500
90th Percentile £79,420 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -7.41%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Petersfield

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Petersfield.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Petersfield

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Petersfield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Petersfield citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Petersfield citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Petersfield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) CATIA
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
2 3 (42.86%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (14.29%) Apache Continuum
General
1 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Acoustics
1 2 (28.57%) Augmented Reality
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) Requirements Management
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
4 2 (28.57%) Network Design
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
5 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Management
5 1 (14.29%) Synthetic Environment
5 1 (14.29%) Systems Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Test Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) Chartered Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) IBM