Software Engineer Jobs in Rochester

Software Engineer
Kent > Rochester

The median Software Engineer salary in Rochester is £49,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 4 16
Rank change year-on-year -26 +12 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 11 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochester 6.32% 38.10% 2.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.32% 42.11% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 1
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £35,500 £34,750 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £37,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.78% +23.33% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £38,500 £31,500
90th Percentile £60,750 - -
Kent median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -24.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Rochester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Rochester. 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 Rochester with a recognized job title 174 19 46
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.48% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 81 18 13
10th Percentile £25,250 £22,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £31,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £37,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -26.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £57,500 £38,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £65,000
Kent median annual salary £47,000 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +10.59% -8.60% +3.33%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Rochester

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Rochester

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Rochester

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Rochester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Rochester over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Rochester

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Software 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 Rochester region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 10 (90.91%) Python
3 9 (81.82%) Degree
4 8 (72.73%) Verification and Validation
4 8 (72.73%) Validation
5 7 (63.64%) C
5 7 (63.64%) Software Architecture
5 7 (63.64%) Physics
6 6 (54.55%) Mathematics
6 6 (54.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (54.55%) C#
6 6 (54.55%) MATLAB
6 6 (54.55%) Electronics
7 5 (45.45%) Military
8 4 (36.36%) Aerospace
8 4 (36.36%) UML
8 4 (36.36%) C++
8 4 (36.36%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
9 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
9 3 (27.27%) Power Management
9 3 (27.27%) Git
9 3 (27.27%) Rust
9 3 (27.27%) Java
9 3 (27.27%) Simulink
9 3 (27.27%) Subversion
10 2 (18.18%) Agile
10 2 (18.18%) Ada
10 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
10 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Rochester 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 1 (9.09%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Git
1 3 (27.27%) Subversion
2 1 (9.09%) Eclipse
2 1 (9.09%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (9.09%) LabVIEW
General
1 6 (54.55%) Electronics
2 5 (45.45%) Military
3 4 (36.36%) Aerospace
4 1 (9.09%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) JSP
1 1 (9.09%) Middleware
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (72.73%) Validation
2 8 (72.73%) Verification and Validation
3 7 (63.64%) Physics
3 7 (63.64%) Software Architecture
4 6 (54.55%) Mathematics
5 4 (36.36%) Requirements Analysis
5 4 (36.36%) UML
6 3 (27.27%) Configuration Management
6 3 (27.27%) Power Management
6 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
7 2 (18.18%) Agile
7 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
7 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
7 2 (18.18%) DevSecOps
7 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
8 1 (9.09%) Analytics
8 1 (9.09%) Business Analytics
8 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
8 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (90.91%) Python
2 7 (63.64%) C
3 6 (54.55%) C#
3 6 (54.55%) MATLAB
4 4 (36.36%) C++
5 3 (27.27%) Java
5 3 (27.27%) Rust
6 2 (18.18%) Ada
7 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (81.82%) Degree
2 6 (54.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) NIST
1 1 (9.09%) NIST 800