Software Engineering Job Trends in Sittingbourne

Software Engineering
Kent > Sittingbourne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sittingbourne requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sittingbourne 6.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.89% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -30.77% +52.94% -17.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sittingbourne

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 Sittingbourne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38 29 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sittingbourne 86.36% 46.77% 70.59%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 10
10th Percentile £30,000 - £32,500
25th Percentile - - £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £30,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -31.03% +8.75%
75th Percentile £55,000 £33,750 £55,000
90th Percentile - £41,500 £55,500
Kent median annual salary £45,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Sittingbourne

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Sittingbourne

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Sittingbourne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sittingbourne citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sittingbourne citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sittingbourne 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (33.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Principal Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Software Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Software Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Physics
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) UML
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C
2 2 (66.67%) C++
3 1 (33.33%) Assembly Language
3 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) DO-178B
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens