Digital Engineering Job Trends in the South East

Digital Engineering
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Digital Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 266 290 286
Rank change year-on-year +24 -4 +128
Permanent jobs citing Digital Engineering 1 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.010% 0.045% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% 0.050% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.51% -20.63% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Digital 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,351 7,921 7,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.19% 88.17% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,996 3,786 5,412
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,809 £45,000 £38,475
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Digital Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Digital Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Digital Engineering job vacancy trend in the South East

Digital Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Digital Engineering

Digital Engineering
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Hampshire - 1 £60,000 - 5
Digital Engineering
England

Digital Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Storybook
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Ionic Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Platform Development
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript