Real Time Engineer Job Trends in the South East

Real-Time Engineer
England > South East

The median Real-Time Engineer salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 - 347
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Real Time Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.009% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
England median annual salary £75,000 - £110,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 10,872 6,759 11,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 87.60% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,071 3,649 9,048
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

Real Time Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Real Time Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Real Time Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Real Time Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Real Time Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Real Time Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Real Time Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 February 2026, Real Time Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Real Time Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TDD

Real Time Engineer Skill Set
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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL