Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 238 217
Rank change year-on-year +104 -21 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 287 125 375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.90% 1.08% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% 1.18% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 192 104 202
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,875 £56,250
25th Percentile £54,688 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £84,875
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
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 Senior Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Thames Valley +93 154 £60,000 -13.04% 6
Berkshire +57 77 £62,500 -16.67% 1
Hampshire -9 65 £60,000 -14.29% 5
Oxfordshire +35 64 £60,000 - 3
Surrey +7 36 £80,000 +18.52% 3
Buckinghamshire +7 13 £50,000 -29.33% 2
Kent -3 13 £70,000 +27.27%
East Sussex +24 7 £92,500 +82.27%
Sussex - 6 £45,000 -
West Sussex +25 5 £58,000 -3.33% 2
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 287 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 84 (29.27%) Python
3 83 (28.92%) C++
4 77 (26.83%) Linux
5 70 (24.39%) Security Cleared
6 65 (22.65%) Agile
7 64 (22.30%) C#
8 60 (20.91%) C
9 57 (19.86%) Degree
10 45 (15.68%) .NET
10 45 (15.68%) SC Cleared
11 44 (15.33%) JavaScript
12 43 (14.98%) Algorithms
13 41 (14.29%) Computer Science
14 38 (13.24%) Mathematics
15 33 (11.50%) Windows
15 33 (11.50%) Social Skills
16 29 (10.10%) SDLC
17 28 (9.76%) Embedded Linux
17 28 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence
18 27 (9.41%) React
18 27 (9.41%) Azure
19 26 (9.06%) Problem-Solving
20 25 (8.71%) Open Source
20 25 (8.71%) DevOps
20 25 (8.71%) CSS
20 25 (8.71%) SQL
21 24 (8.36%) Software Testing
21 24 (8.36%) Bash
21 24 (8.36%) AWS

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (3.14%) ArcGIS
1 9 (3.14%) GeoServer
2 5 (1.74%) CMS
3 2 (0.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.39%) Simulink
2 3 (1.05%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.70%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (9.41%) Azure
2 24 (8.36%) AWS
3 2 (0.70%) SaaS
4 1 (0.35%) Azure API Management
4 1 (0.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (0.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (0.35%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (0.35%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.35%) GCP
4 1 (0.35%) GitHub
4 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (0.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.18%) Wireless
2 3 (1.05%) J1939
2 3 (1.05%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.70%) 4G
3 2 (0.70%) 5G
3 2 (0.70%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.70%) LoRaWAN
3 2 (0.70%) Modbus
3 2 (0.70%) MQTT
3 2 (0.70%) RS-232
3 2 (0.70%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.14%) GIS
2 9 (3.14%) QGIS
3 7 (2.44%) MySQL
4 5 (1.74%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.70%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 18 (6.27%) Git
2 12 (4.18%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.83%) Visual Studio
4 9 (3.14%) JIRA
5 8 (2.79%) Subversion
6 7 (2.44%) CMake
7 3 (1.05%) ClearCase
7 3 (1.05%) Plastic SCM
8 1 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 33 (11.50%) Social Skills
2 23 (8.01%) Automotive
2 23 (8.01%) Military
3 13 (4.53%) Aerospace
3 13 (4.53%) Finance
4 11 (3.83%) Electronics
5 5 (1.74%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (1.74%) Aviation
5 5 (1.74%) Swedish Language
5 5 (1.74%) Tech for Good
6 4 (1.39%) Games
6 4 (1.39%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.05%) Retail
8 2 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.70%) Law
8 2 (0.70%) Marketing
8 2 (0.70%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.70%) Public Sector
8 2 (0.70%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (15.68%) .NET
2 27 (9.41%) React
3 25 (8.71%) CSS
4 18 (6.27%) .NET Core
5 17 (5.92%) HTML
6 16 (5.57%) ASP.NET
7 10 (3.48%) HTML5
7 10 (3.48%) LAMP
8 9 (3.14%) Leaflet
8 9 (3.14%) OpenLayers
8 9 (3.14%) PostGIS
8 9 (3.14%) Qt
8 9 (3.14%) STL
9 8 (2.79%) Blazor
10 7 (2.44%) MFC
10 7 (2.44%) XML
11 6 (2.09%) Hibernate
11 6 (2.09%) WCF
11 6 (2.09%) Web Services
12 5 (1.74%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 43 (14.98%) Algorithms
2 19 (6.62%) Renewable Energy
3 13 (4.53%) IoT
4 7 (2.44%) Embedded Systems
5 6 (2.09%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.09%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.09%) Robotics
6 5 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.70%) Device Driver
7 2 (0.70%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.70%) NB-IoT
7 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.70%) SIMD
8 1 (0.35%) CCTV
8 1 (0.35%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.35%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.35%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 77 (26.83%) Linux
2 33 (11.50%) Windows
3 28 (9.76%) Embedded Linux
4 19 (6.62%) Unix
5 2 (0.70%) CentOS
5 2 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.70%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.35%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 65 (22.65%) Agile
3 41 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 38 (13.24%) Mathematics
5 29 (10.10%) SDLC
6 28 (9.76%) Artificial Intelligence
7 26 (9.06%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (8.71%) DevOps
8 25 (8.71%) Open Source
9 24 (8.36%) Software Testing
10 22 (7.67%) Full Stack Development
11 20 (6.97%) Parallel Programming
11 20 (6.97%) Physics
12 19 (6.62%) Performance Analysis
13 18 (6.27%) Mentoring
14 16 (5.57%) Actionable Insight
14 16 (5.57%) Technical Leadership
15 14 (4.88%) Data Science
15 14 (4.88%) OO
16 13 (4.53%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 84 (29.27%) Python
2 83 (28.92%) C++
3 64 (22.30%) C#
4 60 (20.91%) C
5 44 (15.33%) JavaScript
6 25 (8.71%) SQL
7 24 (8.36%) Bash
8 23 (8.01%) Java
9 19 (6.62%) Fortran
9 19 (6.62%) TypeScript
10 10 (3.48%) Embedded C++
10 10 (3.48%) PHP
10 10 (3.48%) PowerShell
11 9 (3.14%) Embedded C
12 7 (2.44%) Haskell
12 7 (2.44%) T-SQL
13 4 (1.39%) MATLAB
14 3 (1.05%) Perl
15 2 (0.70%) Assembly Language
16 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 70 (24.39%) Security Cleared
2 57 (19.86%) Degree
3 45 (15.68%) SC Cleared
4 21 (7.32%) Master's Degree
5 20 (6.97%) PhD
6 10 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (2.79%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.39%) HND
9 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.39%) QA
2 3 (1.05%) Automotive SPICE
2 3 (1.05%) AUTOSAR
2 3 (1.05%) ISO 26262
2 3 (1.05%) MISRA
System Software
1 9 (3.14%) Docker
2 5 (1.74%) Firmware
3 4 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (3.48%) Ansible
2 8 (2.79%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.74%) SELinux
Vendors
1 23 (8.01%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.14%) ESRI
3 3 (1.05%) Facebook
3 3 (1.05%) IBM
3 3 (1.05%) Instagram
3 3 (1.05%) Lauterbach
4 2 (0.70%) Atmel
4 2 (0.70%) Freescale
4 2 (0.70%) IFS
4 2 (0.70%) SAP
5 1 (0.35%) Databricks
5 1 (0.35%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.35%) VMware
5 1 (0.35%) Wind River