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 £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 238 214
Rank change year-on-year +66 -24 +52
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 250 180 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.50% 1.23% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.60% 1.36% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 168 118 188
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,625 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,669 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,272 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +60 121 £70,000 -6.67% 25
Hampshire -2 80 £62,500 -10.71% 9
Berkshire +62 68 £70,000 -6.67% 6
Oxfordshire +32 34 £57,547 -7.92% 17
Surrey -2 26 £70,000 +12.00% 12
Buckinghamshire -18 19 £58,750 -14.86% 2
Kent +14 18 £55,000 - 3
East Sussex +22 2 £55,000 +8.37% 1
Sussex - 2 £30,000 - 1
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 7 May 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.

1 249 (99.60%) Software Engineering
2 87 (34.80%) Agile
3 85 (34.00%) Python
4 76 (30.40%) Linux
5 68 (27.20%) Security Cleared
6 66 (26.40%) Degree
7 60 (24.00%) C++
8 56 (22.40%) C#
8 56 (22.40%) SC Cleared
9 54 (21.60%) C
9 54 (21.60%) .NET
10 50 (20.00%) Algorithms
11 44 (17.60%) JavaScript
12 41 (16.40%) Azure
13 39 (15.60%) React
14 34 (13.60%) Mathematics
14 34 (13.60%) Embedded Linux
15 33 (13.20%) Java
16 32 (12.80%) Military
17 31 (12.40%) Computer Science
17 31 (12.40%) Windows
17 31 (12.40%) AWS
18 29 (11.60%) Actionable Insight
18 29 (11.60%) Configuration Management
18 29 (11.60%) Social Skills
19 28 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
20 25 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
20 25 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
21 24 (9.60%) CSS
21 24 (9.60%) .NET Core

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 19 (7.60%) ArcGIS
1 19 (7.60%) GeoServer
2 6 (2.40%) Confluence
3 2 (0.80%) JBoss
3 2 (0.80%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 15 (6.00%) Simulink
1 15 (6.00%) Stateflow
2 7 (2.80%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.40%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.40%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.40%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 41 (16.40%) Azure
2 31 (12.40%) AWS
3 4 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (1.60%) GCP
3 4 (1.60%) Serverless
4 2 (0.80%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.40%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.60%) J1939
2 11 (4.40%) Wireless
3 1 (0.40%) 4G
3 1 (0.40%) 5G
3 1 (0.40%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.40%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.40%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.40%) Modbus
3 1 (0.40%) MQTT
3 1 (0.40%) Network Security
3 1 (0.40%) RS-232
3 1 (0.40%) RS-485
3 1 (0.40%) SNMP
3 1 (0.40%) SpaceWire
3 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (7.60%) GIS
2 19 (7.60%) QGIS
3 8 (3.20%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.60%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.80%) Power BI
5 2 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 15 (6.00%) CMake
1 15 (6.00%) Subversion
2 14 (5.60%) ClearCase
2 14 (5.60%) JIRA
2 14 (5.60%) Plastic SCM
3 13 (5.20%) Git
4 9 (3.60%) Visual Studio
5 7 (2.80%) ClearQuest
5 7 (2.80%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.80%) IntelliJ
6 2 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.40%) GitLab
General
1 32 (12.80%) Military
2 29 (11.60%) Social Skills
3 19 (7.60%) Automotive
3 19 (7.60%) Electronics
4 18 (7.20%) Aerospace
5 9 (3.60%) Finance
6 6 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.00%) Aviation
7 5 (2.00%) Health Technology
7 5 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.00%) Swedish Language
7 5 (2.00%) Tech for Good
8 4 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.60%) Retail
9 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.40%) Marketing
10 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (21.60%) .NET
2 39 (15.60%) React
3 24 (9.60%) .NET Core
3 24 (9.60%) CSS
4 19 (7.60%) Leaflet
4 19 (7.60%) OpenLayers
4 19 (7.60%) PostGIS
5 17 (6.80%) XML
6 15 (6.00%) MFC
6 15 (6.00%) Qt
6 15 (6.00%) STL
7 14 (5.60%) ASP.NET
8 12 (4.80%) HTML
9 10 (4.00%) Blazor
9 10 (4.00%) Vue
10 8 (3.20%) AngularJS
10 8 (3.20%) RESTful
11 6 (2.40%) OpenAPI
11 6 (2.40%) Swagger
12 5 (2.00%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 50 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 15 (6.00%) IoT
3 14 (5.60%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.40%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.00%) Device Driver
7 5 (2.00%) Robotics
7 5 (2.00%) SIMD
8 4 (1.60%) CCTV
9 2 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.40%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.40%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.40%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.40%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.40%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 76 (30.40%) Linux
2 34 (13.60%) Embedded Linux
3 31 (12.40%) Windows
4 6 (2.40%) Ubuntu
4 6 (2.40%) Unix
5 2 (0.80%) CentOS
5 2 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (99.60%) Software Engineering
2 87 (34.80%) Agile
3 34 (13.60%) Mathematics
4 31 (12.40%) Computer Science
5 29 (11.60%) Actionable Insight
5 29 (11.60%) Configuration Management
6 28 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
8 24 (9.60%) DevOps
8 24 (9.60%) Technical Leadership
9 21 (8.40%) Mentoring
9 21 (8.40%) Software Testing
9 21 (8.40%) Web Development
10 20 (8.00%) Data Acquisition
11 17 (6.80%) SDLC
12 15 (6.00%) OO
13 14 (5.60%) Data Science
13 14 (5.60%) TDD
14 12 (4.80%) Test Automation
15 11 (4.40%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 85 (34.00%) Python
2 60 (24.00%) C++
3 56 (22.40%) C#
4 54 (21.60%) C
5 44 (17.60%) JavaScript
6 33 (13.20%) Java
7 22 (8.80%) Embedded C
7 22 (8.80%) SQL
8 16 (6.40%) MATLAB
9 15 (6.00%) Perl
10 12 (4.80%) Bash
11 11 (4.40%) TypeScript
12 8 (3.20%) T-SQL
13 7 (2.80%) Haskell
13 7 (2.80%) PowerShell
14 6 (2.40%) Fortran
15 4 (1.60%) Bicep
16 2 (0.80%) Embedded C++
17 1 (0.40%) Assembly Language
17 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 68 (27.20%) Security Cleared
2 66 (26.40%) Degree
3 56 (22.40%) SC Cleared
4 21 (8.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.40%) HND
6 8 (3.20%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.80%) PhD
8 1 (0.40%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.00%) ISO 26262
1 15 (6.00%) MISRA
2 14 (5.60%) Automotive SPICE
2 14 (5.60%) AUTOSAR
3 4 (1.60%) QA
4 2 (0.80%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (2.80%) Docker
2 2 (0.80%) Firmware
2 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.40%) Ansible
2 5 (2.00%) SELinux
3 2 (0.80%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.40%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 19 (7.60%) ESRI
2 14 (5.60%) IBM
2 14 (5.60%) Lauterbach
3 8 (3.20%) Microsoft
4 4 (1.60%) Facebook
4 4 (1.60%) Instagram
5 2 (0.80%) IFS
5 2 (0.80%) VMware
6 1 (0.40%) Atmel
6 1 (0.40%) Freescale
6 1 (0.40%) Parasoft
6 1 (0.40%) SAP