Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Engineer salary in the South East is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 June 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 29 68
Rank change year-on-year -50 +39 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 323 1,193 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.37% 6.30% 4.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.81% 6.68% 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 251 885 363
10th Percentile £37,574 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,501 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -15.32% +12.73%
75th Percentile £68,000 £66,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £86,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -14.29% +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 8,483 17,867 11,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.48% 94.35% 89.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 12,615 7,746
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,300
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.94% +0.50%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 19 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the South East

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 Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 June 2025. 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 -78 85 £61,250 +16.67% 472
Isle of Wight - 84 £68,000 - 7
Hampshire -37 67 £55,000 +10.00% 243
Oxfordshire -14 43 £67,500 +22.73% 124
Surrey -38 34 £65,000 +18.18% 132
Kent +6 29 £62,500 +21.95% 96
Berkshire -64 29 £52,000 -5.45% 230
Buckinghamshire -34 13 £57,500 +15.00% 121
West Sussex +13 12 £42,500 -39.29% 59
Middlesex - 8 - - 1
East Sussex +10 4 £90,000 +94.59% 71
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 June 2025, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 323 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 174 (53.87%) Degree
3 168 (52.01%) Agile
4 150 (46.44%) Computer Science
5 103 (31.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 93 (28.79%) Python
7 86 (26.63%) UML
8 78 (24.15%) Chartered Engineer
8 78 (24.15%) Waterfall
9 75 (23.22%) Ada
10 71 (21.98%) C#
11 69 (21.36%) C++
12 66 (20.43%) SQL
13 64 (19.81%) Java
14 59 (18.27%) Mathematics
15 57 (17.65%) Configuration Management
16 54 (16.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
16 54 (16.72%) Ada 95
17 51 (15.79%) Linux
18 49 (15.17%) C
19 48 (14.86%) Finance
20 47 (14.55%) CI/CD
21 46 (14.24%) Azure
22 43 (13.31%) SDLC
23 41 (12.69%) Security Cleared
24 38 (11.76%) Physics
25 37 (11.46%) DevOps
25 37 (11.46%) Software Testing
26 35 (10.84%) React
27 34 (10.53%) SC Cleared

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 (2.79%) Confluence
2 8 (2.48%) CMS
3 5 (1.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Sitefinity
4 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.55%) Simulink
2 3 (0.93%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.17%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 46 (14.24%) Azure
2 22 (6.81%) AWS
3 15 (4.64%) GCP
4 11 (3.41%) Azure API Management
5 10 (3.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 8 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.17%) GitHub
8 5 (1.55%) Snowflake
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (0.93%) Datadog
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.62%) Firebase
10 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.31%) Amazon ECR
11 1 (0.31%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 1 (0.31%) SaaS
11 1 (0.31%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.88%) Software-Defined Radio
1 19 (5.88%) Wireless
2 2 (0.62%) Broadband
2 2 (0.62%) MQTT
2 2 (0.62%) WAN
3 1 (0.31%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.43%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.95%) MongoDB
3 12 (3.72%) NoSQL
4 9 (2.79%) MySQL
5 8 (2.48%) Redis
6 6 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.55%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.62%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (4.95%) Git
2 12 (3.72%) JIRA
3 10 (3.10%) GitLab
4 8 (2.48%) Bitbucket
4 8 (2.48%) Cucumber
4 8 (2.48%) Maven
4 8 (2.48%) Selenium
4 8 (2.48%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.48%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (1.86%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.55%) Eclipse
6 5 (1.55%) Eclipse RCP
7 4 (1.24%) Subversion
8 2 (0.62%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.62%) Moq
8 2 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.62%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.62%) Spock
8 2 (0.62%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.31%) CMake
General
1 48 (14.86%) Finance
2 15 (4.64%) Aerospace
3 14 (4.33%) Military
3 14 (4.33%) Social Skills
4 13 (4.02%) Banking
5 12 (3.72%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.72%) Electronics
6 10 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (2.79%) Manufacturing
7 9 (2.79%) Retail
8 8 (2.48%) Law
8 8 (2.48%) Tech for Good
9 7 (2.17%) Aviation
10 6 (1.86%) Advertising
11 5 (1.55%) Retail Banking
12 4 (1.24%) Games
13 2 (0.62%) Automotive
13 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.31%) Avionics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (10.84%) React
2 31 (9.60%) .NET
3 21 (6.50%) HTML
4 20 (6.19%) Kafka
5 18 (5.57%) CSS
6 16 (4.95%) Middleware
6 16 (4.95%) Node.js
7 14 (4.33%) Spring
8 12 (3.72%) Redux
9 10 (3.10%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.79%) Hibernate
10 9 (2.79%) REST
10 9 (2.79%) Ruby on Rails
11 8 (2.48%) JPA
11 8 (2.48%) XML
12 7 (2.17%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.17%) GraphQL
13 6 (1.86%) Flutter
14 5 (1.55%) JSP
14 5 (1.55%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.67%) Algorithms
2 26 (8.05%) e-Learning
3 21 (6.50%) Embedded Systems
4 19 (5.88%) MicroBlaze
4 19 (5.88%) RISC-V
5 14 (4.33%) Acoustics
6 12 (3.72%) Product Ownership
7 10 (3.10%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.48%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.17%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.17%) Reference Data
10 6 (1.86%) IoT
11 5 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.24%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.93%) 3D Graphics
13 3 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
14 2 (0.62%) Hackathon
14 2 (0.62%) Private Cloud
14 2 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 51 (15.79%) Linux
2 19 (5.88%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (4.02%) Windows
4 8 (2.48%) Unix
5 5 (1.55%) Android
6 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 168 (52.01%) Agile
3 150 (46.44%) Computer Science
4 86 (26.63%) UML
5 78 (24.15%) Waterfall
6 59 (18.27%) Mathematics
7 57 (17.65%) Configuration Management
8 47 (14.55%) CI/CD
9 43 (13.31%) SDLC
10 38 (11.76%) Physics
11 37 (11.46%) DevOps
11 37 (11.46%) Software Testing
12 33 (10.22%) Full-Stack Development
13 31 (9.60%) Artificial Intelligence
14 28 (8.67%) TDD
15 27 (8.36%) Microservices
16 26 (8.05%) Innovative Thinking
17 25 (7.74%) Problem-Solving
18 24 (7.43%) Mentoring
18 24 (7.43%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 93 (28.79%) Python
2 75 (23.22%) Ada
3 71 (21.98%) C#
4 69 (21.36%) C++
5 66 (20.43%) SQL
6 64 (19.81%) Java
7 54 (16.72%) Ada 95
8 49 (15.17%) C
9 33 (10.22%) JavaScript
10 19 (5.88%) TypeScript
11 17 (5.26%) Rust
12 13 (4.02%) Go
12 13 (4.02%) MATLAB
13 10 (3.10%) Bash
13 10 (3.10%) Fortran
14 9 (2.79%) Ruby
15 8 (2.48%) Kotlin
16 7 (2.17%) PL/SQL
17 5 (1.55%) PHP
18 4 (1.24%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 174 (53.87%) Degree
2 103 (31.89%) BPSS Clearance
3 78 (24.15%) Chartered Engineer
4 41 (12.69%) Security Cleared
5 34 (10.53%) SC Cleared
6 22 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (4.33%) Master's Degree
7 14 (4.33%) PhD
8 10 (3.10%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.48%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (16.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 19 (5.88%) QA
3 7 (2.17%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.31%) CDISC
4 1 (0.31%) NIST
4 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (6.50%) Docker
1 21 (6.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 21 (6.50%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 28 (8.67%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.17%) Grafana
2 7 (2.17%) Prometheus
3 6 (1.86%) Terraform
4 1 (0.31%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 18 (5.57%) Microsoft
2 16 (4.95%) Databricks
3 8 (2.48%) Solace
4 5 (1.55%) Guidewire
5 4 (1.24%) Sage
6 3 (0.93%) Google
7 2 (0.62%) Apple
7 2 (0.62%) NVIDIA
7 2 (0.62%) Oracle
8 1 (0.31%) Epicor
8 1 (0.31%) Roku
8 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.31%) Sawtooth Software