Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 72 37
Rank change year-on-year +37 -35 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 885 617 1,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.33% 4.09% 7.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.68% 4.52% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 648 373 693
10th Percentile £37,350 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +15.23%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

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 15,586 13,661 19,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 90.60% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 11,295 8,549 12,610
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £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 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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 +49 342 £54,500 -12.80% 66
Hampshire +20 294 £54,250 -9.58% 45
Berkshire +66 163 £58,000 -22.67% 16
Surrey +2 149 £60,000 -5.88% 33
Oxfordshire +42 103 £51,020 -14.97% 35
Buckinghamshire -6 76 £52,501 -4.54% 15
Kent +37 51 £55,000 - 14
Sussex - 18 £40,000 - 1
East Sussex -11 15 £42,500 -39.29% 3
West Sussex +25 14 £46,000 -23.33% 10
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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.

1 879 (99.32%) Software Engineering
2 281 (31.75%) Degree
3 269 (30.40%) C
4 259 (29.27%) C++
5 258 (29.15%) Python
6 221 (24.97%) Linux
7 200 (22.60%) Agile
8 199 (22.49%) C#
9 163 (18.42%) .NET
10 160 (18.08%) Security Cleared
11 154 (17.40%) Computer Science
11 154 (17.40%) JavaScript
12 140 (15.82%) Windows
13 136 (15.37%) Electronics
13 136 (15.37%) SC Cleared
14 134 (15.14%) Azure
15 133 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
16 132 (14.92%) Java
17 115 (12.99%) Mathematics
18 113 (12.77%) Social Skills
19 105 (11.86%) AWS
19 105 (11.86%) Algorithms
19 105 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
20 103 (11.64%) DevOps
21 101 (11.41%) React
22 93 (10.51%) Git
23 86 (9.72%) Artificial Intelligence
24 84 (9.49%) SQL
25 83 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
26 71 (8.02%) Mentoring

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 29 (3.28%) ArcGIS
1 29 (3.28%) GeoServer
2 18 (2.03%) Apache
3 17 (1.92%) Confluence
4 6 (0.68%) nginx
4 6 (0.68%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.45%) JBoss
6 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.23%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 52 (5.88%) Simulink
2 25 (2.82%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.79%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.56%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.23%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.11%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (0.90%) Siebel CRM
2 7 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.34%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 134 (15.14%) Azure
2 105 (11.86%) AWS
3 31 (3.50%) SaaS
4 20 (2.26%) GCP
5 18 (2.03%) GitHub
6 15 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.02%) Serverless
8 8 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (0.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (0.68%) IaaS
11 5 (0.56%) Datadog
12 4 (0.45%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.23%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.23%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.23%) PowerApps
14 1 (0.11%) AWS IoT
14 1 (0.11%) Azure AKS
14 1 (0.11%) Google Container Engine
14 1 (0.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.03%) Wireless
2 14 (1.58%) J1939
2 14 (1.58%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.02%) RS-485
4 8 (0.90%) Ethernet
5 6 (0.68%) Internet
6 5 (0.56%) Bluetooth
6 5 (0.56%) GPRS
6 5 (0.56%) RS-232
7 4 (0.45%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.34%) 5G
9 2 (0.23%) 3GPP
9 2 (0.23%) Modbus
10 1 (0.11%) MQTT
10 1 (0.11%) Network Security
10 1 (0.11%) SNMP
10 1 (0.11%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.20%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (4.29%) GIS
3 29 (3.28%) QGIS
4 25 (2.82%) SQL Server
5 20 (2.26%) MySQL
5 20 (2.26%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.90%) Redis
8 7 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.68%) CouchDB
10 5 (0.56%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.45%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.45%) Power BI
12 3 (0.34%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.23%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 93 (10.51%) Git
2 42 (4.75%) JIRA
3 37 (4.18%) Subversion
4 30 (3.39%) Visual Studio
5 24 (2.71%) CMake
6 21 (2.37%) ClearCase
6 21 (2.37%) Plastic SCM
7 15 (1.69%) Jenkins
8 14 (1.58%) ClearQuest
9 10 (1.13%) Bitbucket
9 10 (1.13%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (1.13%) Vagrant
10 9 (1.02%) GitLab
11 8 (0.90%) Gradle
12 7 (0.79%) TestRail
13 6 (0.68%) Robot Framework
14 3 (0.34%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.34%) GDB
14 3 (0.34%) JDeveloper
15 2 (0.23%) IntelliJ
General
1 136 (15.37%) Electronics
2 113 (12.77%) Social Skills
3 53 (5.99%) Military
4 49 (5.54%) Manufacturing
5 45 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (4.29%) Finance
7 34 (3.84%) Automotive
8 32 (3.62%) Aerospace
9 21 (2.37%) Tech for Good
10 18 (2.03%) Public Sector
11 13 (1.47%) Telecoms
12 12 (1.36%) Aviation
12 12 (1.36%) Retail
13 11 (1.24%) Marketing
14 9 (1.02%) Law
15 8 (0.90%) Health Technology
16 7 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.68%) Legal
18 5 (0.56%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (18.42%) .NET
2 101 (11.41%) React
3 61 (6.89%) AngularJS
4 58 (6.55%) .NET Core
5 45 (5.08%) CSS
6 44 (4.97%) Qt
7 35 (3.95%) WPF
8 34 (3.84%) HTML
9 31 (3.50%) ASP.NET
10 29 (3.28%) Leaflet
10 29 (3.28%) OpenLayers
10 29 (3.28%) PostGIS
11 27 (3.05%) Spring
11 27 (3.05%) STL
12 25 (2.82%) Vue
13 24 (2.71%) XML
14 18 (2.03%) .NET Framework
14 18 (2.03%) MFC
15 17 (1.92%) Django
15 17 (1.92%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 105 (11.86%) Algorithms
2 58 (6.55%) Embedded Systems
2 58 (6.55%) IoT
3 31 (3.50%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (2.60%) Device Driver
5 22 (2.49%) Analogue Electronics
5 22 (2.49%) Mobile App
6 21 (2.37%) Robotics
6 21 (2.37%) Satnav
7 20 (2.26%) Legacy Applications
8 18 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (2.03%) FPGA
9 17 (1.92%) Raspberry Pi
10 15 (1.69%) VHDL
11 14 (1.58%) Acoustics
11 14 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
12 11 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.13%) Life Science
14 9 (1.02%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 221 (24.97%) Linux
2 140 (15.82%) Windows
3 48 (5.42%) Embedded Linux
4 28 (3.16%) Ubuntu
5 18 (2.03%) Android
6 14 (1.58%) CentOS
7 13 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.24%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.79%) Unix
10 5 (0.56%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.23%) Rocky
12 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 879 (99.32%) Software Engineering
2 200 (22.60%) Agile
3 154 (17.40%) Computer Science
4 133 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
5 115 (12.99%) Mathematics
6 103 (11.64%) DevOps
7 86 (9.72%) Artificial Intelligence
8 83 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
9 71 (8.02%) Mentoring
10 64 (7.23%) Full Stack Development
11 57 (6.44%) Physics
12 52 (5.88%) SDLC
13 51 (5.76%) Software Testing
13 51 (5.76%) Test Automation
14 50 (5.65%) Machine Learning
15 48 (5.42%) Web Development
16 46 (5.20%) OO
16 46 (5.20%) Signal Processing
16 46 (5.20%) Technical Leadership
17 43 (4.86%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 269 (30.40%) C
2 259 (29.27%) C++
3 258 (29.15%) Python
4 199 (22.49%) C#
5 154 (17.40%) JavaScript
6 132 (14.92%) Java
7 84 (9.49%) SQL
8 41 (4.63%) MATLAB
9 40 (4.52%) Embedded C
10 36 (4.07%) Bash
11 28 (3.16%) TypeScript
12 26 (2.94%) Go
13 20 (2.26%) Perl
14 17 (1.92%) Kotlin
15 16 (1.81%) Haskell
16 15 (1.69%) Ruby
16 15 (1.69%) T-SQL
17 14 (1.58%) Fortran
18 13 (1.47%) PowerShell
19 11 (1.24%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 281 (31.75%) Degree
2 160 (18.08%) Security Cleared
3 136 (15.37%) SC Cleared
4 105 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (5.08%) Master's Degree
6 42 (4.75%) PhD
7 15 (1.69%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.24%) HND
9 2 (0.23%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.23%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (3.95%) QA
2 23 (2.60%) Software Quality Assurance
3 22 (2.49%) MISRA
4 15 (1.69%) ISO 26262
5 14 (1.58%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.58%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.11%) GDPR
7 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 47 (5.31%) Docker
2 38 (4.29%) Firmware
3 33 (3.73%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (2.82%) Terraform
2 20 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.69%) Ansible
4 5 (0.56%) SELinux
5 2 (0.23%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 54 (6.10%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.39%) ESRI
3 21 (2.37%) IBM
3 21 (2.37%) Lauterbach
4 15 (1.69%) Atlassian
5 14 (1.58%) Oracle
6 11 (1.24%) SAP
7 10 (1.13%) Xilinx
8 9 (1.02%) Google
9 8 (0.90%) Siebel
9 8 (0.90%) Siemens
10 6 (0.68%) VMware
11 5 (0.56%) YouTube
12 4 (0.45%) Facebook
12 4 (0.45%) Instagram
12 4 (0.45%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.34%) IFS
13 3 (0.34%) QinetiQ
13 3 (0.34%) Renesas
13 3 (0.34%) ServiceNow