Software Engineering Jobs in the South East

Software Engineering
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 13 17
Rank change year-on-year -22 +4 -5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 599 1,735 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.94% 9.90% 10.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.59% 12.06% 10.71%
Number of salaries quoted 409 1,305 791
10th Percentile £44,750 £39,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,750 £85,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £64,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +9.38% -11.72% +3.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,093 14,383 11,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.15% 82.10% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 4,809 9,867 7,438
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,760 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.38% -12.00% +4.17%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 10 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 July 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
Hampshire -12 158 £65,000 +18.18% 113
Thames Valley -64 134 £67,500 +17.39% 176
Isle of Wight - 124 £68,000 - 7
Surrey -8 95 £70,000 +19.15% 47
Berkshire -61 58 £73,750 +22.92% 76
Oxfordshire -11 56 £67,500 +22.73% 77
Kent +9 45 £62,500 +56.25% 22
West Sussex -8 21 £55,000 -14.06% 19
Buckinghamshire -36 20 £56,250 +12.50% 30
Middlesex - 12 - - 9
East Sussex +14 9 £52,750 +0.48% 11
Sussex -9 1 - - 20
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 11 (1.84%) Confluence
2 8 (1.34%) CMS
3 5 (0.83%) Apache
4 2 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.33%) Appian
4 2 (0.33%) TPMS
5 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.17%) Sitefinity
5 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.67%) Simulink
2 4 (0.67%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.50%) CATIA
4 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.33%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (1.17%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 111 (18.53%) Azure
2 81 (13.52%) AWS
3 29 (4.84%) GCP
4 23 (3.84%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 22 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
7 19 (3.17%) Amazon EKS
7 19 (3.17%) Azure API Management
8 14 (2.34%) GitHub
9 13 (2.17%) Amazon S3
10 11 (1.84%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (1.84%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 10 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (1.67%) Power Platform
12 8 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.34%) SaaS
12 8 (1.34%) Serverless
13 7 (1.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
14 6 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.84%) Software-Defined Radio
1 23 (3.84%) Wireless
2 11 (1.84%) Broadband
3 9 (1.50%) Firewall
4 7 (1.17%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.00%) Network Security
6 3 (0.50%) DNS
6 3 (0.50%) VPN
7 2 (0.33%) MQTT
7 2 (0.33%) WAN
8 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.17%) HTTP
8 1 (0.17%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.67%) Elasticsearch
2 22 (3.67%) MongoDB
3 20 (3.34%) NoSQL
3 20 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
4 16 (2.67%) MySQL
5 10 (1.67%) Redis
6 8 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (1.17%) Relational Database
8 6 (1.00%) Power BI
9 4 (0.67%) Metadata
10 3 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.50%) Couchbase
10 3 (0.50%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.33%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.33%) Metadata Repository
11 2 (0.33%) Pentaho
11 2 (0.33%) Triplestore
12 1 (0.17%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 31 (5.18%) Git
2 24 (4.01%) JIRA
3 14 (2.34%) Selenium
4 11 (1.84%) GitLab
5 10 (1.67%) Visual Studio
6 8 (1.34%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.34%) Cucumber
6 8 (1.34%) Maven
6 8 (1.34%) Rational DOORS
6 8 (1.34%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.00%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.83%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.83%) Eclipse RCP
8 5 (0.83%) Subversion
9 3 (0.50%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.33%) Moq
10 2 (0.33%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.33%) SpecFlow
General
1 80 (13.36%) Social Skills
2 60 (10.02%) Finance
3 45 (7.51%) Electronics
4 32 (5.34%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (5.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 29 (4.84%) Aviation
7 23 (3.84%) Military
8 21 (3.51%) Aerospace
9 18 (3.01%) Games
10 14 (2.34%) Banking
10 14 (2.34%) Retail
11 12 (2.00%) Law
11 12 (2.00%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.34%) Tech for Good
13 7 (1.17%) Advertising
14 4 (0.67%) Agriculture
14 4 (0.67%) Automotive
14 4 (0.67%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.50%) Marketing
15 3 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 342 (57.10%) Software Engineer
2 122 (20.37%) Principal Engineer
3 106 (17.70%) Senior
4 91 (15.19%) Lead
5 90 (15.03%) Principal Software Engineer
6 63 (10.52%) Senior Software Engineer
7 58 (9.68%) Developer
8 50 (8.35%) Embedded Engineer
9 48 (8.01%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 34 (5.68%) Team Leader
11 32 (5.34%) Software Team Leader
12 30 (5.01%) Software Assurance Engineer
13 28 (4.67%) Software Developer
14 27 (4.51%) Lead Software Engineer
14 27 (4.51%) Software Manager
15 26 (4.34%) Engineering Manager
16 19 (3.17%) Development Manager
17 17 (2.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 17 (2.84%) Software Engineering Manager
18 16 (2.67%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (13.69%) .NET
2 65 (10.85%) React
3 43 (7.18%) Node.js
4 28 (4.67%) HTML
5 27 (4.51%) Kafka
6 25 (4.17%) CSS
7 23 (3.84%) XML
8 21 (3.51%) Middleware
9 18 (3.01%) Pandas
10 17 (2.84%) AngularJS
10 17 (2.84%) Spring
11 15 (2.50%) ASP.NET
12 13 (2.17%) Spring Boot
13 12 (2.00%) Redux
13 12 (2.00%) REST
14 10 (1.67%) Hibernate
15 9 (1.50%) Ruby on Rails
16 8 (1.34%) .NET Core
16 8 (1.34%) GraphQL
16 8 (1.34%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.68%) Embedded Systems
2 33 (5.51%) Product Ownership
3 30 (5.01%) e-Learning
4 28 (4.67%) Algorithms
5 25 (4.17%) Robotics
6 24 (4.01%) Management Information System
7 23 (3.84%) MicroBlaze
7 23 (3.84%) RISC-V
8 22 (3.67%) Cloud Native
9 18 (3.01%) Cyberattack
10 16 (2.67%) Acoustics
11 13 (2.17%) Public Cloud
12 12 (2.00%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.84%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.67%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
14 10 (1.67%) Video\Live Streaming
15 8 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (1.17%) IoT
16 7 (1.17%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 78 (13.02%) Linux
2 37 (6.18%) Android
3 24 (4.01%) Embedded Linux
4 19 (3.17%) Windows
5 12 (2.00%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.83%) Unix
7 2 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (40.73%) Agile
2 179 (29.88%) Computer Science
3 103 (17.20%) CI/CD
4 99 (16.53%) UML
5 88 (14.69%) Waterfall
6 77 (12.85%) Configuration Management
7 71 (11.85%) Mathematics
8 67 (11.19%) DevOps
9 65 (10.85%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (10.35%) Artificial Intelligence
11 61 (10.18%) Full-Stack Development
12 57 (9.52%) SDLC
13 50 (8.35%) Microservices
14 48 (8.01%) OO
15 47 (7.85%) Mentoring
16 45 (7.51%) Software Testing
17 44 (7.35%) Systems Engineering
18 43 (7.18%) Test Automation
19 39 (6.51%) TDD
20 38 (6.34%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 131 (21.87%) Python
2 102 (17.03%) C#
3 101 (16.86%) Java
4 100 (16.69%) C++
5 95 (15.86%) SQL
6 93 (15.53%) Ada
7 80 (13.36%) JavaScript
8 73 (12.19%) C
9 60 (10.02%) Ada 95
10 38 (6.34%) Go
10 38 (6.34%) TypeScript
11 30 (5.01%) Rust
12 20 (3.34%) MATLAB
13 15 (2.50%) PHP
14 10 (1.67%) Bash
15 9 (1.50%) Kotlin
15 9 (1.50%) Ruby
16 7 (1.17%) PL/SQL
17 6 (1.00%) Fortran
18 5 (0.83%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 223 (37.23%) Degree
2 164 (27.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 91 (15.19%) Chartered Engineer
4 83 (13.86%) Security Cleared
5 53 (8.85%) SC Cleared
6 50 (8.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (4.17%) DV Cleared
8 15 (2.50%) Master's Degree
9 12 (2.00%) PhD
10 8 (1.34%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (1.17%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.50%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.50%) HNC
13 2 (0.33%) CEH
13 2 (0.33%) CISM
13 2 (0.33%) CISSP
14 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
14 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (10.52%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 36 (6.01%) QA
3 11 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.34%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.50%) GDPR
7 3 (0.50%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 3 (0.50%) NIST
7 3 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.33%) Dublin Core
9 1 (0.17%) CDISC
9 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 54 (9.02%) Docker
2 25 (4.17%) Embedded Firmware
2 25 (4.17%) Firmware
3 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 58 (9.68%) Kubernetes
2 40 (6.68%) Terraform
3 23 (3.84%) Ansible
4 10 (1.67%) Grafana
4 10 (1.67%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.00%) ArcSight ESM
5 6 (1.00%) QRadar
6 1 (0.17%) Argo
6 1 (0.17%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 47 (7.85%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.84%) Databricks
3 11 (1.84%) Guidewire
4 9 (1.50%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.34%) Google
5 8 (1.34%) Solace
6 7 (1.17%) Cisco
7 6 (1.00%) ArcSight
7 6 (1.00%) LogLogic
7 6 (1.00%) McAfee
7 6 (1.00%) Oracle
7 6 (1.00%) Sage
7 6 (1.00%) Splunk
8 4 (0.67%) Apple
8 4 (0.67%) Informatica
8 4 (0.67%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.67%) Siemens
9 3 (0.50%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.50%) IBM
9 3 (0.50%) Roku