SOLID Jobs in the South East

SOLID Principles
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SOLID skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SOLID over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 238 180
Rank change year-on-year -17 -58 +79
Permanent jobs citing SOLID 44 163 266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.47% 0.97% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 1.15% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 42 77 232
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -9.43% +15.22%
75th Percentile £65,938 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £74,875 £95,000 £112,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

SOLID 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 8,656 14,162 13,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.84% 84.47% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,247 9,859 7,922
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SOLID in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SOLID in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOLID in the South East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOLID in the South East

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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 SOLID within the South East region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
East Sussex +43 25 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Thames Valley +40 8 £61,250 +8.89% 12
Buckinghamshire +39 7 £70,000 +47.37% 7
Hampshire -17 6 £66,250 -1.85% 26
Surrey +41 3 £85,000 -5.56% 4
Middlesex -15 2 - - 1
Oxfordshire +11 1 £50,000 -9.09% 3
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England

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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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) AWS
2 10 (22.73%) Azure
3 6 (13.64%) GitHub
4 4 (9.09%) SaaS
5 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (6.82%) GCP
6 1 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.18%) MongoDB
1 8 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (4.55%) Couchbase
3 2 (4.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Jenkins
2 4 (9.09%) Git
3 3 (6.82%) GitLab
3 3 (6.82%) JUnit
3 3 (6.82%) Mockito
3 3 (6.82%) Visual Studio
4 2 (4.55%) Octopus Deploy
4 2 (4.55%) Spock
4 2 (4.55%) TeamCity
General
1 11 (25.00%) Aviation
2 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.91%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.27%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 35 (79.55%) Developer
2 14 (31.82%) C# Developer
3 11 (25.00%) .NET Developer
3 11 (25.00%) iOS Developer
4 10 (22.73%) C# .NET Developer
5 7 (15.91%) Senior
5 7 (15.91%) Software Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Senior Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Java Developer
7 3 (6.82%) JavaScript Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Senior JavaScript Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Senior Software Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Java Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Performance Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Software Performance Engineer
9 1 (2.27%) .NET Software Engineer
9 1 (2.27%) C# Software Engineer
9 1 (2.27%) C++ Software Engineer
9 1 (2.27%) Software Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (52.27%) .NET
2 14 (31.82%) RESTful
3 11 (25.00%) React
4 7 (15.91%) Kafka
5 5 (11.36%) AngularJS
6 4 (9.09%) Node.js
6 4 (9.09%) Spring
6 4 (9.09%) Spring Boot
6 4 (9.09%) Vue
7 3 (6.82%) Hibernate
7 3 (6.82%) OAuth
7 3 (6.82%) OAuth2
7 3 (6.82%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (6.82%) React Native
8 2 (4.55%) .NET Core
8 2 (4.55%) .NET Framework
8 2 (4.55%) ActiveMQ
8 2 (4.55%) Middleware
8 2 (4.55%) pytest
8 2 (4.55%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 14 (31.82%) Mobile App
2 12 (27.27%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.27%) Clustering
4 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.27%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (2.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) OO
2 13 (29.55%) Agile
2 13 (29.55%) API Development
3 12 (27.27%) iOS Development
3 12 (27.27%) Mobile Development
3 12 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 10 (22.73%) Design Patterns
5 10 (22.73%) E-Commerce
5 10 (22.73%) User Experience
5 10 (22.73%) UX Design
6 9 (20.45%) DevOps
7 7 (15.91%) Microservices
7 7 (15.91%) Software Engineering
8 6 (13.64%) SDLC
9 5 (11.36%) Clean Code
9 5 (11.36%) Computer Science
9 5 (11.36%) OOD
9 5 (11.36%) TDD
9 5 (11.36%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 23 (52.27%) C#
2 12 (27.27%) Swift
3 11 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 11 (25.00%) SQL
4 7 (15.91%) TypeScript
5 5 (11.36%) Java
6 3 (6.82%) Python
7 2 (4.55%) Groovy
7 2 (4.55%) MATLAB
8 1 (2.27%) Bash
8 1 (2.27%) C++
8 1 (2.27%) Kotlin
8 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (13.64%) Degree
2 5 (11.36%) SC Cleared
2 5 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (29.55%) QA
System Software
1 9 (20.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.55%) Grafana
2 2 (4.55%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.55%) Oracle