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 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 72 35
Rank change year-on-year +37 -37 +43
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 903 608 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.41% 4.08% 7.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.76% 4.51% 8.21%
Number of salaries quoted 663 370 706
10th Percentile £37,500 £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% +15.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,750 £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 15,676 13,491 19,184
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 90.50% 96.41%
Number of salaries quoted 11,332 8,454 12,614
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%

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 5 May 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 5 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 +51 346 £53,500 -14.40% 84
Hampshire +11 303 £53,500 -10.83% 49
Berkshire +63 165 £58,000 -22.67% 24
Surrey +5 153 £60,000 -7.69% 40
Oxfordshire +45 104 £50,510 -15.82% 44
Buckinghamshire -8 77 £52,501 +0.00% 16
Kent +37 52 £55,000 - 15
Sussex - 18 £40,000 - 1
East Sussex -7 15 £42,500 -39.29% 5
West Sussex +26 14 £46,000 -23.33% 9
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 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.

1 897 (99.34%) Software Engineering
2 284 (31.45%) Degree
3 271 (30.01%) C
4 266 (29.46%) Python
5 264 (29.24%) C++
6 232 (25.69%) Linux
7 206 (22.81%) Agile
8 205 (22.70%) C#
9 164 (18.16%) .NET
10 163 (18.05%) Security Cleared
11 157 (17.39%) Computer Science
12 156 (17.28%) JavaScript
13 142 (15.73%) Windows
14 139 (15.39%) Java
15 138 (15.28%) SC Cleared
15 138 (15.28%) Azure
16 137 (15.17%) Electronics
17 132 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
18 115 (12.74%) Mathematics
19 112 (12.40%) Social Skills
20 110 (12.18%) AWS
21 108 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
22 105 (11.63%) Algorithms
23 103 (11.41%) React
24 102 (11.30%) DevOps
25 97 (10.74%) Git
26 90 (9.97%) SQL
27 88 (9.75%) Artificial Intelligence
28 83 (9.19%) Actionable Insight
29 73 (8.08%) 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 (3.21%) ArcGIS
1 29 (3.21%) GeoServer
2 18 (1.99%) Apache
3 17 (1.88%) Confluence
4 6 (0.66%) nginx
4 6 (0.66%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.44%) JBoss
6 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
6 2 (0.22%) WordPress
7 1 (0.11%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 54 (5.98%) Simulink
2 25 (2.77%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.78%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.55%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.22%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.11%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.11%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (0.89%) Siebel CRM
2 7 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.33%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 138 (15.28%) Azure
2 110 (12.18%) AWS
3 31 (3.43%) SaaS
4 21 (2.33%) GCP
5 18 (1.99%) GitHub
6 14 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.00%) Serverless
8 8 (0.89%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (0.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (0.66%) IaaS
11 5 (0.55%) Datadog
12 4 (0.44%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.22%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (0.22%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.22%) 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 20 (2.21%) Wireless
2 15 (1.66%) TCP/IP
3 14 (1.55%) J1939
4 10 (1.11%) RS-485
5 9 (1.00%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.66%) Bluetooth
6 6 (0.66%) Internet
6 6 (0.66%) RS-232
7 5 (0.55%) GPRS
8 4 (0.44%) 5G
8 4 (0.44%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.33%) Modbus
10 2 (0.22%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.22%) MQTT
11 1 (0.11%) 4G
11 1 (0.11%) LoRaWAN
11 1 (0.11%) Network Security
11 1 (0.11%) SNMP
11 1 (0.11%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (5.09%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (4.21%) GIS
3 29 (3.21%) QGIS
4 27 (2.99%) NoSQL
5 24 (2.66%) SQL Server
6 21 (2.33%) MySQL
7 10 (1.11%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.89%) Redis
9 7 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.66%) CouchDB
11 5 (0.55%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.44%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.44%) Power BI
13 3 (0.33%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 97 (10.74%) Git
2 42 (4.65%) JIRA
3 37 (4.10%) Subversion
4 30 (3.32%) Visual Studio
5 24 (2.66%) CMake
6 21 (2.33%) ClearCase
6 21 (2.33%) Plastic SCM
7 15 (1.66%) Jenkins
8 14 (1.55%) ClearQuest
9 13 (1.44%) Vagrant
10 10 (1.11%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.11%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (1.00%) GitLab
12 8 (0.89%) Gradle
13 7 (0.78%) TestRail
14 6 (0.66%) Robot Framework
15 3 (0.33%) Eclipse
15 3 (0.33%) GDB
15 3 (0.33%) JDeveloper
16 2 (0.22%) IntelliJ
General
1 137 (15.17%) Electronics
2 112 (12.40%) Social Skills
3 53 (5.87%) Military
4 50 (5.54%) Manufacturing
5 44 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (4.43%) Finance
7 34 (3.77%) Automotive
8 33 (3.65%) Aerospace
9 21 (2.33%) Tech for Good
10 19 (2.10%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.44%) Aviation
13 12 (1.33%) Marketing
13 12 (1.33%) Retail
14 9 (1.00%) Law
15 8 (0.89%) Health Technology
16 7 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.66%) Legal
18 5 (0.55%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 164 (18.16%) .NET
2 103 (11.41%) React
3 61 (6.76%) AngularJS
4 58 (6.42%) .NET Core
5 45 (4.98%) CSS
5 45 (4.98%) Qt
6 36 (3.99%) WPF
7 34 (3.77%) HTML
8 31 (3.43%) ASP.NET
9 29 (3.21%) Leaflet
9 29 (3.21%) OpenLayers
9 29 (3.21%) PostGIS
10 27 (2.99%) Spring
10 27 (2.99%) STL
11 26 (2.88%) Vue
12 24 (2.66%) Middleware
12 24 (2.66%) XML
13 18 (1.99%) MFC
14 17 (1.88%) .NET Framework
14 17 (1.88%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 105 (11.63%) Algorithms
2 59 (6.53%) Embedded Systems
2 59 (6.53%) IoT
3 31 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (2.66%) Device Driver
5 22 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 21 (2.33%) Analogue Electronics
6 21 (2.33%) Robotics
6 21 (2.33%) Satnav
7 20 (2.21%) Legacy Applications
8 18 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (1.99%) FPGA
9 17 (1.88%) Raspberry Pi
10 14 (1.55%) Acoustics
10 14 (1.55%) Renewable Energy
10 14 (1.55%) VHDL
11 13 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.11%) Life Science
14 9 (1.00%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 232 (25.69%) Linux
2 142 (15.73%) Windows
3 50 (5.54%) Embedded Linux
4 31 (3.43%) Ubuntu
5 22 (2.44%) Android
6 17 (1.88%) CentOS
7 16 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.22%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.78%) Unix
10 6 (0.66%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.22%) Rocky
12 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 897 (99.34%) Software Engineering
2 206 (22.81%) Agile
3 157 (17.39%) Computer Science
4 132 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
5 115 (12.74%) Mathematics
6 102 (11.30%) DevOps
7 88 (9.75%) Artificial Intelligence
8 83 (9.19%) Actionable Insight
9 73 (8.08%) Mentoring
10 64 (7.09%) Full Stack Development
11 57 (6.31%) Physics
12 56 (6.20%) Test Automation
13 53 (5.87%) SDLC
14 52 (5.76%) Machine Learning
15 51 (5.65%) Software Testing
16 48 (5.32%) OO
17 47 (5.20%) Signal Processing
17 47 (5.20%) Web Development
18 46 (5.09%) Technical Leadership
19 44 (4.87%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 271 (30.01%) C
2 266 (29.46%) Python
3 264 (29.24%) C++
4 205 (22.70%) C#
5 156 (17.28%) JavaScript
6 139 (15.39%) Java
7 90 (9.97%) SQL
8 41 (4.54%) MATLAB
9 40 (4.43%) Embedded C
10 36 (3.99%) Bash
11 28 (3.10%) TypeScript
12 27 (2.99%) Go
13 24 (2.66%) Kotlin
14 20 (2.21%) Perl
15 16 (1.77%) Haskell
16 15 (1.66%) Ruby
17 14 (1.55%) Fortran
17 14 (1.55%) T-SQL
18 13 (1.44%) PowerShell
19 11 (1.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 284 (31.45%) Degree
2 163 (18.05%) Security Cleared
3 138 (15.28%) SC Cleared
4 108 (11.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (4.87%) Master's Degree
6 41 (4.54%) PhD
7 14 (1.55%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.22%) HND
9 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.22%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.99%) QA
2 23 (2.55%) Software Quality Assurance
3 22 (2.44%) MISRA
4 15 (1.66%) ISO 26262
5 14 (1.55%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.55%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.22%) 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 49 (5.43%) Docker
2 39 (4.32%) Firmware
3 34 (3.77%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (3.10%) Terraform
2 20 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.99%) Ansible
4 5 (0.55%) SELinux
5 2 (0.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 54 (5.98%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.32%) ESRI
3 21 (2.33%) IBM
3 21 (2.33%) Lauterbach
4 15 (1.66%) Atlassian
5 14 (1.55%) Oracle
6 12 (1.33%) SAP
6 12 (1.33%) Xilinx
7 10 (1.11%) Google
8 8 (0.89%) Siebel
8 8 (0.89%) Siemens
9 6 (0.66%) VMware
10 5 (0.55%) YouTube
11 4 (0.44%) Facebook
11 4 (0.44%) Instagram
11 4 (0.44%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.33%) IFS
12 3 (0.33%) QinetiQ
12 3 (0.33%) Renesas
12 3 (0.33%) ServiceNow