Software Engineering Jobs in Southampton

Software Engineering
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 7 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 35 120 106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 10.36% 14.02% 13.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.48% 16.97% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 32 108 89
10th Percentile £47,875 £44,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,938 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £52,392
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +14.52% -8.88%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,125 £81,625 £81,250
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 305 707 739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 90.24% 82.59% 94.87%
Number of salaries quoted 240 608 545
10th Percentile £30,450 £28,750 £28,150
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.98% -0.46%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Southampton

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Southampton.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Southampton

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Southampton over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Southampton

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 7 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (11.43%) GCP
3 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.57%) Figma
3 3 (8.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 2 (5.71%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) Cloud Run
4 2 (5.71%) Datadog
5 1 (2.86%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.86%) Serverless
5 1 (2.86%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.86%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.86%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (11.43%) GitLab
2 3 (8.57%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.86%) Bugzilla
3 1 (2.86%) CruiseControl
3 1 (2.86%) Gemini Tracker
3 1 (2.86%) Git
3 1 (2.86%) Hudson
3 1 (2.86%) Subversion
3 1 (2.86%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Law
2 4 (11.43%) Military
3 2 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (5.71%) Tech for Good
4 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
Job Titles
1 20 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 12 (34.29%) C++ Software Engineer
3 11 (31.43%) Senior
4 10 (28.57%) Senior Software Engineer
5 7 (20.00%) Developer
6 6 (17.14%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) C Software Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) C/C++ Software Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Principal Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Principal Software Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Python Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Python Software Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.71%) Lead
8 2 (5.71%) Principal Developer
8 2 (5.71%) Product Manager
9 1 (2.86%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (14.29%) HTML
1 5 (14.29%) React
2 4 (11.43%) Next.js
2 4 (11.43%) Node.js
3 3 (8.57%) CSS
3 3 (8.57%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (5.71%) .NET
4 2 (5.71%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.86%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.86%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.86%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.86%) Blazor
5 1 (2.86%) FastAPI
5 1 (2.86%) GraphQL
5 1 (2.86%) PyTorch
5 1 (2.86%) REST
5 1 (2.86%) STL
5 1 (2.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (8.57%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
2 3 (8.57%) Virtual Team
3 2 (5.71%) Acoustics
4 1 (2.86%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.86%) CI/CD
1 8 (22.86%) Mathematics
1 8 (22.86%) Physics
2 7 (20.00%) Logistics
3 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
3 6 (17.14%) DevOps
3 6 (17.14%) E-Commerce
3 6 (17.14%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
4 5 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
4 5 (14.29%) Microservices
5 4 (11.43%) Agile
5 4 (11.43%) Statistical Modelling
5 4 (11.43%) User Experience
6 3 (8.57%) Front End Development
6 3 (8.57%) Issue Tracking
6 3 (8.57%) Machine Learning
6 3 (8.57%) Software Testing
6 3 (8.57%) Test Automation
6 3 (8.57%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (42.86%) C++
2 10 (28.57%) JavaScript
3 6 (17.14%) C
3 6 (17.14%) Java
3 6 (17.14%) Python
4 4 (11.43%) TypeScript
5 3 (8.57%) C#
6 2 (5.71%) Ada
6 2 (5.71%) Delphi
6 2 (5.71%) MATLAB
6 2 (5.71%) R
6 2 (5.71%) Rust
6 2 (5.71%) SQL
7 1 (2.86%) Embedded C
7 1 (2.86%) Embedded C++
7 1 (2.86%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Degree
2 6 (17.14%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (5.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.71%) PhD
5 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) QA
2 1 (2.86%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (20.00%) Terraform
2 4 (11.43%) Kubernetes
3 3 (8.57%) Ansible
3 3 (8.57%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 3 (8.57%) Google