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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 6 12
Rank change year-on-year -5 +6 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 30 124 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 9.55% 14.09% 13.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.56% 17.25% 14.36%
Number of salaries quoted 27 109 87
10th Percentile £47,000 £44,500 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,750 £82,500 £79,000
Hampshire median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% -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 284 719 724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 90.45% 81.70% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 203 616 532
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £28,775
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,500 £51,286
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -9.33% -2.31%
75th Percentile £60,625 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,300 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 22 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 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) GCP
3 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.00%) Figma
3 3 (10.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 2 (6.67%) Cloud Run
4 2 (6.67%) Datadog
5 1 (3.33%) AWS
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.33%) Serverless
5 1 (3.33%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Bugzilla
1 1 (3.33%) CruiseControl
1 1 (3.33%) Gemini Tracker
1 1 (3.33%) Git
1 1 (3.33%) GitLab
1 1 (3.33%) Hudson
1 1 (3.33%) Subversion
1 1 (3.33%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Tech for Good
3 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.33%) Law
3 1 (3.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 9 (30.00%) Senior
3 8 (26.67%) C++ Software Engineer
3 8 (26.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (23.33%) Developer
5 5 (16.67%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Lead
6 2 (6.67%) Principal Developer
6 2 (6.67%) Product Manager
7 1 (3.33%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
7 1 (3.33%) JavaScript Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Lead Software Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) QA Test Analyst
7 1 (3.33%) Senior JavaScript Developer
7 1 (3.33%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) HTML
1 5 (16.67%) React
2 4 (13.33%) Next.js
2 4 (13.33%) Node.js
3 3 (10.00%) CSS
3 3 (10.00%) Tailwind CSS
4 1 (3.33%) .NET
4 1 (3.33%) FastAPI
4 1 (3.33%) GraphQL
4 1 (3.33%) PyTorch
4 1 (3.33%) REST
4 1 (3.33%) STL
4 1 (3.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Algorithms
2 3 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.67%) Acoustics
4 1 (3.33%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Logistics
1 7 (23.33%) Mathematics
2 6 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (20.00%) DevOps
2 6 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 5 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 5 (16.67%) Microservices
3 5 (16.67%) Physics
4 4 (13.33%) Agile
4 4 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
4 4 (13.33%) User Experience
5 3 (10.00%) Event-Driven
5 3 (10.00%) Front End Development
5 3 (10.00%) GitOps
5 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (10.00%) Issue Tracking
5 3 (10.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (10.00%) Software Testing
5 3 (10.00%) Statistical Modelling
5 3 (10.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) C++
2 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (13.33%) TypeScript
4 3 (10.00%) C
4 3 (10.00%) Java
4 3 (10.00%) Python
5 2 (6.67%) Ada
5 2 (6.67%) C#
5 2 (6.67%) Delphi
5 2 (6.67%) MATLAB
5 2 (6.67%) R
5 2 (6.67%) SQL
6 1 (3.33%) Embedded C
6 1 (3.33%) Embedded C++
6 1 (3.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 11 (36.67%) Degree
2 5 (16.67%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (6.67%) PhD
5 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Terraform
2 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Google