Software Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Software Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 37 92
Rank change year-on-year -44 +55 -72
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 102 345 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.36% 5.11% 3.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.12% 5.40% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 83 245 108
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £34,790
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% -12.80% +19.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £78,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,474 6,383 5,508
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.38% 94.62% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 4,551 3,212
10th Percentile £29,050 £29,000 £28,958
25th Percentile £39,250 £36,250 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Oxfordshire 0 43 £66,250 +31.16% 51
Berkshire -35 37 £55,000 -5.17% 56
Buckinghamshire -5 22 £60,000 +14.28% 40
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 102 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 55 (53.92%) Python
3 29 (28.43%) C++
3 29 (28.43%) SQL
4 28 (27.45%) Degree
5 27 (26.47%) C#
6 25 (24.51%) JavaScript
6 25 (24.51%) Computer Science
7 24 (23.53%) Agile
7 24 (23.53%) React
8 22 (21.57%) DevOps
8 22 (21.57%) .NET
9 21 (20.59%) Linux
9 21 (20.59%) Mathematics
9 21 (20.59%) Kubernetes
10 20 (19.61%) AWS
11 18 (17.65%) Azure
11 18 (17.65%) Algorithms
11 18 (17.65%) Java
11 18 (17.65%) C
11 18 (17.65%) Manufacturing
12 17 (16.67%) Physics
13 16 (15.69%) Ruby
13 16 (15.69%) Go
13 16 (15.69%) TypeScript
14 15 (14.71%) Security Cleared
15 14 (13.73%) Git
15 14 (13.73%) Docker
16 12 (11.76%) Mentoring
16 12 (11.76%) Microservices

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (5.88%) Confluence
2 4 (3.92%) CMS
3 1 (0.98%) Apache
3 1 (0.98%) Sitefinity
3 1 (0.98%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Simulink
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.61%) AWS
2 18 (17.65%) Azure
3 8 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (6.86%) Amazon S3
5 6 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
5 6 (5.88%) Amazon ECR
5 6 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (5.88%) Slack
5 6 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (3.92%) GitHub
7 3 (2.94%) GCP
8 2 (1.96%) Azure API Management
8 2 (1.96%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (1.96%) Firebase
9 1 (0.98%) Amazon EventBridge
9 1 (0.98%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (0.98%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.98%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.98%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.96%) MQTT
1 2 (1.96%) WAN
2 1 (0.98%) Broadband
2 1 (0.98%) FTP
2 1 (0.98%) HTTP
2 1 (0.98%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.78%) PostgreSQL
1 11 (10.78%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.84%) MySQL
3 7 (6.86%) MongoDB
4 6 (5.88%) NoSQL
5 4 (3.92%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.98%) Big Data
6 1 (0.98%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.98%) GIS
6 1 (0.98%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (13.73%) Git
2 10 (9.80%) JIRA
3 7 (6.86%) GitLab
4 5 (4.90%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.96%) Moq
5 2 (1.96%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.98%) CMake
6 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 18 (17.65%) Manufacturing
2 11 (10.78%) Electronics
3 9 (8.82%) Finance
4 7 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.88%) Social Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Legal
6 5 (4.90%) Retail
7 4 (3.92%) Advertising
8 3 (2.94%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.94%) Aviation
8 3 (2.94%) Military
8 3 (2.94%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.96%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.98%) Aeronautics
10 1 (0.98%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (23.53%) React
2 22 (21.57%) .NET
3 10 (9.80%) Node.js
4 7 (6.86%) Flutter
5 6 (5.88%) AngularJS
5 6 (5.88%) Django
5 6 (5.88%) Flask
5 6 (5.88%) Lambda Expressions
6 5 (4.90%) .NET Core
6 5 (4.90%) CSS
6 5 (4.90%) HTML
6 5 (4.90%) Ruby on Rails
7 4 (3.92%) ASP.NET
7 4 (3.92%) React Native
7 4 (3.92%) REST
7 4 (3.92%) Spring
8 3 (2.94%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (2.94%) CSS3
8 3 (2.94%) RESTful
8 3 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (17.65%) Algorithms
2 9 (8.82%) Data Structures
3 6 (5.88%) Molecular Biology
4 5 (4.90%) Cloud Native
4 5 (4.90%) IoT
4 5 (4.90%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.94%) e-Learning
5 3 (2.94%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.94%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.96%) Hackathon
6 2 (1.96%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.96%) Robotics
6 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.98%) CUDA
7 1 (0.98%) FPGA
7 1 (0.98%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 21 (20.59%) Linux
2 8 (7.84%) Unix
3 6 (5.88%) Android
3 6 (5.88%) Apple iOS
4 5 (4.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 25 (24.51%) Computer Science
3 24 (23.53%) Agile
4 22 (21.57%) DevOps
5 21 (20.59%) Mathematics
6 17 (16.67%) Physics
7 12 (11.76%) Full-Stack Development
7 12 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 12 (11.76%) Microservices
7 12 (11.76%) Open Source
8 11 (10.78%) CI/CD
9 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (9.80%) SDLC
10 9 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
11 8 (7.84%) Coaching
11 8 (7.84%) Parallel Programming
11 8 (7.84%) Performance Analysis
11 8 (7.84%) Software Testing
11 8 (7.84%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (53.92%) Python
2 29 (28.43%) C++
2 29 (28.43%) SQL
3 27 (26.47%) C#
4 25 (24.51%) JavaScript
5 18 (17.65%) C
5 18 (17.65%) Java
6 16 (15.69%) Go
6 16 (15.69%) Ruby
6 16 (15.69%) TypeScript
7 10 (9.80%) Bash
8 8 (7.84%) Fortran
8 8 (7.84%) Rust
9 7 (6.86%) Perl
9 7 (6.86%) VB.NET
10 4 (3.92%) MATLAB
10 4 (3.92%) T-SQL
11 3 (2.94%) PHP
11 3 (2.94%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.98%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 28 (27.45%) Degree
2 15 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 12 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 10 (9.80%) Master's Degree
5 9 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (8.82%) PhD
6 8 (7.84%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.92%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) QA
2 3 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.98%) CDISC
System Software
1 14 (13.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (20.59%) Kubernetes
2 10 (9.80%) Terraform
3 6 (5.88%) Kustomize
4 2 (1.96%) Grafana
4 2 (1.96%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.98%) Argo
Vendors
1 9 (8.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.86%) Epicor
3 6 (5.88%) Sawtooth Software
4 2 (1.96%) Apple
4 2 (1.96%) Google
4 2 (1.96%) Oracle