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 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 39 95
Rank change year-on-year -45 +56 -74
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 99 346 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.20% 5.15% 3.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.91% 5.44% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 81 246 107
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £34,723
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,000 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.15% -14.40% +19.05%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £78,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -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 2,533 6,358 5,507
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.00% 94.68% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,274 4,519 3,207
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,375 £37,481
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
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 4 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 4 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 45 £67,500 +33.64% 52
Berkshire -40 36 £55,000 -5.17% 55
Buckinghamshire -15 18 £60,000 +14.28% 44
Software Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 99 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 54 (54.55%) Python
3 29 (29.29%) SQL
4 28 (28.28%) C++
4 28 (28.28%) Degree
5 26 (26.26%) C#
6 25 (25.25%) Computer Science
7 24 (24.24%) JavaScript
8 22 (22.22%) DevOps
8 22 (22.22%) React
9 21 (21.21%) Agile
9 21 (21.21%) Mathematics
9 21 (21.21%) .NET
10 20 (20.20%) Linux
11 19 (19.19%) Kubernetes
11 19 (19.19%) AWS
12 17 (17.17%) Algorithms
12 17 (17.17%) C
12 17 (17.17%) Manufacturing
12 17 (17.17%) Physics
13 16 (16.16%) Security Cleared
13 16 (16.16%) Azure
13 16 (16.16%) Java
13 16 (16.16%) TypeScript
14 14 (14.14%) Go
14 14 (14.14%) Ruby
15 13 (13.13%) Git
15 13 (13.13%) Docker
16 12 (12.12%) Open Source
16 12 (12.12%) SC Cleared

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 (6.06%) Confluence
2 4 (4.04%) CMS
3 1 (1.01%) Sitefinity
3 1 (1.01%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Simulink
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Q-Pulse
Cloud Services
1 19 (19.19%) AWS
2 16 (16.16%) Azure
3 8 (8.08%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (7.07%) Amazon S3
5 6 (6.06%) Amazon EC2
5 6 (6.06%) Amazon ECR
5 6 (6.06%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (6.06%) Slack
5 6 (6.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (4.04%) GitHub
7 3 (3.03%) GCP
8 2 (2.02%) Azure API Management
8 2 (2.02%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.02%) Firebase
9 1 (1.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (1.01%) Amazon EventBridge
9 1 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.01%) AWS CodePipeline
9 1 (1.01%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.02%) MQTT
1 2 (2.02%) WAN
2 1 (1.01%) Broadband
2 1 (1.01%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (10.10%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 8 (8.08%) MySQL
4 7 (7.07%) MongoDB
5 5 (5.05%) NoSQL
6 4 (4.04%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.01%) Big Data
7 1 (1.01%) DynamoDB
7 1 (1.01%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (13.13%) Git
2 9 (9.09%) JIRA
3 7 (7.07%) GitLab
4 5 (5.05%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.02%) Moq
5 2 (2.02%) SpecFlow
6 1 (1.01%) CMake
6 1 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 17 (17.17%) Manufacturing
2 11 (11.11%) Electronics
3 10 (10.10%) Finance
4 6 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.06%) Social Skills
5 4 (4.04%) Advertising
5 4 (4.04%) Aerospace
5 4 (4.04%) Aviation
5 4 (4.04%) Legal
5 4 (4.04%) Military
5 4 (4.04%) Retail
6 3 (3.03%) Tech for Good
7 2 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.02%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.01%) Aeronautics
8 1 (1.01%) Agriculture
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (22.22%) React
2 21 (21.21%) .NET
3 10 (10.10%) Node.js
4 6 (6.06%) Django
4 6 (6.06%) Flask
4 6 (6.06%) Flutter
4 6 (6.06%) Lambda Expressions
5 5 (5.05%) .NET Core
5 5 (5.05%) AngularJS
5 5 (5.05%) Ruby on Rails
6 4 (4.04%) ASP.NET
6 4 (4.04%) CSS
6 4 (4.04%) HTML
6 4 (4.04%) React Native
6 4 (4.04%) REST
6 4 (4.04%) Spring
6 4 (4.04%) XML
7 3 (3.03%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (2.02%) OAuth
8 2 (2.02%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.17%) Algorithms
2 8 (8.08%) Data Structures
3 6 (6.06%) Molecular Biology
4 5 (5.05%) Cloud Native
4 5 (5.05%) IoT
4 5 (5.05%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.04%) e-Learning
5 4 (4.04%) Reference Data
6 3 (3.03%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.03%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.02%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.02%) Hackathon
7 2 (2.02%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.02%) Robotics
7 2 (2.02%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.01%) FPGA
8 1 (1.01%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.01%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (20.20%) Linux
2 8 (8.08%) Unix
3 5 (5.05%) Android
3 5 (5.05%) Apple iOS
3 5 (5.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 25 (25.25%) Computer Science
3 22 (22.22%) DevOps
4 21 (21.21%) Agile
4 21 (21.21%) Mathematics
5 17 (17.17%) Physics
6 12 (12.12%) Open Source
7 11 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 11 (11.11%) Microservices
8 10 (10.10%) Full-Stack Development
9 9 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
9 9 (9.09%) CI/CD
9 9 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (9.09%) SDLC
10 8 (8.08%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (8.08%) Parallel Programming
10 8 (8.08%) Performance Analysis
10 8 (8.08%) Software Testing
10 8 (8.08%) Systems Engineering
11 7 (7.07%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 54 (54.55%) Python
2 29 (29.29%) SQL
3 28 (28.28%) C++
4 26 (26.26%) C#
5 24 (24.24%) JavaScript
6 17 (17.17%) C
7 16 (16.16%) Java
7 16 (16.16%) TypeScript
8 14 (14.14%) Go
8 14 (14.14%) Ruby
9 10 (10.10%) Bash
10 8 (8.08%) Fortran
11 7 (7.07%) Rust
12 6 (6.06%) Perl
12 6 (6.06%) VB.NET
13 4 (4.04%) MATLAB
13 4 (4.04%) PL/SQL
13 4 (4.04%) T-SQL
14 3 (3.03%) PHP
15 1 (1.01%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 28 (28.28%) Degree
2 16 (16.16%) Security Cleared
3 12 (12.12%) SC Cleared
4 10 (10.10%) Master's Degree
5 9 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (9.09%) PhD
6 8 (8.08%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.04%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (1.01%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.01%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.05%) QA
2 4 (4.04%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.01%) CDISC
System Software
1 13 (13.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (19.19%) Kubernetes
2 9 (9.09%) Terraform
3 6 (6.06%) Kustomize
4 2 (2.02%) Grafana
4 2 (2.02%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.01%) Argo
Vendors
1 7 (7.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.06%) Epicor
2 6 (6.06%) Sawtooth Software
3 2 (2.02%) Apple
3 2 (2.02%) Google