Software Engineering Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 70 12
Rank change year-on-year +58 -58 +10
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 470 136 656
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.88% 3.94% 9.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.00% 4.27% 10.99%
Number of salaries quoted 337 111 504
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +18.18% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £81,454
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -14.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,271 3,188 5,968
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.63% 92.41% 81.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,964 1,262 4,005
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,538 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +1.20% -9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 24 June 2026. 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 +19 221 £65,000 - 22
Buckinghamshire +57 133 £75,000 +20.00% 17
Berkshire +43 116 £65,000 - 31
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.21%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 7 (1.49%) Lightworks
2 2 (0.43%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.43%) EPLAN
2 2 (0.43%) Simulink
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 92 (19.57%) AWS
2 74 (15.74%) Azure
3 64 (13.62%) SaaS
4 31 (6.60%) GCP
5 17 (3.62%) GitHub
6 9 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (1.49%) Serverless
8 5 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.06%) Figma
8 5 (1.06%) Firebase
8 5 (1.06%) PaaS
9 4 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.64%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.43%) Cloud Run
11 2 (0.43%) Prefect
12 1 (0.21%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.28%) Wireless
2 3 (0.64%) Broadband
2 3 (0.64%) DHCP
2 3 (0.64%) DNS
2 3 (0.64%) Firewall
2 3 (0.64%) MQTT
3 2 (0.43%) Ethernet
3 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.21%) HTTP
4 1 (0.21%) Internet
4 1 (0.21%) Modbus
4 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.21%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.66%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.64%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.43%) MySQL
4 2 (0.43%) Pinecone
4 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.21%) GIS
Development Applications
1 21 (4.47%) Git
2 9 (1.91%) Postman
3 8 (1.70%) Yeoman
4 7 (1.49%) GitLab
5 5 (1.06%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.85%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.85%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.64%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.64%) Eclipse RCP
7 3 (0.64%) JIRA
7 3 (0.64%) JUnit
7 3 (0.64%) Subversion
8 2 (0.43%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.21%) Storybook
9 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (15.11%) Manufacturing
2 40 (8.51%) Social Skills
3 21 (4.47%) Finance
4 17 (3.62%) Aerospace
4 17 (3.62%) Electronics
5 16 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.13%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (1.70%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.28%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.06%) Games
9 5 (1.06%) Law
10 3 (0.64%) Automotive
11 2 (0.43%) Banking
11 2 (0.43%) Retail
12 1 (0.21%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.21%) Aviation
12 1 (0.21%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.21%) Military
Job Titles
1 360 (76.60%) Software Engineer
2 112 (23.83%) Senior
3 96 (20.43%) Senior Software Engineer
4 61 (12.98%) C# Software Engineer
5 59 (12.55%) Embedded Engineer
6 57 (12.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 54 (11.49%) Lead
8 49 (10.43%) Python Engineer
9 47 (10.00%) Python Software Engineer
10 44 (9.36%) C++ Software Engineer
11 33 (7.02%) Principal Engineer
12 31 (6.60%) .NET Software Engineer
13 30 (6.38%) Lead Software Engineer
14 29 (6.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 29 (6.17%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
15 23 (4.89%) Principal Software Engineer
16 22 (4.68%) Developer
16 22 (4.68%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 22 (4.68%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 16 (3.40%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (20.43%) .NET
2 26 (5.53%) React
3 19 (4.04%) REST
4 17 (3.62%) WPF
5 13 (2.77%) Django
6 12 (2.55%) .NET Framework
7 10 (2.13%) Node.js
7 10 (2.13%) RESTful
8 8 (1.70%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.70%) WebSockets
9 7 (1.49%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (1.28%) Blazor
10 6 (1.28%) Vue
11 5 (1.06%) JWT
11 5 (1.06%) OAuth
11 5 (1.06%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.06%) Playwright
11 5 (1.06%) Swagger
11 5 (1.06%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (3.83%) Client/Server
3 17 (3.62%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.62%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.77%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (2.77%) IoT
6 11 (2.34%) Distributed Computing
6 11 (2.34%) Smart Energy
7 10 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.13%) Life Science
8 8 (1.70%) Renewable Energy
9 7 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 7 (1.49%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.06%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.06%) SCADA
10 5 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.06%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.85%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.87%) Linux
2 5 (1.06%) Windows
3 3 (0.64%) Android
4 2 (0.43%) Debian
4 2 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
4 2 (0.43%) Gentoo
5 1 (0.21%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (14.26%) Agile
2 56 (11.91%) Full-Stack Development
2 56 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (11.91%) Test Automation
3 45 (9.57%) CI/CD
3 45 (9.57%) Mentoring
4 43 (9.15%) Computer Science
5 42 (8.94%) AI
6 34 (7.23%) Containerisation
7 33 (7.02%) DevOps
8 28 (5.96%) Code Quality
8 28 (5.96%) TDD
9 27 (5.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (5.53%) Design Patterns
11 25 (5.32%) Event-Driven
12 24 (5.11%) Machine Learning
13 20 (4.26%) Microservices
14 17 (3.62%) Integration Testing
14 17 (3.62%) Open Source
14 17 (3.62%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 123 (26.17%) C#
2 89 (18.94%) Python
3 84 (17.87%) C++
4 37 (7.87%) C
5 28 (5.96%) TypeScript
6 24 (5.11%) SQL
7 21 (4.47%) JavaScript
8 18 (3.83%) Rust
9 16 (3.40%) Java
10 9 (1.91%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.28%) Bash
12 3 (0.64%) PHP
12 3 (0.64%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.43%) Delphi
13 2 (0.43%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.43%) Go
13 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.43%) Pascal
13 2 (0.43%) Ruby
13 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 91 (19.36%) Degree
2 65 (13.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (2.55%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.70%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.49%) PhD
5 7 (1.49%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (0.64%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.64%) HNC
7 3 (0.64%) HND
8 2 (0.43%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
8 2 (0.43%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.30%) QA
2 3 (0.64%) ECSS
2 3 (0.64%) GDPR
2 3 (0.64%) MISRA
2 3 (0.64%) SOC 2
3 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (7.02%) Docker
2 22 (4.68%) Firmware
3 17 (3.62%) Hyper-V
3 17 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.98%) KVM
5 6 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.34%) Terraform
3 5 (1.06%) Ansible
4 3 (0.64%) Grafana
4 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.43%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.62%) VMware
3 5 (1.06%) Salesforce
4 4 (0.85%) Google
5 3 (0.64%) Allen-Bradley
5 3 (0.64%) Siemens
5 3 (0.64%) Wonderware
6 2 (0.43%) Databricks
6 2 (0.43%) New Relic
6 2 (0.43%) Oracle
6 2 (0.43%) Xilinx
7 1 (0.21%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.21%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.21%) Sparx