Software Engineering Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 7 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 33 11
Rank change year-on-year +25 -22 +7
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 582 276 880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.45% 7.50% 13.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.00% 7.98% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 302 163 463
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,570 £38,352
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,125 £47,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,086
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.72% +12.88%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £106,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

All Process and 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 3,638 3,458 6,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.06% 93.97% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,746 2,186 3,619
10th Percentile £34,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,911 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,525 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £83,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.76%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 November 2024.

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 7 November 2024. 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
Berkshire +29 290 £71,000 -2.07% 41
Oxfordshire +8 152 £60,000 -7.69% 41
Buckinghamshire +21 140 £50,000 -13.04% 33
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
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 16 (2.75%) Apache
2 14 (2.41%) Tomcat
3 3 (0.52%) Mendix
4 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.17%) SketchUp
3 1 (0.17%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 97 (16.67%) AWS
2 87 (14.95%) Azure
3 50 (8.59%) Serverless
4 33 (5.67%) GitHub
5 32 (5.50%) Amazon S3
6 29 (4.98%) AWS Lambda
6 29 (4.98%) SaaS
7 28 (4.81%) Amazon SQS
8 25 (4.30%) Amazon Kinesis
9 15 (2.58%) GCP
10 7 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (0.86%) PaaS
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Functions
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (0.69%) Azure Pipelines
12 4 (0.69%) ChatGPT
12 4 (0.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.72%) Network Security
2 8 (1.37%) HTTP
2 8 (1.37%) Wireless
3 4 (0.69%) VoIP
4 3 (0.52%) Broadband
4 3 (0.52%) Internet
5 2 (0.34%) 5G
5 2 (0.34%) FTP
6 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.17%) Firewall
6 1 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.17%) IPsec
6 1 (0.17%) RTP
6 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.17%) VPN
6 1 (0.17%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.56%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (6.01%) NoSQL
3 31 (5.33%) DynamoDB
4 28 (4.81%) Redis
5 17 (2.92%) SQL Server
6 13 (2.23%) MySQL
7 9 (1.55%) QGIS
8 7 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (1.20%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.69%) Power BI
10 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.34%) GIS
11 2 (0.34%) Parquet
12 1 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.17%) DTS
Development Applications
1 42 (7.22%) Git
2 33 (5.67%) Jenkins
3 25 (4.30%) Selenium
4 22 (3.78%) Cypress.io
4 22 (3.78%) SoapUI
5 11 (1.89%) JIRA
6 7 (1.20%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.69%) GitLab
8 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.17%) Robot Framework
General
1 73 (12.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 46 (7.90%) Social Skills
3 27 (4.64%) Advertising
3 27 (4.64%) Marketing
4 22 (3.78%) Automotive
5 19 (3.26%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.26%) Electronics
6 14 (2.41%) Finance
7 13 (2.23%) Telecoms
8 10 (1.72%) Public Sector
9 9 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 9 (1.55%) Retail
10 7 (1.20%) Tech for Good
11 6 (1.03%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.03%) Games
12 4 (0.69%) Legal
12 4 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.69%) Publishing
13 3 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.34%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 366 (62.89%) Software Engineer
2 161 (27.66%) Senior
3 139 (23.88%) Senior Software Engineer
4 101 (17.35%) Lead
5 55 (9.45%) Team Leader
6 47 (8.08%) Embedded Engineer
6 47 (8.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 42 (7.22%) Software Team Leader
8 34 (5.84%) Developer
8 34 (5.84%) Development Team Leader
8 34 (5.84%) Software Development Team Leader
9 33 (5.67%) Data Science Leader
10 21 (3.61%) Java Team Leader
11 19 (3.26%) C++ Software Engineer
12 17 (2.92%) Architect
12 17 (2.92%) Principal Engineer
13 16 (2.75%) Principal Software Engineer
13 16 (2.75%) Software Manager
14 15 (2.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 15 (2.58%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (13.92%) React
2 76 (13.06%) .NET
3 46 (7.90%) AngularJS
4 36 (6.19%) Node.js
5 31 (5.33%) REST
6 28 (4.81%) WPF
7 25 (4.30%) Tailwind CSS
8 23 (3.95%) Web Services
9 20 (3.44%) CSS
10 19 (3.26%) Jest
11 18 (3.09%) HTML
12 17 (2.92%) XML
13 15 (2.58%) ASP.NET
14 14 (2.41%) .NET Core
14 14 (2.41%) Flutter
14 14 (2.41%) JSON
14 14 (2.41%) JSP
15 13 (2.23%) Qt
16 11 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web API
16 11 (1.89%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.56%) Algorithms
2 25 (4.30%) Blog
2 25 (4.30%) Digital Media
3 20 (3.44%) IoT
4 14 (2.41%) NHS
5 13 (2.23%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
7 9 (1.55%) CUDA
7 9 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
8 8 (1.37%) Cloud Native
8 8 (1.37%) Robotics
9 6 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.03%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.03%) Mixed Reality
9 6 (1.03%) Mobile App
10 5 (0.86%) Distributed Architecture
10 5 (0.86%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.69%) Data Structures
11 4 (0.69%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 91 (15.64%) Linux
2 35 (6.01%) Windows
3 26 (4.47%) Unix
4 9 (1.55%) Android
4 9 (1.55%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.86%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.17%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (22.16%) Agile
2 107 (18.38%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 90 (15.46%) Machine Learning
5 77 (13.23%) Full-Stack Development
6 68 (11.68%) Mentoring
7 60 (10.31%) Data Science
8 57 (9.79%) Computer Vision
8 57 (9.79%) Decision-Making
9 55 (9.45%) Mathematics
10 51 (8.76%) Artificial Intelligence
11 49 (8.42%) Data Analysis
12 48 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
12 48 (8.25%) Natural Language Processing
13 45 (7.73%) Physics
13 45 (7.73%) SDLC
13 45 (7.73%) Statistical Modelling
13 45 (7.73%) Statistics
14 44 (7.56%) Scrum
15 42 (7.22%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 146 (25.09%) C++
2 142 (24.40%) Python
3 127 (21.82%) C#
4 103 (17.70%) C
5 100 (17.18%) JavaScript
6 76 (13.06%) Java
7 74 (12.71%) TypeScript
8 67 (11.51%) SQL
9 44 (7.56%) Bash
10 32 (5.50%) Fortran
11 31 (5.33%) Go
12 19 (3.26%) Embedded C
12 19 (3.26%) Embedded C++
13 18 (3.09%) Ruby
14 17 (2.92%) Rust
15 12 (2.06%) Perl
16 9 (1.55%) MATLAB
17 8 (1.37%) PHP
18 7 (1.20%) XAML
19 6 (1.03%) R
Qualifications
1 186 (31.96%) Degree
2 51 (8.76%) Security Cleared
3 32 (5.50%) PhD
4 30 (5.15%) Master's Degree
5 17 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.75%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.86%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.34%) CBAP
8 2 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.17%) CISSP
9 1 (0.17%) HND
9 1 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.09%) QA
2 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
2 3 (0.52%) HL7
3 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.34%) GDPR
4 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.17%) JTAG
4 1 (0.17%) NIST
4 1 (0.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 83 (14.26%) Docker
2 14 (2.41%) Firmware
3 4 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 100 (17.18%) Kubernetes
2 17 (2.92%) Terraform
3 5 (0.86%) Grafana
4 4 (0.69%) Ansible
4 4 (0.69%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.69%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.34%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.34%) HP Fortify
5 2 (0.34%) Sysdig
6 1 (0.17%) Suricata
Vendors
1 62 (10.65%) Microsoft
2 7 (1.20%) Oracle
3 4 (0.69%) HP
3 4 (0.69%) NVIDIA
3 4 (0.69%) Salesforce
3 4 (0.69%) VMware
4 3 (0.52%) OpenAI
4 3 (0.52%) Red Hat
4 3 (0.52%) SAP
5 2 (0.34%) Databricks
5 2 (0.34%) F5
5 2 (0.34%) Sun
6 1 (0.17%) Cisco
6 1 (0.17%) Epicor
6 1 (0.17%) Juniper
6 1 (0.17%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.17%) Renesas
6 1 (0.17%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.17%) Splunk
6 1 (0.17%) Workday