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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 65 20
Rank change year-on-year +55 -45 +2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 467 135 519
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 8.19% 4.09% 7.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.38% 4.37% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 344 111 410
10th Percentile £49,125 £40,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -14.06%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £81,559
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -11.54%

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 4,103 3,091 5,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.98% 93.72% 83.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,804 1,142 3,900
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,205 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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 27 May 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 27 May 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 +21 215 £65,000 - 50
Buckinghamshire +51 144 £75,000 +25.00% 15
Berkshire +38 108 £62,500 -3.85% 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 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.21%) ArchestrA
3 1 (0.21%) Kinematics
Applications
1 2 (0.43%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.43%) EPLAN
2 1 (0.21%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 77 (16.49%) AWS
2 64 (13.70%) Azure
3 62 (13.28%) SaaS
4 29 (6.21%) GCP
5 14 (3.00%) GitHub
6 10 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
7 8 (1.71%) Serverless
8 5 (1.07%) Figma
8 5 (1.07%) PaaS
9 4 (0.86%) Amazon S3
9 4 (0.86%) Azure Machine Learning
9 4 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
11 2 (0.43%) Cloud Run
11 2 (0.43%) Firebase
11 2 (0.43%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.43%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.64%) Broadband
1 3 (0.64%) DHCP
1 3 (0.64%) DNS
1 3 (0.64%) Firewall
2 2 (0.43%) Modbus
2 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.21%) HTTP
3 1 (0.21%) Internet
3 1 (0.21%) MQTT
3 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.21%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.43%) Pinecone
4 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.21%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 21 (4.50%) Git
2 9 (1.93%) Postman
3 8 (1.71%) Yeoman
4 6 (1.28%) GitLab
5 5 (1.07%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.86%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.64%) JIRA
7 3 (0.64%) MLflow
8 2 (0.43%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.43%) JUnit
9 1 (0.21%) Subversion
9 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 51 (10.92%) Manufacturing
2 36 (7.71%) Social Skills
3 18 (3.85%) Finance
4 17 (3.64%) Public Sector
5 14 (3.00%) Electronics
6 12 (2.57%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (2.14%) Aerospace
7 10 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (1.28%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.07%) Games
10 3 (0.64%) Automotive
11 2 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.43%) Law
11 2 (0.43%) Retail
11 2 (0.43%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.21%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.21%) Aviation
12 1 (0.21%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.21%) Military
Job Titles
1 345 (73.88%) Software Engineer
2 126 (26.98%) Senior
3 94 (20.13%) Senior Software Engineer
4 57 (12.21%) C# Software Engineer
5 56 (11.99%) Lead
6 54 (11.56%) Embedded Engineer
7 52 (11.13%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 43 (9.21%) Python Engineer
9 41 (8.78%) Python Software Engineer
10 40 (8.57%) Principal Engineer
11 39 (8.35%) C++ Software Engineer
12 34 (7.28%) Developer
13 33 (7.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 33 (7.07%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 30 (6.42%) Principal Software Engineer
15 29 (6.21%) .NET Software Engineer
15 29 (6.21%) Lead Software Engineer
16 27 (5.78%) Senior Developer
17 20 (4.28%) Senior Embedded Engineer
17 20 (4.28%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (20.99%) .NET
2 21 (4.50%) React
3 18 (3.85%) REST
4 16 (3.43%) WPF
5 14 (3.00%) .NET Framework
6 11 (2.36%) RESTful
7 10 (2.14%) Django
8 8 (1.71%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.50%) WebSockets
10 6 (1.28%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.28%) Node.js
11 5 (1.07%) ASP.NET Web API
11 5 (1.07%) Blazor
11 5 (1.07%) JSON
11 5 (1.07%) Middleware
11 5 (1.07%) Playwright
11 5 (1.07%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.07%) Twisted
11 5 (1.07%) Web Services
12 4 (0.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (5.78%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (3.85%) Client/Server
2 18 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 15 (3.21%) IoT
3 15 (3.21%) Smart Energy
4 14 (3.00%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
6 10 (2.14%) Life Science
6 10 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.93%) Distributed Computing
8 7 (1.50%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.07%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.07%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (1.07%) SCADA
9 5 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.07%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.86%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.86%) Onboarding
10 4 (0.86%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.42%) Linux
2 7 (1.50%) Android
3 4 (0.86%) Windows
4 1 (0.21%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (0.21%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (12.85%) Full-Stack Development
2 59 (12.63%) Agile
3 49 (10.49%) Test Automation
4 42 (8.99%) CI/CD
5 39 (8.35%) Mentoring
6 38 (8.14%) Computer Science
6 38 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (7.28%) AI
8 32 (6.85%) Containerisation
9 30 (6.42%) DevOps
10 27 (5.78%) Code Quality
10 27 (5.78%) Continuous Improvement
10 27 (5.78%) TDD
11 23 (4.93%) Machine Learning
12 22 (4.71%) Event-Driven
13 17 (3.64%) Design Patterns
13 17 (3.64%) Storage Management
14 16 (3.43%) Microservices
14 16 (3.43%) Roadmaps
15 15 (3.21%) Energy Management
Programming Languages
1 106 (22.70%) C#
2 76 (16.27%) Python
3 66 (14.13%) C++
4 29 (6.21%) C
5 24 (5.14%) SQL
6 22 (4.71%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.28%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.64%) Java
9 14 (3.00%) Rust
10 4 (0.86%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.64%) Bash
11 3 (0.64%) Go
11 3 (0.64%) PHP
11 3 (0.64%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.43%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.43%) Ruby
13 1 (0.21%) F#
13 1 (0.21%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 83 (17.77%) Degree
2 56 (11.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.36%) Master's Degree
3 11 (2.36%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.50%) PhD
4 7 (1.50%) SC Cleared
5 4 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (0.86%) Chartered Engineer
6 3 (0.64%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
6 3 (0.64%) HNC
6 3 (0.64%) HND
7 2 (0.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (0.43%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.21%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.21%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (8.78%) QA
2 3 (0.64%) GDPR
2 3 (0.64%) SOC 2
3 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.21%) ECSS
4 1 (0.21%) MISRA
4 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 27 (5.78%) Docker
2 20 (4.28%) Firmware
3 17 (3.64%) Hyper-V
3 17 (3.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.00%) KVM
5 6 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (2.57%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.93%) Terraform
3 3 (0.64%) Ansible
3 3 (0.64%) Grafana
3 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (3.85%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.64%) VMware
3 5 (1.07%) Salesforce
4 3 (0.64%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (0.64%) Siemens
4 3 (0.64%) Wonderware
5 2 (0.43%) Databricks
5 2 (0.43%) Google
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle
6 1 (0.21%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.21%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.21%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.21%) Sparx