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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 73 12
Rank change year-on-year +61 -61 +10
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 468 136 644
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.87% 3.94% 8.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.96% 4.27% 10.85%
Number of salaries quoted 335 111 499
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 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +15.04% -13.08%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £81,663
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 4,269 3,187 5,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.80% 92.35% 82.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,959 1,267 3,987
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,725 £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 £69,920 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,200 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.91% +1.00% -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 25 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 25 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 +20 220 £65,000 - 21
Buckinghamshire +56 130 £75,000 +20.00% 19
Berkshire +43 118 £65,000 - 26
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 (1.50%) 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 94 (20.09%) AWS
2 75 (16.03%) Azure
3 64 (13.68%) SaaS
4 32 (6.84%) GCP
5 18 (3.85%) GitHub
6 9 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (1.50%) Serverless
8 5 (1.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (1.07%) Figma
8 5 (1.07%) Firebase
8 5 (1.07%) PaaS
9 4 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.64%) Amazon S3
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 35 (7.48%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.64%) MySQL
3 3 (0.64%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.64%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.43%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.21%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.21%) GIS
Development Applications
1 21 (4.49%) Git
2 9 (1.92%) Postman
3 8 (1.71%) Yeoman
4 7 (1.50%) GitLab
5 5 (1.07%) 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%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.43%) PetaLinux
9 1 (0.21%) Storybook
9 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 71 (15.17%) Manufacturing
2 40 (8.55%) Social Skills
3 21 (4.49%) Finance
4 18 (3.85%) Electronics
5 17 (3.63%) Aerospace
5 17 (3.63%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
7 7 (1.50%) Public Sector
8 6 (1.28%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.07%) Games
9 5 (1.07%) Law
10 3 (0.64%) Automotive
11 2 (0.43%) Banking
11 2 (0.43%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.43%) Retail
12 1 (0.21%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.21%) Aviation
12 1 (0.21%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.21%) Military
Job Titles
1 359 (76.71%) Software Engineer
2 112 (23.93%) Senior
3 96 (20.51%) Senior Software Engineer
4 61 (13.03%) C# Software Engineer
5 60 (12.82%) Embedded Engineer
6 58 (12.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 54 (11.54%) Lead
8 49 (10.47%) Python Engineer
9 47 (10.04%) Python Software Engineer
10 44 (9.40%) C++ Software Engineer
11 32 (6.84%) Principal Engineer
12 31 (6.62%) .NET Software Engineer
13 30 (6.41%) Lead Software Engineer
14 29 (6.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 29 (6.20%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
15 22 (4.70%) Developer
15 22 (4.70%) Principal Software Engineer
15 22 (4.70%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 22 (4.70%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 16 (3.42%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (20.30%) .NET
2 27 (5.77%) React
3 19 (4.06%) REST
4 17 (3.63%) WPF
5 13 (2.78%) Django
6 12 (2.56%) .NET Framework
7 10 (2.14%) Node.js
7 10 (2.14%) RESTful
8 8 (1.71%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.71%) WebSockets
9 7 (1.50%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.28%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (1.28%) Blazor
10 6 (1.28%) Vue
11 5 (1.07%) JWT
11 5 (1.07%) OAuth
11 5 (1.07%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.07%) Playwright
11 5 (1.07%) Swagger
11 5 (1.07%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.34%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (3.85%) Client/Server
2 18 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.63%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.78%) Embedded Systems
6 12 (2.56%) IoT
7 11 (2.35%) Distributed Computing
8 10 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.14%) Life Science
8 10 (2.14%) Smart Energy
9 8 (1.71%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.50%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.50%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.07%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.07%) SCADA
11 5 (1.07%) Video Conferencing
11 5 (1.07%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.85%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (7.91%) Linux
2 5 (1.07%) 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 (14.32%) Agile
2 57 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (12.18%) Test Automation
3 56 (11.97%) Full-Stack Development
4 46 (9.83%) CI/CD
5 45 (9.62%) Mentoring
6 43 (9.19%) AI
6 43 (9.19%) Computer Science
7 34 (7.26%) Containerisation
7 34 (7.26%) DevOps
8 28 (5.98%) Code Quality
8 28 (5.98%) TDD
9 27 (5.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (5.56%) Design Patterns
11 25 (5.34%) Event-Driven
12 24 (5.13%) Machine Learning
13 20 (4.27%) Microservices
14 17 (3.63%) Integration Testing
14 17 (3.63%) Open Source
14 17 (3.63%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 123 (26.28%) C#
2 89 (19.02%) Python
3 84 (17.95%) C++
4 37 (7.91%) C
5 29 (6.20%) TypeScript
6 24 (5.13%) SQL
7 22 (4.70%) JavaScript
8 18 (3.85%) Java
8 18 (3.85%) Rust
9 9 (1.92%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.28%) Bash
11 3 (0.64%) PHP
11 3 (0.64%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.43%) Delphi
12 2 (0.43%) Embedded C
12 2 (0.43%) Go
12 2 (0.43%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.43%) Pascal
12 2 (0.43%) Ruby
12 2 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 91 (19.44%) Degree
2 65 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (2.78%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.71%) Master's Degree
4 8 (1.71%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.50%) PhD
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 (8.33%) 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 34 (7.26%) Docker
2 22 (4.70%) Firmware
3 17 (3.63%) Hyper-V
3 17 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (2.99%) KVM
5 6 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (3.85%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.35%) Terraform
3 5 (1.07%) Ansible
4 3 (0.64%) Grafana
4 3 (0.64%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.43%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (4.27%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.63%) VMware
3 5 (1.07%) 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