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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 75 12
Rank change year-on-year +62 -63 +10
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 457 134 647
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.49% 3.75% 9.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.43% 4.12% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 324 110 493
10th Percentile £45,750 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +17.39% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +22.73% -12.00%

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 4,383 3,255 5,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.81% 90.97% 82.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,026 1,393 3,736
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +18 208 £65,000 -3.70% 43
Buckinghamshire +48 125 £76,250 +35.56% 20
Berkshire +44 124 £70,000 -5.08% 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 (0.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.22%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 11 (2.41%) Lightworks
2 3 (0.66%) Simulink
3 2 (0.44%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.44%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 98 (21.44%) AWS
2 79 (17.29%) Azure
3 53 (11.60%) SaaS
4 33 (7.22%) GCP
5 20 (4.38%) GitHub
6 12 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.75%) Firebase
8 7 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (1.53%) Serverless
9 6 (1.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (1.09%) Figma
10 5 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (1.09%) PaaS
11 4 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.66%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.66%) Anthropic Claude
12 3 (0.66%) Cloud Run
13 2 (0.44%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.44%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.97%) Wireless
2 5 (1.09%) MQTT
3 3 (0.66%) DHCP
3 3 (0.66%) DNS
3 3 (0.66%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.66%) Firewall
3 3 (0.66%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.44%) Broadband
4 2 (0.44%) HTTP
5 1 (0.22%) Internet
5 1 (0.22%) Modbus
5 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.22%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (7.88%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.66%) MySQL
3 3 (0.66%) NoSQL
3 3 (0.66%) Pinecone
3 3 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.44%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.22%) GIS
Development Applications
1 22 (4.81%) Git
2 9 (1.97%) Postman
3 8 (1.75%) Yeoman
4 7 (1.53%) GitLab
5 5 (1.09%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.88%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.66%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.66%) Eclipse RCP
7 3 (0.66%) JIRA
7 3 (0.66%) JUnit
7 3 (0.66%) PetaLinux
7 3 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.66%) Subversion
8 2 (0.44%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.22%) Storybook
9 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 77 (16.85%) Manufacturing
2 46 (10.07%) Social Skills
3 24 (5.25%) Finance
4 20 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (3.94%) Aerospace
6 15 (3.28%) Electronics
7 10 (2.19%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (1.31%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.09%) Law
9 5 (1.09%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.88%) Games
10 4 (0.88%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.66%) Automotive
11 3 (0.66%) Banking
11 3 (0.66%) Digital Health
12 2 (0.44%) Retail
13 1 (0.22%) Aeronautics
13 1 (0.22%) Aviation
13 1 (0.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 348 (76.15%) Software Engineer
2 105 (22.98%) Senior
3 94 (20.57%) Senior Software Engineer
4 62 (13.57%) C# Software Engineer
5 60 (13.13%) Embedded Engineer
6 58 (12.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 54 (11.82%) Lead
8 47 (10.28%) Python Engineer
9 45 (9.85%) Python Software Engineer
10 39 (8.53%) C++ Software Engineer
11 31 (6.78%) .NET Software Engineer
12 30 (6.56%) Lead Software Engineer
13 29 (6.35%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 29 (6.35%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 29 (6.35%) Principal Engineer
14 21 (4.60%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 21 (4.60%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 20 (4.38%) Principal Software Engineer
16 16 (3.50%) Developer
16 16 (3.50%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (20.35%) .NET
2 28 (6.13%) React
3 20 (4.38%) REST
4 17 (3.72%) WPF
5 13 (2.84%) Django
6 12 (2.63%) .NET Framework
7 11 (2.41%) Node.js
7 11 (2.41%) RESTful
8 8 (1.75%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.75%) WebSockets
9 7 (1.53%) .NET Core
9 7 (1.53%) JSON
10 6 (1.31%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (1.31%) Blazor
10 6 (1.31%) Vue
11 5 (1.09%) JWT
11 5 (1.09%) OAuth2
11 5 (1.09%) Playwright
11 5 (1.09%) Swagger
11 5 (1.09%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.69%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (4.38%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.72%) Client/Server
3 17 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 15 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (2.84%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (2.41%) Distributed Computing
6 11 (2.41%) IoT
7 10 (2.19%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.19%) Life Science
8 8 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (1.75%) Smart Energy
9 5 (1.09%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.09%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.09%) SCADA
9 5 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.88%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (8.32%) Linux
2 5 (1.09%) Windows
3 3 (0.66%) Debian
3 3 (0.66%) FreeRTOS
3 3 (0.66%) Gentoo
4 1 (0.22%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (15.10%) Agile
2 62 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (12.91%) Test Automation
4 55 (12.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 49 (10.72%) CI/CD
5 49 (10.72%) Mentoring
6 48 (10.50%) AI
7 44 (9.63%) Computer Science
8 39 (8.53%) DevOps
9 35 (7.66%) Containerisation
10 29 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (6.35%) Design Patterns
11 28 (6.13%) TDD
12 27 (5.91%) Code Quality
13 26 (5.69%) Event-Driven
14 24 (5.25%) Machine Learning
15 21 (4.60%) Microservices
16 19 (4.16%) Integration Testing
17 18 (3.94%) Technical Leadership
18 17 (3.72%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 124 (27.13%) C#
2 92 (20.13%) Python
3 80 (17.51%) C++
4 38 (8.32%) C
5 30 (6.56%) TypeScript
6 23 (5.03%) SQL
7 22 (4.81%) JavaScript
8 19 (4.16%) Java
8 19 (4.16%) Rust
9 11 (2.41%) T-SQL
10 7 (1.53%) Bash
11 4 (0.88%) VB.NET
12 3 (0.66%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.66%) PHP
12 3 (0.66%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.66%) Ruby
13 2 (0.44%) Delphi
13 2 (0.44%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.44%) Pascal
14 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (20.13%) Degree
2 65 (14.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (3.72%) Security Cleared
4 10 (2.19%) SC Cleared
5 9 (1.97%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.53%) PhD
7 3 (0.66%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.66%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (0.66%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.66%) HNC
7 3 (0.66%) HND
8 2 (0.44%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.32%) QA
2 4 (0.88%) ECSS
2 4 (0.88%) MISRA
3 3 (0.66%) GDPR
3 3 (0.66%) SOC 2
4 2 (0.44%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (7.88%) Docker
2 23 (5.03%) Firmware
3 16 (3.50%) Hyper-V
3 16 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (2.84%) KVM
5 6 (1.31%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.66%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (4.16%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.84%) Terraform
3 6 (1.31%) Ansible
4 3 (0.66%) Grafana
4 3 (0.66%) Podman
4 3 (0.66%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 22 (4.81%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.50%) VMware
3 5 (1.09%) Salesforce
4 4 (0.88%) Google
5 3 (0.66%) Allen-Bradley
5 3 (0.66%) New Relic
5 3 (0.66%) Siemens
5 3 (0.66%) Wonderware
5 3 (0.66%) Xilinx
6 2 (0.44%) Databricks
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle
7 1 (0.22%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.22%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.22%) Sparx