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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 71 13
Rank change year-on-year +60 -58 +8
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 462 136 647
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 7.90% 4.01% 8.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.05% 4.33% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 337 111 506
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year - +16.59% -14.23%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £81,977
South East median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +18.18% -15.38%

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 4,180 3,144 6,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.48% 92.63% 81.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,903 1,226 4,057
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,283 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.22% +6.57% -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 £51,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.28% +3.50% -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 18 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 18 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 +21 212 £65,000 - 28
Buckinghamshire +56 137 £75,000 +22.45% 20
Berkshire +48 113 £63,750 -1.92% 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 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.22%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 4 (0.87%) Lightworks
2 2 (0.43%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.43%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.22%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 88 (19.05%) AWS
2 69 (14.94%) Azure
3 62 (13.42%) SaaS
4 30 (6.49%) GCP
5 16 (3.46%) GitHub
6 7 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (1.52%) Serverless
7 5 (1.08%) Figma
7 5 (1.08%) PaaS
8 4 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (0.87%) Firebase
8 4 (0.87%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (0.65%) Amazon S3
10 2 (0.43%) Anthropic Claude
10 2 (0.43%) Cloud Run
10 2 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.43%) Prefect
11 1 (0.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.65%) Broadband
1 3 (0.65%) DHCP
1 3 (0.65%) DNS
1 3 (0.65%) Firewall
1 3 (0.65%) Wireless
2 2 (0.43%) MQTT
2 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.22%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.22%) HTTP
3 1 (0.22%) Internet
3 1 (0.22%) Modbus
3 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.22%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.36%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.65%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.43%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.43%) MySQL
4 2 (0.43%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (3.90%) Git
2 9 (1.95%) Postman
3 8 (1.73%) Yeoman
4 6 (1.30%) GitLab
5 5 (1.08%) SpecFlow
6 4 (0.87%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.87%) Rational DOORS
7 3 (0.65%) JIRA
7 3 (0.65%) JUnit
7 3 (0.65%) Subversion
8 1 (0.22%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.22%) Eclipse RCP
8 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.22%) PetaLinux
8 1 (0.22%) Storybook
8 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 64 (13.85%) Manufacturing
2 37 (8.01%) Social Skills
3 21 (4.55%) Finance
4 15 (3.25%) Aerospace
4 15 (3.25%) Electronics
5 14 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (2.38%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (1.30%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.08%) Games
9 5 (1.08%) Law
10 3 (0.65%) Automotive
11 2 (0.43%) Banking
11 2 (0.43%) Retail
12 1 (0.22%) Aeronautics
12 1 (0.22%) Aviation
12 1 (0.22%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 353 (76.41%) Software Engineer
2 115 (24.89%) Senior
3 98 (21.21%) Senior Software Engineer
4 61 (13.20%) C# Software Engineer
5 56 (12.12%) Embedded Engineer
6 54 (11.69%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 53 (11.47%) Lead
8 47 (10.17%) Python Engineer
9 45 (9.74%) Python Software Engineer
10 43 (9.31%) C++ Software Engineer
11 34 (7.36%) Principal Engineer
12 31 (6.71%) .NET Software Engineer
13 29 (6.28%) Lead Software Engineer
14 27 (5.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 27 (5.84%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
15 24 (5.19%) Principal Software Engineer
16 23 (4.98%) Senior Embedded Engineer
16 23 (4.98%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 21 (4.55%) Developer
18 16 (3.46%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (20.56%) .NET
2 25 (5.41%) React
3 18 (3.90%) REST
4 17 (3.68%) WPF
5 12 (2.60%) .NET Framework
5 12 (2.60%) Django
6 10 (2.16%) RESTful
7 9 (1.95%) Node.js
8 8 (1.73%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.73%) WebSockets
9 7 (1.52%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (1.30%) Blazor
11 5 (1.08%) JSON
11 5 (1.08%) Playwright
11 5 (1.08%) Twisted
11 5 (1.08%) Vue
11 5 (1.08%) Web Services
12 4 (0.87%) SOAP
12 4 (0.87%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
2 18 (3.90%) Client/Server
3 17 (3.68%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.25%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.81%) Embedded Systems
5 13 (2.81%) IoT
5 13 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.60%) Smart Energy
7 11 (2.38%) Distributed Computing
8 9 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.73%) Life Science
10 7 (1.52%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.30%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
12 5 (1.08%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.08%) SCADA
12 5 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.08%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.87%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.87%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.58%) Linux
2 5 (1.08%) Windows
3 3 (0.65%) Android
4 2 (0.43%) Debian
4 2 (0.43%) Gentoo
5 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.22%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (13.64%) Agile
2 54 (11.69%) Full-Stack Development
3 52 (11.26%) Test Automation
4 51 (11.04%) Problem-Solving
5 43 (9.31%) Mentoring
6 41 (8.87%) CI/CD
7 40 (8.66%) Computer Science
8 39 (8.44%) AI
9 32 (6.93%) Containerisation
10 30 (6.49%) DevOps
11 28 (6.06%) TDD
12 26 (5.63%) Code Quality
12 26 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (5.19%) Event-Driven
14 22 (4.76%) Design Patterns
14 22 (4.76%) Machine Learning
15 18 (3.90%) Microservices
16 16 (3.46%) Open Source
16 16 (3.46%) Roadmaps
17 15 (3.25%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 118 (25.54%) C#
2 84 (18.18%) Python
3 79 (17.10%) C++
4 34 (7.36%) C
5 27 (5.84%) TypeScript
6 23 (4.98%) SQL
7 21 (4.55%) JavaScript
8 16 (3.46%) Rust
9 15 (3.25%) Java
10 7 (1.52%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.30%) Bash
12 3 (0.65%) PHP
12 3 (0.65%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.43%) Delphi
13 2 (0.43%) Embedded C
13 2 (0.43%) Go
13 2 (0.43%) Pascal
13 2 (0.43%) Ruby
14 1 (0.22%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (19.05%) Degree
2 64 (13.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (2.38%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.73%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.52%) PhD
5 7 (1.52%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (0.65%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.65%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.65%) HNC
7 3 (0.65%) HND
8 2 (0.43%) NVQ Level 3
8 2 (0.43%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.22%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (8.44%) QA
2 3 (0.65%) GDPR
2 3 (0.65%) SOC 2
3 2 (0.43%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.43%) ECSS
3 2 (0.43%) MISRA
4 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (6.71%) Docker
2 21 (4.55%) Firmware
3 17 (3.68%) Hyper-V
3 17 (3.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (3.03%) KVM
5 6 (1.30%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.16%) Terraform
3 5 (1.08%) Ansible
4 3 (0.65%) Grafana
4 3 (0.65%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.43%) Podman
Vendors
1 19 (4.11%) Microsoft
2 17 (3.68%) VMware
3 5 (1.08%) Salesforce
4 3 (0.65%) Allen-Bradley
4 3 (0.65%) Google
4 3 (0.65%) Siemens
4 3 (0.65%) Wonderware
5 2 (0.43%) Databricks
5 2 (0.43%) Oracle
6 1 (0.22%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.22%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.22%) New Relic
6 1 (0.22%) Sparx
6 1 (0.22%) Xilinx