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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 100 8
Rank change year-on-year +84 -92 +22
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 494 103 588
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 6.54% 2.72% 12.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.17% 3.01% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 352 79 314
10th Percentile £45,000 £33,685 £40,375
25th Percentile £52,875 £54,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -4.76%

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 5,385 3,419 3,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.31% 90.23% 83.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,828 1,483 1,819
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,000 £41,263
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 +23 211 £65,000 -7.14% 147
Berkshire +79 176 £80,000 -5.88% 110
Buckinghamshire +48 107 £80,000 +128.57% 36
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 (0.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.40%) Apache
2 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.20%) ArchestrA
Applications
1 23 (4.66%) Lightworks
2 4 (0.81%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 104 (21.05%) AWS
2 70 (14.17%) Azure
3 51 (10.32%) SaaS
4 29 (5.87%) GitHub
5 24 (4.86%) GCP
6 15 (3.04%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (2.43%) Firebase
9 8 (1.62%) Anthropic Claude
9 8 (1.62%) Serverless
10 7 (1.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (1.42%) Cloud Run
11 6 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (1.21%) GitHub Copilot
12 5 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (1.01%) PaaS
13 4 (0.81%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
14 2 (0.40%) Amazon ECS
14 2 (0.40%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.45%) Wireless
2 6 (1.21%) MQTT
3 5 (1.01%) Ethernet
4 4 (0.81%) HTTP
5 2 (0.40%) DHCP
5 2 (0.40%) DNS
5 2 (0.40%) Firewall
5 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.20%) NGN
6 1 (0.20%) SNMP
6 1 (0.20%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.20%) VLAN
6 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (5.87%) SQL Server
2 24 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.62%) Relational Database
4 7 (1.42%) Chroma
4 7 (1.42%) Pinecone
5 5 (1.01%) MySQL
6 3 (0.61%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.61%) Redis
7 2 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.20%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.20%) GIS
Development Applications
1 24 (4.86%) Git
2 11 (2.23%) GitLab
3 7 (1.42%) Yeoman
4 6 (1.21%) Eclipse
4 6 (1.21%) Eclipse RCP
5 5 (1.01%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.01%) Postman
6 4 (0.81%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.81%) JIRA
6 4 (0.81%) PetaLinux
7 3 (0.61%) JUnit
7 3 (0.61%) MLflow
7 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.40%) IntelliJ
8 2 (0.40%) Subversion
9 1 (0.20%) Mocha
9 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 77 (15.59%) Manufacturing
2 70 (14.17%) Social Skills
3 37 (7.49%) Aerospace
4 33 (6.68%) Finance
5 25 (5.06%) Electronics
6 20 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.04%) Health Technology
8 9 (1.82%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.62%) Automotive
10 7 (1.42%) Retail
11 6 (1.21%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.01%) Banking
13 4 (0.81%) Digital Health
13 4 (0.81%) Law
14 3 (0.61%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.40%) Aviation
15 2 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.20%) Games
16 1 (0.20%) Marketing
16 1 (0.20%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 388 (78.54%) Software Engineer
2 116 (23.48%) Senior
3 97 (19.64%) Senior Software Engineer
4 80 (16.19%) C# Software Engineer
5 68 (13.77%) Embedded Engineer
6 66 (13.36%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 55 (11.13%) Python Engineer
7 55 (11.13%) Python Software Engineer
8 43 (8.70%) C++ Software Engineer
9 38 (7.69%) Lead
10 32 (6.48%) AWS Engineer
11 31 (6.28%) AWS Software Engineer
12 26 (5.26%) Lead Software Engineer
13 25 (5.06%) .NET Software Engineer
14 19 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 18 (3.64%) Senior Embedded Engineer
15 18 (3.64%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 17 (3.44%) Developer
16 17 (3.44%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 17 (3.44%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (16.19%) .NET
2 38 (7.69%) React
3 25 (5.06%) WPF
4 22 (4.45%) Node.js
5 15 (3.04%) Django
6 14 (2.83%) React Native
7 12 (2.43%) Terraform
7 12 (2.43%) Vue
8 11 (2.23%) REST
9 9 (1.82%) RESTful
10 8 (1.62%) .NET Core
11 7 (1.42%) ASP.NET
11 7 (1.42%) pgvector
12 6 (1.21%) JSON
12 6 (1.21%) Spring Boot
13 5 (1.01%) .NET Framework
13 5 (1.01%) AngularJS
13 5 (1.01%) Blazor
13 5 (1.01%) Playwright
13 5 (1.01%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.86%) Cloud Native
2 23 (4.66%) Distributed Computing
3 21 (4.25%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 14 (2.83%) AI Agents
6 13 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.43%) Enterprise Software
7 12 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.02%) Life Science
9 8 (1.62%) NHS
9 8 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.42%) Robotics
11 5 (1.01%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.01%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.81%) FPGA
12 4 (0.81%) IoT
12 4 (0.81%) Verilog
12 4 (0.81%) VHDL
12 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.69%) Linux
2 7 (1.42%) Debian
3 6 (1.21%) Android
3 6 (1.21%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.21%) Windows
4 4 (0.81%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.61%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.61%) Gentoo
5 3 (0.61%) Robot Operating System
5 3 (0.61%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (17.41%) AI
2 70 (14.17%) Agile
2 70 (14.17%) CI/CD
3 65 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (11.13%) Mentoring
4 55 (11.13%) Test Automation
5 52 (10.53%) DevOps
6 51 (10.32%) Full-Stack Development
7 42 (8.50%) Computer Science
8 34 (6.88%) Containerisation
9 31 (6.28%) Design Patterns
10 29 (5.87%) Microservices
11 28 (5.67%) Machine Learning
12 27 (5.47%) Code Quality
12 27 (5.47%) Computational Fluid Dynamics
12 27 (5.47%) Finite Element Analysis
12 27 (5.47%) Open Source
13 24 (4.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (4.86%) SDLC
14 23 (4.66%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 140 (28.34%) C#
2 105 (21.26%) Python
3 89 (18.02%) C++
4 43 (8.70%) TypeScript
5 38 (7.69%) Java
6 37 (7.49%) JavaScript
7 33 (6.68%) C
8 30 (6.07%) SQL
9 15 (3.04%) Rust
10 13 (2.63%) PHP
11 11 (2.23%) T-SQL
12 10 (2.02%) Bash
13 4 (0.81%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.61%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.61%) Ruby
14 3 (0.61%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.40%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.40%) Delphi
15 2 (0.40%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.40%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 89 (18.02%) Degree
2 63 (12.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 28 (5.67%) Security Cleared
4 19 (3.85%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.24%) Master's Degree
6 15 (3.04%) PhD
7 6 (1.21%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.81%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.81%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.40%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.20%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.20%) CISSP
10 1 (0.20%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.87%) QA
2 9 (1.82%) MISRA
3 4 (0.81%) ECSS
4 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (7.49%) Docker
2 16 (3.24%) Firmware
3 7 (1.42%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.40%) KVM
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (5.87%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.01%) Ansible
3 4 (0.81%) Podman
4 2 (0.40%) Grafana
4 2 (0.40%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (4.86%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.83%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.82%) Sage
4 5 (1.01%) Google
4 5 (1.01%) New Relic
4 5 (1.01%) Thales
5 4 (0.81%) VMware
5 4 (0.81%) Xilinx
6 3 (0.61%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.20%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.20%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.20%) Databricks
7 1 (0.20%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.20%) Sparx
7 1 (0.20%) Zoho