Software Engineering Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 20 11
Rank change year-on-year -1 -9 +13
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 520 572 980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.74% 9.57% 14.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.12% 10.11% 15.21%
Number of salaries quoted 390 323 453
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,050 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +16.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,701 5,658 6,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.81% 94.69% 92.77%
Number of salaries quoted 3,924 3,080 3,875
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,290
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

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 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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
Berkshire +16 256 £60,000 -14.29% 34
Oxfordshire -1 166 £55,000 +4.76% 61
Buckinghamshire -27 98 £52,501 -8.69% 21
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 29 (5.58%) ArcGIS
1 29 (5.58%) GeoServer
2 6 (1.15%) OpenStack
3 4 (0.77%) Confluence
4 2 (0.38%) Apache
4 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.19%) JBoss
5 1 (0.19%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.19%) nginx
5 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.19%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (1.54%) OrCAD
2 5 (0.96%) Simulink
3 2 (0.38%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 92 (17.69%) Azure
2 76 (14.62%) AWS
3 17 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (1.54%) GitHub
4 8 (1.54%) SaaS
5 7 (1.35%) IaaS
5 7 (1.35%) Power Platform
6 6 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (0.96%) Datadog
7 5 (0.96%) Serverless
8 4 (0.77%) Firebolt
9 3 (0.58%) GCP
9 3 (0.58%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (0.38%) AWS IoT
10 2 (0.38%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (0.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (3.46%) Ethernet
2 17 (3.27%) Internet
3 13 (2.50%) Network Security
4 11 (2.12%) Wireless
5 7 (1.35%) VPN
6 5 (0.96%) Firewall
6 5 (0.96%) GPRS
6 5 (0.96%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (0.96%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.58%) RS-485
8 2 (0.38%) Broadband
9 1 (0.19%) MQTT
9 1 (0.19%) RS-232
9 1 (0.19%) SpaceWire
9 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.92%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (5.96%) GIS
3 29 (5.58%) QGIS
4 25 (4.81%) NoSQL
5 18 (3.46%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (2.69%) MySQL
8 10 (1.92%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.15%) CouchDB
9 6 (1.15%) Power BI
9 6 (1.15%) Redis
10 4 (0.77%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
11 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.58%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
13 1 (0.19%) Amazon Redshift
13 1 (0.19%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 45 (8.65%) Git
2 24 (4.62%) Cypress.io
2 24 (4.62%) Selenium
3 23 (4.42%) SoapUI
4 9 (1.73%) Visual Studio
5 8 (1.54%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.35%) Gradle
7 6 (1.15%) JIRA
8 5 (0.96%) Subversion
9 4 (0.77%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.77%) GitLab
10 3 (0.58%) gulp
10 3 (0.58%) JDeveloper
10 3 (0.58%) PostCSS
10 3 (0.58%) rollup.js
10 3 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.58%) Vite
11 2 (0.38%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.38%) Mercurial
11 2 (0.38%) WebDriver
General
1 55 (10.58%) Social Skills
2 31 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
2 31 (5.96%) Electronics
3 28 (5.38%) Finance
4 20 (3.85%) Aerospace
5 16 (3.08%) Health Technology
6 12 (2.31%) Automotive
6 12 (2.31%) Public Sector
7 11 (2.12%) Manufacturing
8 10 (1.92%) Tech for Good
8 10 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.73%) Law
10 8 (1.54%) Legal
10 8 (1.54%) Retail
11 7 (1.35%) Games
12 4 (0.77%) Aeronautics
13 2 (0.38%) Marketing
13 2 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 353 (67.88%) Software Engineer
2 166 (31.92%) Senior
3 124 (23.85%) Senior Software Engineer
4 95 (18.27%) Embedded Engineer
5 83 (15.96%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 67 (12.88%) Lead
7 62 (11.92%) Developer
8 43 (8.27%) Senior Embedded Engineer
8 43 (8.27%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
9 35 (6.73%) C++ Software Engineer
10 34 (6.54%) Team Leader
11 30 (5.77%) Development Team Leader
11 30 (5.77%) Software Development Team Leader
11 30 (5.77%) Software Team Leader
12 23 (4.42%) Senior Developer
13 20 (3.85%) Lead Software Engineer
14 18 (3.46%) Full Stack Engineer
14 18 (3.46%) Software Developer
15 16 (3.08%) Full Stack Software Engineer
16 15 (2.88%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (24.81%) .NET
2 93 (17.88%) React
3 44 (8.46%) .NET Core
4 39 (7.50%) CSS
5 29 (5.58%) Leaflet
5 29 (5.58%) OpenLayers
5 29 (5.58%) PostGIS
6 25 (4.81%) ASP.NET
7 23 (4.42%) Jest
8 19 (3.65%) AngularJS
9 17 (3.27%) Spring
10 15 (2.88%) Django
11 14 (2.69%) HTML
11 14 (2.69%) WPF
12 13 (2.50%) Vue
13 10 (1.92%) Blazor
13 10 (1.92%) Kafka
14 9 (1.73%) Web Services
15 8 (1.54%) Spring Boot
16 7 (1.35%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.62%) Algorithms
2 23 (4.42%) IoT
3 21 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (3.85%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (2.88%) FPGA
6 12 (2.31%) Life Science
7 11 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
9 9 (1.73%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
10 8 (1.54%) PCIe
11 7 (1.35%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.15%) Client/Server
12 6 (1.15%) Hackathon
12 6 (1.15%) PropTech
13 5 (0.96%) Cloud Native
13 5 (0.96%) Device Driver
13 5 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.96%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 83 (15.96%) Linux
2 46 (8.85%) Windows
3 21 (4.04%) Embedded Linux
4 8 (1.54%) Unix
5 5 (0.96%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.77%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.77%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.19%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (25.96%) Agile
2 89 (17.12%) Computer Science
3 72 (13.85%) DevOps
4 64 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (10.19%) Full Stack Development
6 49 (9.42%) Artificial Intelligence
7 47 (9.04%) Mentoring
8 45 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
9 42 (8.08%) Mathematics
10 38 (7.31%) Physics
11 33 (6.35%) Web Development
12 30 (5.77%) Propensity Modelling
13 29 (5.58%) Machine Learning
14 27 (5.19%) Microservices
14 27 (5.19%) Open Source
15 26 (5.00%) Coaching
15 26 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
16 25 (4.81%) Software Testing
17 22 (4.23%) Multithreading
17 22 (4.23%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 147 (28.27%) Python
2 111 (21.35%) C#
3 92 (17.69%) JavaScript
4 84 (16.15%) SQL
5 77 (14.81%) C
6 76 (14.62%) C++
7 67 (12.88%) Java
8 56 (10.77%) TypeScript
9 20 (3.85%) Bash
10 16 (3.08%) Embedded C
11 14 (2.69%) MATLAB
11 14 (2.69%) Ruby
11 14 (2.69%) T-SQL
12 13 (2.50%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.92%) Go
13 10 (1.92%) VB.NET
14 7 (1.35%) Fortran
14 7 (1.35%) XAML
15 5 (0.96%) PHP
16 4 (0.77%) VB
Qualifications
1 174 (33.46%) Degree
2 68 (13.08%) Security Cleared
3 47 (9.04%) SC Cleared
4 40 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (5.58%) PhD
6 28 (5.38%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.50%) CISSP
8 9 (1.73%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.54%) CISM
9 8 (1.54%) GIAC
9 8 (1.54%) GPEN
10 5 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.27%) QA
2 13 (2.50%) NIST
3 8 (1.54%) GDPR
3 8 (1.54%) GRC
3 8 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.35%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.15%) NIST 800
6 5 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.38%) SLA
7 2 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.19%) JTAG
System Software
1 50 (9.62%) Docker
2 13 (2.50%) Firmware
3 8 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) Kamailio
5 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (7.88%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.54%) Ansible
3 7 (1.35%) Terraform
4 6 (1.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.15%) Nessus
5 5 (0.96%) Suricata
6 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 39 (7.50%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.58%) ESRI
3 8 (1.54%) EMC
4 6 (1.15%) Qualys
5 5 (0.96%) Cisco
5 5 (0.96%) Juniper
5 5 (0.96%) Palo Alto
5 5 (0.96%) Splunk
5 5 (0.96%) YouTube
6 4 (0.77%) OpenAI
6 4 (0.77%) Oracle
7 3 (0.58%) Google
7 3 (0.58%) Renesas
8 2 (0.38%) IFS
8 2 (0.38%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.38%) SAP
8 2 (0.38%) VMware
9 1 (0.19%) Databricks
9 1 (0.19%) F5
9 1 (0.19%) RedGate