Software Engineering Job Trends in Tonbridge

Software Engineering
Kent > Tonbridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tonbridge requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Tonbridge 3.03% 14.29% 17.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 16.67% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - - £41,000
25th Percentile - £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £45,000 £45,000
75th Percentile - £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - - £48,250
Kent median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year - +28.44% -17.74%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tonbridge

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 Tonbridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27 12 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tonbridge 81.82% 85.71% 55.17%
Number of salaries quoted 25 2 16
10th Percentile £26,750 - £22,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £42,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £37,875
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +18.81% -15.83%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £55,000 - £47,500
Kent median annual salary £42,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.73% +22.22% -10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Tonbridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tonbridge.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Tonbridge

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Tonbridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tonbridge citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tonbridge citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tonbridge 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Simulink
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Degree