Software Engineering Jobs in Kent

Software Engineering
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 31 21
Rank change year-on-year -13 -10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 67 76 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 4.22% 7.30% 11.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.31% 7.65% 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 27 26 31
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% -6.52% +53.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £74,688 £85,000
90th Percentile - £75,000 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £64,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -14.73% +12.17% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,261 994 1,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 79.36% 95.49% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 906 493 703
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,750 £27,100
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,000 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,133 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,800 £60,625
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £80,000
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 Kent

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Kent

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Kent.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Kent

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Kent over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Kent

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Kent region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Rochester +10 11 £37,000 +23.33% 5
Sandwich - 7 £27,500 -
Tonbridge -10 6 £45,000 +5.88%
Dartford -14 2 £100,000 +90.48%
Tunbridge Wells -15 1 £42,500 -43.33% 1
Margate - 1 - - 1
Swanley - 1 £45,000 - 1
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 26 (38.81%) Simulink
2 21 (31.34%) Stateflow
3 7 (10.45%) CANalyzer
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.45%) Azure
2 2 (2.99%) AWS
2 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.49%) GCP
3 1 (1.49%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.90%) J1939
2 1 (1.49%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.49%) RS-232
2 1 (1.49%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) MySQL
2 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (31.34%) ClearCase
1 21 (31.34%) Plastic SCM
2 14 (20.90%) ClearQuest
2 14 (20.90%) JIRA
3 3 (4.48%) Git
4 1 (1.49%) GDB
4 1 (1.49%) NUnit
4 1 (1.49%) Selenium
4 1 (1.49%) Subversion
4 1 (1.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (43.28%) Automotive
2 25 (37.31%) Electronics
3 7 (10.45%) Social Skills
4 6 (8.96%) Military
5 5 (7.46%) Aerospace
5 5 (7.46%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.46%) Retail
6 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Advertising
8 1 (1.49%) Finance
8 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 52 (77.61%) Software Engineer
2 25 (37.31%) Senior
3 21 (31.34%) Senior Software Engineer
4 18 (26.87%) Embedded Engineer
4 18 (26.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 10 (14.93%) Graduate
5 10 (14.93%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 9 (13.43%) Graduate Embedded Software Engineer
7 7 (10.45%) Developer
8 6 (8.96%) .NET Developer
8 6 (8.96%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (7.46%) C# .NET Developer
9 5 (7.46%) C# Developer
10 4 (5.97%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 3 (4.48%) Applications Engineer
12 2 (2.99%) C Software Engineer
12 2 (2.99%) Junior
12 2 (2.99%) Junior Software Engineer
12 2 (2.99%) Senior C Software Engineer
13 1 (1.49%) Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (13.43%) .NET
2 6 (8.96%) CSS
2 6 (8.96%) HTML
3 4 (5.97%) .NET Framework
3 4 (5.97%) Entity Framework
4 2 (2.99%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.99%) React
5 1 (1.49%) Akka
5 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (1.49%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.49%) CSS3
5 1 (1.49%) HTML5
5 1 (1.49%) Ionic Framework
5 1 (1.49%) Kafka
5 1 (1.49%) MFC
5 1 (1.49%) Node.js
5 1 (1.49%) Qt
5 1 (1.49%) RESTful
5 1 (1.49%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (28.36%) Algorithms
2 11 (16.42%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.49%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.49%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (1.49%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Linux
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (37.31%) Agile
2 21 (31.34%) Configuration Management
3 20 (29.85%) Software Testing
4 15 (22.39%) Data Acquisition
5 14 (20.90%) Validation
6 10 (14.93%) Mathematics
6 10 (14.93%) Physics
6 10 (14.93%) Verification and Validation
7 9 (13.43%) Software Architecture
8 6 (8.96%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (7.46%) Systems Engineering
10 4 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (5.97%) Customer Requirements
10 4 (5.97%) Requirements Management
10 4 (5.97%) SysML
11 3 (4.48%) DevOps
11 3 (4.48%) Embedded Software Development
11 3 (4.48%) Insurtech
12 2 (2.99%) Microservices
12 2 (2.99%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (56.72%) C
2 30 (44.78%) MATLAB
3 21 (31.34%) Embedded C
3 21 (31.34%) Python
4 18 (26.87%) C#
5 14 (20.90%) Perl
6 8 (11.94%) C++
7 7 (10.45%) JavaScript
8 6 (8.96%) SQL
8 6 (8.96%) TypeScript
9 5 (7.46%) Ada
10 1 (1.49%) Java
10 1 (1.49%) PHP
10 1 (1.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (46.27%) Degree
2 11 (16.42%) HND
3 4 (5.97%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.49%) MCAD
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (31.34%) MISRA
2 18 (26.87%) Automotive SPICE
2 18 (26.87%) ISO 26262
3 14 (20.90%) AUTOSAR
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.97%) Functional Safety
2 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (31.34%) IBM
1 21 (31.34%) Lauterbach
2 4 (5.97%) Facebook
2 4 (5.97%) Instagram
3 3 (4.48%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.48%) QinetiQ
4 1 (1.49%) EMC
4 1 (1.49%) Google