Software Engineering Jobs in Reading

Software Engineering
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 17 33 21
Rank change year-on-year +16 -12 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 172 111 195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 9.23% 7.36% 10.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.69% 7.58% 11.09%
Number of salaries quoted 96 73 112
10th Percentile £40,750 £40,500 £36,414
25th Percentile £46,250 £57,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +12.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,609 1,465 1,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 86.37% 97.08% 92.77%
Number of salaries quoted 947 746 976
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.80% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £97,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £59,250
% change year-on-year -12.42% +1.27% +7.73%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Reading

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Reading

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Reading

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Reading

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (16.86%) ArcGIS
1 29 (16.86%) GeoServer
2 3 (1.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.65%) OrCAD
Cloud Services
1 59 (34.30%) Azure
2 54 (31.40%) AWS
3 5 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (2.33%) Firebolt
5 2 (1.16%) GCP
5 2 (1.16%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.16%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.16%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.16%) SaaS
6 1 (0.58%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.58%) GitHub
6 1 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (0.58%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.30%) Network Security
2 8 (4.65%) Ethernet
3 7 (4.07%) Internet
4 5 (2.91%) Firewall
4 5 (2.91%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (2.91%) VPN
5 2 (1.16%) RS-485
6 1 (0.58%) RTP
6 1 (0.58%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (18.60%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (17.44%) GIS
3 29 (16.86%) QGIS
4 6 (3.49%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.91%) Redis
6 4 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.16%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.16%) Power BI
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (7.56%) Git
2 10 (5.81%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.65%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.33%) GitLab
4 4 (2.33%) Subversion
5 3 (1.74%) JIRA
6 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.58%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.58%) Gradle
6 1 (0.58%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.58%) JUnit
6 1 (0.58%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.58%) Selenium
General
1 29 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (11.05%) Finance
3 10 (5.81%) Aerospace
4 9 (5.23%) Health Technology
4 9 (5.23%) Social Skills
4 9 (5.23%) Tech for Good
4 9 (5.23%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.74%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 125 (72.67%) Software Engineer
2 79 (45.93%) Senior
3 58 (33.72%) Senior Software Engineer
4 18 (10.47%) Developer
5 15 (8.72%) Embedded Engineer
5 15 (8.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 15 (8.72%) Research Engineer
5 15 (8.72%) Research Software Engineer
6 10 (5.81%) Senior Developer
6 10 (5.81%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 10 (5.81%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (5.81%) Software Developer
7 8 (4.65%) Hardware Engineer
7 8 (4.65%) Security Assurance Manager
7 8 (4.65%) Security Manager
7 8 (4.65%) Senior Hardware Engineer
8 7 (4.07%) C++ Software Engineer
8 7 (4.07%) Graduate
8 7 (4.07%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 7 (4.07%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (34.30%) .NET
2 41 (23.84%) React
3 29 (16.86%) .NET Core
3 29 (16.86%) Leaflet
3 29 (16.86%) OpenLayers
3 29 (16.86%) PostGIS
4 26 (15.12%) CSS
5 16 (9.30%) ASP.NET
6 10 (5.81%) Blazor
6 10 (5.81%) Django
7 8 (4.65%) AngularJS
7 8 (4.65%) Vue
8 5 (2.91%) FastAPI
8 5 (2.91%) SQLAlchemy
8 5 (2.91%) Web Services
9 4 (2.33%) Kafka
10 2 (1.16%) PySpark
10 2 (1.16%) Qt
10 2 (1.16%) STL
10 2 (1.16%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.05%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (9.88%) Algorithms
3 10 (5.81%) FPGA
3 10 (5.81%) IoT
4 8 (4.65%) Greenfield Project
4 8 (4.65%) PCIe
5 5 (2.91%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.91%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.33%) Mixed Reality
6 4 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.16%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.16%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.58%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 37 (21.51%) Linux
2 17 (9.88%) Unix
3 10 (5.81%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (2.91%) Kali Linux
5 4 (2.33%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.74%) Windows
7 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.40%) Agile
2 51 (29.65%) Computer Science
3 41 (23.84%) DevOps
4 39 (22.67%) Actionable Insight
5 29 (16.86%) Physics
5 29 (16.86%) Web Development
6 24 (13.95%) Mathematics
7 23 (13.37%) Open Source
8 20 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (11.63%) SDLC
9 19 (11.05%) Software Testing
10 17 (9.88%) Parallel Programming
10 17 (9.88%) Performance Analysis
11 15 (8.72%) Full Stack Development
12 14 (8.14%) Mentoring
13 13 (7.56%) Application Security
13 13 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (7.56%) OWASP
13 13 (7.56%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (7.56%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (41.28%) Python
2 42 (24.42%) C#
3 32 (18.60%) JavaScript
4 26 (15.12%) C++
5 25 (14.53%) C
6 23 (13.37%) SQL
7 19 (11.05%) Bash
8 17 (9.88%) Fortran
9 15 (8.72%) PowerShell
10 13 (7.56%) TypeScript
11 9 (5.23%) Java
12 4 (2.33%) Go
12 4 (2.33%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.74%) Haskell
13 3 (1.74%) Rust
14 2 (1.16%) Embedded C
14 2 (1.16%) Ruby
15 1 (0.58%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.58%) Perl
15 1 (0.58%) PHP
Qualifications
1 59 (34.30%) Security Cleared
2 56 (32.56%) Degree
3 40 (23.26%) SC Cleared
4 19 (11.05%) Master's Degree
4 19 (11.05%) PhD
5 13 (7.56%) CISSP
6 8 (4.65%) Azure Certification
6 8 (4.65%) CISM
6 8 (4.65%) GIAC
6 8 (4.65%) GPEN
7 7 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.91%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.40%) NIST
2 8 (4.65%) GRC
3 6 (3.49%) GDPR
3 6 (3.49%) NIST 800
4 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (2.91%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.58%) QA
System Software
1 8 (4.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (5.81%) Ansible
2 7 (4.07%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.49%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 6 (3.49%) Nessus
4 5 (2.91%) Suricata
5 3 (1.74%) Terraform
6 1 (0.58%) Puppet
Vendors
1 30 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 29 (16.86%) ESRI
3 8 (4.65%) EMC
4 6 (3.49%) Qualys
5 5 (2.91%) Cisco
5 5 (2.91%) Juniper
5 5 (2.91%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.91%) Splunk
6 2 (1.16%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.58%) Databricks
7 1 (0.58%) Google
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle