Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the South East is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 232 220
Rank change year-on-year +79 -12 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 291 162 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.64% 1.17% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 1.30% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 191 115 186
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £52,750 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £69,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% +6.15% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 16,677 12,455 19,867
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.04% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,843 7,951 12,374
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.22% +0.83% +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Thames Valley +78 148 £60,000 -17.24% 15
Berkshire +62 78 £70,000 -9.68% 3
Hampshire -12 78 £62,500 -10.71% 4
Oxfordshire +34 45 £60,000 - 11
Surrey -9 35 £70,000 +12.00% 3
Buckinghamshire -7 25 £50,000 -29.33% 1
Kent +11 21 £55,000 - 5
East Sussex +15 5 £92,500 +82.27% 1
Sussex - 2 £30,000 - 1
West Sussex +21 1 £58,000 -3.33% 2
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 290 (99.66%) Software Engineering
2 92 (31.62%) Python
3 90 (30.93%) Agile
4 82 (28.18%) Linux
5 78 (26.80%) Security Cleared
6 69 (23.71%) Degree
6 69 (23.71%) C++
7 64 (21.99%) C
8 61 (20.96%) SC Cleared
9 59 (20.27%) C#
10 55 (18.90%) .NET
10 55 (18.90%) Algorithms
11 46 (15.81%) JavaScript
12 39 (13.40%) Mathematics
13 38 (13.06%) React
13 38 (13.06%) Azure
14 37 (12.71%) Computer Science
15 35 (12.03%) Embedded Linux
15 35 (12.03%) Social Skills
16 34 (11.68%) Windows
17 33 (11.34%) Java
18 32 (11.00%) DevOps
19 31 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (10.65%) Military
20 30 (10.31%) AWS
21 28 (9.62%) Artificial Intelligence
21 28 (9.62%) Configuration Management
22 26 (8.93%) Automotive
22 26 (8.93%) Software Testing
22 26 (8.93%) Actionable Insight

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 19 (6.53%) ArcGIS
1 19 (6.53%) GeoServer
2 6 (2.06%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (5.15%) Simulink
1 15 (5.15%) Stateflow
2 7 (2.41%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.34%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.34%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.34%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 38 (13.06%) Azure
2 30 (10.31%) AWS
3 2 (0.69%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (0.69%) GCP
3 2 (0.69%) Power Platform
3 2 (0.69%) Serverless
4 1 (0.34%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.81%) J1939
2 11 (3.78%) Wireless
3 1 (0.34%) 4G
3 1 (0.34%) 5G
3 1 (0.34%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.34%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.34%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.34%) Modbus
3 1 (0.34%) MQTT
3 1 (0.34%) RS-232
3 1 (0.34%) RS-485
3 1 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.59%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (6.53%) GIS
2 19 (6.53%) QGIS
3 8 (2.75%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.69%) Power BI
4 2 (0.69%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.34%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.34%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (6.19%) Git
2 15 (5.15%) JIRA
3 14 (4.81%) ClearCase
3 14 (4.81%) CMake
3 14 (4.81%) Plastic SCM
3 14 (4.81%) Subversion
4 12 (4.12%) Visual Studio
5 11 (3.78%) Jenkins
6 7 (2.41%) ClearQuest
7 2 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.34%) GitLab
General
1 35 (12.03%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.65%) Military
3 26 (8.93%) Automotive
4 21 (7.22%) Aerospace
5 20 (6.87%) Electronics
6 9 (3.09%) Finance
7 6 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.72%) Aviation
8 5 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.72%) Swedish Language
8 5 (1.72%) Tech for Good
9 4 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Health Technology
9 4 (1.37%) Retail
10 1 (0.34%) Marketing
10 1 (0.34%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.34%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (18.90%) .NET
2 38 (13.06%) React
3 25 (8.59%) .NET Core
3 25 (8.59%) CSS
4 19 (6.53%) Leaflet
4 19 (6.53%) OpenLayers
4 19 (6.53%) PostGIS
5 14 (4.81%) ASP.NET
5 14 (4.81%) MFC
5 14 (4.81%) Qt
5 14 (4.81%) STL
5 14 (4.81%) XML
6 13 (4.47%) HTML
7 10 (3.44%) Blazor
8 8 (2.75%) Vue
9 6 (2.06%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.06%) Hibernate
9 6 (2.06%) OpenAPI
9 6 (2.06%) RESTful
9 6 (2.06%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 55 (18.90%) Algorithms
2 15 (5.15%) IoT
3 14 (4.81%) Embedded Systems
3 14 (4.81%) Renewable Energy
4 8 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.06%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.06%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.72%) Device Driver
6 5 (1.72%) Robotics
6 5 (1.72%) SIMD
7 4 (1.37%) CCTV
8 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.34%) Analogue Electronics
9 1 (0.34%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.34%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.34%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.34%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 82 (28.18%) Linux
2 35 (12.03%) Embedded Linux
3 34 (11.68%) Windows
4 12 (4.12%) Unix
5 6 (2.06%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.69%) CentOS
6 2 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (99.66%) Software Engineering
2 90 (30.93%) Agile
3 39 (13.40%) Mathematics
4 37 (12.71%) Computer Science
5 32 (11.00%) DevOps
6 31 (10.65%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (9.62%) Artificial Intelligence
7 28 (9.62%) Configuration Management
8 26 (8.93%) Actionable Insight
8 26 (8.93%) Software Testing
9 23 (7.90%) SDLC
9 23 (7.90%) Technical Leadership
10 22 (7.56%) Mentoring
11 21 (7.22%) Web Development
12 20 (6.87%) Data Acquisition
13 15 (5.15%) OO
14 14 (4.81%) Data Science
14 14 (4.81%) Open Source
14 14 (4.81%) TDD
15 13 (4.47%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 92 (31.62%) Python
2 69 (23.71%) C++
3 64 (21.99%) C
4 59 (20.27%) C#
5 46 (15.81%) JavaScript
6 33 (11.34%) Java
7 22 (7.56%) SQL
8 21 (7.22%) Embedded C
9 17 (5.84%) Bash
10 16 (5.50%) MATLAB
11 14 (4.81%) Perl
11 14 (4.81%) TypeScript
12 12 (4.12%) Fortran
13 10 (3.44%) PowerShell
14 8 (2.75%) T-SQL
15 7 (2.41%) Haskell
16 4 (1.37%) Embedded C++
17 2 (0.69%) Bicep
18 1 (0.34%) Assembly Language
18 1 (0.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (26.80%) Security Cleared
2 69 (23.71%) Degree
3 61 (20.96%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.47%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.47%) PhD
6 11 (3.78%) HND
7 3 (1.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.15%) ISO 26262
2 14 (4.81%) Automotive SPICE
2 14 (4.81%) AUTOSAR
2 14 (4.81%) MISRA
3 4 (1.37%) QA
4 2 (0.69%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (2.41%) Docker
2 3 (1.03%) Firmware
3 2 (0.69%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (3.44%) Ansible
2 5 (1.72%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.72%) SELinux
3 1 (0.34%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 19 (6.53%) ESRI
2 14 (4.81%) IBM
2 14 (4.81%) Lauterbach
2 14 (4.81%) Microsoft
3 4 (1.37%) Facebook
3 4 (1.37%) Instagram
4 2 (0.69%) IFS
4 2 (0.69%) VMware
5 1 (0.34%) Atmel
5 1 (0.34%) Freescale
5 1 (0.34%) SAP