Software Developer Jobs in the South East

Software Developer
England > South East

The median Software Developer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 June 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 79 74
Rank change year-on-year -27 -5 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 458 486 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.49% 3.61% 4.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.64% 4.02% 4.54%
Number of salaries quoted 420 419 620
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,125
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%

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 17,328 12,097 20,421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 89.76% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 12,209 7,848 12,498
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 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
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 Software Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Thames Valley -23 177 £60,000 - 22
Berkshire +24 117 £70,000 +7.69% 8
Hampshire -39 114 £65,000 +8.33% 17
East Sussex +24 69 £55,000 +7.84% 13
Surrey -29 57 £60,000 -5.88% 4
Oxfordshire -19 53 £51,250 -16.67% 8
Kent -7 28 £40,000 -5.88% 6
Buckinghamshire -46 7 £50,000 -9.09% 6
Sussex - 6 £40,000 -
West Sussex +18 4 £51,250 +28.13% 1
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 268 (58.52%) C#
2 225 (49.13%) .NET
3 150 (32.75%) Agile
4 149 (32.53%) JavaScript
5 140 (30.57%) Degree
6 131 (28.60%) Computer Science
7 102 (22.27%) Artificial Intelligence
8 98 (21.40%) .NET Core
9 87 (19.00%) Software Engineering
10 86 (18.78%) SQL Server
11 83 (18.12%) Computer Science Degree
12 79 (17.25%) Azure
13 75 (16.38%) React
14 73 (15.94%) TypeScript
15 68 (14.85%) DevOps
16 66 (14.41%) SQL
16 66 (14.41%) CSS
17 64 (13.97%) Docker
17 64 (13.97%) Propensity Modelling
18 62 (13.54%) HTML
19 60 (13.10%) Social Skills
20 59 (12.88%) Python
21 58 (12.66%) Security Cleared
22 57 (12.45%) C++
23 56 (12.23%) Kubernetes
24 52 (11.35%) Java
25 51 (11.14%) Microsoft
26 49 (10.70%) NoSQL
27 48 (10.48%) ASP.NET
27 48 (10.48%) Finance

Software Developer 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 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.09%) CMS
3 4 (0.87%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.44%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.44%) IIS
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) JBoss
5 1 (0.22%) Mendix
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 20 (4.37%) Simulink
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 79 (17.25%) Azure
2 39 (8.52%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (6.77%) AWS
4 27 (5.90%) SaaS
5 14 (3.06%) GitHub
6 13 (2.84%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.53%) Pulumi
8 5 (1.09%) Amazon Bedrock
8 5 (1.09%) Anthropic Claude
8 5 (1.09%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.87%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.87%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.87%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.22%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.22%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.22%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.22%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.22%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.06%) Network Security
2 6 (1.31%) DNS
2 6 (1.31%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.87%) Firewall
3 4 (0.87%) iSCSI
3 4 (0.87%) LAN
3 4 (0.87%) NAS
3 4 (0.87%) VPN
3 4 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.66%) Wireless
5 2 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (18.78%) SQL Server
2 49 (10.70%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.75%) MySQL
4 7 (1.53%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.31%) Redis
6 5 (1.09%) Power BI
7 4 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.44%) GIS
10 1 (0.22%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.22%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 46 (10.04%) Git
2 33 (7.21%) Visual Studio
3 15 (3.28%) Selenium
4 14 (3.06%) Jasmine
4 14 (3.06%) NUnit
4 14 (3.06%) Visual Studio Code
5 9 (1.97%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (1.75%) JIRA
7 7 (1.53%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.53%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.09%) Bugzilla
8 5 (1.09%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.09%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.87%) GitLab
10 2 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.44%) JUnit
11 1 (0.22%) GDB
11 1 (0.22%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.22%) JMeter
11 1 (0.22%) Maven
General
1 60 (13.10%) Social Skills
2 48 (10.48%) Finance
3 15 (3.28%) Marketing
4 14 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (3.06%) Public Sector
5 11 (2.40%) Back Office
5 11 (2.40%) Telecoms
6 9 (1.97%) Law
7 8 (1.75%) Electronics
7 8 (1.75%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.75%) Retail
8 7 (1.53%) Multimedia
8 7 (1.53%) Police
9 6 (1.31%) Tech for Good
10 4 (0.87%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.22%) Advertising
13 1 (0.22%) Games
13 1 (0.22%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (49.13%) .NET
2 98 (21.40%) .NET Core
3 75 (16.38%) React
4 66 (14.41%) CSS
5 62 (13.54%) HTML
6 48 (10.48%) ASP.NET
7 41 (8.95%) AngularJS
8 38 (8.30%) .NET Framework
9 37 (8.08%) Entity Framework
10 31 (6.77%) HTML5
11 25 (5.46%) ASP.NET Web API
12 21 (4.59%) CSS3
13 17 (3.71%) RESTful
14 15 (3.28%) Web Services
15 12 (2.62%) Qt
16 11 (2.40%) ASP.NET MVC
16 11 (2.40%) JSON
17 9 (1.97%) Blazor
18 8 (1.75%) OpenID
19 7 (1.53%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.24%) Algorithms
2 11 (2.40%) Digital Media
3 8 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.31%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.31%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.09%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.09%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (0.87%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.87%) Replication
7 3 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.66%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.22%) CUDA
8 1 (0.22%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.22%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.22%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.22%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.33%) Linux
2 20 (4.37%) Embedded Linux
3 17 (3.71%) Windows
4 4 (0.87%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.44%) Android
6 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (32.75%) Agile
2 131 (28.60%) Computer Science
3 102 (22.27%) Artificial Intelligence
4 87 (19.00%) Software Engineering
5 68 (14.85%) DevOps
6 64 (13.97%) Propensity Modelling
7 46 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (9.17%) Full Stack Development
9 37 (8.08%) MVC
10 32 (6.99%) Machine Learning
11 31 (6.77%) Test Automation
12 30 (6.55%) Code Quality
12 30 (6.55%) SDLC
13 28 (6.11%) Unit Testing
14 27 (5.90%) Microservices
15 26 (5.68%) CI/CD
15 26 (5.68%) Mathematics
15 26 (5.68%) Multithreading
16 25 (5.46%) OOP
17 24 (5.24%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 268 (58.52%) C#
2 149 (32.53%) JavaScript
3 73 (15.94%) TypeScript
4 66 (14.41%) SQL
5 59 (12.88%) Python
6 57 (12.45%) C++
7 52 (11.35%) Java
8 46 (10.04%) C
9 11 (2.40%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.97%) PHP
11 7 (1.53%) Bicep
11 7 (1.53%) Go
12 4 (0.87%) Fortran
12 4 (0.87%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.44%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.44%) VB
14 1 (0.22%) Julia
14 1 (0.22%) R
14 1 (0.22%) Rust
Qualifications
1 140 (30.57%) Degree
2 83 (18.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 58 (12.66%) Security Cleared
4 36 (7.86%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.97%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.53%) PhD
7 6 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.87%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.66%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
11 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.22%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.24%) QA
2 4 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 64 (13.97%) Docker
2 4 (0.87%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (12.23%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.53%) MIIS
2 7 (1.53%) Terraform
3 5 (1.09%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (0.87%) WSUS
5 1 (0.22%) Ansible
5 1 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.22%) Kibana
Vendors
1 51 (11.14%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.37%) Xilinx
3 6 (1.31%) VMware
4 5 (1.09%) HP
4 5 (1.09%) OpenAI
5 4 (0.87%) SAP
5 4 (0.87%) Veeam
6 2 (0.44%) Google
6 2 (0.44%) New Relic
6 2 (0.44%) Oracle
7 1 (0.22%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.22%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.22%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.22%) Splunk
7 1 (0.22%) Sun
7 1 (0.22%) Thales
7 1 (0.22%) YouTube