Software Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Software Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 103 21
Rank change year-on-year +67 -82 +50
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 413 173 771
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.81% 3.04% 10.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.14% 3.39% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 299 96 252
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,990 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,025 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +16.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £53,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.40% +13.64% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,730 5,108 7,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.63% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 3,061 4,133
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,938 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +83 194 £55,000 -26.67% 18
Oxfordshire +43 128 £51,020 -10.10% 23
Buckinghamshire +4 91 £50,000 -16.67% 6
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 413 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 115 (27.85%) Degree
2 115 (27.85%) Python
3 88 (21.31%) C#
4 87 (21.07%) C++
5 83 (20.10%) .NET
6 76 (18.40%) C
7 75 (18.16%) Linux
7 75 (18.16%) Agile
8 70 (16.95%) Computer Science
9 68 (16.46%) Azure
10 65 (15.74%) Security Cleared
11 55 (13.32%) DevOps
12 53 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
13 51 (12.35%) React
13 51 (12.35%) AWS
13 51 (12.35%) JavaScript
14 47 (11.38%) Social Skills
15 44 (10.65%) Windows
16 42 (10.17%) SC Cleared
16 42 (10.17%) Mathematics
17 41 (9.93%) Full Stack Development
18 40 (9.69%) Java
19 39 (9.44%) Physics
19 39 (9.44%) Actionable Insight
20 38 (9.20%) Microsoft
21 36 (8.72%) SQL
22 35 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
22 35 (8.47%) .NET Core
23 33 (7.99%) PhD

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.02%) ArcGIS
1 29 (7.02%) GeoServer
2 6 (1.45%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.24%) Apache
3 1 (0.24%) Confluence
3 1 (0.24%) nginx
3 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Simulink
1 2 (0.48%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 68 (16.46%) Azure
2 51 (12.35%) AWS
3 10 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (1.94%) GitHub
5 6 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 6 (1.45%) IaaS
6 5 (1.21%) Datadog
7 4 (0.97%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.73%) SaaS
9 2 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.48%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.48%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.24%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.24%) GCP
10 1 (0.24%) Google Container Engine
10 1 (0.24%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.24%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.42%) Wireless
2 9 (2.18%) Ethernet
3 8 (1.94%) Internet
4 5 (1.21%) GPRS
5 3 (0.73%) Network Security
5 3 (0.73%) RS-485
5 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) Broadband
6 1 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) MQTT
6 1 (0.24%) RS-232
6 1 (0.24%) RTP
6 1 (0.24%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (7.75%) GIS
3 29 (7.02%) QGIS
4 8 (1.94%) MySQL
5 6 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.45%) CouchDB
5 6 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.45%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.97%) Power BI
7 3 (0.73%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (2.42%) Git
1 10 (2.42%) Visual Studio
2 9 (2.18%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.45%) Gradle
4 4 (0.97%) Eclipse
4 4 (0.97%) Subversion
5 3 (0.73%) JIRA
5 3 (0.73%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.48%) GitLab
7 1 (0.24%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.24%) Selenium
7 1 (0.24%) Sourcetree
General
1 47 (11.38%) Social Skills
2 29 (7.02%) Electronics
3 26 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.12%) Aerospace
5 10 (2.42%) Automotive
5 10 (2.42%) Manufacturing
6 7 (1.69%) Finance
6 7 (1.69%) Health Technology
6 7 (1.69%) Law
6 7 (1.69%) Retail
6 7 (1.69%) Tech for Good
7 6 (1.45%) Legal
7 6 (1.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.24%) Games
8 1 (0.24%) Marketing
8 1 (0.24%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.24%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (20.10%) .NET
2 51 (12.35%) React
3 35 (8.47%) .NET Core
4 29 (7.02%) CSS
4 29 (7.02%) Leaflet
4 29 (7.02%) OpenLayers
4 29 (7.02%) PostGIS
5 24 (5.81%) ASP.NET
6 19 (4.60%) WPF
7 13 (3.15%) Spring
8 11 (2.66%) AngularJS
9 8 (1.94%) Vue
10 7 (1.69%) Blazor
10 7 (1.69%) Django
11 6 (1.45%) Hibernate
11 6 (1.45%) Kafka
11 6 (1.45%) Spring Boot
12 4 (0.97%) EDI
12 4 (0.97%) HTML
12 4 (0.97%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.02%) Algorithms
2 20 (4.84%) IoT
3 12 (2.91%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (2.42%) Life Science
4 10 (2.42%) Renewable Energy
5 9 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (1.45%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.45%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.45%) Hackathon
7 6 (1.45%) PropTech
8 5 (1.21%) Device Driver
9 4 (0.97%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (0.97%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.97%) Management Information System
9 4 (0.97%) Mixed Reality
10 3 (0.73%) Arduino
10 3 (0.73%) FPGA
10 3 (0.73%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 75 (18.16%) Linux
2 44 (10.65%) Windows
3 20 (4.84%) Embedded Linux
4 17 (4.12%) Unix
5 4 (0.97%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 75 (18.16%) Agile
3 70 (16.95%) Computer Science
4 55 (13.32%) DevOps
5 53 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (10.17%) Mathematics
7 41 (9.93%) Full Stack Development
8 39 (9.44%) Actionable Insight
8 39 (9.44%) Physics
9 32 (7.75%) Software Testing
9 32 (7.75%) Web Development
10 31 (7.51%) Open Source
11 29 (7.02%) Mentoring
12 27 (6.54%) SDLC
13 23 (5.57%) Artificial Intelligence
13 23 (5.57%) Multithreading
14 19 (4.60%) Coaching
15 18 (4.36%) Collaborative Working
16 17 (4.12%) Microservices
16 17 (4.12%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 115 (27.85%) Python
2 88 (21.31%) C#
3 87 (21.07%) C++
4 76 (18.40%) C
5 51 (12.35%) JavaScript
6 40 (9.69%) Java
7 36 (8.72%) SQL
8 24 (5.81%) Bash
9 22 (5.33%) TypeScript
10 17 (4.12%) Fortran
11 12 (2.91%) Embedded C
12 10 (2.42%) VB.NET
12 10 (2.42%) XAML
13 8 (1.94%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.94%) Ruby
13 8 (1.94%) T-SQL
14 7 (1.69%) Embedded C++
14 7 (1.69%) Go
14 7 (1.69%) MATLAB
15 4 (0.97%) VB
Qualifications
1 115 (27.85%) Degree
2 65 (15.74%) Security Cleared
3 42 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 33 (7.99%) PhD
5 32 (7.75%) Master's Degree
6 29 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.18%) QA
2 2 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.24%) JTAG
System Software
1 19 (4.60%) Docker
2 6 (1.45%) Firmware
3 4 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (2.91%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.94%) Ansible
3 2 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.02%) ESRI
3 5 (1.21%) YouTube
4 4 (0.97%) OpenAI
4 4 (0.97%) Renesas
5 2 (0.48%) Google
5 2 (0.48%) IFS
5 2 (0.48%) VMware
6 1 (0.24%) F5
6 1 (0.24%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.24%) SAP