Software Engineering Jobs in the South East

Software Engineering
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 19 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 +9
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,677 1,356 2,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 9.11% 10.12% 14.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.06% 10.72% 14.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 847 1,410
10th Percentile £38,691 £38,250 £35,233
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,125 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,167 12,644 20,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.38% 94.34% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,321 7,582 11,855
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,775 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the South East

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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 +8 635 £55,000 -15.38% 128
Hampshire +7 579 £57,500 -4.17% 76
Berkshire +24 311 £60,000 -14.29% 57
Surrey -1 269 £60,000 -14.29% 37
Oxfordshire +3 215 £55,000 - 44
Buckinghamshire -18 109 £50,000 -13.04% 27
Kent -9 72 £42,500 -19.05% 16
West Sussex +6 64 £64,500 +3.20% 31
Sussex - 37 £45,000 - 6
East Sussex -32 21 £42,500 -29.17% 3
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 28 (1.67%) ArcGIS
1 28 (1.67%) GeoServer
2 20 (1.19%) Apache
3 19 (1.13%) Confluence
4 6 (0.36%) nginx
4 6 (0.36%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.24%) CMS
6 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.12%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.12%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.060%) IIS
8 1 (0.060%) Kinematics
8 1 (0.060%) WordPress
Applications
1 93 (5.55%) Simulink
2 26 (1.55%) Stateflow
3 10 (0.60%) OrCAD
4 7 (0.42%) CANalyzer
5 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (0.24%) Doxygen
7 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.12%) TargetLink
9 1 (0.060%) GNU Octave
9 1 (0.060%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
1 7 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.24%) Siebel CRM
3 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.060%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.060%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 247 (14.73%) Azure
2 207 (12.34%) AWS
3 75 (4.47%) SaaS
4 41 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (1.91%) GCP
6 28 (1.67%) GitHub
7 25 (1.49%) Power Platform
8 17 (1.01%) Serverless
9 12 (0.72%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (0.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (0.54%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (0.54%) Amazon S3
13 8 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
13 8 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
14 7 (0.42%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (0.42%) IaaS
14 7 (0.42%) IBM Cloud
15 6 (0.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.15%) Network Security
2 26 (1.55%) TCP/IP
3 25 (1.49%) Ethernet
3 25 (1.49%) Wireless
4 19 (1.13%) Internet
5 14 (0.83%) J1939
6 12 (0.72%) VPN
7 11 (0.66%) Firewall
7 11 (0.66%) RS-485
8 10 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
9 9 (0.54%) CTI
10 8 (0.48%) RS-232
11 6 (0.36%) GPRS
12 5 (0.30%) BGP
12 5 (0.30%) IPsec
12 5 (0.30%) LAN
12 5 (0.30%) OSPF
12 5 (0.30%) SSL
12 5 (0.30%) VLAN
12 5 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (5.78%) NoSQL
2 54 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
3 42 (2.50%) SQL Server
4 39 (2.33%) MySQL
5 38 (2.27%) GIS
6 28 (1.67%) QGIS
7 21 (1.25%) Power BI
8 16 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (0.89%) Redis
9 15 (0.89%) Relational Database
10 11 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.36%) CouchDB
12 6 (0.36%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.30%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.24%) Power Query
15 3 (0.18%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 2 (0.12%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 205 (12.22%) Git
2 76 (4.53%) Visual Studio
3 66 (3.94%) JIRA
4 54 (3.22%) Jenkins
5 40 (2.39%) GitLab
5 40 (2.39%) Subversion
6 39 (2.33%) Selenium
7 25 (1.49%) Cypress.io
7 25 (1.49%) SoapUI
8 23 (1.37%) CMake
9 22 (1.31%) Team Foundation Server
10 21 (1.25%) ClearCase
10 21 (1.25%) Plastic SCM
10 21 (1.25%) Vagrant
11 17 (1.01%) JUnit
12 14 (0.83%) ClearQuest
13 12 (0.72%) Bitbucket
14 8 (0.48%) NUnit
14 8 (0.48%) TestRail
15 7 (0.42%) Maven
General
1 259 (15.44%) Social Skills
2 173 (10.32%) Electronics
3 117 (6.98%) Finance
4 83 (4.95%) Manufacturing
5 75 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (4.05%) Military
7 59 (3.52%) Aerospace
7 59 (3.52%) Automotive
8 38 (2.27%) Public Sector
9 32 (1.91%) Law
10 30 (1.79%) Tech for Good
10 30 (1.79%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.61%) Legal
12 22 (1.31%) Aviation
13 21 (1.25%) Marketing
14 17 (1.01%) Retail
15 15 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (0.83%) Games
16 14 (0.83%) Health Technology
17 12 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1,100 (65.59%) Software Engineer
2 406 (24.21%) Senior
3 306 (18.25%) Senior Software Engineer
4 292 (17.41%) Embedded Engineer
5 272 (16.22%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 232 (13.83%) Developer
7 186 (11.09%) Lead
8 104 (6.20%) C++ Software Engineer
9 87 (5.19%) Software Developer
10 86 (5.13%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 83 (4.95%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 68 (4.05%) Lead Software Engineer
12 68 (4.05%) Team Leader
13 65 (3.88%) Senior Developer
14 56 (3.34%) Graduate
15 53 (3.16%) Software Team Leader
16 52 (3.10%) Architect
16 52 (3.10%) Graduate Software Engineer
17 47 (2.80%) Junior
18 46 (2.74%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 294 (17.53%) .NET
2 156 (9.30%) React
3 89 (5.31%) CSS
4 81 (4.83%) .NET Core
5 79 (4.71%) HTML
6 71 (4.23%) AngularJS
7 60 (3.58%) Qt
8 52 (3.10%) Middleware
8 52 (3.10%) Spring
9 47 (2.80%) WPF
10 46 (2.74%) ASP.NET
11 42 (2.50%) .NET Framework
12 35 (2.09%) Vue
13 28 (1.67%) Jest
13 28 (1.67%) Leaflet
13 28 (1.67%) OpenLayers
13 28 (1.67%) PostGIS
14 27 (1.61%) Hibernate
14 27 (1.61%) Web Services
15 26 (1.55%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 153 (9.12%) Algorithms
2 82 (4.89%) Embedded Systems
3 73 (4.35%) IoT
4 66 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
5 37 (2.21%) Product Ownership
5 37 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.15%) Robotics
7 34 (2.03%) FPGA
7 34 (2.03%) Management Information System
8 33 (1.97%) Mobile App
9 26 (1.55%) Device Driver
9 26 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
10 25 (1.49%) Renewable Energy
11 22 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
12 21 (1.25%) Analogue Electronics
13 20 (1.19%) Data Structures
14 18 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 18 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (1.07%) VHDL
15 17 (1.01%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 348 (20.75%) Linux
2 185 (11.03%) Windows
3 75 (4.47%) Embedded Linux
4 42 (2.50%) Android
5 40 (2.39%) Ubuntu
6 25 (1.49%) CentOS
7 24 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 20 (1.19%) Unix
9 14 (0.83%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.83%) Windows 10
10 6 (0.36%) FreeRTOS
11 5 (0.30%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.18%) VxWorks
12 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
13 2 (0.12%) Rocky
14 1 (0.060%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.060%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (27.55%) Agile
2 298 (17.77%) Computer Science
3 263 (15.68%) Problem-Solving
4 247 (14.73%) DevOps
5 183 (10.91%) Artificial Intelligence
6 173 (10.32%) Mathematics
7 138 (8.23%) Mentoring
8 128 (7.63%) Test Automation
9 122 (7.27%) SDLC
10 119 (7.10%) Machine Learning
11 117 (6.98%) CI/CD
11 117 (6.98%) Full Stack Development
12 107 (6.38%) Physics
13 87 (5.19%) Signal Processing
13 87 (5.19%) Software Testing
14 83 (4.95%) Technical Leadership
15 77 (4.59%) Collaborative Working
16 76 (4.53%) Scrum
17 71 (4.23%) Actionable Insight
18 70 (4.17%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 429 (25.58%) Python
2 403 (24.03%) C++
3 386 (23.02%) C
4 352 (20.99%) C#
5 265 (15.80%) Java
6 260 (15.50%) JavaScript
7 201 (11.99%) SQL
8 86 (5.13%) TypeScript
9 61 (3.64%) MATLAB
10 58 (3.46%) Embedded C
11 57 (3.40%) Bash
12 54 (3.22%) Kotlin
13 45 (2.68%) Go
14 43 (2.56%) PowerShell
15 35 (2.09%) PHP
16 29 (1.73%) Fortran
17 21 (1.25%) T-SQL
18 18 (1.07%) Haskell
19 16 (0.95%) Perl
19 16 (0.95%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 506 (30.17%) Degree
2 300 (17.89%) Security Cleared
3 201 (11.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 195 (11.63%) SC Cleared
5 77 (4.59%) Master's Degree
6 59 (3.52%) PhD
7 44 (2.62%) DV Cleared
8 15 (0.89%) CISSP
9 13 (0.78%) HND
10 12 (0.72%) Azure Certification
11 9 (0.54%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.48%) CISM
12 8 (0.48%) GIAC
12 8 (0.48%) GPEN
13 6 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.36%) Numerate Degree
14 5 (0.30%) CCIE
14 5 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.30%) JNCIE
15 4 (0.24%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (4.41%) QA
2 21 (1.25%) MISRA
3 20 (1.19%) ISO 26262
4 19 (1.13%) Software Quality Assurance
5 18 (1.07%) Automotive SPICE
6 14 (0.83%) AUTOSAR
7 13 (0.78%) NIST
8 10 (0.60%) GDPR
8 10 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.54%) ISO 13485
10 8 (0.48%) GRC
10 8 (0.48%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.36%) NIST 800
12 5 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.18%) IEC 62304
14 2 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 12207
14 2 (0.12%) JTAG
14 2 (0.12%) SLA
15 1 (0.060%) IEC 61131
15 1 (0.060%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 121 (7.22%) Docker
2 61 (3.64%) Firmware
3 40 (2.39%) Embedded Firmware
4 9 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.18%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.18%) VirtualBox
6 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.060%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.060%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 95 (5.66%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.22%) Ansible
3 46 (2.74%) Terraform
4 6 (0.36%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (0.36%) Functional Safety
4 6 (0.36%) Nessus
5 5 (0.30%) SELinux
5 5 (0.30%) Suricata
6 2 (0.12%) Grafana
6 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.12%) Puppet
7 1 (0.060%) FTK
7 1 (0.060%) Nagios
7 1 (0.060%) SCCM
Vendors
1 153 (9.12%) Microsoft
2 40 (2.39%) Xilinx
3 29 (1.73%) ESRI
4 28 (1.67%) IBM
5 25 (1.49%) SAP
6 21 (1.25%) Lauterbach
7 16 (0.95%) Atlassian
8 12 (0.72%) EMC
9 11 (0.66%) Google
10 10 (0.60%) IFS
10 10 (0.60%) VMware
11 9 (0.54%) Red Hat
12 8 (0.48%) Siemens
12 8 (0.48%) Splunk
13 7 (0.42%) Oracle
14 6 (0.36%) Cisco
14 6 (0.36%) Qualys
15 5 (0.30%) Juniper
15 5 (0.30%) Palo Alto
15 5 (0.30%) YouTube