Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Engineer salary in the South East is £53,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 73 32
Rank change year-on-year +42 -41 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1,079 546 1,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.94% 4.01% 8.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.30% 4.46% 8.87%
Number of salaries quoted 799 364 680
10th Percentile £37,400 £36,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £43,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,125 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

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 17,122 12,247 20,255
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 89.87% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,094 7,910 12,463
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 £60,255 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +0.43% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the South East

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the South East

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 Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 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 +60 427 £51,020 -17.71% 66
Hampshire +14 343 £52,500 -12.50% 35
Berkshire +92 199 £55,000 -26.67% 27
Surrey +16 179 £55,000 -15.38% 17
Oxfordshire +43 135 £54,500 -3.96% 27
Buckinghamshire +2 93 £50,000 -16.67% 12
Kent +31 59 £47,500 -9.52% 6
Sussex - 27 £45,000 - 2
West Sussex +23 24 £64,000 +6.67% 16
East Sussex +10 19 £42,500 -39.29% 2
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 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 South East region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1,072 (99.35%) Software Engineering
2 319 (29.56%) Degree
3 308 (28.54%) C++
4 302 (27.99%) Python
5 293 (27.15%) C
6 254 (23.54%) Linux
7 231 (21.41%) C#
8 221 (20.48%) Agile
9 194 (17.98%) Security Cleared
10 181 (16.77%) Computer Science
11 173 (16.03%) JavaScript
12 171 (15.85%) .NET
13 157 (14.55%) SC Cleared
14 151 (13.99%) Java
15 148 (13.72%) Electronics
16 147 (13.62%) Azure
17 145 (13.44%) Windows
18 141 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
19 134 (12.42%) Mathematics
20 127 (11.77%) Social Skills
21 119 (11.03%) Computer Science Degree
22 118 (10.94%) AWS
23 115 (10.66%) Git
24 114 (10.57%) DevOps
25 112 (10.38%) Algorithms
26 107 (9.92%) Artificial Intelligence
27 103 (9.55%) SQL
28 100 (9.27%) React
29 77 (7.14%) Physics
30 75 (6.95%) Microsoft

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 29 (2.69%) ArcGIS
1 29 (2.69%) GeoServer
2 18 (1.67%) Apache
3 17 (1.58%) Confluence
4 6 (0.56%) nginx
4 6 (0.56%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.37%) CMS
6 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.093%) JBoss
7 1 (0.093%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.093%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (5.65%) Simulink
2 24 (2.22%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.65%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.46%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.19%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.093%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.093%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
2 5 (0.46%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.093%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 147 (13.62%) Azure
2 118 (10.94%) AWS
3 28 (2.59%) SaaS
4 20 (1.85%) GitHub
5 18 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (1.58%) GCP
7 7 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (0.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (0.56%) IaaS
9 5 (0.46%) Datadog
10 4 (0.37%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.28%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.19%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.19%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.19%) Serverless
13 1 (0.093%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.093%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.093%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.093%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.67%) Wireless
2 14 (1.30%) J1939
3 12 (1.11%) TCP/IP
4 10 (0.93%) Ethernet
4 10 (0.93%) RS-485
5 9 (0.83%) Internet
6 6 (0.56%) Bluetooth
6 6 (0.56%) RS-232
7 5 (0.46%) 5G
7 5 (0.46%) GPRS
7 5 (0.46%) Network Security
8 4 (0.37%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.28%) Modbus
10 2 (0.19%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.19%) 4G
10 2 (0.19%) MQTT
11 1 (0.093%) Broadband
11 1 (0.093%) HTTP
11 1 (0.093%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.093%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (3.61%) GIS
3 37 (3.43%) NoSQL
4 29 (2.69%) QGIS
5 26 (2.41%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.13%) MySQL
7 10 (0.93%) Redis
8 8 (0.74%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.56%) CouchDB
11 4 (0.37%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.37%) Power BI
12 2 (0.19%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.093%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.093%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 115 (10.66%) Git
2 44 (4.08%) JIRA
3 38 (3.52%) Visual Studio
4 37 (3.43%) Subversion
5 26 (2.41%) Jenkins
6 23 (2.13%) CMake
7 21 (1.95%) ClearCase
7 21 (1.95%) Plastic SCM
7 21 (1.95%) Vagrant
8 14 (1.30%) ClearQuest
9 12 (1.11%) GitLab
10 11 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.93%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.74%) TestRail
13 7 (0.65%) Robot Framework
14 6 (0.56%) Gradle
15 4 (0.37%) Eclipse
16 2 (0.19%) GDB
16 2 (0.19%) LabVIEW
16 2 (0.19%) Sourcetree
General
1 148 (13.72%) Electronics
2 127 (11.77%) Social Skills
3 58 (5.38%) Manufacturing
4 54 (5.00%) Military
5 53 (4.91%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (4.36%) Automotive
7 41 (3.80%) Finance
8 39 (3.61%) Aerospace
9 25 (2.32%) Tech for Good
10 17 (1.58%) Public Sector
11 15 (1.39%) Aviation
12 14 (1.30%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.20%) Retail
14 11 (1.02%) Marketing
15 9 (0.83%) Law
15 9 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.65%) Health Technology
17 6 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (0.56%) Legal
18 5 (0.46%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (15.85%) .NET
2 100 (9.27%) React
3 58 (5.38%) .NET Core
3 58 (5.38%) AngularJS
4 47 (4.36%) CSS
5 46 (4.26%) Qt
6 44 (4.08%) WPF
7 36 (3.34%) Middleware
8 34 (3.15%) HTML
9 31 (2.87%) ASP.NET
10 29 (2.69%) Leaflet
10 29 (2.69%) OpenLayers
10 29 (2.69%) PostGIS
11 26 (2.41%) STL
12 24 (2.22%) Spring
12 24 (2.22%) Vue
13 21 (1.95%) XML
14 19 (1.76%) .NET Framework
15 17 (1.58%) Django
15 17 (1.58%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 112 (10.38%) Algorithms
2 58 (5.38%) IoT
3 57 (5.28%) Embedded Systems
4 38 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (2.22%) Device Driver
6 22 (2.04%) Mobile App
6 22 (2.04%) Robotics
7 21 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
7 21 (1.95%) Renewable Energy
8 20 (1.85%) Analogue Electronics
9 19 (1.76%) Legacy Applications
10 18 (1.67%) Satnav
11 17 (1.58%) FPGA
12 14 (1.30%) Acoustics
13 13 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.20%) Raspberry Pi
13 13 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.20%) VHDL
14 10 (0.93%) Life Science
15 9 (0.83%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 254 (23.54%) Linux
2 145 (13.44%) Windows
3 49 (4.54%) Embedded Linux
4 40 (3.71%) Ubuntu
5 31 (2.87%) Android
6 25 (2.32%) CentOS
7 24 (2.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 17 (1.58%) Unix
9 12 (1.11%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.65%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.19%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,072 (99.35%) Software Engineering
2 221 (20.48%) Agile
3 181 (16.77%) Computer Science
4 141 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
5 134 (12.42%) Mathematics
6 114 (10.57%) DevOps
7 107 (9.92%) Artificial Intelligence
8 77 (7.14%) Physics
9 73 (6.77%) Full Stack Development
10 72 (6.67%) Mentoring
11 69 (6.39%) Actionable Insight
12 63 (5.84%) Machine Learning
12 63 (5.84%) Software Testing
13 62 (5.75%) SDLC
14 59 (5.47%) Test Automation
15 57 (5.28%) Signal Processing
16 51 (4.73%) OO
17 46 (4.26%) Collaborative Working
17 46 (4.26%) Microservices
17 46 (4.26%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 308 (28.54%) C++
2 302 (27.99%) Python
3 293 (27.15%) C
4 231 (21.41%) C#
5 173 (16.03%) JavaScript
6 151 (13.99%) Java
7 103 (9.55%) SQL
8 44 (4.08%) MATLAB
9 43 (3.99%) Bash
10 41 (3.80%) Embedded C
11 36 (3.34%) Kotlin
12 35 (3.24%) TypeScript
13 29 (2.69%) Go
14 25 (2.32%) Fortran
15 22 (2.04%) PowerShell
16 18 (1.67%) Haskell
17 16 (1.48%) Perl
18 15 (1.39%) PHP
19 14 (1.30%) T-SQL
20 11 (1.02%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 319 (29.56%) Degree
2 194 (17.98%) Security Cleared
3 157 (14.55%) SC Cleared
4 119 (11.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 53 (4.91%) Master's Degree
6 49 (4.54%) PhD
7 19 (1.76%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.02%) HND
9 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.97%) QA
2 21 (1.95%) MISRA
3 20 (1.85%) Software Quality Assurance
4 15 (1.39%) ISO 26262
5 14 (1.30%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.30%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.093%) GDPR
7 1 (0.093%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.093%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.093%) JTAG
System Software
1 51 (4.73%) Docker
2 42 (3.89%) Firmware
3 35 (3.24%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.093%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (3.34%) Terraform
2 35 (3.24%) Ansible
3 24 (2.22%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.46%) SELinux
5 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.093%) Grafana
6 1 (0.093%) Kibana
6 1 (0.093%) Puppet
Vendors
1 75 (6.95%) Microsoft
2 30 (2.78%) ESRI
3 21 (1.95%) IBM
3 21 (1.95%) Lauterbach
4 20 (1.85%) Xilinx
5 15 (1.39%) Atlassian
6 11 (1.02%) SAP
7 8 (0.74%) Google
7 8 (0.74%) Oracle
7 8 (0.74%) Siemens
8 6 (0.56%) VMware
9 5 (0.46%) Siebel
9 5 (0.46%) YouTube
10 4 (0.37%) Facebook
10 4 (0.37%) Instagram
10 4 (0.37%) Renesas
11 3 (0.28%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.28%) QinetiQ
11 3 (0.28%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.28%) Xamarin