Software Engineer Jobs in Central London

Software Engineer
London > Central London

The median Software Engineer salary in Central London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 87 118
Rank change year-on-year +39 +31 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 187 179 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 4.95% 3.51% 2.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.19% 3.66% 2.86%
Number of salaries quoted 134 151 127
10th Percentile £52,500 £58,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £90,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +24.14% -3.33%
75th Percentile £102,500 £107,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £108,000
London median annual salary £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% - +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,602 4,890 7,931
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.98% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,779 4,065 6,395
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,210 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Central London

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Central London.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Central London

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Central London

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 26 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
City of London +36 176 £80,000 -11.11% 50
City of Westminster -5 11 £82,500 -23.26%
West End of London +9 7 £55,000 -48.84% 1
Camden -10 3 £80,000 - 1
Southwark - 1 £85,000 -
Lambeth - 1 £85,000 -
Software Engineer
London

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 26 May 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 Central London region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 185 (98.93%) Software Engineering
2 119 (63.64%) AWS
3 81 (43.32%) Agile
4 77 (41.18%) Python
5 70 (37.43%) PostgreSQL
6 68 (36.36%) Java
7 61 (32.62%) Azure
8 55 (29.41%) DevOps
9 53 (28.34%) Terraform
10 50 (26.74%) .NET
11 47 (25.13%) JavaScript
12 45 (24.06%) C#
12 45 (24.06%) React
13 38 (20.32%) Git
13 38 (20.32%) Full Stack Development
14 37 (19.79%) Degree
15 36 (19.25%) Kotlin
16 35 (18.72%) Computer Science
16 35 (18.72%) Finance
16 35 (18.72%) CI/CD
17 33 (17.65%) Ansible
18 32 (17.11%) Web Development
18 32 (17.11%) Social Skills
18 32 (17.11%) Actionable Insight
19 31 (16.58%) SQL
20 30 (16.04%) CSS
21 28 (14.97%) SC Cleared
21 28 (14.97%) Security Cleared
21 28 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
22 27 (14.44%) Serverless

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 27 (14.44%) ArcGIS
1 27 (14.44%) GeoServer
2 4 (2.14%) Apache
2 4 (2.14%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.14%) Confluence
3 3 (1.60%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.53%) JBoss
4 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 119 (63.64%) AWS
2 61 (32.62%) Azure
3 27 (14.44%) Serverless
4 22 (11.76%) AWS Lambda
5 16 (8.56%) GCP
6 8 (4.28%) Power Platform
6 8 (4.28%) SaaS
7 6 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.21%) Amazon Kinesis
8 5 (2.67%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.14%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.14%) Amazon S3
9 4 (2.14%) AWS CodePipeline
9 4 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.60%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (1.60%) Azure App Service
10 3 (1.60%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (9.09%) HTTP
2 13 (6.95%) Internet
3 4 (2.14%) Network Security
4 2 (1.07%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.53%) DHCP
5 1 (0.53%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (37.43%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (14.44%) GIS
2 27 (14.44%) QGIS
3 10 (5.35%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (5.35%) DynamoDB
4 7 (3.74%) Power BI
4 7 (3.74%) Relational Database
5 6 (3.21%) SQL Server
6 5 (2.67%) Redis
7 4 (2.14%) Flink
7 4 (2.14%) Metadata
7 4 (2.14%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.14%) MySQL
7 4 (2.14%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.14%) Tableau
8 3 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.60%) Big Data
8 3 (1.60%) RDBMS
9 2 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.07%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (20.32%) Git
2 17 (9.09%) GitLab
3 5 (2.67%) Maven
4 4 (2.14%) JIRA
5 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.07%) JDeveloper
7 1 (0.53%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.53%) IntelliJ
General
1 35 (18.72%) Finance
2 32 (17.11%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.56%) Banking
4 11 (5.88%) Health Technology
5 9 (4.81%) Tech for Good
6 7 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.67%) Advertising
8 5 (2.67%) Front Office
8 5 (2.67%) Games
8 5 (2.67%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.67%) Marketing
8 5 (2.67%) Retail
9 3 (1.60%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.53%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.53%) Electronics
10 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.53%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.53%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (26.74%) .NET
2 45 (24.06%) React
3 30 (16.04%) CSS
4 27 (14.44%) Leaflet
4 27 (14.44%) OpenLayers
4 27 (14.44%) PostGIS
5 23 (12.30%) .NET Core
5 23 (12.30%) Node.js
6 19 (10.16%) Django
6 19 (10.16%) REST
7 16 (8.56%) RESTful
8 15 (8.02%) Spring
9 13 (6.95%) GraphQL
9 13 (6.95%) Laravel
10 10 (5.35%) Kafka
10 10 (5.35%) Spring Boot
11 9 (4.81%) .NET Framework
11 9 (4.81%) AngularJS
12 8 (4.28%) ASP.NET
13 7 (3.74%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
2 7 (3.74%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.67%) Fixed Income
3 5 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (2.67%) Mobile App
3 5 (2.67%) Reinsurance
4 3 (1.60%) Algorithms
4 3 (1.60%) Biopharmaceutical
4 3 (1.60%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.60%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.07%) PKI
5 2 (1.07%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.53%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (0.53%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.53%) Ray Tracing
6 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.28%) Linux
1 8 (4.28%) Ubuntu
2 3 (1.60%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (98.93%) Software Engineering
2 81 (43.32%) Agile
3 55 (29.41%) DevOps
4 38 (20.32%) Full Stack Development
5 35 (18.72%) CI/CD
5 35 (18.72%) Computer Science
6 32 (17.11%) Actionable Insight
6 32 (17.11%) Web Development
7 28 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (12.83%) Fintech
9 23 (12.30%) Microservices
10 21 (11.23%) TDD
11 16 (8.56%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (8.02%) Design Patterns
12 15 (8.02%) Scrum
13 14 (7.49%) Machine Learning
13 14 (7.49%) Pair Programming
14 12 (6.42%) Containerisation
14 12 (6.42%) OO
15 10 (5.35%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 77 (41.18%) Python
2 68 (36.36%) Java
3 47 (25.13%) JavaScript
4 45 (24.06%) C#
5 36 (19.25%) Kotlin
6 31 (16.58%) SQL
7 24 (12.83%) Scala
8 13 (6.95%) PHP
9 9 (4.81%) F#
9 9 (4.81%) Go
9 9 (4.81%) TypeScript
10 8 (4.28%) Clojure
10 8 (4.28%) Haskell
10 8 (4.28%) Rust
11 7 (3.74%) C++
12 4 (2.14%) Bash
12 4 (2.14%) C
12 4 (2.14%) Ruby
12 4 (2.14%) VBA
13 2 (1.07%) Perl
Qualifications
1 37 (19.79%) Degree
2 28 (14.97%) SC Cleared
2 28 (14.97%) Security Cleared
3 26 (13.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (6.42%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.21%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.07%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.07%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.07%) QA
System Software
1 8 (4.28%) Docker
2 1 (0.53%) KVM
2 1 (0.53%) LXC
Systems Management
1 53 (28.34%) Terraform
2 33 (17.65%) Ansible
3 21 (11.23%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.07%) Consul
4 2 (1.07%) Packer
5 1 (0.53%) Juju
Vendors
1 27 (14.44%) ESRI
2 20 (10.70%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.74%) Google
4 4 (2.14%) Apple
5 2 (1.07%) Oracle
6 1 (0.53%) BEA
6 1 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.53%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.53%) Spotify