Software Engineering Jobs in Central London

Software Engineering
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 21 21
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 341 478 732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 9.03% 9.38% 8.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.82% 9.90% 9.26%
Number of salaries quoted 250 360 480
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £68,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -2.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £101,250 £111,250 £107,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £125,000 £127,500
London median annual salary £91,500 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +1.67% +5.88% +9.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,471 4,829 7,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 91.95% 94.78% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,652 3,983 6,349
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,073 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.57% +7.14% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Central London

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Central London

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Central London

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Central London

Software Engineering
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 Engineering 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 +2 310 £80,000 -11.11% 61
City of Westminster -8 14 £82,500 -23.26% 1
West End of London +3 7 £55,000 -48.84% 3
Camden -12 5 £80,000 +220.00% 2
Southwark +22 1 £85,000 -37.61%
Lambeth - 1 £85,000 -
Software Engineering
London

Software Engineering
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 (7.92%) ArcGIS
1 27 (7.92%) GeoServer
2 6 (1.76%) Apache
2 6 (1.76%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.17%) Confluence
5 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) JBoss
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 183 (53.67%) AWS
2 117 (34.31%) Azure
3 34 (9.97%) Serverless
4 25 (7.33%) GCP
4 25 (7.33%) SaaS
5 21 (6.16%) AWS Lambda
5 21 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (4.99%) Power Platform
7 14 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (2.93%) GitHub
9 9 (2.64%) PaaS
9 9 (2.64%) WhatsApp
10 6 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (1.47%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.47%) AWS CodePipeline
11 5 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.47%) IaaS
12 4 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.99%) HTTP
2 13 (3.81%) Internet
3 4 (1.17%) Network Security
3 4 (1.17%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.88%) DNS
5 1 (0.29%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (27.57%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (7.92%) GIS
2 27 (7.92%) QGIS
3 16 (4.69%) MySQL
4 15 (4.40%) Redis
5 13 (3.81%) Relational Database
6 12 (3.52%) SQL Server
7 11 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
8 10 (2.93%) DynamoDB
9 7 (2.05%) Power BI
10 6 (1.76%) MongoDB
11 5 (1.47%) Flink
11 5 (1.47%) NoSQL
11 5 (1.47%) RDBMS
12 4 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (1.17%) Metadata
12 4 (1.17%) Tableau
13 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.88%) Big Data
14 2 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 49 (14.37%) Git
2 28 (8.21%) GitLab
3 10 (2.93%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.76%) JIRA
5 5 (1.47%) Maven
5 5 (1.47%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (1.47%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.17%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.59%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.59%) JDeveloper
7 2 (0.59%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.59%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.29%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.29%) JMeter
8 1 (0.29%) JUnit
8 1 (0.29%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.29%) Mockito
8 1 (0.29%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 76 (22.29%) Finance
1 76 (22.29%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (4.99%) Banking
4 16 (4.69%) Pharmaceutical
5 13 (3.81%) Health Technology
6 12 (3.52%) Games
7 11 (3.23%) Tech for Good
8 7 (2.05%) Advertising
8 7 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.05%) Retail
9 6 (1.76%) Front Office
10 5 (1.47%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.47%) Marketing
11 4 (1.17%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.17%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.59%) Back Office
12 2 (0.59%) Legal
13 1 (0.29%) Electronics
13 1 (0.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 185 (54.25%) Software Engineer
2 96 (28.15%) Senior
3 63 (18.48%) Senior Software Engineer
4 43 (12.61%) Developer
5 32 (9.38%) Java Engineer
6 29 (8.50%) Java Software Engineer
7 20 (5.87%) Python Engineer
8 17 (4.99%) Python Software Engineer
9 16 (4.69%) Junior
9 16 (4.69%) Lead
10 12 (3.52%) .NET Developer
10 12 (3.52%) Azure Engineer
11 11 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
11 11 (3.23%) C# Developer
11 11 (3.23%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.93%) Analyst
12 10 (2.93%) AWS Software Engineer
12 10 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (2.93%) Engineering Manager
13 9 (2.64%) Junior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (22.58%) .NET
2 65 (19.06%) React
3 35 (10.26%) CSS
4 34 (9.97%) Node.js
5 28 (8.21%) REST
6 27 (7.92%) .NET Core
6 27 (7.92%) Leaflet
6 27 (7.92%) OpenLayers
6 27 (7.92%) PostGIS
7 20 (5.87%) RESTful
8 19 (5.57%) Django
8 19 (5.57%) Kafka
8 19 (5.57%) Spring
9 17 (4.99%) GraphQL
10 14 (4.11%) AngularJS
11 13 (3.81%) Laravel
11 13 (3.81%) Spring Boot
12 12 (3.52%) ASP.NET
12 12 (3.52%) HTML
13 11 (3.23%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.50%) Algorithms
2 15 (4.40%) Life Science
3 13 (3.81%) Private Cloud
4 11 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.35%) Cloud Native
6 8 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.35%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.05%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.05%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.47%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.47%) Hedge funds
9 4 (1.17%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.17%) FMCG
9 4 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.17%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.17%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.88%) Biopharmaceutical
10 3 (0.88%) Robotics
10 3 (0.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.74%) Linux
2 10 (2.93%) Windows
3 8 (2.35%) Ubuntu
3 8 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.88%) Debian
4 3 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (35.78%) Agile
2 84 (24.63%) Computer Science
2 84 (24.63%) DevOps
3 64 (18.77%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (17.60%) CI/CD
5 58 (17.01%) Fintech
6 50 (14.66%) Full Stack Development
7 47 (13.78%) Microservices
8 35 (10.26%) Web Development
9 32 (9.38%) Actionable Insight
10 25 (7.33%) Statistics
11 24 (7.04%) Data Science
11 24 (7.04%) SDLC
12 23 (6.74%) Containerisation
13 22 (6.45%) Design Patterns
13 22 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
13 22 (6.45%) Scrum
13 22 (6.45%) TDD
14 21 (6.16%) Analytics
15 20 (5.87%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 122 (35.78%) Python
2 113 (33.14%) Java
3 90 (26.39%) C#
4 61 (17.89%) JavaScript
5 57 (16.72%) Kotlin
6 52 (15.25%) SQL
7 43 (12.61%) Scala
8 25 (7.33%) TypeScript
9 16 (4.69%) C++
10 15 (4.40%) PHP
10 15 (4.40%) PowerShell
11 14 (4.11%) Go
12 10 (2.93%) Rust
13 9 (2.64%) F#
14 8 (2.35%) Clojure
14 8 (2.35%) Haskell
14 8 (2.35%) Ruby
15 5 (1.47%) Bash
16 4 (1.17%) Apex Code
16 4 (1.17%) C
Qualifications
1 88 (25.81%) Degree
2 49 (14.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (11.14%) Master's Degree
4 31 (9.09%) Security Cleared
5 28 (8.21%) SC Cleared
6 17 (4.99%) PhD
7 12 (3.52%) DBS Check
8 5 (1.47%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.88%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.47%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.17%) QA
3 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
System Software
1 28 (8.21%) Docker
2 1 (0.29%) KVM
2 1 (0.29%) LXC
2 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 95 (27.86%) Terraform
2 54 (15.84%) Kubernetes
3 51 (14.96%) Ansible
4 2 (0.59%) Consul
4 2 (0.59%) Packer
5 1 (0.29%) Grafana
5 1 (0.29%) Juju
5 1 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 40 (11.73%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.92%) ESRI
3 10 (2.93%) Oracle
4 9 (2.64%) Google
5 4 (1.17%) Apple
5 4 (1.17%) Apttus
5 4 (1.17%) DocuSign
5 4 (1.17%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.29%) BEA
6 1 (0.29%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (0.29%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.29%) Monzo
6 1 (0.29%) Splunk
6 1 (0.29%) Spotify
6 1 (0.29%) Sybase