Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Engineer salary in the South East is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 70 34
Rank change year-on-year +37 -36 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 925 597 1,609
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.52% 4.11% 8.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.87% 4.55% 8.39%
Number of salaries quoted 679 369 703
10th Percentile £37,400 £35,000 £32,626
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £88,000 £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 15,757 13,124 19,186
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 90.35% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,308 8,291 12,510
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £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 £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 13 May 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 13 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
Thames Valley +54 354 £51,760 -16.85% 68
Hampshire +12 309 £55,000 -8.33% 50
Berkshire +85 164 £58,000 -22.67% 20
Surrey +8 161 £60,000 -7.69% 31
Oxfordshire +42 108 £50,510 -14.03% 38
Buckinghamshire -5 82 £50,000 -13.04% 10
Kent +33 52 £55,000 - 13
Sussex - 18 £40,000 - 1
East Sussex -2 16 £42,500 -39.29% 6
West Sussex +14 13 £46,000 -23.33% 12
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 South East region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 919 (99.35%) Software Engineering
2 285 (30.81%) Degree
3 272 (29.41%) Python
4 269 (29.08%) C
5 267 (28.86%) C++
6 236 (25.51%) Linux
7 209 (22.59%) Agile
8 206 (22.27%) C#
9 171 (18.49%) Security Cleared
10 166 (17.95%) .NET
11 159 (17.19%) JavaScript
12 156 (16.86%) Computer Science
13 144 (15.57%) SC Cleared
14 142 (15.35%) Windows
15 141 (15.24%) Java
16 137 (14.81%) Azure
17 135 (14.59%) Electronics
17 135 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
18 117 (12.65%) Social Skills
19 115 (12.43%) Mathematics
20 112 (12.11%) AWS
21 108 (11.68%) Computer Science Degree
22 105 (11.35%) DevOps
23 103 (11.14%) Algorithms
24 101 (10.92%) React
25 100 (10.81%) Git
26 98 (10.59%) SQL
27 93 (10.05%) Artificial Intelligence
28 80 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
29 69 (7.46%) Mentoring

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 (3.14%) ArcGIS
1 29 (3.14%) GeoServer
2 18 (1.95%) Apache
3 17 (1.84%) Confluence
4 6 (0.65%) nginx
4 6 (0.65%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.22%) JBoss
6 1 (0.11%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 56 (6.05%) Simulink
2 25 (2.70%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.76%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.54%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.22%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.11%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.11%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (0.86%) Siebel CRM
2 7 (0.76%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 137 (14.81%) Azure
2 112 (12.11%) AWS
3 30 (3.24%) SaaS
4 20 (2.16%) GCP
5 18 (1.95%) GitHub
6 14 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (0.86%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (0.76%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (0.76%) Serverless
9 6 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (0.65%) IaaS
10 5 (0.54%) Datadog
11 4 (0.43%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.22%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.22%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.22%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.11%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.11%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.11%) Google Container Engine
13 1 (0.11%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.16%) Wireless
2 15 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 14 (1.51%) J1939
4 10 (1.08%) Ethernet
4 10 (1.08%) RS-485
5 7 (0.76%) Internet
6 6 (0.65%) Bluetooth
6 6 (0.65%) RS-232
7 5 (0.54%) GPRS
8 4 (0.43%) 5G
8 4 (0.43%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.32%) Modbus
10 2 (0.22%) 3GPP
10 2 (0.22%) MQTT
11 1 (0.11%) 4G
11 1 (0.11%) HTTP
11 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.11%) Network Security
11 1 (0.11%) SNMP
11 1 (0.11%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.97%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (4.11%) GIS
3 33 (3.57%) NoSQL
4 29 (3.14%) QGIS
5 24 (2.59%) SQL Server
6 21 (2.27%) MySQL
7 10 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.86%) Redis
9 7 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.65%) CouchDB
11 4 (0.43%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.43%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.43%) Power BI
12 3 (0.32%) RDBMS
13 2 (0.22%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 100 (10.81%) Git
2 42 (4.54%) JIRA
3 36 (3.89%) Subversion
4 33 (3.57%) Visual Studio
5 23 (2.49%) CMake
6 21 (2.27%) ClearCase
6 21 (2.27%) Plastic SCM
7 19 (2.05%) Jenkins
8 15 (1.62%) Vagrant
9 14 (1.51%) ClearQuest
10 10 (1.08%) Bitbucket
10 10 (1.08%) GitLab
10 10 (1.08%) Team Foundation Server
11 7 (0.76%) Gradle
11 7 (0.76%) TestRail
12 6 (0.65%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.43%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.32%) GDB
14 3 (0.32%) JDeveloper
15 2 (0.22%) Sourcetree
General
1 135 (14.59%) Electronics
2 117 (12.65%) Social Skills
3 52 (5.62%) Military
4 49 (5.30%) Manufacturing
5 44 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (4.32%) Finance
7 37 (4.00%) Automotive
8 36 (3.89%) Aerospace
9 22 (2.38%) Tech for Good
10 17 (1.84%) Public Sector
11 14 (1.51%) Aviation
12 13 (1.41%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.30%) Retail
14 11 (1.19%) Marketing
15 9 (0.97%) Law
16 8 (0.86%) Health Technology
17 7 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (0.65%) Legal
19 5 (0.54%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (17.95%) .NET
2 101 (10.92%) React
3 60 (6.49%) AngularJS
4 57 (6.16%) .NET Core
5 45 (4.86%) CSS
6 44 (4.76%) Qt
7 36 (3.89%) WPF
8 33 (3.57%) HTML
9 32 (3.46%) ASP.NET
10 30 (3.24%) Middleware
11 29 (3.14%) Leaflet
11 29 (3.14%) OpenLayers
11 29 (3.14%) PostGIS
12 26 (2.81%) STL
12 26 (2.81%) Vue
13 23 (2.49%) Spring
14 22 (2.38%) XML
15 17 (1.84%) .NET Framework
15 17 (1.84%) Django
15 17 (1.84%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 103 (11.14%) Algorithms
2 60 (6.49%) IoT
3 58 (6.27%) Embedded Systems
4 31 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (2.59%) Device Driver
6 22 (2.38%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.27%) Robotics
7 21 (2.27%) Satnav
8 20 (2.16%) Analogue Electronics
8 20 (2.16%) Legacy Applications
9 18 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
10 17 (1.84%) FPGA
10 17 (1.84%) Raspberry Pi
10 17 (1.84%) Renewable Energy
11 14 (1.51%) Acoustics
12 13 (1.41%) VHDL
13 12 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.08%) Life Science
15 9 (0.97%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 236 (25.51%) Linux
2 142 (15.35%) Windows
3 50 (5.41%) Embedded Linux
4 33 (3.57%) Ubuntu
5 24 (2.59%) Android
6 19 (2.05%) CentOS
7 18 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.19%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.76%) Unix
10 6 (0.65%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.22%) Rocky
12 1 (0.11%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 919 (99.35%) Software Engineering
2 209 (22.59%) Agile
3 156 (16.86%) Computer Science
4 135 (14.59%) Problem-Solving
5 115 (12.43%) Mathematics
6 105 (11.35%) DevOps
7 93 (10.05%) Artificial Intelligence
8 80 (8.65%) Actionable Insight
9 69 (7.46%) Mentoring
10 64 (6.92%) Full Stack Development
11 61 (6.59%) Test Automation
12 58 (6.27%) Physics
13 55 (5.95%) Machine Learning
14 53 (5.73%) SDLC
15 51 (5.51%) Software Testing
16 48 (5.19%) Signal Processing
17 47 (5.08%) OO
18 46 (4.97%) Web Development
19 44 (4.76%) Technical Leadership
20 42 (4.54%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 272 (29.41%) Python
2 269 (29.08%) C
3 267 (28.86%) C++
4 206 (22.27%) C#
5 159 (17.19%) JavaScript
6 141 (15.24%) Java
7 98 (10.59%) SQL
8 41 (4.43%) Embedded C
8 41 (4.43%) MATLAB
9 36 (3.89%) Bash
10 30 (3.24%) Kotlin
11 29 (3.14%) Go
12 28 (3.03%) TypeScript
13 20 (2.16%) Perl
14 17 (1.84%) Haskell
15 16 (1.73%) PowerShell
16 14 (1.51%) Fortran
16 14 (1.51%) T-SQL
17 13 (1.41%) Ruby
18 11 (1.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 285 (30.81%) Degree
2 171 (18.49%) Security Cleared
3 144 (15.57%) SC Cleared
4 108 (11.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 44 (4.76%) Master's Degree
6 40 (4.32%) PhD
7 15 (1.62%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.19%) HND
9 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.22%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.89%) QA
2 23 (2.49%) Software Quality Assurance
3 22 (2.38%) MISRA
4 15 (1.62%) ISO 26262
5 14 (1.51%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.51%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.11%) GDPR
7 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.11%) JTAG
System Software
1 49 (5.30%) Docker
2 39 (4.22%) Firmware
3 34 (3.68%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (3.24%) Terraform
2 23 (2.49%) Ansible
3 20 (2.16%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.54%) SELinux
5 2 (0.22%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 55 (5.95%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.24%) ESRI
3 21 (2.27%) IBM
3 21 (2.27%) Lauterbach
4 15 (1.62%) Atlassian
5 14 (1.51%) Xilinx
6 13 (1.41%) Oracle
7 11 (1.19%) SAP
8 9 (0.97%) Google
9 8 (0.86%) Siebel
9 8 (0.86%) Siemens
10 6 (0.65%) VMware
11 5 (0.54%) YouTube
12 4 (0.43%) Facebook
12 4 (0.43%) Instagram
12 4 (0.43%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.43%) Renesas
13 3 (0.32%) IFS
13 3 (0.32%) QinetiQ
13 3 (0.32%) ServiceNow