Software Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Software Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £50,510 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 95 20
Rank change year-on-year +59 -75 +54
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 387 199 747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.59% 3.39% 10.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.91% 3.77% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 276 102 253
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,366 £34,990
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,025 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,510 £61,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.20% +16.19% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,551 5,273 6,911
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 89.83% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4,515 3,118 4,128
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,794
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,468
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 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
Berkshire +72 181 £56,500 -24.67% 26
Oxfordshire +37 121 £51,020 -14.97% 30
Buckinghamshire -10 85 £50,000 -14.89% 5
Software Engineer
South East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 27 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 Thames Valley region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 387 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 113 (29.20%) Python
3 108 (27.91%) Degree
4 83 (21.45%) C#
5 82 (21.19%) .NET
6 78 (20.16%) C++
7 75 (19.38%) Agile
8 71 (18.35%) C
9 67 (17.31%) Linux
9 67 (17.31%) Azure
10 64 (16.54%) Computer Science
11 63 (16.28%) Security Cleared
12 56 (14.47%) DevOps
13 53 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
14 52 (13.44%) React
14 52 (13.44%) JavaScript
15 50 (12.92%) AWS
16 46 (11.89%) Social Skills
17 43 (11.11%) SC Cleared
17 43 (11.11%) Java
17 43 (11.11%) Windows
18 42 (10.85%) Actionable Insight
19 39 (10.08%) Full Stack Development
20 38 (9.82%) Mathematics
21 35 (9.04%) Physics
21 35 (9.04%) SQL
21 35 (9.04%) .NET Core
22 34 (8.79%) PostgreSQL
22 34 (8.79%) Microsoft
23 32 (8.27%) Web Development

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.49%) ArcGIS
1 29 (7.49%) GeoServer
2 6 (1.55%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.26%) Apache
3 1 (0.26%) Confluence
3 1 (0.26%) JBoss
3 1 (0.26%) nginx
3 1 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Simulink
1 2 (0.52%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 67 (17.31%) Azure
2 50 (12.92%) AWS
3 10 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (2.07%) GitHub
5 6 (1.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 6 (1.55%) IaaS
6 5 (1.29%) Datadog
7 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.78%) SaaS
9 2 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.52%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.52%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.52%) Serverless
10 1 (0.26%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.26%) GCP
10 1 (0.26%) Google Container Engine
10 1 (0.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.58%) Wireless
2 9 (2.33%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.81%) Internet
4 5 (1.29%) GPRS
5 3 (0.78%) RS-485
5 3 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.26%) HTTP
6 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.26%) MQTT
6 1 (0.26%) RS-232
6 1 (0.26%) RTP
6 1 (0.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.79%) PostgreSQL
2 31 (8.01%) GIS
3 29 (7.49%) QGIS
4 8 (2.07%) MySQL
5 6 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.55%) CouchDB
5 6 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.55%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.29%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.03%) Power BI
8 3 (0.78%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.52%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.52%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.52%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (3.10%) Git
2 10 (2.58%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.33%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.55%) Gradle
5 4 (1.03%) Eclipse
5 4 (1.03%) Subversion
6 3 (0.78%) JIRA
6 3 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.52%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.26%) GitLab
8 1 (0.26%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.26%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.26%) Selenium
8 1 (0.26%) Sourcetree
General
1 46 (11.89%) Social Skills
2 27 (6.98%) Electronics
3 25 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (4.39%) Aerospace
5 10 (2.58%) Automotive
5 10 (2.58%) Manufacturing
6 7 (1.81%) Health Technology
6 7 (1.81%) Law
6 7 (1.81%) Public Sector
7 6 (1.55%) Finance
7 6 (1.55%) Legal
7 6 (1.55%) Retail
7 6 (1.55%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.26%) Games
8 1 (0.26%) Marketing
8 1 (0.26%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (21.19%) .NET
2 52 (13.44%) React
3 35 (9.04%) .NET Core
4 29 (7.49%) CSS
4 29 (7.49%) Leaflet
4 29 (7.49%) OpenLayers
4 29 (7.49%) PostGIS
5 24 (6.20%) ASP.NET
6 16 (4.13%) WPF
7 14 (3.62%) Spring
8 12 (3.10%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.81%) Blazor
9 7 (1.81%) Django
9 7 (1.81%) Hibernate
9 7 (1.81%) Vue
10 6 (1.55%) Kafka
10 6 (1.55%) Spring Boot
11 4 (1.03%) Java RMI
11 4 (1.03%) Node.js
11 4 (1.03%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.72%) Algorithms
2 20 (5.17%) IoT
3 12 (3.10%) Embedded Systems
4 10 (2.58%) Life Science
4 10 (2.58%) Renewable Energy
5 9 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.07%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (1.55%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.55%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.55%) Hackathon
7 6 (1.55%) PropTech
8 5 (1.29%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.03%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (1.03%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.03%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.78%) Arduino
10 3 (0.78%) FPGA
10 3 (0.78%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.52%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (17.31%) Linux
2 43 (11.11%) Windows
3 20 (5.17%) Embedded Linux
4 14 (3.62%) Unix
5 4 (1.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 387 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 75 (19.38%) Agile
3 64 (16.54%) Computer Science
4 56 (14.47%) DevOps
5 53 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (10.85%) Actionable Insight
7 39 (10.08%) Full Stack Development
8 38 (9.82%) Mathematics
9 35 (9.04%) Physics
10 32 (8.27%) Web Development
11 29 (7.49%) Mentoring
11 29 (7.49%) Open Source
11 29 (7.49%) Software Testing
12 24 (6.20%) SDLC
13 22 (5.68%) Multithreading
14 21 (5.43%) Artificial Intelligence
15 19 (4.91%) Coaching
15 19 (4.91%) Collaborative Working
16 18 (4.65%) Microservices
17 16 (4.13%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 113 (29.20%) Python
2 83 (21.45%) C#
3 78 (20.16%) C++
4 71 (18.35%) C
5 52 (13.44%) JavaScript
6 43 (11.11%) Java
7 35 (9.04%) SQL
8 23 (5.94%) Bash
9 21 (5.43%) TypeScript
10 14 (3.62%) Fortran
11 11 (2.84%) Embedded C
12 10 (2.58%) Ruby
12 10 (2.58%) VB.NET
13 8 (2.07%) Go
13 8 (2.07%) PowerShell
13 8 (2.07%) T-SQL
13 8 (2.07%) XAML
14 7 (1.81%) MATLAB
15 5 (1.29%) Embedded C++
16 4 (1.03%) VB
Qualifications
1 108 (27.91%) Degree
2 63 (16.28%) Security Cleared
3 43 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 30 (7.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (7.75%) PhD
5 29 (7.49%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.52%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.84%) QA
2 2 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (0.26%) JTAG
System Software
1 18 (4.65%) Docker
2 6 (1.55%) Firmware
3 4 (1.03%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.07%) Ansible
3 2 (0.52%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (8.79%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.49%) ESRI
3 5 (1.29%) YouTube
4 4 (1.03%) OpenAI
4 4 (1.03%) Renesas
5 2 (0.52%) Google
5 2 (0.52%) IFS
5 2 (0.52%) Oracle
5 2 (0.52%) VMware
6 1 (0.26%) F5
6 1 (0.26%) NVIDIA
6 1 (0.26%) SAP