Software Developer Jobs in the South East

Software Developer
England > South East

The median Software Developer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 78 72
Rank change year-on-year -32 -6 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 430 509 903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.41% 3.70% 4.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 4.11% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 394 441 604
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £74,688 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%

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 16,826 12,386 19,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 89.99% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11,952 7,966 12,353
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 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the South East

Software Developer
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 Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 2 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 -10 167 £65,000 +8.33% 22
Berkshire +25 112 £75,000 +15.38% 10
Hampshire -40 108 £65,000 +13.04% 18
East Sussex +17 61 £55,000 +7.84% 22
Surrey -26 52 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Oxfordshire -11 48 £55,000 -5.17% 8
Kent -8 29 £40,000 -5.88% 6
Buckinghamshire -51 7 £50,000 -9.09% 4
West Sussex +21 5 £42,500 +6.25% 1
Sussex - 5 £40,000 - 5
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Software Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 253 (58.84%) C#
2 215 (50.00%) .NET
3 148 (34.42%) JavaScript
4 143 (33.26%) Degree
5 142 (33.02%) Agile
6 135 (31.40%) Computer Science
7 98 (22.79%) Artificial Intelligence
8 93 (21.63%) .NET Core
9 87 (20.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 84 (19.53%) Software Engineering
10 84 (19.53%) SQL Server
11 76 (17.67%) TypeScript
11 76 (17.67%) React
12 73 (16.98%) SQL
13 70 (16.28%) Azure
14 67 (15.58%) CSS
15 66 (15.35%) DevOps
15 66 (15.35%) Docker
16 64 (14.88%) Propensity Modelling
17 63 (14.65%) Social Skills
17 63 (14.65%) HTML
18 59 (13.72%) C++
19 58 (13.49%) Python
19 58 (13.49%) Kubernetes
20 53 (12.33%) Security Cleared
20 53 (12.33%) Java
21 50 (11.63%) NoSQL
22 48 (11.16%) C
22 48 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
23 46 (10.70%) ASP.NET

Software Developer 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 5 (1.16%) CMS
1 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.70%) IIS
2 3 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.47%) IBM Domino
3 2 (0.47%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
4 1 (0.23%) JBoss
4 1 (0.23%) Mendix
Applications
1 20 (4.65%) Simulink
2 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.23%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 70 (16.28%) Azure
2 37 (8.60%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (6.98%) AWS
4 23 (5.35%) SaaS
5 14 (3.26%) GitHub
6 9 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.63%) Pulumi
8 5 (1.16%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.93%) ChatGPT
9 4 (0.93%) Entra ID
9 4 (0.93%) Snowflake
10 2 (0.47%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.23%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.23%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.23%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.23%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.26%) Network Security
2 6 (1.40%) DNS
2 6 (1.40%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.93%) Firewall
3 4 (0.93%) iSCSI
3 4 (0.93%) LAN
3 4 (0.93%) NAS
3 4 (0.93%) VPN
3 4 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.70%) Wireless
5 2 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (19.53%) SQL Server
2 50 (11.63%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.86%) MySQL
3 8 (1.86%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.40%) Redis
5 5 (1.16%) Power BI
6 4 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.47%) GIS
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.23%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (10.47%) Git
2 31 (7.21%) Visual Studio
3 15 (3.49%) Selenium
4 14 (3.26%) Jasmine
4 14 (3.26%) NUnit
4 14 (3.26%) Visual Studio Code
5 9 (2.09%) Team Foundation Server
6 8 (1.86%) JIRA
7 7 (1.63%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.63%) TeamCity
8 5 (1.16%) Bugzilla
8 5 (1.16%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.16%) Zephyr
9 4 (0.93%) GitLab
10 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.47%) JUnit
11 1 (0.23%) GDB
11 1 (0.23%) Maven
11 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.23%) TestNG
General
1 63 (14.65%) Social Skills
2 45 (10.47%) Finance
3 17 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.49%) Marketing
5 14 (3.26%) Public Sector
6 11 (2.56%) Back Office
6 11 (2.56%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.09%) Law
8 8 (1.86%) Electronics
8 8 (1.86%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.86%) Retail
9 7 (1.63%) Multimedia
9 7 (1.63%) Police
10 6 (1.40%) Tech for Good
11 4 (0.93%) Health Technology
12 3 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.23%) Advertising
14 1 (0.23%) Automotive
14 1 (0.23%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (50.00%) .NET
2 93 (21.63%) .NET Core
3 76 (17.67%) React
4 67 (15.58%) CSS
5 63 (14.65%) HTML
6 46 (10.70%) ASP.NET
7 39 (9.07%) AngularJS
8 37 (8.60%) .NET Framework
9 36 (8.37%) Entity Framework
10 31 (7.21%) HTML5
11 23 (5.35%) ASP.NET Web API
12 21 (4.88%) CSS3
13 17 (3.95%) RESTful
14 15 (3.49%) Web Services
15 12 (2.79%) Qt
16 11 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
16 11 (2.56%) JSON
17 9 (2.09%) Blazor
18 8 (1.86%) OpenID
19 7 (1.63%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.35%) Algorithms
2 11 (2.56%) Digital Media
3 7 (1.63%) Product Ownership
4 6 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (1.40%) Data Structures
4 6 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
4 6 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (1.40%) Management Information System
4 6 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (1.16%) Client/Server
5 5 (1.16%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (0.93%) Replication
7 3 (0.70%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.23%) CUDA
8 1 (0.23%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.23%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.23%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.23%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (6.74%) Linux
2 20 (4.65%) Embedded Linux
3 18 (4.19%) Windows
4 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.23%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (33.02%) Agile
2 135 (31.40%) Computer Science
3 98 (22.79%) Artificial Intelligence
4 84 (19.53%) Software Engineering
5 66 (15.35%) DevOps
6 64 (14.88%) Propensity Modelling
7 48 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (9.77%) Full Stack Development
9 36 (8.37%) MVC
10 32 (7.44%) Machine Learning
11 31 (7.21%) Test Automation
12 30 (6.98%) Code Quality
12 30 (6.98%) SDLC
13 29 (6.74%) CI/CD
13 29 (6.74%) OOP
14 27 (6.28%) Microservices
14 27 (6.28%) Unit Testing
15 26 (6.05%) Multithreading
16 25 (5.81%) Mathematics
17 24 (5.58%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 253 (58.84%) C#
2 148 (34.42%) JavaScript
3 76 (17.67%) TypeScript
4 73 (16.98%) SQL
5 59 (13.72%) C++
6 58 (13.49%) Python
7 53 (12.33%) Java
8 48 (11.16%) C
9 12 (2.79%) T-SQL
10 9 (2.09%) PHP
11 7 (1.63%) Bicep
11 7 (1.63%) Go
12 6 (1.40%) Fortran
13 4 (0.93%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.47%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 143 (33.26%) Degree
2 87 (20.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 53 (12.33%) Security Cleared
4 31 (7.21%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.09%) PhD
6 8 (1.86%) DBS Check
6 8 (1.86%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.93%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.70%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.23%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.58%) QA
2 4 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 66 (15.35%) Docker
2 4 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 58 (13.49%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.63%) MIIS
2 7 (1.63%) Terraform
3 5 (1.16%) HP Quality Center
4 4 (0.93%) WSUS
5 1 (0.23%) Ansible
5 1 (0.23%) Grafana
5 1 (0.23%) Kibana
Vendors
1 46 (10.70%) Microsoft
2 20 (4.65%) Xilinx
3 6 (1.40%) VMware
4 5 (1.16%) HP
5 4 (0.93%) OpenAI
5 4 (0.93%) SAP
5 4 (0.93%) Veeam
6 2 (0.47%) Google
6 2 (0.47%) New Relic
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle
7 1 (0.23%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.23%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.23%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.23%) Splunk
7 1 (0.23%) Thales
7 1 (0.23%) YouTube