Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Software Engineer salary in the South East is £53,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 72 32
Rank change year-on-year +42 -40 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1,107 539 1,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.01% 4.02% 8.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.38% 4.48% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 821 358 675
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,950 £32,550
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £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 17,348 12,023 20,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.71% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 7,828 12,399
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 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 9 June 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 9 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 +61 439 £51,020 -14.97% 70
Hampshire +13 352 £52,500 -12.50% 33
Berkshire +85 204 £52,500 -30.00% 33
Surrey +14 179 £55,000 -15.38% 19
Oxfordshire +49 141 £55,000 -4.35% 27
Buckinghamshire +4 94 £50,000 -16.67% 10
Kent +36 59 £47,500 -9.52% 7
Sussex - 30 £45,000 - 4
West Sussex +29 26 £70,000 +16.67% 21
East Sussex +6 20 £46,250 -33.93% 2
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 1,100 (99.37%) Software Engineering
2 325 (29.36%) Degree
3 317 (28.64%) C++
4 304 (27.46%) Python
5 301 (27.19%) C
6 259 (23.40%) Linux
7 232 (20.96%) C#
8 221 (19.96%) Agile
9 196 (17.71%) Security Cleared
10 184 (16.62%) Computer Science
11 172 (15.54%) JavaScript
12 171 (15.45%) .NET
13 155 (14.00%) SC Cleared
14 153 (13.82%) Electronics
15 149 (13.46%) Java
16 146 (13.19%) Windows
17 144 (13.01%) Azure
18 138 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
19 135 (12.20%) Mathematics
20 130 (11.74%) Social Skills
21 120 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
22 116 (10.48%) AWS
22 116 (10.48%) Algorithms
23 115 (10.39%) Git
24 114 (10.30%) DevOps
25 110 (9.94%) Artificial Intelligence
26 100 (9.03%) SQL
27 99 (8.94%) React
28 79 (7.14%) Physics
29 78 (7.05%) Microsoft

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 28 (2.53%) ArcGIS
1 28 (2.53%) GeoServer
2 17 (1.54%) Apache
2 17 (1.54%) Confluence
3 6 (0.54%) nginx
3 6 (0.54%) OpenStack
4 4 (0.36%) CMS
5 2 (0.18%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.090%) JBoss
6 1 (0.090%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.090%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (5.51%) Simulink
2 24 (2.17%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.63%) CANalyzer
4 5 (0.45%) Doxygen
5 2 (0.18%) TargetLink
6 1 (0.090%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.090%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.36%) Siebel CRM
3 1 (0.090%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 144 (13.01%) Azure
2 116 (10.48%) AWS
3 27 (2.44%) SaaS
4 20 (1.81%) GitHub
5 18 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
6 17 (1.54%) GCP
7 7 (0.63%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (0.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (0.54%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (0.54%) IaaS
9 5 (0.45%) Datadog
10 4 (0.36%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.27%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.18%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.18%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.18%) Serverless
13 1 (0.090%) AWS IoT
13 1 (0.090%) Azure Functions
13 1 (0.090%) Google Container Engine
13 1 (0.090%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 18 (1.63%) Wireless
2 14 (1.26%) J1939
3 12 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 11 (0.99%) Ethernet
5 10 (0.90%) RS-485
6 9 (0.81%) Internet
7 7 (0.63%) Network Security
7 7 (0.63%) RS-232
8 6 (0.54%) Bluetooth
9 5 (0.45%) 5G
9 5 (0.45%) GPRS
10 4 (0.36%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.27%) Modbus
12 2 (0.18%) 3GPP
12 2 (0.18%) 4G
12 2 (0.18%) MQTT
13 1 (0.090%) Broadband
13 1 (0.090%) HTTP
13 1 (0.090%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.090%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (3.43%) GIS
3 37 (3.34%) NoSQL
4 28 (2.53%) QGIS
5 25 (2.26%) SQL Server
6 23 (2.08%) MySQL
7 10 (0.90%) Redis
8 8 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (0.54%) CouchDB
11 4 (0.36%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.36%) Power BI
12 2 (0.18%) Data Lake
13 1 (0.090%) Apache Cassandra
13 1 (0.090%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 115 (10.39%) Git
2 44 (3.97%) JIRA
3 39 (3.52%) Visual Studio
4 37 (3.34%) Subversion
5 26 (2.35%) Jenkins
6 23 (2.08%) CMake
7 21 (1.90%) ClearCase
7 21 (1.90%) Plastic SCM
7 21 (1.90%) Vagrant
8 14 (1.26%) ClearQuest
9 12 (1.08%) GitLab
10 11 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
11 10 (0.90%) Bitbucket
12 8 (0.72%) TestRail
13 6 (0.54%) Gradle
13 6 (0.54%) Robot Framework
14 4 (0.36%) Eclipse
15 2 (0.18%) GDB
15 2 (0.18%) LabVIEW
15 2 (0.18%) Sourcetree
General
1 153 (13.82%) Electronics
2 130 (11.74%) Social Skills
3 60 (5.42%) Manufacturing
4 56 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (4.88%) Military
6 49 (4.43%) Automotive
7 41 (3.70%) Finance
8 39 (3.52%) Aerospace
9 27 (2.44%) Tech for Good
10 17 (1.54%) Public Sector
11 15 (1.36%) Aviation
12 14 (1.26%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.17%) Retail
14 11 (0.99%) Marketing
15 9 (0.81%) Law
15 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.54%) Health Technology
16 6 (0.54%) Legal
17 5 (0.45%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (15.45%) .NET
2 99 (8.94%) React
3 58 (5.24%) .NET Core
3 58 (5.24%) AngularJS
4 47 (4.25%) CSS
4 47 (4.25%) Qt
4 47 (4.25%) WPF
5 36 (3.25%) Middleware
6 34 (3.07%) HTML
7 31 (2.80%) ASP.NET
8 28 (2.53%) Leaflet
8 28 (2.53%) OpenLayers
8 28 (2.53%) PostGIS
9 25 (2.26%) STL
10 24 (2.17%) Vue
11 22 (1.99%) Spring
12 21 (1.90%) XML
13 20 (1.81%) .NET Framework
14 17 (1.54%) MFC
15 16 (1.45%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 116 (10.48%) Algorithms
2 60 (5.42%) Embedded Systems
3 59 (5.33%) IoT
4 39 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
5 24 (2.17%) Device Driver
6 23 (2.08%) Robotics
7 22 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 21 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
9 20 (1.81%) Analogue Electronics
10 19 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
11 17 (1.54%) FPGA
11 17 (1.54%) Satnav
12 14 (1.26%) Acoustics
13 13 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.17%) Raspberry Pi
13 13 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.17%) VHDL
14 10 (0.90%) Life Science
15 9 (0.81%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 259 (23.40%) Linux
2 146 (13.19%) Windows
3 50 (4.52%) Embedded Linux
4 40 (3.61%) Ubuntu
5 31 (2.80%) Android
6 25 (2.26%) CentOS
7 24 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (1.72%) Unix
9 13 (1.17%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.63%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.18%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,100 (99.37%) Software Engineering
2 221 (19.96%) Agile
3 184 (16.62%) Computer Science
4 138 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
5 135 (12.20%) Mathematics
6 114 (10.30%) DevOps
7 110 (9.94%) Artificial Intelligence
8 79 (7.14%) Physics
9 73 (6.59%) Full Stack Development
10 71 (6.41%) Mentoring
11 65 (5.87%) Software Testing
12 64 (5.78%) Actionable Insight
12 64 (5.78%) SDLC
13 63 (5.69%) Machine Learning
14 58 (5.24%) Test Automation
15 57 (5.15%) Signal Processing
16 52 (4.70%) OO
17 46 (4.16%) Collaborative Working
17 46 (4.16%) Microservices
18 45 (4.07%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 317 (28.64%) C++
2 304 (27.46%) Python
3 301 (27.19%) C
4 232 (20.96%) C#
5 172 (15.54%) JavaScript
6 149 (13.46%) Java
7 100 (9.03%) SQL
8 45 (4.07%) Bash
9 44 (3.97%) MATLAB
10 43 (3.88%) Embedded C
11 36 (3.25%) TypeScript
12 35 (3.16%) Kotlin
13 29 (2.62%) Go
14 27 (2.44%) Fortran
15 22 (1.99%) PowerShell
16 18 (1.63%) Haskell
17 16 (1.45%) Perl
18 15 (1.36%) PHP
19 13 (1.17%) T-SQL
20 12 (1.08%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 325 (29.36%) Degree
2 196 (17.71%) Security Cleared
3 155 (14.00%) SC Cleared
4 120 (10.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 55 (4.97%) Master's Degree
6 51 (4.61%) PhD
7 20 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 13 (1.17%) HND
9 2 (0.18%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.18%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.80%) QA
2 21 (1.90%) MISRA
3 19 (1.72%) Software Quality Assurance
4 16 (1.45%) ISO 26262
5 14 (1.26%) Automotive SPICE
5 14 (1.26%) AUTOSAR
6 2 (0.18%) IEC 62304
6 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 1 (0.090%) GDPR
7 1 (0.090%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.090%) JTAG
System Software
1 51 (4.61%) Docker
2 43 (3.88%) Firmware
3 36 (3.25%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (3.25%) Terraform
2 35 (3.16%) Ansible
3 25 (2.26%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.45%) SELinux
5 2 (0.18%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.090%) Grafana
6 1 (0.090%) Kibana
6 1 (0.090%) Puppet
Vendors
1 78 (7.05%) Microsoft
2 29 (2.62%) ESRI
3 21 (1.90%) IBM
3 21 (1.90%) Lauterbach
4 20 (1.81%) Xilinx
5 15 (1.36%) Atlassian
6 11 (0.99%) SAP
7 8 (0.72%) Google
7 8 (0.72%) Siemens
8 7 (0.63%) Oracle
9 6 (0.54%) VMware
10 5 (0.45%) YouTube
11 4 (0.36%) Facebook
11 4 (0.36%) Instagram
11 4 (0.36%) Renesas
11 4 (0.36%) Siebel
12 3 (0.27%) IFS
12 3 (0.27%) Red Hat
12 3 (0.27%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.27%) Xamarin