Programmer Jobs in the South East

Programmer
England > South East

The median Programmer salary in the South East is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 330 407
Rank change year-on-year +13 +77 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Programmer 88 50 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.47% 0.37% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.42% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 66 10 42
10th Percentile £35,000 £48,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £52,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +27.27% +33.33%
75th Percentile £50,188 - £60,000
90th Percentile £52,625 £70,250 £62,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +9.09% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 17,510 11,997 20,425
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 89.70% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 12,366 7,830 12,369
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%

Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Programmer in the South East

Programmer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Programmer in the South East

Programmer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Programmer in the South East over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Programmer in the South East

Programmer
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 Programmer within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Hampshire - 31 £37,500 - 8
Thames Valley -23 21 £40,000 -15.79% 8
Surrey -14 15 £45,000 -29.41% 7
Berkshire -6 12 £45,000 -5.26% 2
Kent -13 8 £38,500 - 10
Oxfordshire - 8 £37,000 - 3
East Sussex +16 5 £85,000 +21.43% 5
Middlesex - 5 £48,500 - 1
West Sussex - 3 - - 1
Buckinghamshire -20 1 £50,000 - 3
Programmer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 22 (25.00%) SQL
2 18 (20.45%) Windows
3 17 (19.32%) Software Engineering
3 17 (19.32%) RPG
4 16 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (18.18%) MS Visio
4 16 (18.18%) AutoCAD
4 16 (18.18%) R
5 13 (14.77%) Social Skills
6 11 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (12.50%) REST
6 11 (12.50%) Degree
6 11 (12.50%) Mathematics
6 11 (12.50%) Physics
7 10 (11.36%) JSON
7 10 (11.36%) Systems Analysis
7 10 (11.36%) Eclipse
7 10 (11.36%) EDI
7 10 (11.36%) Web Services
7 10 (11.36%) XML
7 10 (11.36%) XSL
7 10 (11.36%) SDLC
7 10 (11.36%) Modular Programming
7 10 (11.36%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (11.36%) Ladder Logic
7 10 (11.36%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (10.23%) Manufacturing
9 7 (7.95%) Oracle
10 6 (6.82%) C#
10 6 (6.82%) Java

Programmer 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 1 (1.14%) Mule
Applications
1 16 (18.18%) AutoCAD
1 16 (18.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (18.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.14%) AWS
1 1 (1.14%) Azure
1 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (1.14%) Azure Functions
1 1 (1.14%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (1.14%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.68%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.14%) Oracle Database
1 1 (1.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (11.36%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.14%) Git
2 1 (1.14%) JIRA
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
General
1 13 (14.77%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.36%) Presentation Skills
3 9 (10.23%) Manufacturing
4 5 (5.68%) Finance
5 4 (4.55%) Electronics
6 3 (3.41%) Agriculture
6 3 (3.41%) Automotive
7 1 (1.14%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.14%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.50%) REST
2 10 (11.36%) EDI
2 10 (11.36%) JSON
2 10 (11.36%) Web Services
2 10 (11.36%) XML
2 10 (11.36%) XSL
3 5 (5.68%) EDIFACT
4 1 (1.14%) .NET
4 1 (1.14%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.14%) AngularJS
4 1 (1.14%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.14%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.14%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (1.14%) Blazor
4 1 (1.14%) CSS
4 1 (1.14%) HTML
4 1 (1.14%) React
4 1 (1.14%) Svelte
4 1 (1.14%) Vue
4 1 (1.14%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.82%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.55%) Robotics
3 1 (1.14%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 18 (20.45%) Windows
2 1 (1.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (19.32%) Software Engineering
2 11 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (12.50%) Mathematics
2 11 (12.50%) Physics
3 10 (11.36%) Modular Programming
3 10 (11.36%) Requirements Gathering
3 10 (11.36%) SDLC
3 10 (11.36%) Systems Analysis
4 6 (6.82%) Chemistry
4 6 (6.82%) Computer Science
5 5 (5.68%) B2B
5 5 (5.68%) Business Strategy
5 5 (5.68%) Data Modelling
5 5 (5.68%) Mathematical Modelling
5 5 (5.68%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (1.14%) API Integration
6 1 (1.14%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (1.14%) DevOps
6 1 (1.14%) Mentoring
6 1 (1.14%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 22 (25.00%) SQL
2 17 (19.32%) RPG
3 16 (18.18%) R
4 10 (11.36%) Ladder Logic
5 6 (6.82%) C#
5 6 (6.82%) Java
5 6 (6.82%) PL/SQL
6 5 (5.68%) MATLAB
6 5 (5.68%) Python
6 5 (5.68%) RPG IV
6 5 (5.68%) RPG/400
7 1 (1.14%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.14%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (12.50%) Degree
2 5 (5.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.14%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (7.95%) Oracle
2 1 (1.14%) QinetiQ