Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the South East is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 224 217
Rank change year-on-year +73 -7 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 309 155 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.66% 1.17% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.30% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 207 113 185
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £56,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

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 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
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 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the South East

Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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 +79 159 £61,250 -13.43% 23
Hampshire -21 79 £62,500 -10.71% 4
Berkshire +50 77 £70,000 -6.67% 8
Oxfordshire +34 56 £60,000 - 11
Surrey 0 37 £80,000 +28.00% 1
Buckinghamshire -1 26 £50,000 -29.33% 4
Kent 0 22 £55,000 - 2
East Sussex +20 7 £92,500 +82.27% 1
Sussex - 3 £30,000 - 3
West Sussex +18 1 £58,000 -3.33% 4
Senior Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 308 (99.68%) Software Engineering
2 95 (30.74%) Python
3 90 (29.13%) Agile
4 82 (26.54%) Linux
5 81 (26.21%) C++
6 80 (25.89%) Security Cleared
7 72 (23.30%) C
8 70 (22.65%) Degree
9 63 (20.39%) C#
10 61 (19.74%) SC Cleared
11 56 (18.12%) Algorithms
12 54 (17.48%) .NET
13 46 (14.89%) JavaScript
14 40 (12.94%) Mathematics
15 39 (12.62%) Computer Science
15 39 (12.62%) Social Skills
16 35 (11.33%) Embedded Linux
16 35 (11.33%) React
16 35 (11.33%) Azure
17 34 (11.00%) Windows
18 32 (10.36%) Java
18 32 (10.36%) DevOps
18 32 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (10.03%) Military
20 30 (9.71%) Artificial Intelligence
21 28 (9.06%) Configuration Management
22 27 (8.74%) Automotive
22 27 (8.74%) Software Testing
22 27 (8.74%) AWS
23 26 (8.41%) CSS

Senior 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 17 (5.50%) ArcGIS
1 17 (5.50%) GeoServer
2 5 (1.62%) Confluence
3 1 (0.32%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (4.85%) Simulink
1 15 (4.85%) Stateflow
2 7 (2.27%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.32%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.32%) OrCAD
3 1 (0.32%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 35 (11.33%) Azure
2 27 (8.74%) AWS
3 2 (0.65%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.32%) GCP
4 1 (0.32%) GitHub
4 1 (0.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.53%) J1939
2 11 (3.56%) Wireless
3 1 (0.32%) 4G
3 1 (0.32%) 5G
3 1 (0.32%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.32%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.32%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.32%) Modbus
3 1 (0.32%) MQTT
3 1 (0.32%) RS-232
3 1 (0.32%) RS-485
3 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (5.50%) GIS
2 17 (5.50%) QGIS
3 8 (2.59%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.65%) Power BI
4 2 (0.65%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.32%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.32%) MySQL
5 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (5.50%) Git
2 14 (4.53%) ClearCase
2 14 (4.53%) CMake
2 14 (4.53%) JIRA
2 14 (4.53%) Plastic SCM
2 14 (4.53%) Subversion
3 12 (3.88%) Visual Studio
4 11 (3.56%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.27%) ClearQuest
6 2 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 39 (12.62%) Social Skills
2 31 (10.03%) Military
3 27 (8.74%) Automotive
4 21 (6.80%) Aerospace
4 21 (6.80%) Electronics
5 10 (3.24%) Finance
6 6 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (1.94%) Tech for Good
7 5 (1.62%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.62%) Aviation
7 5 (1.62%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.62%) Swedish Language
8 4 (1.29%) Retail
9 3 (0.97%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.32%) Games
10 1 (0.32%) Marketing
10 1 (0.32%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.32%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (17.48%) .NET
2 35 (11.33%) React
3 26 (8.41%) CSS
4 25 (8.09%) .NET Core
5 17 (5.50%) Leaflet
5 17 (5.50%) OpenLayers
5 17 (5.50%) PostGIS
6 15 (4.85%) ASP.NET
7 14 (4.53%) HTML
7 14 (4.53%) MFC
7 14 (4.53%) Qt
7 14 (4.53%) STL
7 14 (4.53%) XML
8 9 (2.91%) Blazor
9 7 (2.27%) Vue
10 6 (1.94%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.94%) Hibernate
10 6 (1.94%) OpenAPI
10 6 (1.94%) RESTful
10 6 (1.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 56 (18.12%) Algorithms
2 16 (5.18%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (4.85%) IoT
4 14 (4.53%) Renewable Energy
5 8 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (1.94%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.94%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.62%) Robotics
8 4 (1.29%) CCTV
8 4 (1.29%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.29%) SIMD
9 2 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.32%) Analogue Electronics
10 1 (0.32%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.32%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.32%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.32%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 82 (26.54%) Linux
2 35 (11.33%) Embedded Linux
3 34 (11.00%) Windows
4 13 (4.21%) Unix
5 4 (1.29%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.65%) CentOS
6 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (99.68%) Software Engineering
2 90 (29.13%) Agile
3 40 (12.94%) Mathematics
4 39 (12.62%) Computer Science
5 32 (10.36%) DevOps
5 32 (10.36%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (9.71%) Artificial Intelligence
7 28 (9.06%) Configuration Management
8 27 (8.74%) Software Testing
9 25 (8.09%) SDLC
10 24 (7.77%) Actionable Insight
11 23 (7.44%) Mentoring
11 23 (7.44%) Technical Leadership
12 20 (6.47%) Data Acquisition
13 19 (6.15%) Web Development
14 15 (4.85%) OO
14 15 (4.85%) Open Source
15 14 (4.53%) Data Science
16 13 (4.21%) Collaborative Working
16 13 (4.21%) Parallel Programming
Programming Languages
1 95 (30.74%) Python
2 81 (26.21%) C++
3 72 (23.30%) C
4 63 (20.39%) C#
5 46 (14.89%) JavaScript
6 32 (10.36%) Java
7 22 (7.12%) Embedded C
8 20 (6.47%) SQL
9 18 (5.83%) Bash
10 17 (5.50%) TypeScript
11 16 (5.18%) MATLAB
12 14 (4.53%) Perl
13 13 (4.21%) Fortran
14 10 (3.24%) PowerShell
15 8 (2.59%) T-SQL
16 7 (2.27%) Embedded C++
16 7 (2.27%) Haskell
17 2 (0.65%) PHP
18 1 (0.32%) Assembly Language
18 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 80 (25.89%) Security Cleared
2 70 (22.65%) Degree
3 61 (19.74%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.53%) Master's Degree
5 14 (4.53%) PhD
6 12 (3.88%) HND
7 5 (1.62%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.85%) ISO 26262
2 14 (4.53%) Automotive SPICE
2 14 (4.53%) AUTOSAR
2 14 (4.53%) MISRA
3 4 (1.29%) QA
4 2 (0.65%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (2.27%) Docker
2 4 (1.29%) Firmware
3 3 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (3.24%) Ansible
2 7 (2.27%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.62%) SELinux
4 1 (0.32%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 17 (5.50%) ESRI
2 15 (4.85%) Microsoft
3 14 (4.53%) IBM
3 14 (4.53%) Lauterbach
4 4 (1.29%) Facebook
4 4 (1.29%) Instagram
5 2 (0.65%) IFS
5 2 (0.65%) VMware
6 1 (0.32%) Atmel
6 1 (0.32%) Freescale
6 1 (0.32%) SAP