Software Engineering Jobs in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 20 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 -11 +14
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 610 494 1,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.47% 8.76% 15.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.16% 9.25% 16.19%
Number of salaries quoted 454 284 475
10th Percentile £36,325 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £79,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +13.04% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,001 5,340 6,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 83.31% 94.73% 93.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,969 2,979 3,903
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,970
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the Thames Valley

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Berkshire +23 302 £60,000 -14.29% 36
Oxfordshire +4 201 £55,000 +4.76% 49
Buckinghamshire -19 107 £50,000 -13.04% 28
Software Engineering
South East

Software Engineering
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 (4.75%) ArcGIS
1 29 (4.75%) GeoServer
2 6 (0.98%) OpenStack
3 3 (0.49%) Confluence
4 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 1 (0.16%) Kinematics
5 1 (0.16%) nginx
5 1 (0.16%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (1.31%) OrCAD
2 4 (0.66%) Simulink
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 95 (15.57%) Azure
2 85 (13.93%) AWS
3 16 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (1.80%) SaaS
5 8 (1.31%) GitHub
6 7 (1.15%) IaaS
7 6 (0.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 6 (0.98%) Power Platform
8 5 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (0.82%) Datadog
9 4 (0.66%) Firebolt
10 3 (0.49%) GCP
10 3 (0.49%) Serverless
11 2 (0.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.33%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (0.33%) Amazon S3
11 2 (0.33%) Amazon SQS
11 2 (0.33%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.33%) PowerApps
11 2 (0.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.11%) Ethernet
2 18 (2.95%) Internet
2 18 (2.95%) Network Security
3 10 (1.64%) Wireless
4 7 (1.15%) VPN
5 5 (0.82%) Firewall
5 5 (0.82%) GPRS
5 5 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (0.82%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.49%) Broadband
6 3 (0.49%) RS-485
7 1 (0.16%) HTTP
7 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.16%) MQTT
7 1 (0.16%) RS-232
7 1 (0.16%) RTP
7 1 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.39%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (5.25%) GIS
3 29 (4.75%) QGIS
4 28 (4.59%) NoSQL
5 19 (3.11%) SQL Server
6 15 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
7 12 (1.97%) MySQL
8 8 (1.31%) Geospatial Data
8 8 (1.31%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.98%) CouchDB
9 6 (0.98%) Power BI
9 6 (0.98%) Redis
10 4 (0.66%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.16%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.16%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (6.89%) Git
2 25 (4.10%) Selenium
3 24 (3.93%) Cypress.io
3 24 (3.93%) SoapUI
4 12 (1.97%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.80%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.15%) Gradle
7 6 (0.98%) GitLab
8 5 (0.82%) Eclipse
8 5 (0.82%) JIRA
9 4 (0.66%) Subversion
10 3 (0.49%) gulp
10 3 (0.49%) PostCSS
10 3 (0.49%) rollup.js
10 3 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.49%) Vite
11 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.33%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.33%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
General
1 57 (9.34%) Social Skills
2 38 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (5.57%) Electronics
4 27 (4.43%) Finance
5 23 (3.77%) Aerospace
6 15 (2.46%) Automotive
6 15 (2.46%) Health Technology
7 12 (1.97%) Public Sector
8 11 (1.80%) Manufacturing
9 10 (1.64%) Law
9 10 (1.64%) Tech for Good
9 10 (1.64%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.31%) Legal
10 8 (1.31%) Retail
11 7 (1.15%) Games
12 4 (0.66%) Aeronautics
13 3 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.16%) Marketing
15 1 (0.16%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 422 (69.18%) Software Engineer
2 194 (31.80%) Senior
3 152 (24.92%) Senior Software Engineer
4 106 (17.38%) Embedded Engineer
5 94 (15.41%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 85 (13.93%) Lead
7 62 (10.16%) Developer
8 51 (8.36%) Team Leader
9 46 (7.54%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 46 (7.54%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 42 (6.89%) Software Team Leader
11 36 (5.90%) Development Team Leader
11 36 (5.90%) Software Development Team Leader
12 35 (5.74%) C++ Software Engineer
13 24 (3.93%) Senior Developer
14 22 (3.61%) Graduate
15 21 (3.44%) Graduate Software Engineer
16 20 (3.28%) Lead Software Engineer
17 19 (3.11%) Software Developer
18 18 (2.95%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (21.64%) .NET
2 92 (15.08%) React
3 47 (7.70%) .NET Core
4 39 (6.39%) CSS
5 29 (4.75%) Leaflet
5 29 (4.75%) OpenLayers
5 29 (4.75%) PostGIS
6 26 (4.26%) ASP.NET
7 24 (3.93%) Jest
8 19 (3.11%) WPF
9 17 (2.79%) AngularJS
10 16 (2.62%) Spring
11 15 (2.46%) Django
12 14 (2.30%) HTML
13 12 (1.97%) Vue
14 10 (1.64%) Blazor
14 10 (1.64%) Kafka
15 7 (1.15%) .NET Framework
15 7 (1.15%) Spring Boot
16 6 (0.98%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.25%) Algorithms
2 24 (3.93%) IoT
3 23 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (3.11%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (2.46%) FPGA
6 13 (2.13%) Life Science
7 11 (1.80%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.64%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
9 8 (1.31%) PCIe
10 7 (1.15%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.98%) Client/Server
11 6 (0.98%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.98%) Hackathon
11 6 (0.98%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.98%) PropTech
12 5 (0.82%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 93 (15.25%) Linux
2 46 (7.54%) Windows
3 20 (3.28%) Embedded Linux
4 17 (2.79%) Unix
5 5 (0.82%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.66%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.16%) Android
7 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (23.11%) Agile
2 107 (17.54%) Computer Science
3 71 (11.64%) DevOps
4 68 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (10.33%) Full Stack Development
6 57 (9.34%) Artificial Intelligence
7 54 (8.85%) Mathematics
8 53 (8.69%) Physics
9 48 (7.87%) Mentoring
10 39 (6.39%) Actionable Insight
11 36 (5.90%) Propensity Modelling
12 35 (5.74%) Open Source
12 35 (5.74%) Software Testing
13 34 (5.57%) Machine Learning
14 33 (5.41%) Web Development
15 32 (5.25%) SDLC
16 28 (4.59%) Technical Leadership
17 26 (4.26%) Coaching
18 25 (4.10%) Microservices
19 23 (3.77%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 162 (26.56%) Python
2 132 (21.64%) C#
3 103 (16.89%) C++
4 96 (15.74%) JavaScript
5 94 (15.41%) C
6 86 (14.10%) SQL
7 76 (12.46%) Java
8 60 (9.84%) TypeScript
9 27 (4.43%) Bash
10 18 (2.95%) Embedded C
11 17 (2.79%) Fortran
12 15 (2.46%) PowerShell
13 14 (2.30%) T-SQL
14 13 (2.13%) MATLAB
15 11 (1.80%) Ruby
16 10 (1.64%) VB.NET
16 10 (1.64%) XAML
17 8 (1.31%) Embedded C++
17 8 (1.31%) Go
18 5 (0.82%) PHP
Qualifications
1 194 (31.80%) Degree
2 80 (13.11%) Security Cleared
3 48 (7.87%) SC Cleared
4 42 (6.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (6.23%) PhD
6 37 (6.07%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.13%) CISSP
8 9 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 8 (1.31%) CISM
9 8 (1.31%) GIAC
9 8 (1.31%) GPEN
10 5 (0.82%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.16%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.46%) QA
2 13 (2.13%) NIST
3 8 (1.31%) GDPR
3 8 (1.31%) GRC
3 8 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.15%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.98%) NIST 800
6 5 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.33%) SLA
7 2 (0.33%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.16%) JTAG
System Software
1 51 (8.36%) Docker
2 12 (1.97%) Firmware
3 8 (1.31%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 44 (7.21%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.64%) Ansible
3 7 (1.15%) Terraform
4 6 (0.98%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (0.98%) Nessus
5 5 (0.82%) Suricata
6 1 (0.16%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (9.02%) Microsoft
2 29 (4.75%) ESRI
3 8 (1.31%) EMC
4 6 (0.98%) Qualys
5 5 (0.82%) Cisco
5 5 (0.82%) Juniper
5 5 (0.82%) Palo Alto
5 5 (0.82%) Splunk
5 5 (0.82%) YouTube
6 4 (0.66%) Renesas
7 3 (0.49%) Google
7 3 (0.49%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.33%) F5
8 2 (0.33%) IFS
8 2 (0.33%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.33%) SAP
8 2 (0.33%) VMware
9 1 (0.16%) Databricks
9 1 (0.16%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle