Software Engineer Salary

Updated: 23 May 2012
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Salary£19,903 - £43,407  
   
Bonus£98.34 - £5,427  
Profit Sharing£255.32 - £3,915  
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£20,240 - £45,956  
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Salary Range

International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.£12,079 - £54,631
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Popular Industries

Salary Range

Software Development£15,915 - £39,301
Software Applications£18,864 - £41,185
Telecommunications£19,778 - £43,102
Aerospace and Defense£22,162 - £46,912
Financial Services£20,280 - £44,967

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Key Statistics for Software Engineer Salaries and Jobs

Gender
Female
9%
female alumni
 
Male
91%
male alumni
Salary:£26,659 - £35,828 £24,943 - £35,123
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
4%
1-4 years
51%
5-9 years
30%
10-19 years
13%
20 years or more
2%
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 54% dental benefits Dental: 18%
vision benefits Vision: 19% employee benefits None: 38%

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Career Path for Software Engineer Jobs

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Common Future Jobs

Software Engineer

Salary Range

£20,240 - £45,956
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Software Developer
£18,993 - £46,068
Graduate Software Engineer
£17,446 - £31,969
Junior Software Engineer
£17,399 - £27,915
 
Common Future Jobs

Software Engineer

Salary Range

£20,240 - £45,956
payscale
Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer
£26,850 - £64,332
Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer
£18,319 - £43,273
Information Technology (IT) Consultant
£21,627 - £72,372
 

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Software Engineer Job Description

People with the job title Software Engineer typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Conduct research into fundamental computer and information science as theorists, designers, or inventors. Solve or develop solutions to problems in the field of computer hardware and software.
Convert project specifications and statements of problems and procedures to detailed logical flow charts for coding into computer language. Develop and write computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information. May program web sites.

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