What does a Software developer earn in Southampton? (2026)
What employers advertise in Southampton.
£62,000 per year, median
the midpoint of 66 advertised salaries from 39 employers, collected 28 Aug 2026 – 16 Oct 2026
about £5,200 a month
- Low
- £39,800
- Median
- £62,000
- Average
- £69,600
- High
- £114,400
Median
Average
Low £39,800
High £114,400
Half of the adverts fall between £55,200 and £82,500. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 66 advertised salaries, from 39 different employers.
- Collected between 28 Aug 2026 and 16 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (65), an hourly rate (1). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
Open Software developer jobs in Southampton
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Embedded Software Engineer
Software Engineer
Software Engineering Manager
Software Engineer
C / C++ Software Engineer
C / C++ Software Engineer
C / C++ Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
Full-time
Cyber Software Engineer
Lead Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
Full-time
Embedded Software Engineer - C / FreeRTOS
Turning Programmer/Setter Operator
37–45k £/yr