Software Engineering Jobs in the East of England

Software Engineering
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 23 7
Rank change year-on-year +9 -16 +7
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 559 458 1,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 8.77% 9.14% 16.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.12% 9.65% 16.86%
Number of salaries quoted 464 181 201
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,027 4,747 6,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 78.89% 94.71% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3,772 2,080 2,779
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £28,100
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the East of England

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the East of England.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the East of England

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the East of England

Software Engineering
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Cambridgeshire +5 264 £65,000 -3.70% 105
Hertfordshire +27 162 £62,500 -9.09% 33
Essex +27 60 £50,000 -23.08% 19
Bedfordshire -3 28 £44,020 -19.96% 6
Norfolk -22 28 £42,500 -22.73% 9
Suffolk -8 17 £50,000 -23.08% 3
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 6 (1.07%) nginx
2 5 (0.89%) Apache
3 4 (0.72%) WordPress
4 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.18%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (3.04%) Simulink
2 9 (1.61%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.07%) Trello
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.18%) MicroStation
6 1 (0.18%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 76 (13.60%) AWS
2 44 (7.87%) Azure
3 17 (3.04%) SaaS
4 13 (2.33%) Serverless
5 12 (2.15%) Amazon S3
6 11 (1.97%) GitHub
7 10 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
8 6 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (1.07%) Power Platform
9 5 (0.89%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (0.72%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon ECR
11 3 (0.54%) Amazon SQS
11 3 (0.54%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.54%) AWS KMS
11 3 (0.54%) Loggly
11 3 (0.54%) Rackspace Cloud
12 2 (0.36%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.08%) Wireless
2 17 (3.04%) Bluetooth
3 16 (2.86%) Ethernet
4 15 (2.68%) 5G
4 15 (2.68%) Wi-Fi
5 11 (1.97%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.43%) LTE
6 8 (1.43%) Modbus
7 7 (1.25%) RS-232
8 6 (1.07%) 5G NR
8 6 (1.07%) 802.11
8 6 (1.07%) HTTP
8 6 (1.07%) Software-Defined Radio
9 4 (0.72%) Internet
10 3 (0.54%) 4G
10 3 (0.54%) Firewall
10 3 (0.54%) Network Security
10 3 (0.54%) RS-422
10 3 (0.54%) RS-485
10 3 (0.54%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.55%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (4.11%) MySQL
3 17 (3.04%) Redis
4 10 (1.79%) GIS
4 10 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.61%) Amazon Aurora
6 7 (1.25%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.07%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.07%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (1.07%) Power BI
8 4 (0.72%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.72%) Spatial Data
8 4 (0.72%) Triplestore
9 3 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (0.54%) Big Data
9 3 (0.54%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.18%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.18%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 45 (8.05%) Git
2 17 (3.04%) GitLab
2 17 (3.04%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.86%) JIRA
4 14 (2.50%) LabVIEW
5 11 (1.97%) Rational Rhapsody
6 9 (1.61%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.07%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.07%) Visual Studio
7 6 (1.07%) webpack
8 4 (0.72%) Subversion
8 4 (0.72%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.54%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.54%) Rational Team Concert
9 3 (0.54%) Selenium
10 2 (0.36%) Appium
10 2 (0.36%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 105 (18.78%) Social Skills
2 99 (17.71%) Electronics
3 39 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (6.26%) Automotive
5 31 (5.55%) Manufacturing
6 23 (4.11%) Aerospace
7 15 (2.68%) Finance
8 14 (2.50%) Games
8 14 (2.50%) Telecoms
9 10 (1.79%) Military
10 7 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.25%) Tech for Good
11 6 (1.07%) Public Sector
12 5 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.72%) Local Government
13 4 (0.72%) Marketing
13 4 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.54%) Law
14 3 (0.54%) Legal
14 3 (0.54%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 356 (63.69%) Software Engineer
2 121 (21.65%) Embedded Engineer
3 119 (21.29%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 104 (18.60%) Developer
4 104 (18.60%) Senior
5 94 (16.82%) Senior Software Engineer
6 42 (7.51%) Software Developer
7 31 (5.55%) Lead
8 27 (4.83%) C++ Software Engineer
8 27 (4.83%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 25 (4.47%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 16 (2.86%) Full Stack Developer
10 16 (2.86%) PHP Developer
11 14 (2.50%) Web Developer
12 12 (2.15%) Ada Engineer
12 12 (2.15%) Ada Software Engineer
12 12 (2.15%) Python Engineer
13 11 (1.97%) Python Software Engineer
14 10 (1.79%) C Software Engineer
14 10 (1.79%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (10.20%) React
2 52 (9.30%) .NET
3 41 (7.33%) CSS
3 41 (7.33%) HTML
4 31 (5.55%) Node.js
5 18 (3.22%) REST
6 15 (2.68%) Laravel
7 13 (2.33%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.33%) Kafka
8 12 (2.15%) Django
8 12 (2.15%) HTML5
9 11 (1.97%) .NET Core
9 11 (1.97%) JSON
9 11 (1.97%) Spring
10 10 (1.79%) Flask
10 10 (1.79%) Yocto
11 9 (1.61%) .NET Framework
11 9 (1.61%) CSS3
11 9 (1.61%) Middleware
11 9 (1.61%) PyQt
Miscellaneous
1 48 (8.59%) Embedded Systems
2 45 (8.05%) Algorithms
3 34 (6.08%) IoT
4 23 (4.11%) Data Structures
5 21 (3.76%) Client/Server
6 19 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.22%) Robotics
8 17 (3.04%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (2.50%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.97%) Renewable Energy
11 9 (1.61%) PCIe
12 8 (1.43%) Management Information System
12 8 (1.43%) RISC-V
13 7 (1.25%) Blockchain
13 7 (1.25%) Device Driver
13 7 (1.25%) Distributed Computing
13 7 (1.25%) Sports Betting
14 6 (1.07%) Cloud Native
14 6 (1.07%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 103 (18.43%) Linux
2 26 (4.65%) Embedded Linux
3 25 (4.47%) Windows
4 10 (1.79%) Android
5 9 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.25%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.07%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.72%) FreeRTOS
9 1 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.18%) Unix
9 1 (0.18%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (23.08%) Agile
2 98 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (12.70%) Computer Science
4 50 (8.94%) Full Stack Development
5 47 (8.41%) DevOps
6 43 (7.69%) Software Testing
7 42 (7.51%) Mentoring
8 41 (7.33%) Validation
9 35 (6.26%) SDLC
10 33 (5.90%) Systems Engineering
11 32 (5.72%) Test Automation
12 30 (5.37%) OO
12 30 (5.37%) OOP
13 29 (5.19%) Artificial Intelligence
13 29 (5.19%) CI/CD
14 28 (5.01%) Design Patterns
14 28 (5.01%) Machine Learning
15 27 (4.83%) Open Source
16 26 (4.65%) Coaching
16 26 (4.65%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 142 (25.40%) C
2 123 (22.00%) C#
3 120 (21.47%) Python
4 78 (13.95%) JavaScript
5 74 (13.24%) C++
6 57 (10.20%) TypeScript
7 43 (7.69%) Java
8 41 (7.33%) Embedded C
9 36 (6.44%) Ada
9 36 (6.44%) PHP
10 32 (5.72%) SQL
11 25 (4.47%) MATLAB
12 19 (3.40%) Kotlin
13 14 (2.50%) Rust
14 11 (1.97%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.79%) Go
16 7 (1.25%) Embedded C++
17 6 (1.07%) Apex Code
17 6 (1.07%) SPARQL
18 5 (0.89%) Bash
Qualifications
1 108 (19.32%) Degree
2 84 (15.03%) Security Cleared
3 58 (10.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (5.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.15%) Master's Degree
6 7 (1.25%) HNC
7 6 (1.07%) HND
8 5 (0.89%) CCDA
8 5 (0.89%) CCDP
8 5 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (0.72%) PhD
10 3 (0.54%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.43%) IEC 62304
1 8 (1.43%) ISO 13485
2 5 (0.89%) MISRA
2 5 (0.89%) QA
3 3 (0.54%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.36%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.18%) GDPR
5 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 38 (6.80%) Docker
2 35 (6.26%) Firmware
3 8 (1.43%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 17 (3.04%) Terraform
3 6 (1.07%) Ansible
4 3 (0.54%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.36%) linkerd
6 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (2.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (1.97%) Siemens
3 8 (1.43%) IBM
3 8 (1.43%) Red Hat
4 6 (1.07%) Cisco
4 6 (1.07%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.54%) Cadence
5 3 (0.54%) New Relic
5 3 (0.54%) Rackspace
5 3 (0.54%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.36%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.36%) Interwoven
6 2 (0.36%) QNX
6 2 (0.36%) RedGate
6 2 (0.36%) Sybase
7 1 (0.18%) EMC
7 1 (0.18%) Google
7 1 (0.18%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle
7 1 (0.18%) Remedy