Software Engineering Jobs in the Midlands

Software Engineering
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 22 33 23
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 919 624 1,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.24% 7.04% 9.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.00% 7.29% 9.70%
Number of salaries quoted 717 335 501
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £85,000
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
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,206 8,561 10,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.43% 96.55% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 7,378 4,406 6,965
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,238 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +26 521 £60,000 - 111
East Midlands +8 398 £50,000 -9.09% 118
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 28 (3.05%) ArcGIS
1 28 (3.05%) GeoServer
2 12 (1.31%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.87%) CMS
4 7 (0.76%) Confluence
5 6 (0.65%) Appian
5 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.54%) NServiceBus
6 5 (0.54%) WinCC
7 2 (0.22%) IIS
7 2 (0.22%) Liferay
7 2 (0.22%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
Applications
1 14 (1.52%) Simulink
2 7 (0.76%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.44%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.11%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 12 (1.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.11%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 204 (22.20%) Azure
2 170 (18.50%) AWS
3 71 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (4.35%) SaaS
5 37 (4.03%) GCP
6 28 (3.05%) GitHub
7 26 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (2.61%) Serverless
9 21 (2.29%) Power Platform
10 15 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (1.63%) PaaS
11 13 (1.41%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (0.98%) Amazon S3
12 9 (0.98%) IaaS
12 9 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (0.98%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.76%) Azure API Management
13 7 (0.76%) Azure Event Grid
13 7 (0.76%) Azure Functions
13 7 (0.76%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
2 16 (1.74%) Bluetooth
3 15 (1.63%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.52%) Wireless
5 11 (1.20%) Ethernet
6 10 (1.09%) RS-232
6 10 (1.09%) RS-485
6 10 (1.09%) ZigBee
7 6 (0.65%) Modbus
8 5 (0.54%) Internet
8 5 (0.54%) VoIP
9 4 (0.44%) MQTT
10 3 (0.33%) HTTP
11 2 (0.22%) 4G
11 2 (0.22%) 5G
11 2 (0.22%) GPRS
11 2 (0.22%) GSM
11 2 (0.22%) J1939
11 2 (0.22%) Profibus
12 1 (0.11%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (4.68%) SQL Server
3 42 (4.57%) MySQL
4 28 (3.05%) GIS
4 28 (3.05%) QGIS
5 16 (1.74%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (1.74%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.63%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.41%) SQLite
8 10 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 9 (0.98%) Oracle Database
9 9 (0.98%) Power BI
10 7 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
10 7 (0.76%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.76%) RDBMS
11 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.65%) Redis
12 5 (0.54%) OLAP
13 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 69 (7.51%) Git
2 45 (4.90%) JIRA
3 36 (3.92%) Visual Studio
4 18 (1.96%) GitLab
4 18 (1.96%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.63%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.98%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.87%) Postman
8 7 (0.76%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.65%) CANoe
9 6 (0.65%) Octopus Deploy
9 6 (0.65%) Xcode
10 4 (0.44%) Jasmine
10 4 (0.44%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.33%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.33%) Subversion
12 2 (0.22%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.22%) Bower
12 2 (0.22%) gulp
General
1 64 (6.96%) Social Skills
2 60 (6.53%) Automotive
2 60 (6.53%) Manufacturing
3 57 (6.20%) Electronics
4 55 (5.98%) Finance
5 39 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (2.61%) Law
7 22 (2.39%) Retail
8 16 (1.74%) Public Sector
9 13 (1.41%) Telecoms
10 12 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.20%) Marketing
12 8 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (0.87%) Publishing
13 7 (0.76%) Games
14 6 (0.65%) Aviation
14 6 (0.65%) Legal
14 6 (0.65%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 571 (62.13%) Software Engineer
2 210 (22.85%) Senior
3 161 (17.52%) Embedded Engineer
4 160 (17.41%) Senior Software Engineer
5 126 (13.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 118 (12.84%) Developer
7 57 (6.20%) Lead
8 46 (5.01%) C# Software Engineer
9 41 (4.46%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 36 (3.92%) C++ Software Engineer
11 34 (3.70%) Software Developer
12 29 (3.16%) Lead Software Engineer
13 24 (2.61%) PLC Engineer
13 24 (2.61%) PLC Software Engineer
13 24 (2.61%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 23 (2.50%) .NET Software Engineer
15 22 (2.39%) Software Manager
16 21 (2.29%) Full Stack Developer
16 21 (2.29%) PHP Software Engineer
17 20 (2.18%) SCADA Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (23.39%) .NET
2 115 (12.51%) React
3 73 (7.94%) .NET Core
4 71 (7.73%) AngularJS
5 67 (7.29%) CSS
6 61 (6.64%) RESTful
7 54 (5.88%) HTML
8 47 (5.11%) ASP.NET
9 45 (4.90%) .NET Framework
10 35 (3.81%) Web Services
11 30 (3.26%) Node.js
12 28 (3.05%) Leaflet
12 28 (3.05%) OpenLayers
12 28 (3.05%) PostGIS
13 19 (2.07%) LAMP
14 18 (1.96%) Blazor
14 18 (1.96%) Laravel
14 18 (1.96%) WPF
15 17 (1.85%) ASP.NET Core
15 17 (1.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 37 (4.03%) IoT
2 30 (3.26%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.05%) SCADA
4 25 (2.72%) Mobile App
5 24 (2.61%) Embedded Systems
5 24 (2.61%) Virtual Team
6 22 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.29%) Algorithms
8 20 (2.18%) Operational Technology
9 19 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.09%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.09%) Device Driver
14 9 (0.98%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.87%) ARM Cortex
15 8 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (0.76%) FMCG
16 7 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 104 (11.32%) Linux
2 27 (2.94%) Windows
3 21 (2.29%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.07%) Embedded Linux
5 17 (1.85%) Android
6 14 (1.52%) Unix
7 10 (1.09%) FreeRTOS
8 8 (0.87%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.54%) Debian
9 5 (0.54%) ThreadX
10 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.33%) Windows Server
12 2 (0.22%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (30.03%) Agile
2 167 (18.17%) DevOps
3 104 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (9.03%) Computer Science
4 83 (9.03%) Mentoring
5 80 (8.71%) CI/CD
6 78 (8.49%) Scrum
7 65 (7.07%) Full Stack Development
7 65 (7.07%) SDLC
8 60 (6.53%) Microservices
9 53 (5.77%) Project Management
10 49 (5.33%) Web Development
11 48 (5.22%) Containerisation
12 46 (5.01%) Roadmaps
13 45 (4.90%) MVC
13 45 (4.90%) User Experience
14 43 (4.68%) Test Automation
15 39 (4.24%) Continuous Integration
16 38 (4.13%) Actionable Insight
17 35 (3.81%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 257 (27.97%) C#
2 155 (16.87%) JavaScript
3 143 (15.56%) C
3 143 (15.56%) SQL
4 124 (13.49%) C++
5 116 (12.62%) Python
6 107 (11.64%) TypeScript
7 96 (10.45%) Java
8 42 (4.57%) PHP
9 40 (4.35%) Embedded C
10 29 (3.16%) VB
11 24 (2.61%) Go
12 20 (2.18%) Embedded C++
13 17 (1.85%) T-SQL
14 16 (1.74%) Assembly Language
14 16 (1.74%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.98%) Ladder Logic
15 9 (0.98%) PowerShell
15 9 (0.98%) Shell Script
15 9 (0.98%) XAML
Qualifications
1 145 (15.78%) Degree
2 92 (10.01%) Security Cleared
3 65 (7.07%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (1.96%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.31%) HNC
7 12 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.09%) DV Cleared
9 9 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.65%) MCSE
10 6 (0.65%) OCP
10 6 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (0.65%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.65%) PMP
11 5 (0.54%) CAPM
11 5 (0.54%) HND
11 5 (0.54%) ISEB
11 5 (0.54%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.48%) QA
2 16 (1.74%) MISRA
3 14 (1.52%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.20%) AUTOSAR
5 10 (1.09%) ISO 26262
6 9 (0.98%) NCSC
7 4 (0.44%) Automotive SPICE
7 4 (0.44%) MISRA C
7 4 (0.44%) SLA
8 2 (0.22%) IEC 61131
9 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) IFRS
9 1 (0.11%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) JTAG
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 90 (9.79%) Docker
2 52 (5.66%) Firmware
3 27 (2.94%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 51 (5.55%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.16%) Terraform
3 14 (1.52%) Ansible
4 6 (0.65%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.54%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.33%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.22%) MIIS
8 1 (0.11%) Grafana
Vendors
1 75 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.16%) Google
3 28 (3.05%) ESRI
4 22 (2.39%) Siemens
5 19 (2.07%) Xamarin
6 17 (1.85%) DevExpress
7 10 (1.09%) Apple
7 10 (1.09%) Oracle
7 10 (1.09%) Rockwell
8 8 (0.87%) SAP
9 7 (0.76%) Adobe
10 6 (0.65%) EMC
11 5 (0.54%) HP
11 5 (0.54%) QNX
12 4 (0.44%) IBM
12 4 (0.44%) Micro Focus
12 4 (0.44%) NVIDIA
12 4 (0.44%) Sitecore
13 3 (0.33%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.33%) UiPath