Software Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Software Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Software Engineer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 85 90
Rank change year-on-year +45 +5 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 594 340 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.64% 3.83% 3.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.90% 4.27% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 424 148 167
10th Percentile £37,650 £32,850 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,250 £40,825
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,875 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 12,115 7,956 10,610
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 89.66% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 8,867 4,536 7,043
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,622 £27,625
25th Percentile £33,934 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the Midlands

Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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 +53 317 £55,000 -4.35% 59
East Midlands +20 277 £52,500 +10.53% 54
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 578 (97.31%) Software Engineering
2 147 (24.75%) C#
3 115 (19.36%) Agile
4 114 (19.19%) Azure
5 112 (18.86%) .NET
6 104 (17.51%) AWS
7 95 (15.99%) Python
8 94 (15.82%) C++
8 94 (15.82%) C
9 87 (14.65%) JavaScript
10 86 (14.48%) DevOps
11 77 (12.96%) React
12 68 (11.45%) SQL
13 65 (10.94%) Degree
14 61 (10.27%) Java
15 59 (9.93%) Linux
16 58 (9.76%) TypeScript
17 56 (9.43%) Mentoring
17 56 (9.43%) Automotive
18 54 (9.09%) Security Cleared
19 50 (8.42%) Electronics
20 49 (8.25%) .NET Core
21 48 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
21 48 (8.08%) Manufacturing
22 43 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
22 43 (7.24%) Docker
23 41 (6.90%) AngularJS
24 40 (6.73%) RESTful
25 39 (6.57%) Computer Science
25 39 (6.57%) Embedded C

Software Engineer Skill Set
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 (4.71%) ArcGIS
1 28 (4.71%) GeoServer
2 10 (1.68%) Confluence
3 4 (0.67%) NServiceBus
4 3 (0.51%) WinCC
5 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (2.19%) Simulink
2 4 (0.67%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.17%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.17%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 114 (19.19%) Azure
2 104 (17.51%) AWS
3 34 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (4.21%) GCP
5 18 (3.03%) Serverless
6 14 (2.36%) SaaS
7 12 (2.02%) GitHub
8 8 (1.35%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.35%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.18%) Azure API Management
9 7 (1.18%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (1.18%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.51%) AWS IoT
12 3 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.51%) PaaS
12 3 (0.51%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.37%) TCP/IP
2 12 (2.02%) Wireless
3 11 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.68%) Bluetooth
4 10 (1.68%) RS-232
4 10 (1.68%) RS-485
4 10 (1.68%) ZigBee
5 8 (1.35%) Modbus
6 5 (0.84%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.84%) VoIP
7 3 (0.51%) HTTP
7 3 (0.51%) Internet
7 3 (0.51%) MQTT
8 1 (0.17%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.24%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.72%) MySQL
3 28 (4.71%) GIS
3 28 (4.71%) QGIS
4 25 (4.21%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.85%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.52%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.18%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.18%) SQLite
8 6 (1.01%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.01%) Redis
9 3 (0.51%) InterSystems Cache
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.51%) Power BI
10 2 (0.34%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.34%) Looker
10 2 (0.34%) Metadata
10 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (5.89%) Git
2 34 (5.72%) JIRA
3 12 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.52%) GitLab
5 7 (1.18%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.01%) CANoe
6 6 (1.01%) Xcode
7 3 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.51%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.51%) Postman
7 3 (0.51%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.51%) Subversion
7 3 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.17%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 56 (9.43%) Automotive
2 50 (8.42%) Electronics
3 48 (8.08%) Manufacturing
4 37 (6.23%) Social Skills
5 18 (3.03%) Finance
6 17 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.85%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.68%) Retail
9 9 (1.52%) Telecoms
10 8 (1.35%) Military
10 8 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (1.18%) Marketing
11 7 (1.18%) Publishing
12 5 (0.84%) Social Housing
13 4 (0.67%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.67%) Agriculture
13 4 (0.67%) Aviation
13 4 (0.67%) Games
13 4 (0.67%) Law
13 4 (0.67%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (18.86%) .NET
2 77 (12.96%) React
3 49 (8.25%) .NET Core
4 41 (6.90%) AngularJS
5 40 (6.73%) RESTful
6 33 (5.56%) CSS
7 32 (5.39%) .NET Framework
8 30 (5.05%) ASP.NET
8 30 (5.05%) Web Services
9 28 (4.71%) Leaflet
9 28 (4.71%) OpenLayers
9 28 (4.71%) PostGIS
10 19 (3.20%) LAMP
11 18 (3.03%) Node.js
12 17 (2.86%) HTML
12 17 (2.86%) WPF
13 16 (2.69%) Blazor
14 15 (2.53%) Laravel
15 13 (2.19%) ASP.NET Core
15 13 (2.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.70%) SCADA
2 20 (3.37%) IoT
2 20 (3.37%) Operational Technology
3 13 (2.19%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (2.02%) Algorithms
5 11 (1.85%) Greenfield Project
5 11 (1.85%) Mobile App
6 10 (1.68%) Device Driver
7 7 (1.18%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (1.18%) Infotainment
7 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.01%) Graphic Design
8 6 (1.01%) Smart Home
8 6 (1.01%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.84%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (0.84%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.84%) Housing Association
9 5 (0.84%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.84%) Product Ownership
9 5 (0.84%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 59 (9.93%) Linux
2 26 (4.38%) Windows
3 19 (3.20%) Apple iOS
4 15 (2.53%) Unix
5 11 (1.85%) Android
6 10 (1.68%) FreeRTOS
7 8 (1.35%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.84%) Debian
8 5 (0.84%) ThreadX
9 4 (0.67%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.51%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.34%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (97.31%) Software Engineering
2 115 (19.36%) Agile
3 86 (14.48%) DevOps
4 56 (9.43%) Mentoring
5 48 (8.08%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (6.57%) Computer Science
7 35 (5.89%) Actionable Insight
7 35 (5.89%) Microservices
7 35 (5.89%) MVC
8 33 (5.56%) Web Development
9 29 (4.88%) OOP
10 28 (4.71%) Test Automation
11 27 (4.55%) Full Stack Development
12 26 (4.38%) SDLC
13 23 (3.87%) TDD
14 22 (3.70%) Mathematics
15 21 (3.54%) Software Testing
16 20 (3.37%) CI/CD
17 17 (2.86%) Event-Driven
17 17 (2.86%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 147 (24.75%) C#
2 95 (15.99%) Python
3 94 (15.82%) C
3 94 (15.82%) C++
4 87 (14.65%) JavaScript
5 68 (11.45%) SQL
6 61 (10.27%) Java
7 58 (9.76%) TypeScript
8 39 (6.57%) Embedded C
9 22 (3.70%) PHP
10 20 (3.37%) Embedded C++
10 20 (3.37%) MATLAB
11 16 (2.69%) Go
12 10 (1.68%) VB
13 9 (1.52%) Shell Script
14 8 (1.35%) Objective-C
15 7 (1.18%) PowerShell
15 7 (1.18%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.18%) XAML
16 3 (0.51%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 65 (10.94%) Degree
2 54 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 38 (6.40%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.68%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.01%) HNC
7 5 (0.84%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.84%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.84%) PhD
8 2 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.69%) MISRA
1 16 (2.69%) QA
2 9 (1.52%) ISO 26262
3 8 (1.35%) AUTOSAR
4 4 (0.67%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.34%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (0.34%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 43 (7.24%) Docker
2 37 (6.23%) Firmware
3 20 (3.37%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.36%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.18%) Terraform
3 4 (0.67%) Ansible
4 2 (0.34%) MIIS
5 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 28 (4.71%) ESRI
2 20 (3.37%) Siemens
3 12 (2.02%) DevExpress
3 12 (2.02%) Google
4 11 (1.85%) Xamarin
5 8 (1.35%) Rockwell
6 7 (1.18%) Microsoft
7 5 (0.84%) SAP
8 4 (0.67%) QNX
9 3 (0.51%) IBM
9 3 (0.51%) InterSystems
9 3 (0.51%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.51%) Oracle
10 2 (0.34%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.34%) VeriFone
11 1 (0.17%) MathWorks