Software Engineering Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 48 25
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 +8
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 524 382 649
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.65% 6.30% 8.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.20% 6.51% 8.99%
Number of salaries quoted 398 221 342
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £80,938
90th Percentile £85,600 £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
West 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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,389 5,866 7,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.13% 96.77% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4,666 3,157 4,776
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham -2 202 £60,000 - 48
Staffordshire +16 62 £55,000 +2.33% 17
Warwickshire +22 61 £57,500 -4.17% 8
Worcestershire +4 58 £50,000 -2.44% 25
Coventry +32 22 £65,000 +30.00% 5
Solihull -1 13 £45,000 +100.00% 2
Halesowen - 11 £52,500 -
Shropshire -3 10 £40,000 -27.27% 2
Wolverhampton +17 6 £40,000 -
Herefordshire +4 3 £50,000 -24.53% 5
West Bromwich - 3 £50,000 -
Wednesbury -1 2 £83,250 +137.86%
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 12 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.34%) Confluence
3 6 (1.15%) Appian
3 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.95%) WinCC
5 4 (0.76%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.38%) IIS
6 2 (0.38%) Liferay
6 2 (0.38%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Apache
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) Drupal
Applications
1 13 (2.48%) Simulink
2 7 (1.34%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.76%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.19%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 12 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 111 (21.18%) Azure
2 73 (13.93%) AWS
3 51 (9.73%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (6.87%) SaaS
5 30 (5.73%) GCP
6 23 (4.39%) GitHub
7 22 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (3.63%) Power Platform
9 16 (3.05%) PaaS
10 15 (2.86%) Serverless
11 13 (2.48%) Azure Service Bus
12 11 (2.10%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (1.91%) IaaS
14 9 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (1.72%) PowerApps
15 7 (1.34%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.34%) Azure API Management
15 7 (1.34%) Azure Event Grid
15 7 (1.34%) Azure Functions
15 7 (1.34%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.72%) Bluetooth
1 9 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (1.53%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.34%) Wireless
4 5 (0.95%) RS-232
4 5 (0.95%) RS-485
4 5 (0.95%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.95%) ZigBee
5 3 (0.57%) HTTP
6 2 (0.38%) 4G
6 2 (0.38%) 5G
6 2 (0.38%) GSM
6 2 (0.38%) J1939
6 2 (0.38%) Modbus
6 2 (0.38%) Profibus
7 1 (0.19%) FlexRay
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.77%) MySQL
2 18 (3.44%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (3.44%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.86%) Elasticsearch
4 13 (2.48%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.72%) NoSQL
5 9 (1.72%) Power BI
6 7 (1.34%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.34%) SQLite
7 6 (1.15%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.15%) Redis
8 5 (0.95%) OLAP
8 5 (0.95%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.76%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.57%) InterSystems Cache
11 2 (0.38%) DTS
11 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (8.40%) Git
2 30 (5.73%) JIRA
3 18 (3.44%) Visual Studio
4 17 (3.24%) GitLab
5 10 (1.91%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.72%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.72%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.53%) Postman
8 6 (1.15%) CANoe
9 5 (0.95%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.76%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.76%) Xcode
11 3 (0.57%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.57%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.38%) Bower
12 2 (0.38%) GCC
12 2 (0.38%) gulp
12 2 (0.38%) Moq
13 1 (0.19%) CMake
13 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 43 (8.21%) Automotive
1 43 (8.21%) Manufacturing
2 42 (8.02%) Finance
3 36 (6.87%) Social Skills
4 31 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.15%) Electronics
6 13 (2.48%) Retail
7 12 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.29%) Public Sector
8 7 (1.34%) Law
9 6 (1.15%) Social Housing
10 5 (0.95%) Banking
10 5 (0.95%) Legal
11 4 (0.76%) Marketing
11 4 (0.76%) Multimedia
11 4 (0.76%) Publishing
11 4 (0.76%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.57%) Games
12 3 (0.57%) Local Government
12 3 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 305 (58.21%) Software Engineer
2 116 (22.14%) Senior
3 88 (16.79%) Embedded Engineer
4 77 (14.69%) Developer
5 76 (14.50%) Senior Software Engineer
6 69 (13.17%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 44 (8.40%) Lead
8 32 (6.11%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 24 (4.58%) PLC Engineer
9 24 (4.58%) PLC Software Engineer
10 22 (4.20%) Lead Software Engineer
11 20 (3.82%) SCADA Engineer
11 20 (3.82%) SCADA Software Engineer
12 19 (3.63%) C# Software Engineer
13 18 (3.44%) C++ Software Engineer
13 18 (3.44%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
13 18 (3.44%) Software Developer
14 17 (3.24%) Engineering Manager
14 17 (3.24%) Software Manager
15 16 (3.05%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (18.89%) .NET
2 55 (10.50%) React
3 46 (8.78%) AngularJS
4 45 (8.59%) RESTful
5 41 (7.82%) HTML
6 33 (6.30%) .NET Core
7 30 (5.73%) CSS
8 27 (5.15%) ASP.NET
9 23 (4.39%) Node.js
10 19 (3.63%) WPF
11 18 (3.44%) .NET Framework
11 18 (3.44%) Blazor
12 16 (3.05%) ARM Templates
13 15 (2.86%) Web Services
14 13 (2.48%) SOAP
14 13 (2.48%) WinForms
14 13 (2.48%) Yocto
15 12 (2.29%) ASP.NET MVC
15 12 (2.29%) jQuery
16 11 (2.10%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.96%) IoT
2 24 (4.58%) SCADA
3 22 (4.20%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.20%) Virtual Team
4 21 (4.01%) Algorithms
5 20 (3.82%) Operational Technology
6 18 (3.44%) Mobile App
6 18 (3.44%) Onboarding
7 17 (3.24%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.53%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.34%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.34%) FMCG
9 7 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.34%) Infotainment
9 7 (1.34%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.15%) Housing Association
10 6 (1.15%) Smart Home
11 5 (0.95%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (0.95%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 43 (8.21%) Linux
2 19 (3.63%) Windows
3 12 (2.29%) Android
3 12 (2.29%) Embedded Linux
4 10 (1.91%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.15%) Unix
6 5 (0.95%) FreeRTOS
7 3 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.57%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (33.02%) Agile
2 99 (18.89%) DevOps
3 72 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (10.69%) Computer Science
5 48 (9.16%) Scrum
6 47 (8.97%) Mentoring
7 44 (8.40%) CI/CD
8 42 (8.02%) Project Management
9 38 (7.25%) Containerisation
9 38 (7.25%) Full Stack Development
9 38 (7.25%) Test Automation
10 34 (6.49%) Continuous Integration
10 34 (6.49%) SDLC
11 33 (6.30%) User Experience
12 32 (6.11%) Microservices
13 30 (5.73%) Roadmaps
14 28 (5.34%) Continuous Delivery
15 26 (4.96%) Business Intelligence
16 25 (4.77%) UX Design
17 24 (4.58%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 122 (23.28%) C#
2 80 (15.27%) JavaScript
3 75 (14.31%) Java
4 69 (13.17%) C
4 69 (13.17%) SQL
5 67 (12.79%) TypeScript
6 63 (12.02%) C++
7 61 (11.64%) Python
8 27 (5.15%) Embedded C
9 18 (3.44%) Go
10 16 (3.05%) PHP
11 15 (2.86%) Embedded C++
12 14 (2.67%) T-SQL
13 12 (2.29%) MATLAB
14 9 (1.72%) XAML
15 6 (1.15%) VB
16 5 (0.95%) PowerShell
17 4 (0.76%) Kotlin
17 4 (0.76%) Ladder Logic
17 4 (0.76%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 82 (15.65%) Degree
2 58 (11.07%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.11%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.15%) MCSE
7 6 (1.15%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.15%) PMP
8 5 (0.95%) CAPM
8 5 (0.95%) ISEB
8 5 (0.95%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.95%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.76%) HNC
10 3 (0.57%) APMP
11 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.38%) PhD
12 1 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (4.77%) QA
2 14 (2.67%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.10%) AUTOSAR
4 10 (1.91%) ISO 26262
4 10 (1.91%) NCSC
5 9 (1.72%) MISRA
6 4 (0.76%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.38%) IEC 61131
8 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS
8 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.19%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
8 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 51 (9.73%) Docker
2 23 (4.39%) Firmware
3 12 (2.29%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 41 (7.82%) Kubernetes
2 25 (4.77%) Terraform
3 14 (2.67%) Ansible
4 5 (0.95%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.57%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.38%) MIIS
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 49 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.20%) Siemens
3 20 (3.82%) Google
4 16 (3.05%) Xamarin
5 12 (2.29%) DevExpress
6 10 (1.91%) Rockwell
7 7 (1.34%) Adobe
8 5 (0.95%) HP
9 4 (0.76%) Micro Focus
9 4 (0.76%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.76%) QNX
9 4 (0.76%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.57%) IBM
10 3 (0.57%) InterSystems
10 3 (0.57%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.57%) Oracle
10 3 (0.57%) SAP
10 3 (0.57%) UiPath
10 3 (0.57%) Zend
11 2 (0.38%) OpenText