Software Engineer Jobs in Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Bedfordshire is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 42 49
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 5 44 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 1.13% 6.12% 3.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 7.26% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 25 8
10th Percentile £39,880 - £43,875
25th Percentile - £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile - £66,250 £65,313
90th Percentile £52,750 £72,500 £67,375
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 429 606 580
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 84.28% 97.81%
Number of salaries quoted 329 306 318
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,750 £25,755
25th Percentile £32,500 £46,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,039 £57,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.45% +23.66% -7.00%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,750 £88,750 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Luton +11 1 £57,500 -4.17% 2
Bedford -9 1 £39,800 -30.78%
Software Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 Bedfordshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Automotive
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Wearables
4 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Web Development
4 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) IoT
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) C
4 1 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (20.00%) HTML
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) CSS
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (20.00%) Wireless
4 1 (20.00%) MVC

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (80.00%) Automotive
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) IoT
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (20.00%) MVC
2 1 (20.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft