Software Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median Software Engineer salary in the East of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 54 23
Rank change year-on-year +24 -31 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 322 273 589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.30% 4.96% 9.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.65% 5.89% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 264 105 118
10th Percentile £40,750 £40,300 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,188 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +29.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,125 £85,000 £86,870
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
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,703 4,637 6,008
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 84.32% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,353 2,307 2,898
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £77,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +11 187 £65,000 -3.70% 85
Hertfordshire +65 89 £60,000 - 26
Essex +13 27 £57,500 -32.35% 9
Norfolk -32 14 £55,000 - 6
Bedfordshire -1 5 £40,000 -30.43% 2
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 3 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 East of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 322 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 102 (31.68%) C
3 85 (26.40%) Python
4 78 (24.22%) C#
5 69 (21.43%) Electronics
6 68 (21.12%) Agile
7 65 (20.19%) Linux
8 58 (18.01%) C++
9 53 (16.46%) Degree
10 48 (14.91%) AWS
10 48 (14.91%) Social Skills
11 42 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
12 41 (12.73%) Security Cleared
12 41 (12.73%) JavaScript
13 32 (9.94%) Embedded Systems
14 31 (9.63%) Computer Science
15 30 (9.32%) Azure
15 30 (9.32%) Ada
16 29 (9.01%) TypeScript
17 28 (8.70%) IoT
18 27 (8.39%) Algorithms
18 27 (8.39%) Validation
19 26 (8.07%) Automotive
19 26 (8.07%) Kubernetes
19 26 (8.07%) React
20 24 (7.45%) .NET
21 23 (7.14%) Embedded C
22 22 (6.83%) BPSS Clearance
22 22 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
23 21 (6.52%) DevOps

Software Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (0.31%) CMS
1 1 (0.31%) Confluence
1 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (4.97%) Simulink
2 9 (2.80%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.86%) Trello
4 1 (0.31%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.31%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 48 (14.91%) AWS
2 30 (9.32%) Azure
3 8 (2.48%) SaaS
4 7 (2.17%) Serverless
5 6 (1.86%) Amazon S3
5 6 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (1.55%) GitHub
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.31%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.31%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.59%) Bluetooth
1 18 (5.59%) Wireless
2 14 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (3.42%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.48%) Ethernet
4 8 (2.48%) Modbus
4 8 (2.48%) RS-232
5 6 (1.86%) 5G
5 6 (1.86%) HTTP
6 4 (1.24%) Internet
7 3 (0.93%) RS-422
7 3 (0.93%) RS-485
8 2 (0.62%) LTE
8 2 (0.62%) MQTT
8 2 (0.62%) NGN
8 2 (0.62%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.31%) DECT
9 1 (0.31%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.31%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.52%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (4.66%) MySQL
3 7 (2.17%) Amazon Redshift
3 7 (2.17%) Redis
4 6 (1.86%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (1.86%) GIS
4 6 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.62%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 21 (6.52%) Git
2 14 (4.35%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.42%) JIRA
4 9 (2.80%) Rational Rhapsody
5 8 (2.48%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.55%) Subversion
7 4 (1.24%) GitLab
7 4 (1.24%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.93%) Rational Team Concert
8 3 (0.93%) Selenium
9 2 (0.62%) Appium
9 2 (0.62%) ClearCase
9 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.31%) ClearQuest
10 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.31%) Redmine
10 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 69 (21.43%) Electronics
2 48 (14.91%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.07%) Automotive
4 22 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.21%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.04%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.42%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.86%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.24%) Finance
9 4 (1.24%) Marketing
9 4 (1.24%) Military
9 4 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.93%) Law
10 3 (0.93%) Welsh Language
11 2 (0.62%) French Language
11 2 (0.62%) German Language
11 2 (0.62%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.62%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.62%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.07%) React
2 24 (7.45%) .NET
3 15 (4.66%) Node.js
4 13 (4.04%) CSS
4 13 (4.04%) HTML
5 11 (3.42%) Yocto
6 9 (2.80%) Middleware
6 9 (2.80%) PyQt
7 8 (2.48%) gRPC
8 7 (2.17%) REST
9 6 (1.86%) COM
9 6 (1.86%) JSON
9 6 (1.86%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (1.86%) scikit-learn
10 5 (1.55%) Electron
10 5 (1.55%) FFmpeg
10 5 (1.55%) Flask
10 5 (1.55%) Laravel
10 5 (1.55%) OpenEmbedded
10 5 (1.55%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.94%) Embedded Systems
2 28 (8.70%) IoT
3 27 (8.39%) Algorithms
4 15 (4.66%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (4.66%) Robotics
5 12 (3.73%) Client/Server
6 9 (2.80%) Renewable Energy
6 9 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.48%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.48%) Device Driver
7 8 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.55%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (1.24%) Verilog
11 3 (0.93%) CAN bus
11 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.93%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.93%) PCIe
11 3 (0.93%) SCADA
11 3 (0.93%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 65 (20.19%) Linux
2 16 (4.97%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (4.35%) Windows
4 8 (2.48%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.17%) Android
5 7 (2.17%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.24%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 68 (21.12%) Agile
3 42 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (9.63%) Computer Science
5 27 (8.39%) Validation
6 21 (6.52%) DevOps
6 21 (6.52%) OO
6 21 (6.52%) Prototyping
6 21 (6.52%) Software Testing
7 19 (5.90%) Full Stack Development
7 19 (5.90%) OOP
7 19 (5.90%) TDD
8 18 (5.59%) Multithreading
9 16 (4.97%) CI/CD
9 16 (4.97%) Code Quality
9 16 (4.97%) Continuous Integration
10 14 (4.35%) Mentoring
10 14 (4.35%) SDLC
10 14 (4.35%) Systems Engineering
11 13 (4.04%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 102 (31.68%) C
2 85 (26.40%) Python
3 78 (24.22%) C#
4 58 (18.01%) C++
5 41 (12.73%) JavaScript
6 30 (9.32%) Ada
7 29 (9.01%) TypeScript
8 23 (7.14%) Embedded C
9 20 (6.21%) Kotlin
10 19 (5.90%) Java
10 19 (5.90%) MATLAB
11 18 (5.59%) PHP
12 11 (3.42%) Go
13 9 (2.80%) SQL
14 8 (2.48%) Shell Script
15 7 (2.17%) Embedded C++
16 6 (1.86%) Apex Code
16 6 (1.86%) Rust
17 5 (1.55%) Bash
18 4 (1.24%) Assembly Language
Qualifications
1 53 (16.46%) Degree
2 41 (12.73%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.83%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.11%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.17%) HNC
6 6 (1.86%) HND
7 5 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.93%) PhD
9 1 (0.31%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.48%) IEC 62304
1 8 (2.48%) ISO 13485
2 4 (1.24%) MISRA
3 3 (0.93%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.93%) QA
4 1 (0.31%) MISRA C
System Software
1 17 (5.28%) Firmware
2 15 (4.66%) Docker
3 2 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 26 (8.07%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.59%) Terraform
3 3 (0.93%) Ansible
3 3 (0.93%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.62%) linkerd
5 1 (0.31%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (3.11%) Siemens
2 8 (2.48%) IBM
3 7 (2.17%) Red Hat
4 6 (1.86%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.24%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.62%) Cadence
6 2 (0.62%) Interwoven
6 2 (0.62%) QNX
6 2 (0.62%) RedGate
7 1 (0.31%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.31%) Google
7 1 (0.31%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.31%) Renesas
7 1 (0.31%) Xamarin