Software Developer Jobs in Leicestershire

Software Developer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Software Developer salary in Leicestershire is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 70 31
Rank change year-on-year -3 -39 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 37 21 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 3.44% 2.79% 8.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.64% 2.97% 8.70%
Number of salaries quoted 17 19 27
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,250 £27,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% +13.75% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £67,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £56,250 - £54,750
East Midlands median annual salary £43,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.44% +5.88% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 1,017 708 1,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 93.90% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 572 261 642
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,750 £29,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -6.59%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,219
90th Percentile £72,000 £67,500 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +7.95%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Leicestershire

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Leicestershire.

Salary trend for Software Developer in Leicestershire

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Leicestershire

Software Developer
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Leicester +10 13 £42,500 -5.03% 3
Lutterworth - 5 £47,500 - 1
Loughborough - 4 £54,250 - 3
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 2 - -
Coalville - 2 - -
Hinckley - 2 - -
Market Harborough - 2 - -
Melton Mowbray - 2 - -
Wigston - 2 - -
Software Developer
East Midlands

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Software Developer 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 Leicestershire region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 31 (83.78%) SQL
2 30 (81.08%) Full Stack Development
3 27 (72.97%) JavaScript
3 27 (72.97%) Microsoft
3 27 (72.97%) Web Development
4 26 (70.27%) React
5 25 (67.57%) Degree
5 25 (67.57%) PHP
5 25 (67.57%) XML
6 24 (64.86%) Express.js
6 24 (64.86%) Node.js
7 22 (59.46%) SQL Server
8 21 (56.76%) CSS
8 21 (56.76%) HTML
8 21 (56.76%) AngularJS
9 20 (54.05%) JSX
9 20 (54.05%) VB
9 20 (54.05%) Python
9 20 (54.05%) LAN
9 20 (54.05%) WAN
9 20 (54.05%) HTML5
10 7 (18.92%) DevOps
11 6 (16.22%) AWS
11 6 (16.22%) RESTful
11 6 (16.22%) .NET
11 6 (16.22%) Microservices
11 6 (16.22%) CI/CD
12 5 (13.51%) Stripe
12 5 (13.51%) OpenAI
12 5 (13.51%) SaaS

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) AWS
2 5 (13.51%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) SaaS
2 5 (13.51%) Stripe
3 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (54.05%) LAN
1 20 (54.05%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (59.46%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 1 (2.70%) Law
1 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
1 1 (2.70%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (70.27%) React
2 25 (67.57%) XML
3 24 (64.86%) Express.js
3 24 (64.86%) Node.js
4 21 (56.76%) AngularJS
4 21 (56.76%) CSS
4 21 (56.76%) HTML
5 20 (54.05%) HTML5
6 6 (16.22%) .NET
6 6 (16.22%) RESTful
7 5 (13.51%) Laravel
7 5 (13.51%) Vue
7 5 (13.51%) Web Services
8 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET
9 3 (8.11%) .NET Core
10 2 (5.41%) ASP.NET Core
11 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET Web API
11 1 (2.70%) Blazor
11 1 (2.70%) ODBC
11 1 (2.70%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.70%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (81.08%) Full Stack Development
2 27 (72.97%) Web Development
3 7 (18.92%) DevOps
4 6 (16.22%) CI/CD
4 6 (16.22%) Microservices
5 5 (13.51%) Analytics
6 4 (10.81%) Line Management
6 4 (10.81%) Mobile Application Development
7 3 (8.11%) MVC
8 2 (5.41%) Agile
8 2 (5.41%) Coaching
8 2 (5.41%) Mentoring
8 2 (5.41%) Scrum
8 2 (5.41%) TDD
9 1 (2.70%) Clean Code
9 1 (2.70%) Design Patterns
9 1 (2.70%) Software Engineering
9 1 (2.70%) SOLID
9 1 (2.70%) Technical Leadership
9 1 (2.70%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (83.78%) SQL
2 27 (72.97%) JavaScript
3 25 (67.57%) PHP
4 20 (54.05%) JSX
4 20 (54.05%) Python
4 20 (54.05%) VB
5 5 (13.51%) Java
6 4 (10.81%) C#
7 2 (5.41%) T-SQL
7 2 (5.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (67.57%) Degree
2 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 1 (2.70%) Docker
Vendors
1 27 (72.97%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) Google
2 5 (13.51%) OpenAI
3 1 (2.70%) Quadient