Software Engineer Jobs in Watford

Software Engineer
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Software Engineer salary in Watford is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 63 43
Rank change year-on-year +24 -20 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 3 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 0.70% 0.65% 4.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.71% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile - £43,250 -
25th Percentile £53,750 £44,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £61,250 £49,375 £60,000
90th Percentile - £49,750 £87,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 259 421 417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.88% 90.73% 98.12%
Number of salaries quoted 210 232 343
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,063 £44,375 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £62,875 £76,563 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £74,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Watford

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Watford

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 25 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 Watford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 2 (100.00%) Appium
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality

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

Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Appium
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 2 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SDET
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript