Software Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Software Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 55 96 123
Rank change year-on-year +41 +27 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 285 210 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.92% 3.20% 2.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.16% 3.55% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 199 84 86
10th Percentile £39,750 £32,500 £34,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,188 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £71,188
90th Percentile £80,500 £75,250 £79,375
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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,846 5,918 6,926
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 90.23% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,177 3,357 4,791
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,117 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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 +18 88 £57,500 +2.22% 34
Staffordshire +20 48 £52,500 -4.55% 7
Warwickshire +43 38 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Worcestershire +5 34 £55,000 +10.00% 10
Halesowen - 11 £52,500 -
Shropshire 0 8 £40,000 -30.43% 2
Solihull +1 4 £42,500 +70.00% 3
Wolverhampton - 4 £40,000 - 1
Coventry +31 3 £60,000 +4.35% 7
West Bromwich - 3 £50,000 -
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 6 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 West Midlands region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 273 (95.79%) Software Engineering
2 57 (20.00%) Agile
2 57 (20.00%) C#
3 51 (17.89%) Azure
4 44 (15.44%) C
5 42 (14.74%) .NET
5 42 (14.74%) Java
5 42 (14.74%) Automotive
5 42 (14.74%) Manufacturing
5 42 (14.74%) Degree
6 38 (13.33%) SQL
6 38 (13.33%) DevOps
7 36 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (12.28%) TypeScript
8 35 (12.28%) Python
9 33 (11.58%) C++
9 33 (11.58%) JavaScript
10 29 (10.18%) React
11 28 (9.82%) AWS
12 27 (9.47%) Docker
12 27 (9.47%) Electronics
13 25 (8.77%) Microservices
13 25 (8.77%) RESTful
14 24 (8.42%) Mentoring
15 23 (8.07%) AngularJS
15 23 (8.07%) Computer Science
16 22 (7.72%) GCP
16 22 (7.72%) Social Skills
17 21 (7.37%) Test Automation
17 21 (7.37%) Git

Software Engineer Skill Set
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 10 (3.51%) Confluence
2 3 (1.05%) NServiceBus
2 3 (1.05%) WinCC
Applications
1 12 (4.21%) Simulink
2 4 (1.40%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.35%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 51 (17.89%) Azure
2 28 (9.82%) AWS
3 22 (7.72%) GCP
4 20 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (5.26%) SaaS
6 11 (3.86%) GitHub
7 10 (3.51%) Serverless
8 8 (2.81%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.81%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.46%) Azure API Management
9 7 (2.46%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (2.46%) Azure Functions
9 7 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.40%) PaaS
12 3 (1.05%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.70%) Matillion
14 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.46%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.11%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.75%) Bluetooth
3 5 (1.75%) RS-232
3 5 (1.75%) RS-485
3 5 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (1.75%) Wireless
3 5 (1.75%) ZigBee
4 3 (1.05%) HTTP
5 2 (0.70%) 2G
5 2 (0.70%) 3G
5 2 (0.70%) 4G
5 2 (0.70%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.67%) MySQL
2 14 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.56%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.81%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.46%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.46%) SQLite
7 6 (2.11%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.11%) Redis
8 3 (1.05%) InterSystems Cache
8 3 (1.05%) Power BI
9 2 (0.70%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.70%) Looker
9 2 (0.70%) Metadata
9 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.35%) Big Data
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (7.37%) Git
1 21 (7.37%) JIRA
2 8 (2.81%) GitLab
3 5 (1.75%) CANoe
3 5 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.40%) Jasmine
4 4 (1.40%) Postman
4 4 (1.40%) SoapUI
4 4 (1.40%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.40%) Xcode
5 3 (1.05%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (1.05%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (14.74%) Automotive
1 42 (14.74%) Manufacturing
2 27 (9.47%) Electronics
3 22 (7.72%) Social Skills
4 16 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.61%) Finance
5 11 (3.86%) Public Sector
6 8 (2.81%) Retail
7 5 (1.75%) Marketing
7 5 (1.75%) Social Housing
7 5 (1.75%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.40%) Multimedia
8 4 (1.40%) Publishing
9 3 (1.05%) Banking
9 3 (1.05%) Games
10 2 (0.70%) Health Technology
10 2 (0.70%) Legal
11 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.35%) Law
11 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (14.74%) .NET
2 29 (10.18%) React
3 25 (8.77%) RESTful
4 23 (8.07%) AngularJS
5 18 (6.32%) .NET Core
5 18 (6.32%) Blazor
6 17 (5.96%) ASP.NET
7 16 (5.61%) Node.js
7 16 (5.61%) WPF
8 14 (4.91%) .NET Framework
8 14 (4.91%) HTML
9 12 (4.21%) WinForms
10 11 (3.86%) Web Services
11 10 (3.51%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (3.16%) Entity Framework
13 7 (2.46%) SignalR
13 7 (2.46%) Universal Windows Platform
13 7 (2.46%) YAML
14 6 (2.11%) CSS
14 6 (2.11%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.32%) Operational Technology
1 18 (6.32%) SCADA
2 14 (4.91%) IoT
3 12 (4.21%) Algorithms
4 11 (3.86%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.46%) Infotainment
6 6 (2.11%) Data Structures
6 6 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 6 (2.11%) Smart Home
6 6 (2.11%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.75%) Housing Association
8 4 (1.40%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.40%) Distributed Applications
8 4 (1.40%) Robotics
8 4 (1.40%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.05%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.70%) PACS
10 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.26%) Windows
2 12 (4.21%) Linux
3 11 (3.86%) Android
4 9 (3.16%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.75%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.75%) Unix
6 3 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (95.79%) Software Engineering
2 57 (20.00%) Agile
3 38 (13.33%) DevOps
4 36 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (8.77%) Microservices
6 24 (8.42%) Mentoring
7 23 (8.07%) Computer Science
8 21 (7.37%) Test Automation
9 19 (6.67%) Scrum
10 16 (5.61%) Mathematics
10 16 (5.61%) User Experience
11 15 (5.26%) Full Stack Development
11 15 (5.26%) MVC
11 15 (5.26%) TDD
12 14 (4.91%) Containerisation
12 14 (4.91%) SDLC
13 13 (4.56%) Event-Driven
13 13 (4.56%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 11 (3.86%) Project Management
15 10 (3.51%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.00%) C#
2 44 (15.44%) C
3 42 (14.74%) Java
4 38 (13.33%) SQL
5 35 (12.28%) Python
5 35 (12.28%) TypeScript
6 33 (11.58%) C++
6 33 (11.58%) JavaScript
7 21 (7.37%) Embedded C
8 16 (5.61%) MATLAB
9 13 (4.56%) Embedded C++
10 11 (3.86%) Go
11 7 (2.46%) T-SQL
11 7 (2.46%) XAML
12 4 (1.40%) R
12 4 (1.40%) VB
13 3 (1.05%) PHP
13 3 (1.05%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.70%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 42 (14.74%) Degree
2 10 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.11%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.40%) HNC
5 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.70%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.70%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.70%) PhD
6 2 (0.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.26%) QA
2 11 (3.86%) MISRA
3 10 (3.51%) ISO 26262
4 7 (2.46%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.70%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.35%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.35%) MISRA C
System Software
1 27 (9.47%) Docker
2 17 (5.96%) Firmware
3 10 (3.51%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (3.86%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.70%) MIIS
2 2 (0.70%) Terraform
3 1 (0.35%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (7.02%) Siemens
2 11 (3.86%) Google
3 9 (3.16%) Xamarin
4 8 (2.81%) Rockwell
5 7 (2.46%) DevExpress
6 5 (1.75%) Microsoft
6 5 (1.75%) SAP
7 3 (1.05%) IBM
7 3 (1.05%) InterSystems
7 3 (1.05%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.05%) QNX
8 2 (0.70%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (0.70%) Apple
8 2 (0.70%) Oracle
9 1 (0.35%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.35%) VeriFone