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 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 98 130
Rank change year-on-year +45 +32 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 293 205 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.97% 3.21% 2.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.22% 3.55% 2.41%
Number of salaries quoted 201 82 85
10th Percentile £39,750 £32,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £40,399
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 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,500 £76,750 £79,750
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 6,947 5,767 6,918
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 90.18% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5,217 3,277 4,755
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £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 £63,500 £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 11 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 11 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 91 £60,000 +4.35% 28
Staffordshire +20 51 £53,750 -2.27% 3
Warwickshire +41 39 £50,000 -25.93% 3
Worcestershire +4 34 £55,000 +10.00% 7
Halesowen - 11 £52,500 -
Shropshire -2 8 £40,000 -30.43% 2
Solihull 0 4 £42,500 +70.00% 3
Wolverhampton - 4 £40,000 - 1
Coventry +32 3 £60,000 +4.35% 5
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 11 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.

1 281 (95.90%) Software Engineering
2 57 (19.45%) Agile
3 56 (19.11%) C#
4 50 (17.06%) Azure
5 42 (14.33%) Java
5 42 (14.33%) C
5 42 (14.33%) Degree
6 41 (13.99%) .NET
7 40 (13.65%) Automotive
7 40 (13.65%) Manufacturing
7 40 (13.65%) DevOps
8 38 (12.97%) SQL
9 36 (12.29%) TypeScript
9 36 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (11.95%) C++
10 35 (11.95%) Python
11 33 (11.26%) JavaScript
12 29 (9.90%) React
13 27 (9.22%) Docker
13 27 (9.22%) AWS
14 25 (8.53%) Microservices
14 25 (8.53%) Electronics
15 24 (8.19%) Mentoring
15 24 (8.19%) RESTful
16 23 (7.85%) Test Automation
16 23 (7.85%) AngularJS
16 23 (7.85%) Computer Science
17 22 (7.51%) GCP
17 22 (7.51%) Social Skills
18 21 (7.17%) 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 (3.41%) Confluence
2 3 (1.02%) NServiceBus
2 3 (1.02%) WinCC
Applications
1 12 (4.10%) Simulink
2 4 (1.37%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.34%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 50 (17.06%) Azure
2 27 (9.22%) AWS
3 22 (7.51%) GCP
4 19 (6.48%) Azure DevOps
5 14 (4.78%) SaaS
6 11 (3.75%) GitHub
7 10 (3.41%) Serverless
8 8 (2.73%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.73%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.39%) Azure API Management
9 7 (2.39%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (2.39%) Azure Functions
9 7 (2.39%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.02%) PaaS
11 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.68%) Matillion
13 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.71%) Bluetooth
1 5 (1.71%) RS-232
1 5 (1.71%) RS-485
1 5 (1.71%) TCP/IP
1 5 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (1.71%) Wireless
1 5 (1.71%) ZigBee
2 4 (1.37%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.02%) HTTP
4 2 (0.68%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.80%) MySQL
2 14 (4.78%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (4.44%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.07%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.73%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.39%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.39%) SQLite
7 6 (2.05%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.05%) Redis
8 3 (1.02%) InterSystems Cache
8 3 (1.02%) Power BI
9 2 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.68%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.68%) Looker
9 2 (0.68%) Metadata
9 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.34%) Big Data
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 21 (7.17%) Git
1 21 (7.17%) JIRA
2 8 (2.73%) GitLab
3 5 (1.71%) CANoe
3 5 (1.71%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.37%) Jasmine
4 4 (1.37%) Xcode
5 3 (1.02%) IBM UrbanCode
5 3 (1.02%) Postman
5 3 (1.02%) SoapUI
5 3 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.02%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 40 (13.65%) Automotive
1 40 (13.65%) Manufacturing
2 25 (8.53%) Electronics
3 22 (7.51%) Social Skills
4 16 (5.46%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.78%) Finance
6 9 (3.07%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.73%) Retail
8 5 (1.71%) Social Housing
9 4 (1.37%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.02%) Banking
10 3 (1.02%) Games
10 3 (1.02%) Marketing
10 3 (1.02%) Publishing
10 3 (1.02%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.68%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.68%) Legal
12 1 (0.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.34%) Law
12 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (13.99%) .NET
2 29 (9.90%) React
3 24 (8.19%) RESTful
4 23 (7.85%) AngularJS
5 18 (6.14%) Blazor
6 17 (5.80%) .NET Core
7 16 (5.46%) ASP.NET
7 16 (5.46%) Node.js
7 16 (5.46%) WPF
8 14 (4.78%) HTML
9 13 (4.44%) .NET Framework
10 12 (4.10%) WinForms
11 10 (3.41%) ASP.NET MVC
11 10 (3.41%) Web Services
12 9 (3.07%) Entity Framework
13 7 (2.39%) SignalR
13 7 (2.39%) Universal Windows Platform
13 7 (2.39%) YAML
14 6 (2.05%) CSS
14 6 (2.05%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.17%) SCADA
2 20 (6.83%) Operational Technology
3 14 (4.78%) IoT
4 12 (4.10%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.75%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.39%) Infotainment
7 6 (2.05%) Smart Home
7 6 (2.05%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.71%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.71%) Housing Association
8 5 (1.71%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.37%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.37%) Robotics
9 4 (1.37%) Smartphone
10 3 (1.02%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (1.02%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.02%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.68%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.12%) Windows
2 12 (4.10%) Linux
3 9 (3.07%) Android
3 9 (3.07%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.71%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (1.71%) Unix
5 3 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.02%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (95.90%) Software Engineering
2 57 (19.45%) Agile
3 40 (13.65%) DevOps
4 36 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (8.53%) Microservices
6 24 (8.19%) Mentoring
7 23 (7.85%) Computer Science
7 23 (7.85%) Test Automation
8 19 (6.48%) Scrum
9 16 (5.46%) Mathematics
9 16 (5.46%) User Experience
10 15 (5.12%) Full Stack Development
10 15 (5.12%) TDD
11 14 (4.78%) Containerisation
11 14 (4.78%) MVC
12 13 (4.44%) Event-Driven
12 13 (4.44%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 13 (4.44%) SDLC
13 11 (3.75%) Project Management
14 10 (3.41%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 56 (19.11%) C#
2 42 (14.33%) C
2 42 (14.33%) Java
3 38 (12.97%) SQL
4 36 (12.29%) TypeScript
5 35 (11.95%) C++
5 35 (11.95%) Python
6 33 (11.26%) JavaScript
7 21 (7.17%) Embedded C
8 16 (5.46%) MATLAB
9 13 (4.44%) Embedded C++
10 11 (3.75%) Go
11 7 (2.39%) T-SQL
11 7 (2.39%) XAML
12 4 (1.37%) R
12 4 (1.37%) VB
13 3 (1.02%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.68%) Ladder Logic
15 1 (0.34%) Kotlin
15 1 (0.34%) PHP
Qualifications
1 42 (14.33%) Degree
2 10 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (3.41%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.02%) HNC
3 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
3 3 (1.02%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
4 2 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
4 2 (0.68%) DV Cleared
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.78%) QA
2 11 (3.75%) MISRA
3 10 (3.41%) ISO 26262
4 7 (2.39%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.68%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.34%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.34%) MISRA C
System Software
1 27 (9.22%) Docker
2 17 (5.80%) Firmware
3 10 (3.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.68%) MIIS
2 2 (0.68%) Terraform
3 1 (0.34%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (6.83%) Siemens
2 11 (3.75%) Google
3 9 (3.07%) Xamarin
4 8 (2.73%) Rockwell
5 7 (2.39%) DevExpress
6 5 (1.71%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.02%) IBM
7 3 (1.02%) InterSystems
7 3 (1.02%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.02%) QNX
7 3 (1.02%) SAP
8 2 (0.68%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle
9 1 (0.34%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.34%) VeriFone