Software Engineer Jobs in Bedford

Software Engineer
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median Software Engineer salary in Bedford is £56,150 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 19 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 +18 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 2 32 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford 1.35% 12.26% 2.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 15.69% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 3
10th Percentile £42,695 £46,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £47,038 £47,500 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,150 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +15.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £67,138 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,605 £73,000 £67,000
Bedfordshire median annual salary £40,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -30.43% -4.17% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 146 204 139
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.65% 78.16% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 128 97 121
10th Percentile £23,525 £30,750 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +27.78% +28.57%
75th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £62,500
Bedfordshire median annual salary £49,500 £57,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.91% +21.05% -5.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Bedford

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedford

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Bedford

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bedford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Bedford over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Bedford

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 12 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 Bedford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) MISRA C
2 1 (50.00%) MISRA
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) UML

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Full Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOD
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) MISRA
1 1 (50.00%) MISRA C
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft