Software Engineer Jobs in Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Bedfordshire is £40,000 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 44 46 41
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 6 44 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 1.35% 6.47% 4.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 7.69% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 7
10th Percentile £39,900 - £43,500
25th Percentile - £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £55,938 £66,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £67,750
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +29.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 431 572 607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.07% 84.12% 97.75%
Number of salaries quoted 326 291 311
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £25,971
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £31,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% +15.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £70,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Bedfordshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Bedfordshire 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
Bedford -9 2 £56,150 -2.35%
Luton +10 1 £57,500 -4.17% 5
Software Engineer
East of England

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

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 Bedfordshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Automotive
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) C
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Wearables
4 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) C++
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) .NET
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) UML
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) OOD
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
4 1 (16.67%) Firmware
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) VxWorks
4 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
4 1 (16.67%) Simulink

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Simulink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (16.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Bitbucket
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Automotive
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) IoT
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) Requirements Management
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) C++
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded C
2 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) MISRA
1 1 (16.67%) MISRA C
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft