Software Assurance Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Software Assurance Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Software Assurance Engineer salary in Birmingham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Assurance Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.028% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 3,395 1,142 2,215
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.78% 95.56% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,608 815 1,351
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

Software Assurance Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 18 September 2026, Software Assurance Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Software Assurance Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-178B
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254
1 1 (100.00%) Software Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering

Software Assurance Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) DO-178B
1 1 (100.00%) DO-254