Software Engineering Job Trends in Birmingham

Software Engineering
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 68 22
Rank change year-on-year +28 -46 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 122 30 149
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 3.35% 2.53% 6.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.43% 2.85% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 104 25 80
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.28% +11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £89,444 £90,750 £93,750
West Midlands median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,753 1,053 1,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 75.55% 88.79% 82.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,994 721 923
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £34,800
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £90,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Birmingham over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Birmingham

Software Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.64%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (0.82%) Apache
2 1 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.95%) AWS
2 22 (18.03%) Azure
3 14 (11.48%) SaaS
4 10 (8.20%) GCP
5 5 (4.10%) Serverless
6 4 (3.28%) Anthropic Claude
6 4 (3.28%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (3.28%) Firebase
6 4 (3.28%) Google Ads
6 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Advertising
7 3 (2.46%) AWS IoT
7 3 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.46%) Cloud Run
8 2 (1.64%) Amazon EventBridge
8 2 (1.64%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.64%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.64%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (1.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.64%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.28%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.28%) MySQL
2 4 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.46%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.46%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.64%) Chroma
4 2 (1.64%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.64%) Pinecone
4 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Claude Code
1 2 (1.64%) Git
2 1 (0.82%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.82%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.82%) NUnit
2 1 (0.82%) Postman
2 1 (0.82%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.82%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (22.95%) Social Skills
2 21 (17.21%) Public Sector
3 13 (10.66%) Finance
4 9 (7.38%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.56%) Advertising
5 8 (6.56%) Aerospace
6 7 (5.74%) Automotive
7 4 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.28%) Marketing
8 3 (2.46%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.64%) Electronics
9 2 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Billing
10 1 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (48.36%) Software Engineer
2 45 (36.89%) Senior
3 24 (19.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 14 (11.48%) Developer
4 14 (11.48%) Lead
5 11 (9.02%) Architect
5 11 (9.02%) Java Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Python Engineer
6 10 (8.20%) Software Developer
7 9 (7.38%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Senior Java Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Site Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Customer Solutions Architect
10 6 (4.92%) Head of Engineering
10 6 (4.92%) Senior Developer
10 6 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (3.28%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (11.48%) .NET
2 9 (7.38%) Node.js
3 6 (4.92%) React
4 4 (3.28%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.28%) REST
4 4 (3.28%) RESTful
4 4 (3.28%) Terraform
5 3 (2.46%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.46%) Django
5 3 (2.46%) Web Services
6 2 (1.64%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.64%) Entity Framework
6 2 (1.64%) Next.js
6 2 (1.64%) pgvector
6 2 (1.64%) Vue
7 1 (0.82%) Jest
7 1 (0.82%) LangChain
7 1 (0.82%) NgRx
7 1 (0.82%) Redux
7 1 (0.82%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.57%) Cloud Native
2 11 (9.02%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (8.20%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (8.20%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (5.74%) IoT
4 7 (5.74%) Robotics
5 5 (4.10%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (3.28%) AI Agents
6 4 (3.28%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (2.46%) SCADA
8 1 (0.82%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.82%) ARM Cortex
8 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.82%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.28%) Linux
2 2 (1.64%) Unix
3 1 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.82%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.59%) Agile
2 24 (19.67%) AI
3 23 (18.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (17.21%) CI/CD
5 20 (16.39%) Full-Stack Development
5 20 (16.39%) Line Management
6 17 (13.93%) Mentoring
7 15 (12.30%) DevOps
8 14 (11.48%) Coaching
9 13 (10.66%) Microservices
10 12 (9.84%) Event-Driven
10 12 (9.84%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 11 (9.02%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
12 10 (8.20%) Observability
13 9 (7.38%) Commercial Awareness
13 9 (7.38%) Decision-Making
13 9 (7.38%) Roadmaps
14 8 (6.56%) Collaborative Culture
14 8 (6.56%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 26 (21.31%) Java
2 24 (19.67%) Python
3 22 (18.03%) C#
4 16 (13.11%) SQL
5 10 (8.20%) JavaScript
6 9 (7.38%) C
7 6 (4.92%) Go
8 4 (3.28%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.46%) PHP
10 2 (1.64%) C++
11 1 (0.82%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (5.74%) Degree
1 7 (5.74%) TOGAF Certification
2 6 (4.92%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.46%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.46%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.82%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.28%) IEC 61131
1 4 (3.28%) QA
2 3 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.82%) DO-178B
3 1 (0.82%) DO-254
3 1 (0.82%) GxP
3 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (5.74%) Docker
2 1 (0.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.92%) Google
3 4 (3.28%) Allen-Bradley
3 4 (3.28%) Facebook
3 4 (3.28%) Instagram
3 4 (3.28%) Siemens
3 4 (3.28%) TikTok
4 3 (2.46%) Databricks
5 1 (0.82%) Virgin Media