Software Engineering Jobs in Birmingham

Software Engineering
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 20 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 +6 +13
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 195 178 275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.14% 8.96% 8.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.65% 9.34% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 164 144 225
10th Percentile £36,125 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,438 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -4.62% +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £95,000
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,255 1,905 3,067
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.60% 95.87% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,829 1,409 2,307
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,700 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,700 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,550 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Birmingham

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Birmingham

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Birmingham over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Birmingham

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 12 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.59%) Confluence
3 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.05%) Appian
4 4 (2.05%) NServiceBus
5 2 (1.03%) IIS
6 1 (0.51%) Apache
6 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (4.10%) Adobe XD
2 4 (2.05%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 10 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (26.67%) Azure
2 47 (24.10%) AWS
3 26 (13.33%) GCP
4 22 (11.28%) Dynamics 365
5 20 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
6 16 (8.21%) Power Platform
6 16 (8.21%) SaaS
7 9 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.59%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.59%) Serverless
9 6 (3.08%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.56%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.05%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (2.05%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.05%) GitHub
11 4 (2.05%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.03%) Azure App Service
12 2 (1.03%) Matillion
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.05%) Ethernet
2 2 (1.03%) 4G
2 2 (1.03%) 5G
2 2 (1.03%) DHCP
2 2 (1.03%) DNS
2 2 (1.03%) HTTP
2 2 (1.03%) IPv6
3 1 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.51%) Internet
3 1 (0.51%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.72%) MySQL
1 17 (8.72%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.10%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.59%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.08%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (3.08%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.56%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.56%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.05%) BigQuery
7 4 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.05%) Power BI
8 3 (1.54%) InterSystems Cache
9 2 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (1.03%) Looker
9 2 (1.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.51%) Event Store
Development Applications
1 25 (12.82%) Git
2 15 (7.69%) GitLab
3 13 (6.67%) Visual Studio
4 9 (4.62%) JIRA
5 8 (4.10%) Cucumber
6 6 (3.08%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (2.56%) Jenkins
7 5 (2.56%) Postman
8 4 (2.05%) CANoe
8 4 (2.05%) Jasmine
8 4 (2.05%) Xcode
9 3 (1.54%) IBM UrbanCode
10 2 (1.03%) GCC
10 2 (1.03%) MSBuild
11 1 (0.51%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.51%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.51%) SpecFlow
General
1 23 (11.79%) Finance
2 17 (8.72%) Social Skills
3 11 (5.64%) Manufacturing
4 10 (5.13%) Retail
5 8 (4.10%) Automotive
5 8 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.59%) Electronics
6 7 (3.59%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (2.05%) Multimedia
9 3 (1.54%) Banking
9 3 (1.54%) Local Government
9 3 (1.54%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.03%) Aviation
10 2 (1.03%) Games
10 2 (1.03%) Legal
10 2 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Law
11 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 88 (45.13%) Software Engineer
2 50 (25.64%) Developer
3 47 (24.10%) Senior
4 30 (15.38%) Senior Software Engineer
5 25 (12.82%) Lead
6 21 (10.77%) Embedded Engineer
7 18 (9.23%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 14 (7.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 13 (6.67%) Full Stack Developer
9 13 (6.67%) Java Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
10 10 (5.13%) Senior Java Engineer
11 8 (4.10%) Angular Developer
11 8 (4.10%) Java Software Engineer
11 8 (4.10%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 8 (4.10%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 8 (4.10%) Technical Leader
12 7 (3.59%) Architect
12 7 (3.59%) Junior
12 7 (3.59%) UI/UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (18.97%) .NET
2 32 (16.41%) React
3 30 (15.38%) AngularJS
4 22 (11.28%) RESTful
5 20 (10.26%) HTML
6 19 (9.74%) CSS
7 13 (6.67%) ASP.NET
7 13 (6.67%) Node.js
8 10 (5.13%) .NET Core
8 10 (5.13%) jQuery
9 8 (4.10%) Material Design
9 8 (4.10%) NgRx
9 8 (4.10%) Vue
10 7 (3.59%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (3.59%) Spring
11 6 (3.08%) ARM Templates
11 6 (3.08%) Next.js
11 6 (3.08%) Web Services
12 5 (2.56%) OpenAPI
12 5 (2.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.18%) Mobile App
2 13 (6.67%) Virtual Team
3 11 (5.64%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.13%) Private Cloud
5 9 (4.62%) Onboarding
6 8 (4.10%) Algorithms
7 7 (3.59%) FMCG
8 6 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (2.56%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.56%) Management Information System
10 4 (2.05%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.05%) Device Driver
10 4 (2.05%) Infotainment
10 4 (2.05%) Low-Code
10 4 (2.05%) Smartphone
11 1 (0.51%) Blockchain
11 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.51%) Distributed Applications
11 1 (0.51%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.51%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.13%) Android
1 10 (5.13%) Apple iOS
2 7 (3.59%) Linux
3 5 (2.56%) Windows
4 4 (2.05%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (2.05%) Unix
5 3 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (42.05%) Agile
2 48 (24.62%) DevOps
3 38 (19.49%) CI/CD
4 32 (16.41%) Full Stack Development
4 32 (16.41%) Scrum
5 27 (13.85%) Continuous Integration
6 24 (12.31%) User Experience
7 23 (11.79%) Mentoring
8 20 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (10.26%) Kanban
8 20 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (10.26%) UX Design
9 17 (8.72%) Computer Science
9 17 (8.72%) Containerisation
9 17 (8.72%) Front End Development
9 17 (8.72%) Roadmaps
10 15 (7.69%) Continuous Deployment
10 15 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (7.69%) TDD
11 14 (7.18%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 49 (25.13%) C#
2 46 (23.59%) TypeScript
3 45 (23.08%) Java
4 39 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 30 (15.38%) SQL
6 23 (11.79%) Python
7 18 (9.23%) C
8 14 (7.18%) C++
9 11 (5.64%) Go
10 10 (5.13%) PHP
11 5 (2.56%) T-SQL
12 4 (2.05%) COBOL
12 4 (2.05%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 2 (1.03%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.51%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 29 (14.87%) Degree
2 20 (10.26%) SC Cleared
2 20 (10.26%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (3.08%) MCSE
4 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.51%) CISA
5 1 (0.51%) CISM
5 1 (0.51%) CISSP
5 1 (0.51%) HNC
5 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.18%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.62%) QA
3 4 (2.05%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.51%) IFRS
4 1 (0.51%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.51%) NIST
4 1 (0.51%) Solvency II
System Software
1 21 (10.77%) Docker
2 4 (2.05%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (2.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (8.21%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.67%) Terraform
3 2 (1.03%) MIIS
4 1 (0.51%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (14.36%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.26%) Google
3 13 (6.67%) Xamarin
4 8 (4.10%) Adobe
5 5 (2.56%) DevExpress
6 4 (2.05%) Micro Focus
7 3 (1.54%) IBM
7 3 (1.54%) InterSystems
7 3 (1.54%) Zend
8 2 (1.03%) Remedy
8 2 (1.03%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.51%) Cisco
9 1 (0.51%) Databricks
9 1 (0.51%) Juniper
9 1 (0.51%) Oracle
9 1 (0.51%) SAP
9 1 (0.51%) VeriFone