Software Engineer Jobs in Chelmsford

Software Engineer
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Software Engineer salary in Chelmsford is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 10 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 6.80% 0.70% -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.46% 0.88% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £49,688 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile - £55,000 -
90th Percentile £62,000 - -
Essex median annual salary £60,000 £56,250 £55,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% +49.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 134 114 122
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.16% 80.28% 89.05%
Number of salaries quoted 119 73 60
10th Percentile £29,925 £23,500 £27,300
25th Percentile £35,500 £25,500 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -14.02% +18.89%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,143 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £65,200 £88,855
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% -5.00%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Chelmsford

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Chelmsford

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Chelmsford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Chelmsford over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Chelmsford

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 16 June 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 Chelmsford region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (70.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (20.00%) Firmware
5 1 (10.00%) CMS
5 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (10.00%) Google
5 1 (10.00%) Selenium
5 1 (10.00%) Django
5 1 (10.00%) Git
5 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Product Vision
5 1 (10.00%) Educational Technology
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) TDD
5 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (10.00%) MySQL
5 1 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) WebDriver
5 1 (10.00%) BDD
5 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
5 1 (10.00%) MariaDB
5 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
5 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (10.00%) GCP

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 (10.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MariaDB
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
1 1 (10.00%) WebDriver
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (70.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Software Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) BDD
4 1 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (10.00%) TDD
4 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (20.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google