Software Engineering Jobs in Chelmsford

Software Engineering
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chelmsford requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 14 30
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 6 13 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 10.71% 8.97% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.32% 11.02% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6 13 1
10th Percentile £61,875 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% +20.00% -
75th Percentile - - £55,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £70,000 -
Essex median annual salary £63,750 £51,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -21.54% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53 118 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 94.64% 81.38% 89.44%
Number of salaries quoted 49 102 60
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £30,000 £26,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,584 £47,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.49% +2.15% -11.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £50,700
90th Percentile £67,000 £70,000 £65,025
Essex median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,480
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.22% -0.04%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Chelmsford

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Chelmsford

Software Engineering
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:

Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Principal Software Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Embedded Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) MATLAB Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (50.00%) Performance Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Code Quality
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Ada
1 3 (50.00%) Ada 95
1 3 (50.00%) C
1 3 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) C++
3 1 (16.67%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (50.00%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Firmware