Software Engineering Jobs in Derby

Software Engineering
Derbyshire > Derby

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Derby 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 28 21
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 7 19 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 5.43% 4.13% 10.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.86% 5.43% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 7 18 30
10th Percentile £44,500 £38,075 -
25th Percentile £48,125 £46,562 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,125 £65,000 £57,188
90th Percentile £64,000 £73,000 £86,250
Derbyshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Derby

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 Derby.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 102 350 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 79.07% 76.09% 96.65%
Number of salaries quoted 89 259 220
10th Percentile £21,250 £28,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,750 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £57,813
90th Percentile £59,650 £65,000 £71,375
Derbyshire median annual salary £40,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% +5.88%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Derby

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Derby

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Derby

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (71.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) PLC Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) PLC Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (42.86%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Multithreading
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Information Security
3 1 (14.29%) Microservices
3 1 (14.29%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) C
2 3 (42.86%) C#
3 2 (28.57%) Bash
3 2 (28.57%) C++
3 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (28.57%) Python
4 1 (14.29%) Ada
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded C
4 1 (14.29%) Embedded C++
4 1 (14.29%) Groovy
4 1 (14.29%) Ruby
4 1 (14.29%) Rust
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) JTAG
1 1 (14.29%) MISRA
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Parasoft
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens