Software Engineer Job Trends in Derbyshire

Software Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Derbyshire is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 41 36
Rank change year-on-year +26 -5 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 52 18 25
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 5.27% 3.88% 3.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.62% 4.17% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 34 8 20
10th Percentile £29,750 £50,125 £38,525
25th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,625 £63,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,500 £66,500
East Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +40.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 926 432 636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.10% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 601 235 391
10th Percentile £26,800 £25,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -20.22% -11.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,063 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £61,250
East Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -14.29%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Derbyshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 1 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby +4 18 £57,500 +4.55% 3
Chesterfield +11 10 £35,000 -46.15% 3
Ashbourne - 5 £45,000 - 2
Swadlincote - 4 £70,000 -
Software Engineer
East Midlands

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 1 September 2026, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Derbyshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 52 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 17 (32.69%) C#
3 14 (26.92%) SQL
4 13 (25.00%) Agile
5 12 (23.08%) C++
6 10 (19.23%) Git
7 9 (17.31%) React
8 8 (15.38%) .NET
9 7 (13.46%) Python
10 6 (11.54%) JavaScript
10 6 (11.54%) Mathematics
11 5 (9.62%) C
11 5 (9.62%) CRM
11 5 (9.62%) Degree
11 5 (9.62%) JIRA
11 5 (9.62%) OOP
11 5 (9.62%) Physics
11 5 (9.62%) TypeScript
11 5 (9.62%) Visual Studio
12 4 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
12 4 (7.69%) ERP
12 4 (7.69%) Open Source
12 4 (7.69%) QA
12 4 (7.69%) Software Testing
12 4 (7.69%) Subversion
12 4 (7.69%) Visualisation
12 4 (7.69%) WPF
13 3 (5.77%) Computer Science
13 3 (5.77%) Linux
13 3 (5.77%) Problem-Solving

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (3.85%) AWS
1 2 (3.85%) Azure
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (1.92%) Amazon S3
2 1 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (1.92%) GCP
2 1 (1.92%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.92%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (19.23%) Git
2 5 (9.62%) JIRA
2 5 (9.62%) Visual Studio
3 4 (7.69%) Subversion
General
1 16 (30.77%) Manufacturing
2 9 (17.31%) Electronics
3 8 (15.38%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (17.31%) React
2 8 (15.38%) .NET
3 4 (7.69%) WPF
4 1 (1.92%) NumPy
4 1 (1.92%) Pandas
4 1 (1.92%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.92%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 13 (25.00%) Agile
3 6 (11.54%) Mathematics
4 5 (9.62%) CRM
4 5 (9.62%) OOP
4 5 (9.62%) Physics
5 4 (7.69%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (7.69%) ERP
5 4 (7.69%) Open Source
5 4 (7.69%) Software Testing
5 4 (7.69%) Visualisation
6 3 (5.77%) Computer Science
6 3 (5.77%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (5.77%) Software Architecture
6 3 (5.77%) System Testing
7 2 (3.85%) CI/CD
7 2 (3.85%) Performance Engineering
7 2 (3.85%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (1.92%) Code Quality
8 1 (1.92%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 17 (32.69%) C#
2 14 (26.92%) SQL
3 12 (23.08%) C++
4 7 (13.46%) Python
5 6 (11.54%) JavaScript
6 5 (9.62%) C
6 5 (9.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (9.62%) Degree
2 1 (1.92%) AWS Certification
2 1 (1.92%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) QA