Software Engineer Job Trends in Derbyshire

Software Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Derbyshire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 41 36
Rank change year-on-year +20 -5 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 43 17 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 4.94% 3.63% 3.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.16% 3.92% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28 8 22
10th Percentile £28,700 £50,125 £38,875
25th Percentile £30,000 £51,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% +22.22% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,500 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £54,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.86% +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 833 434 656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.75% 92.74% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 516 242 424
10th Percentile £26,016 £25,038 £25,150
25th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £31,709
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,750 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -5.49% -16.38%
75th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £53,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £63,625 £60,000
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -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 4 August 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 4 August 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 -5 14 £55,000 - 1
Chesterfield +10 8 £35,000 -46.15%
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 4 August 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 43 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (32.56%) C#
2 14 (32.56%) C++
3 12 (27.91%) SQL
4 9 (20.93%) Agile
5 8 (18.60%) React
6 7 (16.28%) Degree
7 6 (13.95%) Git
7 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
8 5 (11.63%) .NET
8 5 (11.63%) C
8 5 (11.63%) JIRA
8 5 (11.63%) Mathematics
8 5 (11.63%) OOP
8 5 (11.63%) Physics
8 5 (11.63%) Visual Studio
9 4 (9.30%) Data Visualisation
9 4 (9.30%) TypeScript
9 4 (9.30%) Visualisation
9 4 (9.30%) WPF
10 3 (6.98%) Computer Science
10 3 (6.98%) Linux
10 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (6.98%) Software Architecture
10 3 (6.98%) Software Testing
10 3 (6.98%) System Testing
11 2 (4.65%) Performance Engineering
11 2 (4.65%) Requirements Gathering
12 1 (2.33%) AWS
12 1 (2.33%) Azure

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 1 (2.33%) AWS
1 1 (2.33%) Azure
1 1 (2.33%) GCP
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Git
2 5 (11.63%) JIRA
2 5 (11.63%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.33%) Subversion
General
1 14 (32.56%) Manufacturing
2 9 (20.93%) Electronics
3 8 (18.60%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.60%) React
2 5 (11.63%) .NET
3 4 (9.30%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (20.93%) Agile
3 5 (11.63%) Mathematics
3 5 (11.63%) OOP
3 5 (11.63%) Physics
4 4 (9.30%) Data Visualisation
4 4 (9.30%) Visualisation
5 3 (6.98%) Computer Science
5 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (6.98%) Software Architecture
5 3 (6.98%) Software Testing
5 3 (6.98%) System Testing
6 2 (4.65%) Performance Engineering
6 2 (4.65%) Requirements Gathering
7 1 (2.33%) CI/CD
7 1 (2.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.33%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (2.33%) DevOps
7 1 (2.33%) Open Source
7 1 (2.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) C#
1 14 (32.56%) C++
2 12 (27.91%) SQL
3 6 (13.95%) JavaScript
4 5 (11.63%) C
5 4 (9.30%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Degree
2 1 (2.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) QA