Software Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Software Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Software Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 54 45
Rank change year-on-year +26 -9 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 292 137 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.44% 5.54% 5.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.83% 6.16% 6.19%
Number of salaries quoted 230 59 64
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,625
25th Percentile £40,313 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,125 £62,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £83,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £61,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.86% +3.70% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,276 2,225 3,344
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 89.90% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,688 1,192 2,036
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,685 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the East Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the East Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the East Midlands

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Nottinghamshire +14 114 £50,000 -15.25% 11
Northamptonshire 0 73 £50,000 -16.67% 6
Leicestershire -7 68 £38,000 -10.59% 4
Derbyshire +10 30 £45,000 - 7
Lincolnshire +3 6 £40,000 +48.15% 4
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 East Midlands region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 291 (99.66%) Software Engineering
2 87 (29.79%) C#
3 68 (23.29%) .NET
4 66 (22.60%) C++
5 62 (21.23%) Azure
6 61 (20.89%) AWS
7 48 (16.44%) Python
8 43 (14.73%) C
9 42 (14.38%) JavaScript
10 41 (14.04%) DevOps
11 40 (13.70%) SQL
12 39 (13.36%) Agile
13 34 (11.64%) Linux
13 34 (11.64%) React
14 32 (10.96%) Degree
15 28 (9.59%) .NET Core
16 25 (8.56%) Mentoring
16 25 (8.56%) Security Cleared
16 25 (8.56%) Firmware
17 23 (7.88%) CSS
18 21 (7.19%) Full Stack Development
19 20 (6.85%) Computer Science
19 20 (6.85%) Web Development
19 20 (6.85%) AngularJS
20 19 (6.51%) Docker
20 19 (6.51%) SC Cleared
20 19 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
20 19 (6.51%) Problem-Solving
21 18 (6.16%) GIS
21 18 (6.16%) ESRI

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 18 (6.16%) ArcGIS
1 18 (6.16%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.34%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 62 (21.23%) Azure
2 61 (20.89%) AWS
3 15 (5.14%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.40%) Serverless
5 5 (1.71%) GCP
6 4 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (1.03%) AWS IoT
7 3 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (0.68%) Amazon Kinesis
8 2 (0.68%) Amazon S3
8 2 (0.68%) Amazon SQS
8 2 (0.68%) GitHub
8 2 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.68%) Heroku
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.34%) Amazon Neptune
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.71%) Modbus
1 5 (1.71%) TCP/IP
2 4 (1.37%) MQTT
3 3 (1.03%) Internet
4 1 (0.34%) HTTP
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
4 1 (0.34%) SNMP
4 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.51%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (6.16%) GIS
2 18 (6.16%) QGIS
3 9 (3.08%) MySQL
3 9 (3.08%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.40%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.05%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.34%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (4.79%) Git
2 9 (3.08%) JIRA
3 6 (2.05%) LabVIEW
4 4 (1.37%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 18 (6.16%) Electronics
2 16 (5.48%) Telecoms
3 14 (4.79%) Social Skills
4 12 (4.11%) Manufacturing
5 10 (3.42%) Automotive
6 8 (2.74%) Agriculture
7 6 (2.05%) Finance
7 6 (2.05%) Marketing
8 4 (1.37%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.37%) Public Sector
8 4 (1.37%) Publishing
9 3 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (0.68%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.34%) Games
11 1 (0.34%) Law
11 1 (0.34%) Military
11 1 (0.34%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.34%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (23.29%) .NET
2 34 (11.64%) React
3 28 (9.59%) .NET Core
4 23 (7.88%) CSS
5 20 (6.85%) AngularJS
6 18 (6.16%) Leaflet
6 18 (6.16%) OpenLayers
6 18 (6.16%) PostGIS
7 14 (4.79%) .NET Framework
8 13 (4.45%) Web Services
9 11 (3.77%) ASP.NET
10 10 (3.42%) LAMP
11 9 (3.08%) ASP.NET Core
12 8 (2.74%) Laravel
12 8 (2.74%) RESTful
13 5 (1.71%) HTML
14 4 (1.37%) Qt
15 3 (1.03%) Vue
16 2 (0.68%) Jest
16 2 (0.68%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.45%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (2.74%) IoT
3 7 (2.40%) Augmented Reality
3 7 (2.40%) Virtual Reality
4 4 (1.37%) Device Driver
4 4 (1.37%) Graphic Design
4 4 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (1.03%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.03%) Arduino
6 2 (0.68%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.34%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.34%) FPGA
7 1 (0.34%) Lidar
7 1 (0.34%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.64%) Linux
2 9 (3.08%) Unix
3 6 (2.05%) Windows
4 5 (1.71%) Debian
5 3 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (1.03%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.68%) Android
6 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.68%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (99.66%) Software Engineering
2 41 (14.04%) DevOps
3 39 (13.36%) Agile
4 25 (8.56%) Mentoring
5 21 (7.19%) Full Stack Development
6 20 (6.85%) Computer Science
6 20 (6.85%) Web Development
7 19 (6.51%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (6.16%) Actionable Insight
9 15 (5.14%) CI/CD
10 12 (4.11%) SDLC
11 11 (3.77%) MVC
11 11 (3.77%) OOP
12 10 (3.42%) Microservices
12 10 (3.42%) SOLID
12 10 (3.42%) Unit Testing
13 9 (3.08%) Embedded Software Development
13 9 (3.08%) Software Testing
14 8 (2.74%) Coaching
14 8 (2.74%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 87 (29.79%) C#
2 66 (22.60%) C++
3 48 (16.44%) Python
4 43 (14.73%) C
5 42 (14.38%) JavaScript
6 40 (13.70%) SQL
7 16 (5.48%) Embedded C
8 14 (4.79%) TypeScript
9 13 (4.45%) Java
10 12 (4.11%) PHP
11 9 (3.08%) Shell Script
12 7 (2.40%) Embedded C++
13 5 (1.71%) VB
14 4 (1.37%) Go
14 4 (1.37%) MATLAB
15 3 (1.03%) Groovy
15 3 (1.03%) PowerShell
15 3 (1.03%) Rust
16 2 (0.68%) Assembly Language
17 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 32 (10.96%) Degree
2 25 (8.56%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.51%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.40%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.71%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.68%) HND
7 2 (0.68%) PhD
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.34%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.05%) MISRA
2 3 (1.03%) MISRA C
2 3 (1.03%) QA
System Software
1 25 (8.56%) Firmware
2 19 (6.51%) Docker
3 14 (4.79%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.05%) Terraform
2 2 (0.68%) Ansible
2 2 (0.68%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (6.16%) ESRI
2 4 (1.37%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.37%) SAP
3 2 (0.68%) Atmel
3 2 (0.68%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.34%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.34%) Parasoft
4 1 (0.34%) QNX
4 1 (0.34%) Xilinx