Software Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median Software Engineer salary in the East of England is £66,206 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 May 2025.

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 30 51
Rank change year-on-year -25 +21 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 146 321 271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 4.55% 5.28% 4.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.02% 5.63% 5.90%
Number of salaries quoted 114 263 104
10th Percentile £45,375 £40,500 £41,275
25th Percentile £52,000 £46,875 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,206 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,274 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £92,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 2,908 5,706 4,590
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.70% 93.93% 84.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,542 4,353 2,290
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,205 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 6 May 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire -8 46 £57,500 -11.54% 144
Suffolk - 37 £66,230 - 12
Norfolk +29 22 £54,000 -1.82% 4
Essex +14 19 £67,000 +16.52% 32
Bedfordshire -1 11 £70,000 +75.00% 14
Hertfordshire -34 11 £56,250 -6.25% 26
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, 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 of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 146 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 63 (43.15%) Degree
3 62 (42.47%) C#
4 60 (41.10%) C++
4 60 (41.10%) SQL
5 59 (40.41%) Python
6 54 (36.99%) JavaScript
7 49 (33.56%) HTML
8 46 (31.51%) Artificial Intelligence
9 43 (29.45%) Agile
10 41 (28.08%) Java
11 36 (24.66%) PayPal
11 36 (24.66%) Chatbot
11 36 (24.66%) Conversational UI
12 34 (23.29%) C
13 33 (22.60%) TDD
14 29 (19.86%) React
14 29 (19.86%) Code Quality
15 26 (17.81%) DevOps
15 26 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (17.12%) SDLC
16 25 (17.12%) CI/CD
17 23 (15.75%) Azure
18 22 (15.07%) AWS
18 22 (15.07%) Kubernetes
19 21 (14.38%) Docker
20 20 (13.70%) Computer Science
20 20 (13.70%) Test Automation
21 19 (13.01%) Finance
21 19 (13.01%) CSS

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 13 (8.90%) Confluence
2 2 (1.37%) Apache
Applications
1 36 (24.66%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.68%) Simulink
2 1 (0.68%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) LabWindows
Cloud Services
1 23 (15.75%) Azure
2 22 (15.07%) AWS
3 15 (10.27%) GCP
4 4 (2.74%) Azure Pipelines
5 3 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.37%) Serverless
7 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.68%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.79%) Bluetooth
1 7 (4.79%) Modbus
1 7 (4.79%) Profibus
1 7 (4.79%) RS-232
1 7 (4.79%) RS-485
1 7 (4.79%) Wireless
1 7 (4.79%) ZigBee
2 2 (1.37%) DHCP
2 2 (1.37%) DNS
2 2 (1.37%) Firewall
2 2 (1.37%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.37%) VLAN
3 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.68%) FlexRay
3 1 (0.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.96%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.79%) NoSQL
2 7 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.11%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.74%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.74%) Redis
5 3 (2.05%) MySQL
6 2 (1.37%) Big Data
6 2 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (11.64%) JIRA
2 15 (10.27%) GitLab
3 14 (9.59%) Bitbucket
3 14 (9.59%) Cucumber
3 14 (9.59%) Maven
3 14 (9.59%) Selenium
3 14 (9.59%) SonarQube
3 14 (9.59%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (4.79%) Git
5 3 (2.05%) Moq
5 3 (2.05%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.37%) Eclipse
6 2 (1.37%) Eclipse RCP
6 2 (1.37%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.68%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.68%) MSTest
7 1 (0.68%) NUnit
7 1 (0.68%) Subversion
7 1 (0.68%) xUnit.net
General
1 19 (13.01%) Finance
2 18 (12.33%) Electronics
3 16 (10.96%) Banking
4 15 (10.27%) Manufacturing
5 14 (9.59%) Automotive
5 14 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.85%) Social Skills
7 8 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.42%) Aerospace
10 3 (2.05%) Retail
11 2 (1.37%) Military
12 1 (0.68%) Advertising
12 1 (0.68%) Back Office
12 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Games
12 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Legal
12 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (33.56%) HTML
2 29 (19.86%) React
3 19 (13.01%) CSS
4 16 (10.96%) Kafka
5 14 (9.59%) JPA
5 14 (9.59%) Redux
5 14 (9.59%) Spring
5 14 (9.59%) Spring Boot
6 13 (8.90%) Hibernate
7 9 (6.16%) Electron
7 9 (6.16%) Node.js
8 8 (5.48%) .NET
9 7 (4.79%) .NET Core
10 6 (4.11%) .NET Framework
10 6 (4.11%) Entity Framework
11 4 (2.74%) AngularJS
11 4 (2.74%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (2.74%) REST
11 4 (2.74%) Ruby on Rails
11 4 (2.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.96%) Product Ownership
2 14 (9.59%) Algorithms
2 14 (9.59%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (6.85%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.74%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.37%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.37%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.37%) FPGA
5 2 (1.37%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.37%) Reference Data
5 2 (1.37%) Replication
5 2 (1.37%) Robotics
5 2 (1.37%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.68%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) Verilog
6 1 (0.68%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.85%) Linux
2 7 (4.79%) FreeRTOS
3 4 (2.74%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (2.05%) Android
4 3 (2.05%) Windows
5 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 46 (31.51%) Artificial Intelligence
3 43 (29.45%) Agile
4 36 (24.66%) Conversational UI
5 33 (22.60%) TDD
6 29 (19.86%) Code Quality
7 26 (17.81%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (17.81%) DevOps
8 25 (17.12%) CI/CD
8 25 (17.12%) SDLC
9 20 (13.70%) Computer Science
9 20 (13.70%) Test Automation
10 19 (13.01%) Full-Stack Development
11 18 (12.33%) Microservices
12 17 (11.64%) OO
13 16 (10.96%) Front End Development
14 15 (10.27%) Clean Code
14 15 (10.27%) Containerisation
14 15 (10.27%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (9.59%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 62 (42.47%) C#
2 60 (41.10%) C++
2 60 (41.10%) SQL
3 59 (40.41%) Python
4 54 (36.99%) JavaScript
5 41 (28.08%) Java
6 34 (23.29%) C
7 17 (11.64%) TypeScript
8 11 (7.53%) Embedded C
9 9 (6.16%) Ada
10 8 (5.48%) Rust
11 4 (2.74%) Ada 95
11 4 (2.74%) Ruby
12 3 (2.05%) PHP
13 2 (1.37%) Go
14 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (43.15%) Degree
2 6 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (2.74%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (2.05%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.05%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.37%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.64%) QA
2 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.68%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (0.68%) AUTOSAR
2 1 (0.68%) CDISC
2 1 (0.68%) ISO 26262
2 1 (0.68%) MISRA
2 1 (0.68%) MISRA C
System Software
1 21 (14.38%) Docker
2 10 (6.85%) Firmware
3 7 (4.79%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 22 (15.07%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.37%) Ansible
2 2 (1.37%) Terraform
3 1 (0.68%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 36 (24.66%) PayPal
2 14 (9.59%) Solace
3 4 (2.74%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.68%) Facebook
4 1 (0.68%) Google