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 £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 54 22
Rank change year-on-year +23 -32 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 323 267 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.28% 4.98% 9.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.63% 5.92% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 265 101 116
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +29.41%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,750 £85,000 £87,050
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,742 4,510 6,032
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 84.06% 93.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,381 2,254 2,870
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,284 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,050
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 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
Cambridgeshire +13 187 £65,000 -7.14% 89
Hertfordshire +70 89 £60,000 - 27
Essex +16 28 £58,750 -30.88% 8
Norfolk -35 14 £55,000 - 5
Bedfordshire +4 5 £40,000 -30.43% 2
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 323 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 101 (31.27%) C
3 85 (26.32%) Python
4 77 (23.84%) C#
5 70 (21.67%) Electronics
6 68 (21.05%) Agile
7 66 (20.43%) Linux
8 57 (17.65%) C++
9 53 (16.41%) Degree
10 48 (14.86%) Social Skills
11 47 (14.55%) AWS
12 42 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
13 41 (12.69%) Security Cleared
13 41 (12.69%) JavaScript
14 32 (9.91%) Embedded Systems
15 31 (9.60%) Computer Science
16 29 (8.98%) TypeScript
16 29 (8.98%) Ada
17 28 (8.67%) Azure
17 28 (8.67%) IoT
18 27 (8.36%) Algorithms
18 27 (8.36%) Validation
19 26 (8.05%) Automotive
19 26 (8.05%) React
20 25 (7.74%) Kubernetes
21 24 (7.43%) .NET
22 23 (7.12%) Embedded C
23 22 (6.81%) BPSS Clearance
23 22 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
24 21 (6.50%) Prototyping

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 1 (0.31%) CMS
1 1 (0.31%) Confluence
1 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (4.95%) Simulink
2 9 (2.79%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.86%) Trello
4 1 (0.31%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.31%) Stateflow
Cloud Services
1 47 (14.55%) AWS
2 28 (8.67%) Azure
3 7 (2.17%) SaaS
3 7 (2.17%) Serverless
4 6 (1.86%) Amazon S3
4 6 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (1.55%) GitHub
6 1 (0.31%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.31%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.31%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.57%) Bluetooth
1 18 (5.57%) Wireless
2 14 (4.33%) Wi-Fi
3 11 (3.41%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.48%) Ethernet
4 8 (2.48%) Modbus
4 8 (2.48%) RS-232
5 6 (1.86%) 5G
5 6 (1.86%) HTTP
6 4 (1.24%) Internet
7 3 (0.93%) RS-422
7 3 (0.93%) RS-485
8 2 (0.62%) LTE
8 2 (0.62%) MQTT
8 2 (0.62%) NGN
8 2 (0.62%) ZigBee
9 1 (0.31%) DECT
9 1 (0.31%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.31%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.19%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (4.33%) MySQL
3 7 (2.17%) Redis
4 6 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.86%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (1.86%) GIS
4 6 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.62%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 21 (6.50%) Git
2 14 (4.33%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.41%) JIRA
4 9 (2.79%) Rational Rhapsody
5 8 (2.48%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.55%) Subversion
7 4 (1.24%) GitLab
7 4 (1.24%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.93%) Rational Team Concert
8 3 (0.93%) Selenium
9 2 (0.62%) Appium
9 2 (0.62%) ClearCase
9 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.31%) ClearQuest
10 1 (0.31%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.31%) Redmine
10 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 70 (21.67%) Electronics
2 48 (14.86%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.05%) Automotive
4 22 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.19%) Manufacturing
6 13 (4.02%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.41%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.86%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.24%) Finance
9 4 (1.24%) Marketing
9 4 (1.24%) Military
9 4 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.93%) Law
10 3 (0.93%) Welsh Language
11 2 (0.62%) French Language
11 2 (0.62%) German Language
11 2 (0.62%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.62%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.62%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.05%) React
2 24 (7.43%) .NET
3 15 (4.64%) Node.js
4 13 (4.02%) CSS
4 13 (4.02%) HTML
5 11 (3.41%) Yocto
6 9 (2.79%) Middleware
6 9 (2.79%) PyQt
7 7 (2.17%) gRPC
7 7 (2.17%) REST
8 6 (1.86%) COM
8 6 (1.86%) JSON
8 6 (1.86%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (1.86%) scikit-learn
9 5 (1.55%) Electron
9 5 (1.55%) FFmpeg
9 5 (1.55%) Kafka
9 5 (1.55%) Laravel
9 5 (1.55%) OpenEmbedded
9 5 (1.55%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.91%) Embedded Systems
2 28 (8.67%) IoT
3 27 (8.36%) Algorithms
4 15 (4.64%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (4.64%) Robotics
5 12 (3.72%) Client/Server
6 9 (2.79%) Renewable Energy
6 9 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (2.48%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.48%) Device Driver
7 8 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.55%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (1.24%) Verilog
11 3 (0.93%) CAN bus
11 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
11 3 (0.93%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.93%) PCIe
11 3 (0.93%) SCADA
11 3 (0.93%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 66 (20.43%) Linux
2 17 (5.26%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (4.33%) Windows
4 8 (2.48%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.17%) Android
5 7 (2.17%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.24%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 68 (21.05%) Agile
3 42 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (9.60%) Computer Science
5 27 (8.36%) Validation
6 21 (6.50%) OO
6 21 (6.50%) Prototyping
6 21 (6.50%) Software Testing
7 20 (6.19%) DevOps
8 19 (5.88%) Full Stack Development
8 19 (5.88%) OOP
9 18 (5.57%) Multithreading
9 18 (5.57%) TDD
10 16 (4.95%) Code Quality
11 15 (4.64%) Continuous Integration
11 15 (4.64%) Systems Engineering
12 14 (4.33%) CI/CD
12 14 (4.33%) Mentoring
12 14 (4.33%) SDLC
12 14 (4.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 101 (31.27%) C
2 85 (26.32%) Python
3 77 (23.84%) C#
4 57 (17.65%) C++
5 41 (12.69%) JavaScript
6 29 (8.98%) Ada
6 29 (8.98%) TypeScript
7 23 (7.12%) Embedded C
8 19 (5.88%) Java
8 19 (5.88%) Kotlin
8 19 (5.88%) MATLAB
9 18 (5.57%) PHP
10 10 (3.10%) Go
11 9 (2.79%) SQL
12 8 (2.48%) Shell Script
13 7 (2.17%) Embedded C++
14 6 (1.86%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.55%) Bash
15 5 (1.55%) Rust
16 4 (1.24%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 53 (16.41%) Degree
2 41 (12.69%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (3.10%) Master's Degree
5 7 (2.17%) HNC
6 6 (1.86%) HND
7 5 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.93%) PhD
9 1 (0.31%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.48%) IEC 62304
1 8 (2.48%) ISO 13485
2 4 (1.24%) MISRA
3 3 (0.93%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.93%) QA
4 1 (0.31%) MISRA C
System Software
1 17 (5.26%) Firmware
2 14 (4.33%) Docker
3 2 (0.62%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 25 (7.74%) Kubernetes
2 18 (5.57%) Terraform
3 3 (0.93%) Ansible
3 3 (0.93%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.62%) linkerd
5 1 (0.31%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.31%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (3.10%) Siemens
2 8 (2.48%) IBM
3 7 (2.17%) Red Hat
4 6 (1.86%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.24%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.62%) Cadence
6 2 (0.62%) Interwoven
6 2 (0.62%) QNX
6 2 (0.62%) RedGate
7 1 (0.31%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.31%) Google
7 1 (0.31%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.31%) Renesas
7 1 (0.31%) Xamarin