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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 29 March 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| Software Engineering |
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6 months to
29 Mar 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
20 |
20 |
22 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
0 |
+2 |
+2 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering |
10,607 |
14,259 |
14,409 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England |
9.69% |
10.29% |
8.74% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category |
10.53% |
11.16% |
9.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
9,360 |
11,768 |
12,206 |
| Median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+9.09% |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£35,426 |
£32,500 |
£32,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£97,500 |
£90,000 |
£82,250 |
| UK median annual salary |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.55% |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| All Process and Methodology Skills England |
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills |
100,697 |
127,721 |
151,982 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England |
91.98% |
92.21% |
92.18% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
80,428 |
101,631 |
124,897 |
| Median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
+1.92% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,250 |
£30,000 |
£29,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£85,000 |
£82,000 |
| UK median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
+5.26% |
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Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Software Engineering
Salary Trend in England
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in England.
Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in England
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in England over the 6 months to 29 March 2020.
Software Engineering
Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 29 March 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| London |
+3 |
4,779 |
£75,000 |
+7.14% |
764 |
| South East |
-1 |
2,217 |
£50,000 |
- |
400 |
| North of England |
-2 |
1,389 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
326 |
| South West |
+3 |
997 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
208 |
| Midlands |
-5 |
693 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
233 |
| North West |
-2 |
687 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
175 |
| Yorkshire |
-3 |
574 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
112 |
| East of England |
-5 |
508 |
£50,000 |
-4.76% |
252 |
| West Midlands |
-5 |
416 |
£47,500 |
+5.56% |
144 |
| East Midlands |
-3 |
276 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
88 |
| North East |
+4 |
128 |
£47,500 |
-2.09% |
39 |
Software Engineering
UK |
For the 6 months to 29 March 2020, IT jobs citing Software Engineering also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region with a requirement for Software Engineering.
| 1 |
5,338 (50.33%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
4,080 (38.47%) |
Java |
| 3 |
3,720 (35.07%) |
JavaScript |
| 4 |
3,345 (31.54%) |
C# |
| 5 |
2,902 (27.36%) |
Python |
| 6 |
2,744 (25.87%) |
AWS |
| 7 |
2,535 (23.90%) |
.NET |
| 8 |
2,152 (20.29%) |
Finance |
| 9 |
2,119 (19.98%) |
C++ |
| 10 |
2,111 (19.90%) |
SQL |
| 11 |
1,986 (18.72%) |
DevOps |
| 12 |
1,906 (17.97%) |
Microservices |
| 13 |
1,897 (17.88%) |
Azure |
| 14 |
1,845 (17.39%) |
Degree |
| 15 |
1,822 (17.18%) |
Docker |
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| 16 |
1,763 (16.62%) |
AngularJS |
| 17 |
1,734 (16.35%) |
TDD |
| 18 |
1,725 (16.26%) |
Scrum |
| 19 |
1,655 (15.60%) |
React |
| 20 |
1,596 (15.05%) |
Linux |
| 21 |
1,588 (14.97%) |
HTML |
| 22 |
1,502 (14.16%) |
Computer Science |
| 23 |
1,448 (13.65%) |
CSS |
| 24 |
1,417 (13.36%) |
Git (software) |
| 25 |
1,346 (12.69%) |
Node.js |
| 26 |
1,325 (12.49%) |
Test Automation |
| 27 |
1,283 (12.10%) |
Web Services |
| 28 |
1,261 (11.89%) |
Kubernetes |
| 29 |
1,173 (11.06%) |
C |
| 30 |
1,168 (11.01%) |
Problem-Solving |
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Software Engineering
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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| Processes & Methodologies |
| 1 |
5,338 (50.33%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 2 |
1,986 (18.72%) |
DevOps |
| 3 |
1,906 (17.97%) |
Microservices |
| 4 |
1,734 (16.35%) |
TDD |
| 5 |
1,725 (16.26%) |
Scrum |
| 6 |
1,502 (14.16%) |
Computer Science |
| 7 |
1,325 (12.49%) |
Test Automation |
| 8 |
1,168 (11.01%) |
Problem-Solving |
| 9 |
1,136 (10.71%) |
Continuous Integration |
| 10 |
1,098 (10.35%) |
OO |
| 11 |
1,078 (10.16%) |
Mentoring |
| 12 |
973 (9.17%) |
MVC |
| 13 |
879 (8.29%) |
SDLC |
| 14 |
845 (7.97%) |
Artificial Intelligence |
| 15 |
795 (7.50%) |
Analytics |
| 16 |
792 (7.47%) |
Machine Learning |
| 17 |
770 (7.26%) |
Fintech |
| 18 |
744 (7.01%) |
Open Source |
| 18 |
744 (7.01%) |
Unit Testing |
| 19 |
691 (6.51%) |
BDD |
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