Software Development Engineer Jobs in England

Software Development Engineer
UK > England

The median Software Development Engineer salary in England is £53,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 783 835 870
Rank change year-on-year +52 +35 -124
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 53 115 264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.063% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 26 77 78
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,350 £46,250
25th Percentile £45,938 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% -3.70% +17.39%
75th Percentile £60,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% -3.70% +17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 79,927 86,214 125,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59,989 54,425 75,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Engineer in England

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Software Development Engineer in England

Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Development Engineer in England

Software Development Engineer
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 Development Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
Midlands +20 19 £52,500 -17.65% 5
London +96 14 £72,500 -6.45% 4
West Midlands +27 14 £58,500 -8.24% 3
South East +21 12 £40,000 -33.33% 2
North of England +34 5 £72,500 +42.20%
East Midlands -8 5 £52,500 - 2
East of England +14 3 £65,000 - 4
North East +4 3 - -
Yorkshire +83 2 £72,500 +31.82%
South West -12 2 £50,000 -11.88%
Software Development Engineer
UK

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Software Development 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 England region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (33.96%) Degree
2 17 (32.08%) Software Engineering
3 16 (30.19%) C#
4 14 (26.42%) Java
5 13 (24.53%) Python
6 12 (22.64%) Computer Science
6 12 (22.64%) Agile
6 12 (22.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (22.64%) Full Stack Development
6 12 (22.64%) Onboarding
7 11 (20.75%) Architectural Patterns
7 11 (20.75%) Software Testing
8 10 (18.87%) Linux
8 10 (18.87%) Azure
8 10 (18.87%) AWS
9 9 (16.98%) Test Automation
9 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
9 9 (16.98%) Design Patterns
9 9 (16.98%) Task Automation
10 8 (15.09%) Social Skills
10 8 (15.09%) SDLC
10 8 (15.09%) SDET
10 8 (15.09%) Machine Learning
11 7 (13.21%) Modbus
11 7 (13.21%) GitHub
11 7 (13.21%) Analytics
11 7 (13.21%) DevOps
11 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
11 7 (13.21%) SQL

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 6 (11.32%) Confluence
1 6 (11.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Doxygen
Cloud Services
1 10 (18.87%) AWS
1 10 (18.87%) Azure
2 7 (13.21%) GitHub
3 6 (11.32%) IaaS
4 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.43%) PowerApps
5 4 (7.55%) Amazon EKS
5 4 (7.55%) Amazon Kinesis
5 4 (7.55%) Amazon SQS
5 4 (7.55%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (7.55%) Serverless
6 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) Modbus
2 5 (9.43%) Bluetooth
3 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.66%) Ethernet
4 3 (5.66%) HTTPS
4 3 (5.66%) MQTT
4 3 (5.66%) RS-232
4 3 (5.66%) RS-422
4 3 (5.66%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Big Data
2 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.89%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.89%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Git
2 4 (7.55%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.89%) GitLab
3 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 8 (15.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (9.43%) Electronics
3 4 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Finance
3 4 (7.55%) Military
4 3 (5.66%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.77%) Automotive
5 2 (3.77%) Marketing
6 1 (1.89%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) .NET
2 4 (7.55%) GTK
2 4 (7.55%) React
3 3 (5.66%) AngularJS
3 3 (5.66%) Kendo UI
3 3 (5.66%) REST
4 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET
4 2 (3.77%) CSS
5 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.89%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.89%) LAMP
5 1 (1.89%) OpenCV
5 1 (1.89%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Onboarding
2 6 (11.32%) Life Science
3 3 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.77%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (3.77%) Kindle
4 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) Animation
5 1 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.87%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) Software Engineering
2 12 (22.64%) Agile
2 12 (22.64%) Computer Science
2 12 (22.64%) Full Stack Development
2 12 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (20.75%) Architectural Patterns
3 11 (20.75%) Software Testing
4 9 (16.98%) Design Patterns
4 9 (16.98%) Mentoring
4 9 (16.98%) Task Automation
4 9 (16.98%) Test Automation
5 8 (15.09%) Machine Learning
5 8 (15.09%) SDET
5 8 (15.09%) SDLC
6 7 (13.21%) Analytics
6 7 (13.21%) DevOps
7 6 (11.32%) Coaching
7 6 (11.32%) Containerisation
7 6 (11.32%) Front End Development
7 6 (11.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 16 (30.19%) C#
2 14 (26.42%) Java
3 13 (24.53%) Python
4 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
4 7 (13.21%) MATLAB
4 7 (13.21%) SQL
5 6 (11.32%) Bash
5 6 (11.32%) Ruby
6 4 (7.55%) C
6 4 (7.55%) Go
6 4 (7.55%) TypeScript
7 3 (5.66%) Ada
8 2 (3.77%) C++
8 2 (3.77%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) Degree
2 12 (22.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.55%) Master's Degree
4 3 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (5.66%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.89%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (5.66%) Telerik
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft