Software Engineer Jobs in Leicestershire

Software Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Software Engineer salary in Leicestershire is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 47 82
Rank change year-on-year -1 +35 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 71 44 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 6.60% 5.81% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.98% 6.20% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 33 6 17
10th Percentile £28,500 £34,375 £36,850
25th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £41,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -17.50% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £48,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £56,250 -
East Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 1,017 710 1,060
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 93.79% 93.89%
Number of salaries quoted 572 260 644
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £29,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -6.59%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,000 £67,500 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +7.95%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Leicestershire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Leicestershire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Leicestershire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Leicester +17 48 £50,000 +21.21% 7
Loughborough - 14 £45,000 - 3
Lutterworth - 4 £25,750 -
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 3 £45,000 -
Software Engineer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Leicestershire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 71 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 36 (50.70%) Python
3 35 (49.30%) Azure
4 34 (47.89%) React
4 34 (47.89%) Actionable Insight
5 33 (46.48%) AWS
6 32 (45.07%) DevOps
6 32 (45.07%) JavaScript
6 32 (45.07%) Agile
7 30 (42.25%) SC Cleared
7 30 (42.25%) Security Cleared
8 28 (39.44%) Leaflet
8 28 (39.44%) PostGIS
8 28 (39.44%) QGIS
8 28 (39.44%) PostgreSQL
8 28 (39.44%) Web Development
8 28 (39.44%) GIS
8 28 (39.44%) ESRI
8 28 (39.44%) ArcGIS
8 28 (39.44%) GeoServer
8 28 (39.44%) OpenLayers
9 27 (38.03%) .NET
10 25 (35.21%) C#
10 25 (35.21%) CSS
11 24 (33.80%) .NET Core
12 11 (15.49%) Linux
13 9 (12.68%) Degree
14 8 (11.27%) C++
14 8 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
14 8 (11.27%) Design Patterns

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 28 (39.44%) ArcGIS
1 28 (39.44%) GeoServer
2 2 (2.82%) JBoss
2 2 (2.82%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Simulink
1 1 (1.41%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 35 (49.30%) Azure
2 33 (46.48%) AWS
3 7 (9.86%) Serverless
4 3 (4.23%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.82%) Amazon Kinesis
5 2 (2.82%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Modbus
1 2 (2.82%) MQTT
1 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (39.44%) GIS
1 28 (39.44%) PostgreSQL
1 28 (39.44%) QGIS
2 3 (4.23%) Oracle Database
2 3 (4.23%) RDBMS
2 3 (4.23%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.82%) DynamoDB
4 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (9.86%) Git
2 3 (4.23%) JDeveloper
3 2 (2.82%) CMake
3 2 (2.82%) IntelliJ
3 2 (2.82%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 3 (4.23%) Social Skills
2 2 (2.82%) Automotive
2 2 (2.82%) Law
2 2 (2.82%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.41%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (47.89%) React
2 28 (39.44%) Leaflet
2 28 (39.44%) OpenLayers
2 28 (39.44%) PostGIS
3 27 (38.03%) .NET
4 25 (35.21%) CSS
5 24 (33.80%) .NET Core
6 4 (5.63%) Django
6 4 (5.63%) Qt
6 4 (5.63%) REST
7 3 (4.23%) AngularJS
7 3 (4.23%) Node.js
7 3 (4.23%) RESTful
7 3 (4.23%) SOAP
7 3 (4.23%) Spring
8 2 (2.82%) Hibernate
8 2 (2.82%) Java EE
8 2 (2.82%) OpenMP
8 2 (2.82%) Web Services
8 2 (2.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.23%) Device Driver
2 2 (2.82%) Algorithms
2 2 (2.82%) CUDA
2 2 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (2.82%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (15.49%) Linux
2 4 (5.63%) Ubuntu
3 3 (4.23%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (2.82%) Debian
4 2 (2.82%) Unix
5 1 (1.41%) Android
5 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 34 (47.89%) Actionable Insight
3 32 (45.07%) Agile
3 32 (45.07%) DevOps
4 28 (39.44%) Web Development
5 8 (11.27%) Design Patterns
5 8 (11.27%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.45%) Clean Code
6 6 (8.45%) Computer Science
6 6 (8.45%) Continuous Integration
6 6 (8.45%) Microservices
7 5 (7.04%) Open Source
8 4 (5.63%) Code Quality
8 4 (5.63%) Containerisation
8 4 (5.63%) Unit Testing
9 3 (4.23%) Device Driver Development
9 3 (4.23%) Full Stack Development
9 3 (4.23%) Mentoring
9 3 (4.23%) Software Testing
9 3 (4.23%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 36 (50.70%) Python
2 32 (45.07%) JavaScript
3 25 (35.21%) C#
4 8 (11.27%) C++
5 6 (8.45%) Java
5 6 (8.45%) TypeScript
6 4 (5.63%) Ruby
6 4 (5.63%) SQL
7 3 (4.23%) Bash
7 3 (4.23%) Go
7 3 (4.23%) Perl
8 2 (2.82%) C
8 2 (2.82%) Fortran
9 1 (1.41%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.41%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 30 (42.25%) SC Cleared
1 30 (42.25%) Security Cleared
2 9 (12.68%) Degree
3 2 (2.82%) PhD
4 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) QA
2 1 (1.41%) MISRA
System Software
1 6 (8.45%) Firmware
2 5 (7.04%) Docker
3 2 (2.82%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 28 (39.44%) ESRI
2 3 (4.23%) Oracle
3 1 (1.41%) Xamarin