Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Senior Software Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the Midlands is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 210 281
Rank change year-on-year +31 +71 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 135 77 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.16% 1.01% 0.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.13% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 93 43 48
10th Percentile £47,750 £46,500 £50,995
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £68,750 £70,313
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 10,958 6,838 11,649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 90.04% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 7,238 4,339 7,425
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,004 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the Midlands

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the Midlands

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the Midlands

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
West Midlands +22 71 £65,000 - 5
East Midlands +6 64 £65,000 +30.00% 6
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 135 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 42 (31.11%) Python
3 39 (28.89%) Agile
4 38 (28.15%) C#
5 35 (25.93%) Azure
6 31 (22.96%) DevOps
6 31 (22.96%) .NET
6 31 (22.96%) AWS
7 26 (19.26%) Security Cleared
7 26 (19.26%) Linux
8 24 (17.78%) C++
8 24 (17.78%) SQL
9 23 (17.04%) JavaScript
10 19 (14.07%) C
10 19 (14.07%) Mentoring
11 17 (12.59%) Coaching
11 17 (12.59%) React
11 17 (12.59%) SC Cleared
12 16 (11.85%) Java
13 15 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
14 14 (10.37%) Docker
15 13 (9.63%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (9.63%) .NET Core
15 13 (9.63%) .NET Framework
16 11 (8.15%) AngularJS
16 11 (8.15%) ASP.NET
16 11 (8.15%) Ansible
16 11 (8.15%) TypeScript
16 11 (8.15%) SDLC
17 10 (7.41%) Test Automation

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 8 (5.93%) ArcGIS
1 8 (5.93%) GeoServer
2 2 (1.48%) Tuxedo
3 1 (0.74%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Simulink
1 1 (0.74%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.93%) Azure
2 31 (22.96%) AWS
3 13 (9.63%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (3.70%) Serverless
5 4 (2.96%) Azure API Management
5 4 (2.96%) Azure Event Grid
5 4 (2.96%) Azure Functions
5 4 (2.96%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.48%) GCP
6 2 (1.48%) SaaS
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon Neptune
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.74%) GitHub
7 1 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.74%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.22%) Bluetooth
1 3 (2.22%) Wireless
2 1 (0.74%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.74%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (5.93%) GIS
2 8 (5.93%) MySQL
2 8 (5.93%) QGIS
3 7 (5.19%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.44%) MongoDB
4 6 (4.44%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.96%) SQLite
6 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (6.67%) GitLab
1 9 (6.67%) JIRA
2 6 (4.44%) Git
3 1 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (6.67%) Public Sector
2 6 (4.44%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.70%) Manufacturing
3 5 (3.70%) Social Housing
4 2 (1.48%) Automotive
4 2 (1.48%) Electronics
4 2 (1.48%) Marketing
4 2 (1.48%) Social Skills
5 1 (0.74%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (0.74%) Finance
5 1 (0.74%) Games
5 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.74%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (22.96%) .NET
2 17 (12.59%) React
3 13 (9.63%) .NET Core
3 13 (9.63%) .NET Framework
4 11 (8.15%) AngularJS
4 11 (8.15%) ASP.NET
5 10 (7.41%) RESTful
6 8 (5.93%) CSS
6 8 (5.93%) Leaflet
6 8 (5.93%) OpenLayers
6 8 (5.93%) PostGIS
7 6 (4.44%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (3.70%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (3.70%) Blazor
8 5 (3.70%) HTML
8 5 (3.70%) WPF
9 4 (2.96%) Entity Framework
9 4 (2.96%) Universal Windows Platform
9 4 (2.96%) WinForms
9 4 (2.96%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.44%) IoT
2 5 (3.70%) Housing Association
3 3 (2.22%) Device Driver
4 2 (1.48%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.74%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.74%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (0.74%) CAN bus
5 1 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.74%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.26%) Linux
2 9 (6.67%) Unix
3 4 (2.96%) Windows
4 3 (2.22%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (1.48%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.74%) Android
6 1 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.74%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 39 (28.89%) Agile
3 31 (22.96%) DevOps
4 19 (14.07%) Mentoring
5 17 (12.59%) Coaching
6 11 (8.15%) SDLC
7 10 (7.41%) Test Automation
7 10 (7.41%) Unit Testing
8 9 (6.67%) Microservices
8 9 (6.67%) TDD
9 8 (5.93%) Actionable Insight
9 8 (5.93%) CI/CD
9 8 (5.93%) Continuous Deployment
9 8 (5.93%) Process Improvement
9 8 (5.93%) Web Development
10 6 (4.44%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (4.44%) BDD
10 6 (4.44%) Full Stack Development
10 6 (4.44%) Logistics
10 6 (4.44%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 42 (31.11%) Python
2 38 (28.15%) C#
3 24 (17.78%) C++
3 24 (17.78%) SQL
4 23 (17.04%) JavaScript
5 19 (14.07%) C
6 16 (11.85%) Java
7 11 (8.15%) TypeScript
8 9 (6.67%) Shell Script
9 7 (5.19%) Embedded C
10 4 (2.96%) T-SQL
10 4 (2.96%) XAML
11 3 (2.22%) Bash
12 2 (1.48%) COBOL
12 2 (1.48%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 2 (1.48%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.74%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.74%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.74%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (19.26%) Security Cleared
2 17 (12.59%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.44%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.74%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.74%) Degree
System Software
1 14 (10.37%) Docker
2 8 (5.93%) Firmware
3 6 (4.44%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (8.15%) Ansible
2 5 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (5.93%) ESRI
2 4 (2.96%) DevExpress
3 2 (1.48%) Micro Focus
3 2 (1.48%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.74%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.74%) SAP