Software Development Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Software Development Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Software Development Engineer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 296 310 353
Rank change year-on-year +14 +43 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 22 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.19% 0.17% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.19% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 2
10th Percentile £40,500 £55,375 £36,050
25th Percentile £47,813 £57,813 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £63,750 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +46.55% -20.91%
75th Percentile £57,250 £67,813 £47,375
90th Percentile £60,250 £69,125 £48,950
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% -3.70% +17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 11,023 8,538 10,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.43% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,246 4,756 7,107
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Engineer in the Midlands

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Development Engineer in the Midlands

Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Development Engineer in the Midlands

Software Development 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 Software Development Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
West Midlands +26 15 £58,500 -8.24% 3
East Midlands -10 7 £52,500 - 4
Software Development Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Midlands region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (40.91%) Task Automation
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
2 5 (22.73%) PowerApps
2 5 (22.73%) Confluence
2 5 (22.73%) MATLAB
2 5 (22.73%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) Military
3 4 (18.18%) Linux
3 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 4 (18.18%) Java
3 4 (18.18%) GTK
3 4 (18.18%) Modbus
4 3 (13.64%) Bitbucket
4 3 (13.64%) AngularJS
4 3 (13.64%) Kendo UI
4 3 (13.64%) DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) MQTT
4 3 (13.64%) API Development
4 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (13.64%) REST
4 3 (13.64%) C#
4 3 (13.64%) Automotive
4 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
4 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
4 3 (13.64%) SQL
4 3 (13.64%) .NET
4 3 (13.64%) HTTPS
4 3 (13.64%) Agile

Software Development 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 5 (22.73%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (22.73%) Power Platform
1 5 (22.73%) PowerApps
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Modbus
1 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 3 (13.64%) HTTPS
2 3 (13.64%) MQTT
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Bitbucket
1 3 (13.64%) Git
General
1 4 (18.18%) Military
2 3 (13.64%) Automotive
2 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) GTK
2 3 (13.64%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) AngularJS
2 3 (13.64%) Kendo UI
2 3 (13.64%) REST
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Task Automation
2 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (13.64%) Agile
3 3 (13.64%) API Development
3 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
3 3 (13.64%) DevOps
3 3 (13.64%) Full Stack Development
3 3 (13.64%) Sprint Planning
3 3 (13.64%) Sprint Retrospective
3 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
4 2 (9.09%) Software Engineering
5 1 (4.55%) Analytics
5 1 (4.55%) Data Analytics
5 1 (4.55%) Process Improvement
5 1 (4.55%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) MATLAB
2 4 (18.18%) Java
3 3 (13.64%) C#
3 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Telerik