Software Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Software Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Software Engineer salary in the Midlands is £50,000 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 40 77 85
Rank change year-on-year +37 +8 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 550 299 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.73% 3.94% 3.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.02% 4.37% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 402 154 187
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,000 £35,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,875
90th Percentile £74,900 £77,500 £81,750
England median annual salary £61,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -12.86% +3.70% +12.50%

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%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the Midlands

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 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
East Midlands +26 292 £50,000 -9.09% 32
West Midlands +26 258 £55,000 -4.35% 33
Software Engineer
England

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

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

1 537 (97.64%) Software Engineering
2 133 (24.18%) C#
3 112 (20.36%) C++
4 90 (16.36%) .NET
5 89 (16.18%) Azure
6 86 (15.64%) Python
7 76 (13.82%) C
7 76 (13.82%) Agile
7 76 (13.82%) AWS
8 61 (11.09%) SQL
9 58 (10.55%) JavaScript
9 58 (10.55%) Degree
9 58 (10.55%) DevOps
10 52 (9.45%) Security Cleared
11 51 (9.27%) Linux
12 47 (8.55%) React
13 45 (8.18%) Mentoring
14 44 (8.00%) Manufacturing
15 39 (7.09%) .NET Core
15 39 (7.09%) Embedded C
16 37 (6.73%) Automotive
16 37 (6.73%) Electronics
17 36 (6.55%) Firmware
17 36 (6.55%) Problem-Solving
18 34 (6.18%) TypeScript
18 34 (6.18%) Computer Science
19 33 (6.00%) Java
20 31 (5.64%) Docker
20 31 (5.64%) AngularJS
21 28 (5.09%) Test Automation

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 18 (3.27%) ArcGIS
1 18 (3.27%) GeoServer
2 6 (1.09%) Confluence
3 4 (0.73%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.36%) Tuxedo
5 1 (0.18%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (1.64%) Simulink
2 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.36%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (0.36%) CANalyzer
2 2 (0.36%) Fusion 360
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Revit
3 1 (0.18%) CPLEX
3 1 (0.18%) GNU Octave
3 1 (0.18%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 89 (16.18%) Azure
2 76 (13.82%) AWS
3 21 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (2.55%) Serverless
5 10 (1.82%) GCP
6 5 (0.91%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (0.91%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.91%) PowerApps
7 4 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (0.73%) AWS Lambda
7 4 (0.73%) Azure API Management
7 4 (0.73%) Azure Event Grid
7 4 (0.73%) Azure Functions
7 4 (0.73%) SaaS
8 3 (0.55%) AWS IoT
9 2 (0.36%) Amazon Kinesis
9 2 (0.36%) Amazon SQS
9 2 (0.36%) GitHub
9 2 (0.36%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.91%) Modbus
1 5 (0.91%) TCP/IP
2 4 (0.73%) MQTT
2 4 (0.73%) Wireless
3 3 (0.55%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.55%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.55%) Internet
4 2 (0.36%) HTTP
5 1 (0.18%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.18%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) SNMP
5 1 (0.18%) Value-Added Service
5 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.09%) PostgreSQL
2 27 (4.91%) MySQL
3 18 (3.27%) GIS
3 18 (3.27%) QGIS
4 14 (2.55%) SQL Server
5 13 (2.36%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (1.45%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.27%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.09%) Redis
10 5 (0.91%) SQLite
11 2 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.36%) Metadata
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 27 (4.91%) Git
2 16 (2.91%) JIRA
3 10 (1.82%) GitLab
4 6 (1.09%) LabVIEW
5 4 (0.73%) CANoe
5 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.18%) Subversion
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 44 (8.00%) Manufacturing
2 37 (6.73%) Automotive
2 37 (6.73%) Electronics
3 26 (4.73%) Social Skills
4 18 (3.27%) Telecoms
5 14 (2.55%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (1.82%) Finance
7 10 (1.82%) Marketing
8 8 (1.45%) Agriculture
9 5 (0.91%) Social Housing
10 4 (0.73%) Aerospace
10 4 (0.73%) Law
10 4 (0.73%) Publishing
11 3 (0.55%) Retail
12 2 (0.36%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.36%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.18%) Games
13 1 (0.18%) Military
13 1 (0.18%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (16.36%) .NET
2 47 (8.55%) React
3 39 (7.09%) .NET Core
4 31 (5.64%) AngularJS
5 24 (4.36%) CSS
5 24 (4.36%) RESTful
6 19 (3.45%) .NET Framework
7 18 (3.27%) ASP.NET
7 18 (3.27%) Leaflet
7 18 (3.27%) OpenLayers
7 18 (3.27%) PostGIS
8 14 (2.55%) Web Services
8 14 (2.55%) WPF
9 13 (2.36%) Node.js
10 11 (2.00%) HTML
10 11 (2.00%) WinForms
11 10 (1.82%) ASP.NET Core
11 10 (1.82%) LAMP
12 8 (1.45%) Laravel
12 8 (1.45%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (3.45%) SCADA
2 17 (3.09%) Embedded Systems
2 17 (3.09%) IoT
3 15 (2.73%) Operational Technology
4 10 (1.82%) Algorithms
5 7 (1.27%) Augmented Reality
5 7 (1.27%) Device Driver
5 7 (1.27%) Virtual Reality
6 5 (0.91%) Housing Association
7 4 (0.73%) Graphic Design
7 4 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.55%) Arduino
8 3 (0.55%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (0.36%) Chip and PIN
9 2 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.36%) Infotainment
9 2 (0.36%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.36%) PACS
9 2 (0.36%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.36%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.27%) Linux
2 16 (2.91%) Windows
3 11 (2.00%) Unix
4 6 (1.09%) Android
4 6 (1.09%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.09%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (0.91%) Debian
5 5 (0.91%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.36%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (97.64%) Software Engineering
2 76 (13.82%) Agile
3 58 (10.55%) DevOps
4 45 (8.18%) Mentoring
5 36 (6.55%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (6.18%) Computer Science
7 28 (5.09%) Full Stack Development
7 28 (5.09%) Test Automation
8 26 (4.73%) Microservices
9 24 (4.36%) Actionable Insight
10 21 (3.82%) CI/CD
11 20 (3.64%) TDD
11 20 (3.64%) Web Development
12 18 (3.27%) MVC
13 17 (3.09%) Coaching
13 17 (3.09%) OOP
13 17 (3.09%) SDLC
14 14 (2.55%) Artificial Intelligence
15 13 (2.36%) Embedded Software Development
15 13 (2.36%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 133 (24.18%) C#
2 112 (20.36%) C++
3 86 (15.64%) Python
4 76 (13.82%) C
5 61 (11.09%) SQL
6 58 (10.55%) JavaScript
7 39 (7.09%) Embedded C
8 34 (6.18%) TypeScript
9 33 (6.00%) Java
10 23 (4.18%) Embedded C++
11 18 (3.27%) MATLAB
12 15 (2.73%) PHP
13 9 (1.64%) Shell Script
13 9 (1.64%) VB
14 8 (1.45%) Go
15 5 (0.91%) XAML
16 4 (0.73%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.73%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.55%) Bash
17 3 (0.55%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 58 (10.55%) Degree
2 52 (9.45%) Security Cleared
3 27 (4.91%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.00%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.27%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.36%) HND
7 2 (0.36%) PhD
8 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.18%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.45%) AUTOSAR
2 7 (1.27%) MISRA
3 6 (1.09%) QA
4 5 (0.91%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.55%) MISRA C
6 2 (0.36%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.36%) IEC 61131
System Software
1 36 (6.55%) Firmware
2 31 (5.64%) Docker
3 23 (4.18%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.55%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.00%) Ansible
3 7 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (3.27%) ESRI
2 9 (1.64%) Siemens
3 6 (1.09%) SAP
4 4 (0.73%) DevExpress
4 4 (0.73%) Microsoft
4 4 (0.73%) Xamarin
5 2 (0.36%) Allen-Bradley
5 2 (0.36%) Atmel
5 2 (0.36%) Autodesk
5 2 (0.36%) Micro Focus
5 2 (0.36%) NVIDIA
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle
5 2 (0.36%) Rockwell
5 2 (0.36%) VeriFone
6 1 (0.18%) Google
6 1 (0.18%) Parasoft
6 1 (0.18%) QNX
6 1 (0.18%) Xilinx