Software Engineering Job Trends in the Midlands

Software Engineering
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 66 23
Rank change year-on-year +40 -43 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 617 235 738
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 4.05% 4.12% 7.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.82% 4.85% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 510 115 508
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £51,000 £51,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.18% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -10.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,605 4,850 7,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.70% 85.00% 77.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,575 2,906 4,129
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 September 2026. 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 +34 329 £55,000 -15.38% 95
West Midlands +23 288 £69,305 +6.62% 84
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.32%) Apache
3 2 (0.32%) ArchestrA
3 2 (0.32%) Confluence
3 2 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.16%) CMS
4 1 (0.16%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.16%) SAS
4 1 (0.16%) WinCC
Applications
1 6 (0.97%) Simulink
2 2 (0.32%) EPLAN
3 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 77 (12.48%) AWS
2 61 (9.89%) Azure
3 30 (4.86%) SaaS
4 18 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (2.92%) GCP
5 16 (2.59%) Serverless
6 13 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (1.78%) Amazon S3
8 7 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (0.97%) AWS Step Functions
9 6 (0.97%) GitHub
10 5 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (0.81%) AWS IoT
10 5 (0.81%) Entra ID
10 5 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
11 4 (0.65%) Google Ads
11 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Advertising
11 4 (0.65%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.89%) Wi-Fi
1 24 (3.89%) Wireless
2 19 (3.08%) Bluetooth
3 13 (2.11%) Ethernet
3 13 (2.11%) Modbus
4 10 (1.62%) LTE
5 7 (1.13%) VPN
6 6 (0.97%) MQTT
6 6 (0.97%) ZigBee
7 4 (0.65%) 5G
7 4 (0.65%) Firewall
7 4 (0.65%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.49%) Network Security
9 2 (0.32%) DNS
9 2 (0.32%) HTTP
9 2 (0.32%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.32%) LoRaWAN
9 2 (0.32%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.32%) SSL
9 2 (0.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.27%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.46%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.97%) DynamoDB
4 6 (0.97%) MySQL
5 4 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.49%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.32%) Chroma
7 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.32%) Db2
7 2 (0.32%) Easytrieve
7 2 (0.32%) Pinecone
8 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.16%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.16%) Metadata
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.16%) Power BI
8 1 (0.16%) Redis
8 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 47 (7.62%) Git
2 12 (1.94%) JIRA
3 7 (1.13%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.13%) Subversion
4 6 (0.97%) GDB
4 6 (0.97%) GitLab
5 5 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 4 (0.65%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.16%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.16%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.16%) NUnit
7 1 (0.16%) Postman
7 1 (0.16%) Storybook
General
1 66 (10.70%) Social Skills
2 51 (8.27%) Finance
3 33 (5.35%) Electronics
4 32 (5.19%) Manufacturing
5 22 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 16 (2.59%) Aerospace
7 13 (2.11%) Automotive
8 11 (1.78%) Advertising
9 10 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.62%) Legal
9 10 (1.62%) Retail
10 8 (1.30%) Wearables
11 5 (0.81%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (0.81%) Marketing
12 4 (0.65%) Law
12 4 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.49%) Banking
13 3 (0.49%) Billing
13 3 (0.49%) Military
13 3 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 422 (68.40%) Software Engineer
2 179 (29.01%) Senior
3 127 (20.58%) Senior Software Engineer
4 113 (18.31%) Embedded Engineer
5 99 (16.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 75 (12.16%) Lead
7 56 (9.08%) Developer
8 47 (7.62%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 34 (5.51%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
10 27 (4.38%) Principal Engineer
10 27 (4.38%) Principal Software Engineer
11 26 (4.21%) Lead Software Engineer
12 24 (3.89%) Python Engineer
13 23 (3.73%) Senior Developer
14 22 (3.57%) Data Scientist
14 22 (3.57%) Lead Data Scientist
14 22 (3.57%) Senior Data Scientist
15 21 (3.40%) Software Developer
16 18 (2.92%) C# Software Engineer
16 18 (2.92%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (9.40%) .NET
2 26 (4.21%) PyTorch
2 26 (4.21%) React
2 26 (4.21%) TensorFlow
3 22 (3.57%) Hugging Face
4 19 (3.08%) Node.js
5 18 (2.92%) Terraform
6 13 (2.11%) REST
6 13 (2.11%) Yocto
7 9 (1.46%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.30%) HTML
8 8 (1.30%) RESTful
9 6 (0.97%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.97%) CSS
9 6 (0.97%) Entity Framework
10 5 (0.81%) Django
10 5 (0.81%) Laravel
11 4 (0.65%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.65%) STL
11 4 (0.65%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 20 (3.24%) AI Agents
2 18 (2.92%) Embedded Systems
2 18 (2.92%) IoT
3 17 (2.76%) Cloud Native
4 16 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (2.27%) Device Driver
6 13 (2.11%) Algorithms
7 12 (1.94%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.94%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.94%) Robotics
8 11 (1.78%) Raspberry Pi
8 11 (1.78%) SCADA
9 9 (1.46%) ARM Cortex
9 9 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.46%) Mainframe
10 7 (1.13%) Onboarding
11 6 (0.97%) CAN bus
12 4 (0.65%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.16%) Linux
2 9 (1.46%) Embedded Linux
2 9 (1.46%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (0.81%) Windows
4 3 (0.49%) Unix
5 2 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (12.64%) Agile
2 66 (10.70%) CI/CD
3 60 (9.72%) Mentoring
4 54 (8.75%) AI
5 49 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (7.78%) Machine Learning
6 48 (7.78%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (7.13%) Roadmaps
8 43 (6.97%) DevOps
9 40 (6.48%) SDLC
10 38 (6.16%) Full-Stack Development
11 34 (5.51%) Collaborative Culture
12 31 (5.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 30 (4.86%) Technical Leadership
14 27 (4.38%) Collaborative Engineering
14 27 (4.38%) Computer Science
14 27 (4.38%) Line Management
14 27 (4.38%) LLM
14 27 (4.38%) Project Management
15 26 (4.21%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 107 (17.34%) C#
2 95 (15.40%) Python
3 62 (10.05%) C
4 61 (9.89%) SQL
5 58 (9.40%) C++
6 32 (5.19%) JavaScript
7 31 (5.02%) Java
8 29 (4.70%) Embedded C
9 24 (3.89%) TypeScript
10 13 (2.11%) PHP
11 12 (1.94%) Go
12 10 (1.62%) MATLAB
13 7 (1.13%) Bash
14 4 (0.65%) COBOL
14 4 (0.65%) Rust
15 2 (0.32%) Assembly Language
15 2 (0.32%) Embedded C++
15 2 (0.32%) JCL
15 2 (0.32%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (6.32%) Degree
1 39 (6.32%) Security Cleared
2 25 (4.05%) DV Cleared
2 25 (4.05%) SC Cleared
3 18 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (1.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (0.97%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.32%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.32%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.32%) CISSP
7 2 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.32%) HND
8 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.16%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (4.21%) QA
2 13 (2.11%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.62%) Def Stans
3 10 (1.62%) SLA
4 7 (1.13%) JTAG
5 6 (0.97%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.97%) IEC 61131
6 5 (0.81%) IEC 61508
6 5 (0.81%) MISRA
6 5 (0.81%) MISRA C
7 3 (0.49%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.32%) Automotive SPICE
8 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) GDPR
9 1 (0.16%) GxP
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 42 (6.81%) Firmware
2 22 (3.57%) Docker
3 6 (0.97%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.81%) Active Directory
5 2 (0.32%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.32%) Time Sharing Option
5 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.65%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.49%) Ansible
5 2 (0.32%) Grafana
5 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (4.70%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.05%) Siemens
3 10 (1.62%) Google
4 9 (1.46%) Databricks
5 7 (1.13%) Allen-Bradley
6 5 (0.81%) Zoho
7 4 (0.65%) Facebook
7 4 (0.65%) Instagram
7 4 (0.65%) TikTok
8 2 (0.32%) IBM
8 2 (0.32%) Rockwell
8 2 (0.32%) VMware
9 1 (0.16%) Oracle
9 1 (0.16%) SAP
9 1 (0.16%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.16%) Yahoo!