Software Engineering Jobs in the Midlands

Software Engineering
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 20 34
Rank change year-on-year -8 +14 -11
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 497 867 665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.03% 7.28% 7.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.67% 8.89% 7.54%
Number of salaries quoted 176 686 360
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £48,438 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £71,438
90th Percentile £80,750 £80,875 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% -13.79% +3.57%

All Process and 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 6,477 9,753 8,825
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 91.63% 81.88% 96.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2,617 7,144 4,454
10th Percentile £27,331 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £34,959 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.16% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

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 16 May 2025. 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 -5 301 £65,000 +8.33% 177
East Midlands -13 196 £60,000 +20.00% 129
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 59 (11.87%) Confluence
2 2 (0.40%) Apache
2 2 (0.40%) CMS
2 2 (0.40%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.20%) ColdFusion
3 1 (0.20%) FactoryTalk
3 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.20%) IIS
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.20%) Sitefinity
3 1 (0.20%) WinCC
Applications
1 106 (21.33%) Simulink
2 4 (0.80%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.21%) Magento
1 6 (1.21%) Shopify
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 141 (28.37%) Azure
2 120 (24.14%) AWS
3 77 (15.49%) GCP
4 34 (6.84%) SaaS
5 16 (3.22%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.62%) GitHub
7 12 (2.41%) Serverless
8 8 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
8 8 (1.61%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.61%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
9 7 (1.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.41%) IaaS
9 7 (1.41%) PaaS
10 6 (1.21%) BigCommerce
10 6 (1.21%) ChatGPT
11 5 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (0.80%) Cloud Functions
12 4 (0.80%) Google App Engine
12 4 (0.80%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (0.60%) WAN
2 3 (0.60%) Wireless
3 2 (0.40%) LTE
3 2 (0.40%) Modbus
3 2 (0.40%) Network Security
4 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.20%) DNS
4 1 (0.20%) GSM
4 1 (0.20%) J1939
4 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (15.29%) SQL Server
2 23 (4.63%) MySQL
3 20 (4.02%) NoSQL
4 13 (2.62%) Relational Database
5 9 (1.81%) BigQuery
6 8 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.41%) Power BI
8 6 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.21%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.01%) Big Data
9 5 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.80%) Cloud Spanner
10 4 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.40%) Tableau
12 1 (0.20%) MS Access
12 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.20%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 81 (16.30%) JIRA
2 74 (14.89%) Bitbucket
3 70 (14.08%) SonarQube
4 66 (13.28%) Selenium
5 64 (12.88%) Cucumber
5 64 (12.88%) GitLab
6 63 (12.68%) Maven
6 63 (12.68%) Sonatype Nexus
7 30 (6.04%) Git
8 4 (0.80%) Eclipse
8 4 (0.80%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.60%) Appium
9 3 (0.60%) Postman
9 3 (0.60%) Subversion
10 2 (0.40%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.40%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.40%) Xcode
11 1 (0.20%) FitNesse
11 1 (0.20%) JMeter
11 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
General
1 110 (22.13%) Automotive
2 106 (21.33%) Aerospace
3 105 (21.13%) Finance
4 70 (14.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 69 (13.88%) Banking
6 53 (10.66%) Social Skills
7 39 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
8 33 (6.64%) Public Sector
8 33 (6.64%) Retail
9 23 (4.63%) Law
10 22 (4.43%) Electronics
11 17 (3.42%) Investment Banking
12 16 (3.22%) Corporate Banking
13 13 (2.62%) Marketing
14 8 (1.61%) Games
15 6 (1.21%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.80%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 161 (32.39%) Software Engineer
2 91 (18.31%) Principal Engineer
3 45 (9.05%) Lead
4 42 (8.45%) Senior
5 41 (8.25%) Developer
6 22 (4.43%) Senior Software Engineer
7 18 (3.62%) Software Assurance Engineer
8 15 (3.02%) Architect
8 15 (3.02%) Lead Software Engineer
9 13 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (2.41%) Embedded Engineer
10 12 (2.41%) Lead Developer
10 12 (2.41%) Software Developer
11 11 (2.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 10 (2.01%) C# Software Engineer
12 10 (2.01%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (1.81%) Engineering Manager
13 9 (1.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (1.81%) Java Engineer
13 9 (1.81%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (20.12%) React
2 79 (15.90%) HTML
2 79 (15.90%) Spring
3 74 (14.89%) CSS
4 72 (14.49%) Spring Boot
5 70 (14.08%) Kafka
6 69 (13.88%) Redux
7 63 (12.68%) JPA
8 61 (12.27%) .NET
9 47 (9.46%) Hibernate
10 33 (6.64%) RESTful
11 22 (4.43%) REST
12 20 (4.02%) AngularJS
13 18 (3.62%) CSS3
13 18 (3.62%) HTML5
14 17 (3.42%) .NET Core
14 17 (3.42%) Jest
14 17 (3.42%) Node.js
14 17 (3.42%) Sass
15 11 (2.21%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.49%) Product Ownership
2 69 (13.88%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (2.62%) Mobile App
4 11 (2.21%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (2.21%) Onboarding
5 8 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.41%) Data Structures
6 7 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.41%) SCADA
6 7 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 6 (1.21%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.21%) EPoS
7 6 (1.21%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (1.21%) Replication
8 5 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.01%) IoT
8 5 (1.01%) Legacy Code
9 4 (0.80%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.80%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.82%) Linux
1 19 (3.82%) Windows
2 7 (1.41%) Apple iOS
3 6 (1.21%) Android
4 2 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.20%) CentOS
5 1 (0.20%) Debian
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (64.19%) Agile
2 190 (38.23%) Software Testing
3 159 (31.99%) SDLC
4 123 (24.75%) Systems Engineering
5 107 (21.53%) Validation
6 103 (20.72%) DevOps
6 103 (20.72%) Full-Stack Development
7 102 (20.52%) CI/CD
8 93 (18.71%) Microservices
9 88 (17.71%) Test Automation
10 83 (16.70%) Containerisation
11 78 (15.69%) Waterfall
12 72 (14.49%) Front End Development
13 71 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
14 67 (13.48%) TDD
15 64 (12.88%) Mentoring
16 61 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
17 52 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
18 51 (10.26%) Clean Code
19 37 (7.44%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 124 (24.95%) SQL
2 118 (23.74%) JavaScript
3 106 (21.33%) MATLAB
4 103 (20.72%) Java
5 84 (16.90%) C#
6 40 (8.05%) TypeScript
7 35 (7.04%) Python
8 19 (3.82%) C
9 13 (2.62%) C++
10 10 (2.01%) PHP
11 9 (1.81%) Rust
12 7 (1.41%) Delphi
12 7 (1.41%) Go
13 6 (1.21%) Swift
14 4 (0.80%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.80%) Ruby
14 4 (0.80%) XAML
15 3 (0.60%) Ada
15 3 (0.60%) Ladder Logic
16 2 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 214 (43.06%) BPSS Clearance
2 104 (20.93%) Degree
3 24 (4.83%) Security Cleared
4 11 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.81%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.61%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.60%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.20%) HNC
8 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.20%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (16.30%) QA
2 20 (4.02%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.41%) GDPR
3 7 (1.41%) NCSC
4 6 (1.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (0.80%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.40%) MISRA
7 1 (0.20%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.20%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) JTAG
7 1 (0.20%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 92 (18.51%) Docker
2 8 (1.61%) Firmware
3 3 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 94 (18.91%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.02%) Ansible
3 14 (2.82%) Terraform
4 1 (0.20%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.20%) Grafana
4 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 76 (15.29%) Siemens
2 63 (12.68%) Solace
3 18 (3.62%) Google
4 13 (2.62%) Microsoft
5 11 (2.21%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.61%) Databricks
7 6 (1.21%) Telerik
8 4 (0.80%) Rockwell
9 3 (0.60%) VMware
10 2 (0.40%) Apple
10 2 (0.40%) Atmel
10 2 (0.40%) Facebook
10 2 (0.40%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.40%) Instagram
10 2 (0.40%) Optimizely
10 2 (0.40%) Twitter
11 1 (0.20%) Lauterbach
11 1 (0.20%) Oracle
11 1 (0.20%) Parasoft
11 1 (0.20%) Red Hat