Software Engineer Jobs in Stevenage

Software Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Software Engineer salary in Stevenage is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 12 34
Rank change year-on-year -12 +22 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 43 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 2.75% 10.09% 2.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.06% 11.59% 2.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3 42 6
10th Percentile - £46,250 £41,875
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +100.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 -
90th Percentile - £66,250 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 98 371 223
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.91% 87.09% 85.77%
Number of salaries quoted 86 316 151
10th Percentile £39,750 £35,961 £23,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,188 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £67,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Stevenage

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Stevenage

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Stevenage

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Stevenage region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Military
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) Ada
2 2 (66.67%) Electronics
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Synthetic Environment
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Electronics
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
1 2 (66.67%) Military
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Validation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Synthetic Environment
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
2 2 (66.67%) Ada
2 2 (66.67%) C
3 1 (33.33%) C#