Software Engineering Jobs in Stevenage

Software Engineering
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Stevenage 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 3 22
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 -9
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 16 93 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 14.55% 21.78% 6.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.24% 26.72% 7.05%
Number of salaries quoted 16 81 12
10th Percentile £51,875 £46,250 £57,500
25th Percentile £57,000 £48,750 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - +100.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 -
90th Percentile - £75,000 £67,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £57,500 £62,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -13.79% +20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 348 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stevenage 95.45% 81.50% 92.34%
Number of salaries quoted 86 295 139
10th Percentile £39,875 £34,225 £24,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +9.09% +15.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £68,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Stevenage

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Stevenage

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Stevenage

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Stevenage

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Stevenage over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Stevenage

Software Engineering
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:

Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) CppUnit
1 4 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (12.50%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 12 (75.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Electronics
4 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (37.50%) Lead
1 6 (37.50%) Project Leader
1 6 (37.50%) Software Project Leader
2 4 (25.00%) Software Verification Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Verification Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Software Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Senior
4 2 (12.50%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Architect
5 1 (6.25%) C# Software Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Software Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Validation
2 11 (68.75%) Verification and Validation
3 8 (50.00%) UML
4 7 (43.75%) Agile
4 7 (43.75%) Scrum
5 6 (37.50%) Budgeting
5 6 (37.50%) Coaching
5 6 (37.50%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (37.50%) Cost Control
5 6 (37.50%) Embedded Software Development
5 6 (37.50%) Mentoring
5 6 (37.50%) Planning and Forecasting
5 6 (37.50%) Project Management
5 6 (37.50%) Waterfall
6 5 (31.25%) CI/CD
6 5 (31.25%) Unit Testing
7 4 (25.00%) Code Coverage
7 4 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
7 4 (25.00%) Test Automation
7 4 (25.00%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) C
2 14 (87.50%) C++
3 8 (50.00%) Ada
4 1 (6.25%) C#
4 1 (6.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (37.50%) Firmware
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) IBM