Software Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Software Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £55,000 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 59 85 114
Rank change year-on-year +26 +29 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 258 162 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.69% 3.19% 2.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.91% 3.54% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 172 95 123
10th Percentile £38,000 £33,000 £35,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,625 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £70,000 £96,750
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
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,598 4,571 8,205
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 90.05% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,468 3,109 5,288
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £77,500 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham +2 68 £65,000 +13.04% 19
Worcestershire +10 62 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Staffordshire +8 39 £50,000 +11.11% 4
Warwickshire +4 31 £55,000 -8.71% 1
Halesowen - 6 £52,500 -
Shropshire +2 5 £40,000 -21.95% 1
Wolverhampton - 5 £37,500 -
Coventry +17 3 £57,500 +0.44% 3
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 West Midlands region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 246 (95.35%) Software Engineering
2 46 (17.83%) C#
2 46 (17.83%) C++
3 38 (14.73%) Python
4 37 (14.34%) Agile
5 33 (12.79%) C
6 32 (12.40%) Manufacturing
7 27 (10.47%) Automotive
7 27 (10.47%) Security Cleared
7 27 (10.47%) Azure
8 26 (10.08%) Degree
9 24 (9.30%) Test Automation
10 23 (8.91%) Embedded C
11 22 (8.53%) .NET
12 21 (8.14%) SQL
13 20 (7.75%) Java
13 20 (7.75%) TypeScript
13 20 (7.75%) Mentoring
14 19 (7.36%) Electronics
14 19 (7.36%) SCADA
15 18 (6.98%) MySQL
16 17 (6.59%) Linux
16 17 (6.59%) DevOps
16 17 (6.59%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (6.20%) Microservices
17 16 (6.20%) RESTful
17 16 (6.20%) TDD
17 16 (6.20%) JavaScript
17 16 (6.20%) Embedded C++
18 15 (5.81%) AWS

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 6 (2.33%) Confluence
2 3 (1.16%) NServiceBus
3 2 (0.78%) Tuxedo
4 1 (0.39%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (3.49%) Simulink
2 2 (0.78%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.78%) Autodesk Inventor
2 2 (0.78%) CANalyzer
2 2 (0.78%) Fusion 360
2 2 (0.78%) Revit
3 1 (0.39%) CPLEX
3 1 (0.39%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.47%) Azure
2 15 (5.81%) AWS
3 7 (2.71%) Serverless
4 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (1.94%) GCP
5 5 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.94%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.94%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.55%) Azure API Management
6 4 (1.55%) Azure Event Grid
6 4 (1.55%) Azure Functions
6 4 (1.55%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.16%) SaaS
8 1 (0.39%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.39%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.16%) Bluetooth
1 3 (1.16%) Ethernet
1 3 (1.16%) Wireless
2 1 (0.39%) FlexRay
2 1 (0.39%) HTTP
2 1 (0.39%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.98%) MySQL
2 9 (3.49%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.71%) NoSQL
4 6 (2.33%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.33%) Redis
4 6 (2.33%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.94%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.55%) SQLite
7 2 (0.78%) Metadata
7 2 (0.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 13 (5.04%) Git
2 10 (3.88%) GitLab
3 7 (2.71%) JIRA
4 4 (1.55%) CANoe
5 2 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 32 (12.40%) Manufacturing
2 27 (10.47%) Automotive
3 19 (7.36%) Electronics
4 12 (4.65%) Social Skills
5 10 (3.88%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (1.94%) Social Housing
8 4 (1.55%) Finance
8 4 (1.55%) Marketing
9 3 (1.16%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.78%) Retail
10 2 (0.78%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.53%) .NET
2 16 (6.20%) RESTful
3 13 (5.04%) React
4 12 (4.65%) WPF
5 11 (4.26%) .NET Core
5 11 (4.26%) AngularJS
5 11 (4.26%) Node.js
6 10 (3.88%) WinForms
7 7 (2.71%) ASP.NET
8 6 (2.33%) Blazor
8 6 (2.33%) HTML
8 6 (2.33%) Kafka
9 5 (1.94%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.94%) ASP.NET MVC
9 5 (1.94%) Vue
9 5 (1.94%) Yocto
10 4 (1.55%) Entity Framework
10 4 (1.55%) SignalR
10 4 (1.55%) Universal Windows Platform
10 4 (1.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.36%) SCADA
2 15 (5.81%) Operational Technology
3 9 (3.49%) IoT
4 7 (2.71%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.94%) Housing Association
6 4 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.16%) Device Driver
8 2 (0.78%) Chip and PIN
8 2 (0.78%) Infotainment
8 2 (0.78%) PACS
8 2 (0.78%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.39%) ARM Cortex
9 1 (0.39%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.39%) FMCG
9 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.39%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.59%) Linux
2 10 (3.88%) Windows
3 4 (1.55%) Android
3 4 (1.55%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.16%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.78%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (95.35%) Software Engineering
2 37 (14.34%) Agile
3 24 (9.30%) Test Automation
4 20 (7.75%) Mentoring
5 17 (6.59%) DevOps
5 17 (6.59%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (6.20%) Microservices
6 16 (6.20%) TDD
7 14 (5.43%) Computer Science
8 13 (5.04%) Artificial Intelligence
9 9 (3.49%) Coaching
9 9 (3.49%) Task Automation
10 8 (3.10%) Continuous Deployment
10 8 (3.10%) User Experience
10 8 (3.10%) UX Design
11 7 (2.71%) Data Analytics
11 7 (2.71%) Decarbonisation
11 7 (2.71%) Full Stack Development
11 7 (2.71%) MVC
11 7 (2.71%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (17.83%) C#
1 46 (17.83%) C++
2 38 (14.73%) Python
3 33 (12.79%) C
4 23 (8.91%) Embedded C
5 21 (8.14%) SQL
6 20 (7.75%) Java
6 20 (7.75%) TypeScript
7 16 (6.20%) Embedded C++
7 16 (6.20%) JavaScript
8 14 (5.43%) MATLAB
9 4 (1.55%) Go
9 4 (1.55%) T-SQL
9 4 (1.55%) VB
9 4 (1.55%) XAML
10 3 (1.16%) Bash
10 3 (1.16%) PHP
11 2 (0.78%) COBOL
11 2 (0.78%) Ladder Logic
11 2 (0.78%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 27 (10.47%) Security Cleared
2 26 (10.08%) Degree
3 8 (3.10%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.10%) AUTOSAR
2 5 (1.94%) ISO 26262
3 3 (1.16%) QA
4 2 (0.78%) Automotive SPICE
4 2 (0.78%) IEC 61131
5 1 (0.39%) MISRA
System Software
1 12 (4.65%) Docker
2 11 (4.26%) Firmware
3 9 (3.49%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.49%) Ansible
3 1 (0.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (3.49%) Siemens
2 4 (1.55%) DevExpress
3 2 (0.78%) Allen-Bradley
3 2 (0.78%) Autodesk
3 2 (0.78%) Micro Focus
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle
3 2 (0.78%) Rockwell
3 2 (0.78%) SAP
3 2 (0.78%) VeriFone
3 2 (0.78%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.39%) Google
4 1 (0.39%) NVIDIA