Software Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

The median annual salary for a Software Engineer was £40,000 in advertised job vacancies in the West Midlands during the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Software Engineer England / West Midlands
Location	3 months to 22 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	128	146	96
Rank change year-on-year	+18	-50
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer	102	101	154
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands	1.98%	1.62%	2.68%
As % of the Job Titles category	2.04%	1.68%	2.77%
Number of salaries quoted	99	84	144
Median salary	£40,000	£38,750	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.22%	-3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than	£26,000	£25,000	£28,750
10% offered a salary of more than	£50,000	£50,000	£50,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	-	+6.25%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles West Midlands
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	4990	6014	5559
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands	96.93%	96.35%	96.90%
Number of salaries quoted	4222	4731	4633
Median salary	£40,000	£38,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+3.89%	-3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£24,500	£24,400
10% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£60,000	£60,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.65%	+2.50%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in the West Midlands that featured Software Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT 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

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Software Engineer in the West Midlands over the 3 months to 22 June 2017.

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 3 months to 22 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Warwickshire	+20	26	£26,000	-10.34%	3
Birmingham	+17	22	£47,500	+5.55%	2
Coventry	-16	17	£40,000	+10.34%	1
Staffordshire	+19	9	£45,000	-	2
Wolverhampton	+17	8	£35,000	+11.11%
Herefordshire	-7	7	£37,500	-3.22%	2
Worcestershire	-13	6	£40,000	+3.22%	2
Solihull	-	2	£33,250	-	1
Walsall	-	2	£45,000	-
Smethwick	-	1	-	-
Willenhall	-	1	£45,000	-	1
Software Engineer England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 22 June 2017, Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1	202 (98.54%)	Software Engineering
2	110 (53.66%)	C#
3	79 (38.54%)	.NET
4	75 (36.59%)	Java
5	74 (36.10%)	C++
6	62 (30.24%)	Agile Software Development
7	60 (29.27%)	SQL
8	56 (27.32%)	C
9	55 (26.83%)	JavaScript
10	54 (26.34%)	Degree
11	43 (20.98%)	Python
11	43 (20.98%)	MVC
12	42 (20.49%)	HTML
13	41 (20.00%)	TDD
14	40 (19.51%)	Scrum

15	39 (19.02%)	ASP.NET
16	37 (18.05%)	Linux
17	32 (15.61%)	Unit Testing
17	32 (15.61%)	Web Services
17	32 (15.61%)	Git (software)
18	31 (15.12%)	SQL Server
18	31 (15.12%)	Electronics
19	30 (14.63%)	XML
20	29 (14.15%)	Test Automation
21	28 (13.66%)	Node.js
22	27 (13.17%)	MongoDB
22	27 (13.17%)	Automotive
23	26 (12.68%)	Computer Science
24	25 (12.20%)	Windows
24	25 (12.20%)	RESTful

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	10 (4.88%)	Tomcat
2	8 (3.90%)	Apache
3	5 (2.44%)	JBoss
4	4 (1.95%)	Apache Spark
4	4 (1.95%)	SharePoint
5	3 (1.46%)	GlassFish
5	3 (1.46%)	Oracle SOA Suite
5	3 (1.46%)	WildFly
6	2 (0.98%)	BizTalk Server
6	2 (0.98%)	Confluence
6	2 (0.98%)	Elasticsearch
7	1 (0.49%)	CMS
7	1 (0.49%)	IIS

Applications
1	10 (4.88%)	Photoshop
2	9 (4.39%)	Simulink
3	6 (2.93%)	Stateflow

Business Applications
1	1 (0.49%)	Dynamics AX

Cloud Services
1	12 (5.85%)	Amazon AWS
1	12 (5.85%)	SaaS
2	7 (3.41%)	Microsoft Azure
3	3 (1.46%)	GitHub
4	2 (0.98%)	Office 365
5	1 (0.49%)	AWS CloudFormation
5	1 (0.49%)	Google Cloud Platform

Communications & Networking
1	14 (6.83%)	TCP/IP
2	7 (3.41%)	Bluetooth
3	5 (2.44%)	Ethernet
3	5 (2.44%)	RS-485
3	5 (2.44%)	Wireless
3	5 (2.44%)	ZigBee
4	4 (1.95%)	SNMP
5	3 (1.46%)	Wi-Fi
6	2 (0.98%)	Internet
6	2 (0.98%)	Profibus
6	2 (0.98%)	RS-232
7	1 (0.49%)	3G
7	1 (0.49%)	Firewall
7	1 (0.49%)	HTTP
7	1 (0.49%)	Network Security

Database & Business Intelligence
1	31 (15.12%)	SQL Server
2	27 (13.17%)	MongoDB
3	22 (10.73%)	MySQL
4	19 (9.27%)	NoSQL
5	12 (5.85%)	Apache Cassandra
6	8 (3.90%)	PostgreSQL
6	8 (3.90%)	Relational Database
7	7 (3.41%)	Big Data
8	6 (2.93%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
9	5 (2.44%)	DB2
9	5 (2.44%)	SQL Server Integration Services
10	4 (1.95%)	Data Mining
10	4 (1.95%)	Hadoop
11	2 (0.98%)	RDBMS
12	1 (0.49%)	Azure SQL Database
12	1 (0.49%)	Riak
12	1 (0.49%)	SQL Server 2008

Development Applications
1	32 (15.61%)	Git (software)
2	21 (10.24%)	Visual Studio
3	20 (9.76%)	Subversion
4	13 (6.34%)	Jenkins
5	10 (4.88%)	Babel
5	10 (4.88%)	Grunt
5	10 (4.88%)	gulp
5	10 (4.88%)	JUnit
6	8 (3.90%)	Ant
6	8 (3.90%)	Hudson
7	7 (3.41%)	Atlassian Bamboo
7	7 (3.41%)	Team Foundation Server
8	6 (2.93%)	Mocha
8	6 (2.93%)	MSBuild
9	5 (2.44%)	Appcelerator Titanium
9	5 (2.44%)	Calabash
9	5 (2.44%)	GoCD
9	5 (2.44%)	Jasmine
9	5 (2.44%)	TeamCity
9	5 (2.44%)	webpack

General
1	31 (15.12%)	Electronics
2	27 (13.17%)	Automotive
3	11 (5.37%)	Billing
4	9 (4.39%)	Back Office
4	9 (4.39%)	Finance
4	9 (4.39%)	Retail
5	8 (3.90%)	Manufacturing
6	3 (1.46%)	Law
7	2 (0.98%)	Games
7	2 (0.98%)	Marketing
7	2 (0.98%)	Pharmaceutical
8	1 (0.49%)	Aerospace

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	79 (38.54%)	.NET
2	42 (20.49%)	HTML
3	39 (19.02%)	ASP.NET
4	32 (15.61%)	Web Services
5	30 (14.63%)	XML
6	28 (13.66%)	Node.js
7	25 (12.20%)	RESTful
8	23 (11.22%)	AngularJS
9	21 (10.24%)	CSS
10	20 (9.76%)	.NET Framework
10	20 (9.76%)	Middleware
11	16 (7.80%)	J2EE
12	15 (7.32%)	HTML5
13	14 (6.83%)	Entity Framework
13	14 (6.83%)	JSON
14	11 (5.37%)	ASP.NET MVC
15	10 (4.88%)	Natural Language Processing
16	9 (4.39%)	SOAP
17	8 (3.90%)	jQuery
18	7 (3.41%)	Hibernate

Miscellaneous
1	26 (12.68%)	Computer Science
2	22 (10.73%)	Mobile App
3	19 (9.27%)	User Experience
4	14 (6.83%)	Analytical Skills
5	12 (5.85%)	Embedded Systems
6	11 (5.37%)	Algorithms
7	10 (4.88%)	Mainframe
8	8 (3.90%)	Fintech
9	7 (3.41%)	Greenfield Project
10	6 (2.93%)	Data Structures
11	4 (1.95%)	Linux Command Line
11	4 (1.95%)	SystemC
12	3 (1.46%)	Blog
12	3 (1.46%)	Field-Programmable Gate Array
12	3 (1.46%)	SCADA
13	2 (0.98%)	Client/Server
13	2 (0.98%)	Driving Licence
13	2 (0.98%)	Enterprise Software
13	2 (0.98%)	Life Science
14	1 (0.49%)	Internet of Things

Operating Systems
1	37 (18.05%)	Linux
2	25 (12.20%)	Windows
3	13 (6.34%)	Android
4	12 (5.85%)	Apple iOS
5	10 (4.88%)	Unix
6	4 (1.95%)	ThreadX
7	3 (1.46%)	Windows Embedded Compact
8	2 (0.98%)	Embedded Linux
8	2 (0.98%)	VxWorks
9	1 (0.49%)	CentOS
9	1 (0.49%)	Debian
9	1 (0.49%)	Mac OS X
9	1 (0.49%)	SUSE
9	1 (0.49%)	Ubuntu
9	1 (0.49%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	202 (98.54%)	Software Engineering
2	62 (30.24%)	Agile Software Development
3	43 (20.98%)	MVC
4	41 (20.00%)	TDD
5	40 (19.51%)	Scrum
6	32 (15.61%)	Unit Testing
7	29 (14.15%)	Test Automation
8	24 (11.71%)	Microservices
9	20 (9.76%)	SOA
10	19 (9.27%)	Continuous Integration
11	17 (8.29%)	OO
12	16 (7.80%)	DevOps
13	15 (7.32%)	Kanban
13	15 (7.32%)	SDLC
14	14 (6.83%)	Configuration Management
15	12 (5.85%)	Open Source
16	11 (5.37%)	ITIL
16	11 (5.37%)	Mentoring
16	11 (5.37%)	Technical Architecture
16	11 (5.37%)	User Stories

Programming Languages
1	110 (53.66%)	C#
2	75 (36.59%)	Java
3	74 (36.10%)	C++
4	60 (29.27%)	SQL
5	56 (27.32%)	C
6	55 (26.83%)	JavaScript
7	43 (20.98%)	Python
8	23 (11.22%)	Embedded C
9	21 (10.24%)	MATLAB
10	10 (4.88%)	Embedded C++
10	10 (4.88%)	ES6
10	10 (4.88%)	PHP
10	10 (4.88%)	T-SQL
10	10 (4.88%)	VB.NET
11	8 (3.90%)	VB
12	6 (2.93%)	F#
12	6 (2.93%)	Go
12	6 (2.93%)	Objective-C
12	6 (2.93%)	Perl
12	6 (2.93%)	PowerShell

Qualifications
1	54 (26.34%)	Degree
2	16 (7.80%)	Computer Science Degree
3	5 (2.44%)	PhD
4	2 (0.98%)	HND
5	1 (0.49%)	Sun Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	13 (6.34%)	MISRA
2	8 (3.90%)	QA
3	4 (1.95%)	IEC 62304
4	3 (1.46%)	IEC 61508
4	3 (1.46%)	ISO 9001
5	2 (0.98%)	ISO 26262
5	2 (0.98%)	ISO 9000
5	2 (0.98%)	MISRA C
6	1 (0.49%)	GAMP
6	1 (0.49%)	ISO 13485
6	1 (0.49%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	15 (7.32%)	Docker
2	8 (3.90%)	Firmware
3	1 (0.49%)	VirtualBox
3	1 (0.49%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	6 (2.93%)	Opscode Chef
1	6 (2.93%)	Puppet
1	6 (2.93%)	Terraform
2	5 (2.44%)	Ansible
3	2 (0.98%)	Kubernetes
4	1 (0.49%)	Consul
4	1 (0.49%)	Docker Swarm
4	1 (0.49%)	Mesos
4	1 (0.49%)	Nagios
4	1 (0.49%)	SELinux
4	1 (0.49%)	StatsD

Vendors
1	24 (11.71%)	Microsoft
2	15 (7.32%)	Oracle
3	12 (5.85%)	Google
4	10 (4.88%)	Adobe
5	9 (4.39%)	Salesforce.com
6	8 (3.90%)	Green Hills
7	7 (3.41%)	Renesas
8	6 (2.93%)	Zend
9	5 (2.44%)	Appcelerator
9	5 (2.44%)	Facebook
9	5 (2.44%)	Sybase
9	5 (2.44%)	Twitter
10	4 (1.95%)	Freescale
11	3 (1.46%)	Fujitsu
11	3 (1.46%)	MKS
11	3 (1.46%)	Rockwell
11	3 (1.46%)	Xamarin
12	2 (0.98%)	Atlassian
12	2 (0.98%)	Cognizant
12	2 (0.98%)	SAP