Software Engineer Jobs in the East Midlands

Software Engineer
England > East Midlands

The median Software Engineer salary in the East Midlands is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 48 45
Rank change year-on-year +14 -3 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 205 84 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.44% 4.49% 5.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.70% 4.59% 5.97%
Number of salaries quoted 123 44 89
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,350
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,000 £74,625 £81,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £69,491 £69,237
% change year-on-year -6.46% +0.37% +6.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 3,597 1,829 2,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.39% 97.70% 97.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,585 1,140 1,804
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,500 £37,977
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £75,790
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the East Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the East Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the East Midlands

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Nottinghamshire +9 71 £55,000 -15.38% 20
Northamptonshire +13 64 £50,000 - 6
Leicestershire 0 35 £35,000 -29.99% 5
Derbyshire +3 23 £45,000 -18.18% 13
Lincolnshire - 12 £40,000 - 2
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 East Midlands region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 205 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 64 (31.22%) C#
3 55 (26.83%) .NET
4 49 (23.90%) C++
5 41 (20.00%) SQL
6 34 (16.59%) Python
7 31 (15.12%) Azure
7 31 (15.12%) AWS
8 29 (14.15%) Degree
9 26 (12.68%) C
10 23 (11.22%) Full-Stack Development
11 22 (10.73%) Agile
12 21 (10.24%) DevOps
13 20 (9.76%) JavaScript
14 19 (9.27%) Problem-Solving
15 18 (8.78%) Docker
15 18 (8.78%) Computer Science
16 17 (8.29%) Security Cleared
17 16 (7.80%) Firmware
17 16 (7.80%) Social Skills
18 14 (6.83%) AngularJS
19 13 (6.34%) Telecoms
19 13 (6.34%) Manufacturing
20 12 (5.85%) WPF
20 12 (5.85%) Windows
20 12 (5.85%) Linux
20 12 (5.85%) CI/CD
21 11 (5.37%) Embedded Firmware
21 11 (5.37%) Electronics
21 11 (5.37%) Test Automation

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

Applications
1 1 (0.49%) GNU Octave
Cloud Services
1 31 (15.12%) AWS
1 31 (15.12%) Azure
2 10 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (3.41%) Azure Service Bus
4 4 (1.95%) Anthropic Claude
4 4 (1.95%) ChatGPT
5 3 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
5 3 (1.46%) Amazon S3
5 3 (1.46%) CloudFront
5 3 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (0.98%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.98%) GCP
6 2 (0.98%) Serverless
7 1 (0.49%) Amazon Neptune
7 1 (0.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.44%) Network Security
2 2 (0.98%) HTTP
2 2 (0.98%) SNMP
2 2 (0.98%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.49%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
1 7 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.95%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.46%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.98%) MySQL
4 2 (0.98%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.98%) SQLite
5 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (3.41%) Git
1 7 (3.41%) LabVIEW
2 4 (1.95%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.46%) JIRA
3 3 (1.46%) Subversion
4 2 (0.98%) Appium
4 2 (0.98%) Xcode
General
1 16 (7.80%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.34%) Manufacturing
2 13 (6.34%) Telecoms
3 11 (5.37%) Electronics
4 8 (3.90%) Agriculture
4 8 (3.90%) Finance
5 5 (2.44%) Automotive
6 4 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (0.98%) Games
7 2 (0.98%) Law
8 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.49%) Marketing
8 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.49%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (26.83%) .NET
2 14 (6.83%) AngularJS
3 12 (5.85%) WPF
4 10 (4.88%) React
5 9 (4.39%) .NET Framework
5 9 (4.39%) RESTful
6 8 (3.90%) ASP.NET
7 7 (3.41%) Blazor
7 7 (3.41%) CSS
8 6 (2.93%) .NET Core
9 5 (2.44%) ASP.NET Core
9 5 (2.44%) SOAP
10 4 (1.95%) HTML
10 4 (1.95%) MFC
10 4 (1.95%) Node.js
10 4 (1.95%) Web Services
10 4 (1.95%) WinForms
11 3 (1.46%) Express.js
11 3 (1.46%) Kafka
11 3 (1.46%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.39%) Embedded Systems
2 6 (2.93%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.95%) IoT
4 4 (1.95%) Robotics
5 3 (1.46%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.46%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (0.98%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (0.98%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.98%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.49%) Arduino
7 1 (0.49%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.49%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.49%) FPGA
7 1 (0.49%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.85%) Linux
1 12 (5.85%) Windows
2 3 (1.46%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.46%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (1.46%) Unix
3 2 (0.98%) Windows Embedded Compact
4 1 (0.49%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 23 (11.22%) Full-Stack Development
3 22 (10.73%) Agile
4 21 (10.24%) DevOps
5 19 (9.27%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (8.78%) Computer Science
7 12 (5.85%) CI/CD
8 11 (5.37%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (5.37%) Test Automation
9 9 (4.39%) Mathematics
9 9 (4.39%) Mentoring
9 9 (4.39%) SDLC
9 9 (4.39%) Software Testing
9 9 (4.39%) SOLID
10 7 (3.41%) Customer Requirements
11 6 (2.93%) Unit Testing
12 5 (2.44%) Artificial Intelligence
12 5 (2.44%) Physics
13 4 (1.95%) Information Security
13 4 (1.95%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 64 (31.22%) C#
2 49 (23.90%) C++
3 41 (20.00%) SQL
4 34 (16.59%) Python
5 26 (12.68%) C
6 20 (9.76%) JavaScript
7 8 (3.90%) PowerShell
7 8 (3.90%) XAML
8 7 (3.41%) Embedded C
8 7 (3.41%) Perl
9 6 (2.93%) Java
10 4 (1.95%) Embedded C++
10 4 (1.95%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.46%) Bash
11 3 (1.46%) MATLAB
11 3 (1.46%) Rust
11 3 (1.46%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.98%) PHP
12 2 (0.98%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.98%) VB
Qualifications
1 29 (14.15%) Degree
2 17 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.37%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.41%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.95%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.98%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.88%) QA
2 5 (2.44%) MISRA
3 4 (1.95%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.95%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.49%) JTAG
System Software
1 18 (8.78%) Docker
2 16 (7.80%) Firmware
3 11 (5.37%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.95%) Terraform
3 2 (0.98%) Ansible
Vendors
1 7 (3.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.46%) Atmel
2 3 (1.46%) Parasoft
3 2 (0.98%) Apple
4 1 (0.49%) NVIDIA
4 1 (0.49%) Oracle
4 1 (0.49%) QNX
4 1 (0.49%) SAP
4 1 (0.49%) Siemens
4 1 (0.49%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.49%) Xilinx