Software Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median Software Engineer salary in the East of England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 67 22
Rank change year-on-year +41 -45 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 397 183 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.79% 3.92% 10.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.16% 4.73% 10.81%
Number of salaries quoted 315 87 114
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,450 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,875 £47,500 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year - +7.62% +44.81%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £80,000 £86,495
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 6,448 3,865 6,682
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 82.82% 93.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,880 2,077 2,943
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,075 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Cambridgeshire +20 218 £65,000 - 67
Hertfordshire +65 99 £60,000 - 26
Essex +25 36 £60,000 +6.67% 8
Norfolk -16 26 £45,000 -18.18% 2
Bedfordshire +6 16 £45,000 -21.74% 4
Suffolk -17 2 £42,500 -3.95% 1
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 397 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 115 (28.97%) C
3 94 (23.68%) Python
4 89 (22.42%) C#
5 80 (20.15%) Electronics
6 79 (19.90%) Linux
7 75 (18.89%) Agile
8 72 (18.14%) C++
9 55 (13.85%) Degree
10 53 (13.35%) AWS
10 53 (13.35%) Social Skills
11 45 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (11.08%) JavaScript
13 42 (10.58%) Embedded Systems
13 42 (10.58%) Security Cleared
14 35 (8.82%) Automotive
14 35 (8.82%) TypeScript
15 34 (8.56%) Computer Science
16 32 (8.06%) .NET
17 31 (7.81%) Embedded C
17 31 (7.81%) Embedded Linux
18 30 (7.56%) Software Testing
18 30 (7.56%) React
19 29 (7.30%) IoT
19 29 (7.30%) Ada
20 27 (6.80%) Validation
20 27 (6.80%) Azure
21 26 (6.55%) Algorithms
22 24 (6.05%) Kubernetes
22 24 (6.05%) Full Stack Development

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (0.25%) CMS
1 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (4.28%) Simulink
2 9 (2.27%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.51%) Trello
4 1 (0.25%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.25%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 4 (1.01%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 53 (13.35%) AWS
2 27 (6.80%) Azure
3 8 (2.02%) SaaS
4 7 (1.76%) Serverless
5 6 (1.51%) Amazon S3
5 6 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.01%) GitHub
7 1 (0.25%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.25%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.25%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.25%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (4.53%) Wireless
2 17 (4.28%) Bluetooth
3 15 (3.78%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (2.52%) Modbus
4 10 (2.52%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.02%) Ethernet
6 7 (1.76%) RS-232
7 6 (1.51%) 5G
7 6 (1.51%) HTTP
8 5 (1.26%) RS-422
8 5 (1.26%) RS-485
9 4 (1.01%) Internet
10 3 (0.76%) Network Security
10 3 (0.76%) ZigBee
11 2 (0.50%) DECT
11 2 (0.50%) Firewall
11 2 (0.50%) LTE
11 2 (0.50%) MQTT
11 2 (0.50%) NFC
11 2 (0.50%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.52%) MySQL
3 8 (2.02%) Redis
4 6 (1.51%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (1.51%) GIS
4 6 (1.51%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.50%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.25%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 21 (5.29%) Git
2 12 (3.02%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.02%) JIRA
3 10 (2.52%) TeamCity
4 9 (2.27%) Rational Rhapsody
5 6 (1.51%) GitLab
6 4 (1.01%) Subversion
6 4 (1.01%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.76%) Rational Team Concert
7 3 (0.76%) Selenium
8 2 (0.50%) Appium
8 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.25%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 80 (20.15%) Electronics
2 53 (13.35%) Social Skills
3 35 (8.82%) Automotive
4 23 (5.79%) Manufacturing
5 22 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (3.78%) Aerospace
7 11 (2.77%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.51%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.26%) Finance
10 4 (1.01%) Marketing
10 4 (1.01%) Military
10 4 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.76%) Law
11 3 (0.76%) Legal
11 3 (0.76%) Welsh Language
12 2 (0.50%) French Language
12 2 (0.50%) Games
12 2 (0.50%) Multimedia
12 2 (0.50%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.06%) .NET
2 30 (7.56%) React
3 16 (4.03%) Node.js
4 13 (3.27%) CSS
4 13 (3.27%) HTML
5 10 (2.52%) Yocto
6 9 (2.27%) Middleware
6 9 (2.27%) PyQt
7 7 (1.76%) Flask
7 7 (1.76%) REST
8 6 (1.51%) COM
8 6 (1.51%) JSON
8 6 (1.51%) Kafka
8 6 (1.51%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (1.51%) scikit-learn
9 5 (1.26%) AngularJS
9 5 (1.26%) FFmpeg
9 5 (1.26%) GStreamer
9 5 (1.26%) iOS SDK
9 5 (1.26%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.58%) Embedded Systems
2 29 (7.30%) IoT
3 26 (6.55%) Algorithms
4 17 (4.28%) Robotics
5 15 (3.78%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (3.02%) Client/Server
6 12 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.52%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (2.02%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.02%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.76%) Device Driver
10 6 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.26%) ARM Cortex
12 4 (1.01%) CAN bus
12 4 (1.01%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.01%) SCADA
12 4 (1.01%) Verilog
13 3 (0.76%) Analogue Electronics
13 3 (0.76%) Educational Technology
13 3 (0.76%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 79 (19.90%) Linux
2 31 (7.81%) Embedded Linux
3 16 (4.03%) Windows
4 8 (2.02%) Android
4 8 (2.02%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.76%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.01%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.25%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 397 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 75 (18.89%) Agile
3 45 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (8.56%) Computer Science
5 30 (7.56%) Software Testing
6 27 (6.80%) Validation
7 24 (6.05%) Full Stack Development
8 22 (5.54%) Prototyping
8 22 (5.54%) TDD
9 21 (5.29%) OO
10 20 (5.04%) DevOps
11 19 (4.79%) Test Automation
12 18 (4.53%) Artificial Intelligence
12 18 (4.53%) OOP
13 17 (4.28%) Code Quality
13 17 (4.28%) Continuous Integration
13 17 (4.28%) Multithreading
14 16 (4.03%) CI/CD
14 16 (4.03%) Mentoring
14 16 (4.03%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 115 (28.97%) C
2 94 (23.68%) Python
3 89 (22.42%) C#
4 72 (18.14%) C++
5 44 (11.08%) JavaScript
6 35 (8.82%) TypeScript
7 31 (7.81%) Embedded C
8 29 (7.30%) Ada
9 21 (5.29%) Java
10 19 (4.79%) MATLAB
11 17 (4.28%) PHP
12 16 (4.03%) Kotlin
13 9 (2.27%) SQL
14 8 (2.02%) Shell Script
15 7 (1.76%) Embedded C++
15 7 (1.76%) Go
16 6 (1.51%) Apex Code
17 5 (1.26%) Rust
18 4 (1.01%) Bash
18 4 (1.01%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 55 (13.85%) Degree
2 42 (10.58%) Security Cleared
3 22 (5.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.52%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.76%) HNC
6 6 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.51%) HND
7 4 (1.01%) PhD
8 1 (0.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.02%) IEC 62304
1 8 (2.02%) ISO 13485
2 5 (1.26%) MISRA
3 3 (0.76%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.76%) QA
4 2 (0.50%) MISRA C
System Software
1 22 (5.54%) Firmware
2 11 (2.77%) Docker
3 3 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 24 (6.05%) Kubernetes
2 19 (4.79%) Terraform
3 3 (0.76%) Ansible
3 3 (0.76%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.50%) linkerd
5 1 (0.25%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (2.52%) Siemens
2 8 (2.02%) IBM
3 7 (1.76%) Red Hat
4 6 (1.51%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.01%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.50%) Cadence
6 2 (0.50%) Interwoven
6 2 (0.50%) QNX
6 2 (0.50%) RedGate
7 1 (0.25%) Google
7 1 (0.25%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.25%) Renesas
7 1 (0.25%) Xamarin