Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Senior Software Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the Midlands is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

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

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 232 258
Rank change year-on-year +58 +26 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 161 84 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.24% 0.97% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 1.08% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 107 43 54
10th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,000 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £69,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,050 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 12,266 7,770 10,645
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 89.57% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,941 4,524 7,053
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,625
25th Percentile £33,966 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.22% +0.83% +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the Midlands

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the Midlands

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the Midlands

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
East Midlands +29 85 £65,000 +33.33% 10
West Midlands +20 76 £62,500 -7.41% 21
Senior Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Senior 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 Midlands region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 161 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 57 (35.40%) Azure
2 57 (35.40%) C#
2 57 (35.40%) .NET
3 55 (34.16%) Agile
4 48 (29.81%) AWS
5 46 (28.57%) DevOps
6 40 (24.84%) Python
7 38 (23.60%) JavaScript
7 38 (23.60%) React
8 31 (19.25%) Security Cleared
9 28 (17.39%) SC Cleared
10 25 (15.53%) SQL
10 25 (15.53%) Linux
10 25 (15.53%) PostgreSQL
11 23 (14.29%) ASP.NET
12 22 (13.66%) C
12 22 (13.66%) Java
12 22 (13.66%) .NET Core
13 21 (13.04%) TypeScript
13 21 (13.04%) Mentoring
13 21 (13.04%) .NET Framework
14 20 (12.42%) AngularJS
14 20 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (11.80%) Web Development
16 18 (11.18%) C++
16 18 (11.18%) GIS
16 18 (11.18%) ESRI
16 18 (11.18%) ArcGIS
16 18 (11.18%) Actionable Insight

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 18 (11.18%) ArcGIS
1 18 (11.18%) GeoServer
2 1 (0.62%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Simulink
1 1 (0.62%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 57 (35.40%) Azure
2 48 (29.81%) AWS
3 20 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.97%) GCP
5 7 (4.35%) Azure API Management
5 7 (4.35%) Azure Event Grid
5 7 (4.35%) Azure Functions
5 7 (4.35%) Azure Service Bus
5 7 (4.35%) SaaS
5 7 (4.35%) Serverless
6 1 (0.62%) Amazon Neptune
6 1 (0.62%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.62%) GitHub
6 1 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.62%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.62%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.62%) HTTP
1 1 (0.62%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (15.53%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (11.18%) GIS
2 18 (11.18%) QGIS
3 17 (10.56%) SQL Server
4 9 (5.59%) MySQL
5 7 (4.35%) NoSQL
5 7 (4.35%) SQLite
6 6 (3.73%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (8.70%) Git
2 12 (7.45%) JIRA
3 3 (1.86%) GitLab
3 3 (1.86%) Subversion
3 3 (1.86%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.24%) Xcode
General
1 10 (6.21%) Electronics
2 8 (4.97%) Manufacturing
3 7 (4.35%) Public Sector
3 7 (4.35%) Social Skills
4 5 (3.11%) Automotive
4 5 (3.11%) Social Housing
5 4 (2.48%) Finance
6 3 (1.86%) Games
6 3 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.86%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.24%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.24%) Marketing
8 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.62%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (35.40%) .NET
2 38 (23.60%) React
3 23 (14.29%) ASP.NET
4 22 (13.66%) .NET Core
5 21 (13.04%) .NET Framework
6 20 (12.42%) AngularJS
7 18 (11.18%) Leaflet
7 18 (11.18%) OpenLayers
7 18 (11.18%) PostGIS
8 16 (9.94%) CSS
9 15 (9.32%) RESTful
10 14 (8.70%) Blazor
11 13 (8.07%) ASP.NET Core
12 10 (6.21%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (6.21%) HTML
12 10 (6.21%) WPF
13 9 (5.59%) Entity Framework
14 7 (4.35%) Universal Windows Platform
14 7 (4.35%) WinForms
14 7 (4.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.97%) Mobile App
2 6 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (3.73%) IoT
2 6 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (3.11%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.62%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (0.62%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.62%) Genomics
4 1 (0.62%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (15.53%) Linux
2 14 (8.70%) Apple iOS
3 10 (6.21%) Unix
4 8 (4.97%) Mac OS
5 7 (4.35%) Windows
6 6 (3.73%) Android
7 4 (2.48%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.62%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.62%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 55 (34.16%) Agile
3 46 (28.57%) DevOps
4 21 (13.04%) Mentoring
5 19 (11.80%) Web Development
6 18 (11.18%) Actionable Insight
7 15 (9.32%) Microservices
8 13 (8.07%) Coaching
9 12 (7.45%) Test Automation
10 11 (6.83%) SDLC
11 10 (6.21%) MVC
12 9 (5.59%) Unit Testing
13 8 (4.97%) CI/CD
13 8 (4.97%) Full Stack Development
14 7 (4.35%) Containerisation
14 7 (4.35%) Inventory Management
14 7 (4.35%) Process Improvement
14 7 (4.35%) Scrum
14 7 (4.35%) TDD
15 6 (3.73%) OO
Programming Languages
1 57 (35.40%) C#
2 40 (24.84%) Python
3 38 (23.60%) JavaScript
4 25 (15.53%) SQL
5 22 (13.66%) C
5 22 (13.66%) Java
6 21 (13.04%) TypeScript
7 18 (11.18%) C++
8 9 (5.59%) Shell Script
9 8 (4.97%) Objective-C
10 7 (4.35%) T-SQL
10 7 (4.35%) XAML
11 6 (3.73%) PowerShell
12 4 (2.48%) Embedded C
13 3 (1.86%) Go
14 1 (0.62%) PHP
14 1 (0.62%) R
Qualifications
1 31 (19.25%) Security Cleared
2 28 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.73%) DV Cleared
4 3 (1.86%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.24%) Chartered Engineer
5 2 (1.24%) Degree
6 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 16 (9.94%) Docker
2 4 (2.48%) Firmware
3 3 (1.86%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.48%) Ansible
1 4 (2.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.24%) MIIS
3 1 (0.62%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (11.18%) ESRI
2 12 (7.45%) DevExpress
3 9 (5.59%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.62%) SAP