Software Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Software Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Software Engineer salary in the Midlands is £52,500 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 38 90 88
Rank change year-on-year +52 -2 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 604 307 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.66% 3.54% 3.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.92% 3.95% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 428 149 168
10th Percentile £37,200 £32,900 £35,125
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,250 £41,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,400 £77,500 £75,000
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
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%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the Midlands

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 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
West Midlands +59 318 £55,000 -4.35% 56
East Midlands +33 286 £52,500 +10.53% 60
Software Engineer
England

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

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

1 588 (97.35%) Software Engineering
2 148 (24.50%) C#
3 113 (18.71%) Agile
3 113 (18.71%) Azure
4 112 (18.54%) .NET
5 104 (17.22%) AWS
6 95 (15.73%) C++
6 95 (15.73%) Python
7 93 (15.40%) C
8 86 (14.24%) JavaScript
9 85 (14.07%) DevOps
10 77 (12.75%) React
11 68 (11.26%) SQL
12 67 (11.09%) Degree
13 61 (10.10%) Java
14 59 (9.77%) Linux
15 58 (9.60%) Mentoring
15 58 (9.60%) TypeScript
16 55 (9.11%) Automotive
17 54 (8.94%) Security Cleared
18 51 (8.44%) Electronics
19 49 (8.11%) Manufacturing
19 49 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
20 48 (7.95%) .NET Core
21 43 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
21 43 (7.12%) Docker
22 41 (6.79%) AngularJS
23 40 (6.62%) RESTful
23 40 (6.62%) Computer Science
23 40 (6.62%) Embedded C

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 28 (4.64%) ArcGIS
1 28 (4.64%) GeoServer
2 10 (1.66%) Confluence
3 4 (0.66%) NServiceBus
4 3 (0.50%) WinCC
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Drupal
Applications
1 12 (1.99%) Simulink
2 4 (0.66%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.17%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.17%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 113 (18.71%) Azure
2 104 (17.22%) AWS
3 33 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (4.14%) GCP
5 18 (2.98%) Serverless
6 14 (2.32%) SaaS
7 11 (1.82%) GitHub
8 8 (1.32%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.32%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.16%) Azure API Management
9 7 (1.16%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (1.16%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.50%) AWS IoT
12 3 (0.50%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.50%) PaaS
12 3 (0.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.31%) TCP/IP
2 11 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
2 11 (1.82%) Wireless
3 10 (1.66%) Bluetooth
3 10 (1.66%) RS-232
3 10 (1.66%) RS-485
3 10 (1.66%) ZigBee
4 8 (1.32%) Modbus
5 5 (0.83%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.83%) VoIP
6 3 (0.50%) HTTP
6 3 (0.50%) Internet
6 3 (0.50%) MQTT
7 1 (0.17%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.12%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (5.63%) MySQL
3 28 (4.64%) GIS
3 28 (4.64%) QGIS
4 24 (3.97%) SQL Server
5 11 (1.82%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (1.49%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.16%) DynamoDB
7 7 (1.16%) SQLite
8 6 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.99%) Redis
9 3 (0.50%) InterSystems Cache
9 3 (0.50%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.50%) Power BI
10 2 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.33%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.33%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.33%) Looker
10 2 (0.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 35 (5.79%) Git
2 33 (5.46%) JIRA
3 12 (1.99%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.49%) GitLab
5 7 (1.16%) Visual Studio
6 6 (0.99%) CANoe
6 6 (0.99%) Xcode
7 3 (0.50%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.50%) Jasmine
7 3 (0.50%) Postman
7 3 (0.50%) SoapUI
7 3 (0.50%) Subversion
7 3 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.17%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.17%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (9.11%) Automotive
2 51 (8.44%) Electronics
3 49 (8.11%) Manufacturing
4 37 (6.13%) Social Skills
5 18 (2.98%) Finance
6 16 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (1.82%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.66%) Retail
8 10 (1.66%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.32%) Military
9 8 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.16%) Marketing
10 7 (1.16%) Publishing
11 5 (0.83%) Social Housing
12 4 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.66%) Agriculture
12 4 (0.66%) Aviation
12 4 (0.66%) Games
12 4 (0.66%) Law
12 4 (0.66%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (18.54%) .NET
2 77 (12.75%) React
3 48 (7.95%) .NET Core
4 41 (6.79%) AngularJS
5 40 (6.62%) RESTful
6 32 (5.30%) CSS
7 31 (5.13%) .NET Framework
8 30 (4.97%) ASP.NET
8 30 (4.97%) Web Services
9 28 (4.64%) Leaflet
9 28 (4.64%) OpenLayers
9 28 (4.64%) PostGIS
10 19 (3.15%) LAMP
11 18 (2.98%) Node.js
12 17 (2.81%) WPF
13 16 (2.65%) Blazor
13 16 (2.65%) HTML
14 15 (2.48%) Laravel
15 13 (2.15%) ASP.NET Core
15 13 (2.15%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 22 (3.64%) SCADA
2 21 (3.48%) IoT
3 20 (3.31%) Operational Technology
4 14 (2.32%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (1.99%) Algorithms
6 11 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.66%) Device Driver
7 10 (1.66%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.16%) ARM Cortex
8 7 (1.16%) Infotainment
8 7 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (0.99%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (0.99%) Graphic Design
9 6 (0.99%) Smart Home
9 6 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
9 6 (0.99%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.83%) Housing Association
10 5 (0.83%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.83%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 59 (9.77%) Linux
2 26 (4.30%) Windows
3 19 (3.15%) Apple iOS
4 15 (2.48%) Unix
5 11 (1.82%) Android
6 10 (1.66%) FreeRTOS
7 8 (1.32%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.83%) Debian
8 5 (0.83%) ThreadX
9 4 (0.66%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.33%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 588 (97.35%) Software Engineering
2 113 (18.71%) Agile
3 85 (14.07%) DevOps
4 58 (9.60%) Mentoring
5 49 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
6 40 (6.62%) Computer Science
7 35 (5.79%) Actionable Insight
7 35 (5.79%) Microservices
7 35 (5.79%) MVC
8 32 (5.30%) Web Development
9 29 (4.80%) OOP
10 28 (4.64%) Test Automation
11 27 (4.47%) Full Stack Development
12 26 (4.30%) SDLC
13 23 (3.81%) TDD
14 22 (3.64%) Mathematics
15 21 (3.48%) Software Testing
16 20 (3.31%) CI/CD
17 17 (2.81%) Event-Driven
17 17 (2.81%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 148 (24.50%) C#
2 95 (15.73%) C++
2 95 (15.73%) Python
3 93 (15.40%) C
4 86 (14.24%) JavaScript
5 68 (11.26%) SQL
6 61 (10.10%) Java
7 58 (9.60%) TypeScript
8 40 (6.62%) Embedded C
9 22 (3.64%) PHP
10 20 (3.31%) Embedded C++
11 19 (3.15%) MATLAB
12 16 (2.65%) Go
13 10 (1.66%) VB
14 9 (1.49%) Shell Script
15 8 (1.32%) Objective-C
16 7 (1.16%) PowerShell
16 7 (1.16%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.16%) XAML
17 3 (0.50%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 67 (11.09%) Degree
2 54 (8.94%) Security Cleared
3 38 (6.29%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 6 (0.99%) HNC
6 6 (0.99%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.83%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.83%) PhD
8 2 (0.33%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.65%) QA
2 14 (2.32%) MISRA
3 8 (1.32%) AUTOSAR
3 8 (1.32%) ISO 26262
4 3 (0.50%) MISRA C
5 2 (0.33%) Automotive SPICE
5 2 (0.33%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.17%) JTAG
System Software
1 43 (7.12%) Docker
2 37 (6.13%) Firmware
3 21 (3.48%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.32%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.16%) Terraform
3 4 (0.66%) Ansible
4 2 (0.33%) MIIS
5 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 28 (4.64%) ESRI
2 20 (3.31%) Siemens
3 12 (1.99%) DevExpress
3 12 (1.99%) Google
4 11 (1.82%) Xamarin
5 8 (1.32%) Rockwell
6 7 (1.16%) Microsoft
7 5 (0.83%) SAP
8 4 (0.66%) QNX
9 3 (0.50%) IBM
9 3 (0.50%) InterSystems
9 3 (0.50%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.50%) Oracle
10 2 (0.33%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.33%) VeriFone
11 1 (0.17%) Atmel
11 1 (0.17%) MathWorks