Software Engineering Jobs in Birmingham

Software Engineering
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 25 24
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 206 146 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.87% 8.08% 9.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.63% 8.37% 9.31%
Number of salaries quoted 172 121 212
10th Percentile £34,532 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £81,241 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,250 £85,000 £92,500
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,387 1,744 3,050
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.59% 96.57% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,920 1,321 2,260
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,750 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,471
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,251 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Birmingham

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Birmingham

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Birmingham

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 10 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.40%) Confluence
3 4 (1.94%) Appian
3 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.94%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.49%) Apache
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (3.40%) Adobe XD
2 4 (1.94%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 10 (4.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.49%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 47 (22.82%) Azure
2 43 (20.87%) AWS
3 23 (11.17%) GCP
4 20 (9.71%) Dynamics 365
5 17 (8.25%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (7.28%) SaaS
7 14 (6.80%) Power Platform
8 7 (3.40%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (3.40%) Serverless
9 6 (2.91%) Azure AKS
10 5 (2.43%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.94%) Amazon Kinesis
11 4 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (1.94%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.94%) GitHub
11 4 (1.94%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.97%) Matillion
13 1 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.94%) Ethernet
2 2 (0.97%) 4G
2 2 (0.97%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.74%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (8.25%) MySQL
3 9 (4.37%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (3.40%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.40%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.91%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (2.43%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.43%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.43%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.43%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.94%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.94%) Power BI
8 3 (1.46%) InterSystems Cache
9 2 (0.97%) Looker
9 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.49%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.49%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 24 (11.65%) Git
2 13 (6.31%) GitLab
3 12 (5.83%) Visual Studio
4 8 (3.88%) JIRA
5 7 (3.40%) Cucumber
6 6 (2.91%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (2.43%) Jenkins
8 4 (1.94%) CANoe
8 4 (1.94%) Postman
8 4 (1.94%) Xcode
9 3 (1.46%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (1.46%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.97%) GCC
11 1 (0.49%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.49%) SpecFlow
General
1 25 (12.14%) Finance
2 17 (8.25%) Social Skills
3 11 (5.34%) Manufacturing
4 10 (4.85%) Retail
5 8 (3.88%) Automotive
6 7 (3.40%) Electronics
6 7 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.40%) Public Sector
7 5 (2.43%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.43%) Banking
8 4 (1.94%) Multimedia
9 3 (1.46%) Local Government
9 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.97%) Aviation
10 2 (0.97%) Games
10 2 (0.97%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.97%) Law
10 2 (0.97%) Legal
10 2 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 99 (48.06%) Software Engineer
2 52 (25.24%) Senior
3 50 (24.27%) Developer
4 34 (16.50%) Senior Software Engineer
5 28 (13.59%) Lead
6 21 (10.19%) Embedded Engineer
7 18 (8.74%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 14 (6.80%) Java Engineer
9 13 (6.31%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 13 (6.31%) Full Stack Developer
10 11 (5.34%) Lead Software Engineer
11 10 (4.85%) C++ Software Engineer
11 10 (4.85%) Senior Java Engineer
12 8 (3.88%) Architect
12 8 (3.88%) Java Software Engineer
12 8 (3.88%) Senior Embedded Engineer
12 8 (3.88%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 8 (3.88%) Technical Leader
13 7 (3.40%) Angular Developer
13 7 (3.40%) UI/UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.99%) .NET
2 32 (15.53%) React
3 29 (14.08%) AngularJS
4 21 (10.19%) RESTful
5 19 (9.22%) HTML
6 18 (8.74%) CSS
7 12 (5.83%) Node.js
8 10 (4.85%) ASP.NET
8 10 (4.85%) jQuery
9 9 (4.37%) .NET Core
10 8 (3.88%) Vue
11 7 (3.40%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (3.40%) Material Design
11 7 (3.40%) NgRx
11 7 (3.40%) Spring
12 6 (2.91%) ARM Templates
12 6 (2.91%) Next.js
13 5 (2.43%) OpenAPI
13 5 (2.43%) Spring Boot
13 5 (2.43%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.80%) Mobile App
2 13 (6.31%) Virtual Team
3 10 (4.85%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.88%) Algorithms
4 8 (3.88%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.88%) Private Cloud
5 7 (3.40%) FMCG
6 6 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.43%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.94%) Device Driver
8 4 (1.94%) Infotainment
8 4 (1.94%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.94%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.94%) Smartphone
9 3 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.46%) Data Structures
10 2 (0.97%) Chip and PIN
11 1 (0.49%) Cyber Threat
11 1 (0.49%) IoT
11 1 (0.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.85%) Android
1 10 (4.85%) Apple iOS
2 6 (2.91%) Linux
2 6 (2.91%) Windows
3 5 (2.43%) Unix
4 4 (1.94%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.46%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.49%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (38.83%) Agile
2 50 (24.27%) DevOps
3 34 (16.50%) CI/CD
4 29 (14.08%) Full Stack Development
5 28 (13.59%) Scrum
6 25 (12.14%) Mentoring
7 23 (11.17%) Continuous Integration
8 22 (10.68%) User Experience
9 20 (9.71%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (9.22%) Infrastructure as Code
10 19 (9.22%) UX Design
11 17 (8.25%) Computer Science
11 17 (8.25%) Roadmaps
12 16 (7.77%) Front End Development
12 16 (7.77%) Kanban
13 15 (7.28%) Containerisation
13 15 (7.28%) Test Automation
14 14 (6.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (6.80%) Microservices
14 14 (6.80%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.30%) C#
1 48 (23.30%) TypeScript
2 44 (21.36%) Java
3 43 (20.87%) JavaScript
4 32 (15.53%) SQL
5 26 (12.62%) Python
6 18 (8.74%) C
6 18 (8.74%) C++
7 11 (5.34%) Go
8 9 (4.37%) PHP
9 5 (2.43%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.94%) COBOL
10 4 (1.94%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 1 (0.49%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 28 (13.59%) Degree
2 27 (13.11%) Security Cleared
3 22 (10.68%) SC Cleared
4 11 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.43%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.94%) MCSE
6 4 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.49%) CISA
7 1 (0.49%) CISM
7 1 (0.49%) CISSP
7 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.80%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.40%) QA
3 4 (1.94%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.49%) IFRS
4 1 (0.49%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.49%) NIST
4 1 (0.49%) Solvency II
System Software
1 20 (9.71%) Docker
2 4 (1.94%) Embedded Firmware
2 4 (1.94%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (9.71%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.80%) Terraform
3 2 (0.97%) MIIS
4 1 (0.49%) Ansible
Vendors
1 28 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.74%) Google
3 13 (6.31%) Xamarin
4 7 (3.40%) Adobe
5 5 (2.43%) DevExpress
6 4 (1.94%) Micro Focus
7 3 (1.46%) IBM
7 3 (1.46%) InterSystems
7 3 (1.46%) Zend
8 2 (0.97%) Oracle
8 2 (0.97%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.97%) VeriFone
9 1 (0.49%) Databricks
9 1 (0.49%) SAP