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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 82 92
Rank change year-on-year +43 +10 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 547 361 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.53% 3.98% 3.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.80% 4.44% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 400 160 177
10th Percentile £38,675 £33,675 £34,875
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,125 £40,399
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 £66,563 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,825 £80,250 £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 11,399 8,135 10,435
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 89.69% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,438 4,565 7,028
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,607
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +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 18 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 18 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 +47 298 £55,000 -4.35% 58
East Midlands +21 249 £52,500 +3.96% 48
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 531 (97.07%) Software Engineering
2 132 (24.13%) C#
3 111 (20.29%) Agile
3 111 (20.29%) Azure
4 104 (19.01%) .NET
5 103 (18.83%) AWS
6 91 (16.64%) C
7 89 (16.27%) Python
8 85 (15.54%) DevOps
9 82 (14.99%) JavaScript
10 78 (14.26%) C++
11 77 (14.08%) React
12 65 (11.88%) Java
13 62 (11.33%) Degree
14 61 (11.15%) SQL
15 59 (10.79%) TypeScript
16 55 (10.05%) Mentoring
17 54 (9.87%) Automotive
18 53 (9.69%) Linux
19 50 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
20 48 (8.78%) Security Cleared
21 47 (8.59%) .NET Core
22 46 (8.41%) Electronics
23 45 (8.23%) Manufacturing
24 42 (7.68%) PostgreSQL
25 41 (7.50%) RESTful
26 40 (7.31%) Docker
26 40 (7.31%) AngularJS
27 39 (7.13%) Microservices
28 38 (6.95%) Actionable Insight

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 (5.12%) ArcGIS
1 28 (5.12%) GeoServer
2 10 (1.83%) Confluence
3 4 (0.73%) NServiceBus
4 3 (0.55%) WinCC
5 2 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) Drupal
6 1 (0.18%) JBoss
6 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 13 (2.38%) Simulink
2 4 (0.73%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.18%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.18%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 111 (20.29%) Azure
2 103 (18.83%) AWS
3 29 (5.30%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (4.94%) GCP
5 20 (3.66%) Serverless
6 17 (3.11%) SaaS
7 13 (2.38%) GitHub
8 8 (1.46%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.46%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.28%) Azure API Management
9 7 (1.28%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (1.28%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.55%) AWS IoT
12 3 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.55%) PaaS
12 3 (0.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.47%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.38%) Wireless
3 11 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.83%) Bluetooth
4 10 (1.83%) RS-232
4 10 (1.83%) RS-485
4 10 (1.83%) ZigBee
5 8 (1.46%) Modbus
6 5 (0.91%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.91%) VoIP
7 4 (0.73%) HTTP
8 3 (0.55%) Internet
8 3 (0.55%) MQTT
9 1 (0.18%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.68%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (6.03%) MySQL
3 28 (5.12%) GIS
3 28 (5.12%) QGIS
4 21 (3.84%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.19%) NoSQL
6 11 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (1.28%) SQLite
9 6 (1.10%) DynamoDB
9 6 (1.10%) MongoDB
9 6 (1.10%) Redis
10 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.55%) InterSystems Cache
11 3 (0.55%) Power BI
11 3 (0.55%) RDBMS
12 2 (0.37%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.37%) Looker
12 2 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 37 (6.76%) Git
2 34 (6.22%) JIRA
3 12 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.46%) GitLab
5 6 (1.10%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.10%) Xcode
6 5 (0.91%) CANoe
7 4 (0.73%) Jasmine
8 3 (0.55%) IBM UrbanCode
8 3 (0.55%) JDeveloper
8 3 (0.55%) Postman
8 3 (0.55%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.55%) Subversion
8 3 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.18%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.18%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 54 (9.87%) Automotive
2 46 (8.41%) Electronics
3 45 (8.23%) Manufacturing
4 35 (6.40%) Social Skills
5 18 (3.29%) Finance
6 17 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (2.19%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.83%) Retail
9 8 (1.46%) Military
10 7 (1.28%) Marketing
10 7 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.28%) Publishing
10 7 (1.28%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.91%) Social Housing
12 4 (0.73%) Aerospace
12 4 (0.73%) Aviation
12 4 (0.73%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.55%) Banking
13 3 (0.55%) Games
13 3 (0.55%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (19.01%) .NET
2 77 (14.08%) React
3 47 (8.59%) .NET Core
4 41 (7.50%) RESTful
5 40 (7.31%) AngularJS
6 33 (6.03%) CSS
7 31 (5.67%) Web Services
8 29 (5.30%) ASP.NET
9 28 (5.12%) .NET Framework
9 28 (5.12%) Leaflet
9 28 (5.12%) OpenLayers
9 28 (5.12%) PostGIS
10 21 (3.84%) Node.js
11 19 (3.47%) LAMP
12 18 (3.29%) Blazor
13 17 (3.11%) HTML
14 16 (2.93%) WPF
15 15 (2.74%) Laravel
16 13 (2.38%) Vue
17 12 (2.19%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.84%) SCADA
2 20 (3.66%) IoT
2 20 (3.66%) Operational Technology
3 13 (2.38%) Embedded Systems
4 12 (2.19%) Algorithms
5 11 (2.01%) Mobile App
6 10 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (1.65%) Device Driver
8 7 (1.28%) Infotainment
9 6 (1.10%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (1.10%) Graphic Design
9 6 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.10%) Smart Home
9 6 (1.10%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.91%) Augmented Reality
10 5 (0.91%) Data Structures
10 5 (0.91%) Housing Association
10 5 (0.91%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.91%) Product Ownership
10 5 (0.91%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 53 (9.69%) Linux
2 22 (4.02%) Windows
3 19 (3.47%) Apple iOS
4 14 (2.56%) Unix
5 11 (2.01%) Android
6 10 (1.83%) FreeRTOS
7 8 (1.46%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.91%) Debian
8 5 (0.91%) ThreadX
9 4 (0.73%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.55%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (97.07%) Software Engineering
2 111 (20.29%) Agile
3 85 (15.54%) DevOps
4 55 (10.05%) Mentoring
5 50 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (7.13%) Microservices
7 38 (6.95%) Actionable Insight
8 37 (6.76%) Computer Science
9 34 (6.22%) MVC
10 33 (6.03%) Web Development
11 28 (5.12%) Test Automation
12 27 (4.94%) Full Stack Development
12 27 (4.94%) OOP
13 25 (4.57%) TDD
14 24 (4.39%) SDLC
15 21 (3.84%) Scrum
16 19 (3.47%) Event-Driven Architecture
16 19 (3.47%) Mathematics
16 19 (3.47%) Software Testing
16 19 (3.47%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 132 (24.13%) C#
2 91 (16.64%) C
3 89 (16.27%) Python
4 82 (14.99%) JavaScript
5 78 (14.26%) C++
6 65 (11.88%) Java
7 61 (11.15%) SQL
8 59 (10.79%) TypeScript
9 35 (6.40%) Embedded C
10 21 (3.84%) PHP
11 20 (3.66%) MATLAB
12 19 (3.47%) Embedded C++
13 18 (3.29%) Go
14 9 (1.65%) Shell Script
14 9 (1.65%) VB
15 8 (1.46%) Objective-C
16 7 (1.28%) PowerShell
16 7 (1.28%) T-SQL
16 7 (1.28%) XAML
17 4 (0.73%) R
Qualifications
1 62 (11.33%) Degree
2 48 (8.78%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.76%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.65%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.10%) HNC
7 5 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 5 (0.91%) PhD
8 3 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.47%) QA
2 17 (3.11%) MISRA
3 9 (1.65%) ISO 26262
4 7 (1.28%) AUTOSAR
5 4 (0.73%) MISRA C
6 2 (0.37%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.18%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.18%) JTAG
System Software
1 40 (7.31%) Docker
2 36 (6.58%) Firmware
3 18 (3.29%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.28%) Terraform
3 2 (0.37%) MIIS
4 1 (0.18%) Ansible
4 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 28 (5.12%) ESRI
2 20 (3.66%) Siemens
3 13 (2.38%) Google
4 12 (2.19%) DevExpress
5 11 (2.01%) Xamarin
6 8 (1.46%) Rockwell
7 7 (1.28%) Microsoft
8 5 (0.91%) Oracle
8 5 (0.91%) SAP
9 3 (0.55%) IBM
9 3 (0.55%) InterSystems
9 3 (0.55%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.55%) QNX
10 2 (0.37%) Allen-Bradley
11 1 (0.18%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.18%) VeriFone