Software Engineering Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 49 23
Rank change year-on-year +25 -26 +8
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 537 343 700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.36% 5.93% 9.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.89% 6.13% 9.39%
Number of salaries quoted 403 212 365
10th Percentile £39,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,875 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% -0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,400 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,802 5,593 7,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.54% 96.68% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,753 3,137 4,863
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £39,935 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Birmingham -1 206 £60,000 - 49
Worcestershire +9 76 £50,000 - 17
Staffordshire +11 62 £55,000 +4.76% 23
Warwickshire +17 56 £57,500 - 9
Coventry +32 21 £65,000 +23.81% 8
Solihull +3 13 £45,000 +100.00% 4
Halesowen - 11 £52,500 -
Shropshire -5 10 £40,000 -27.27% 3
Wolverhampton +15 6 £40,000 -
West Bromwich - 3 £50,000 -
Herefordshire +4 2 £50,000 -24.53% 2
Wednesbury -5 2 £83,250 +137.86%
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 12 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.30%) Confluence
3 6 (1.12%) Appian
3 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.93%) WinCC
5 4 (0.74%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.37%) CMS
6 2 (0.37%) IIS
6 2 (0.37%) Liferay
6 2 (0.37%) Magnolia
6 2 (0.37%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Apache
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.19%) Drupal
7 1 (0.19%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 13 (2.42%) Simulink
2 6 (1.12%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.74%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.37%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.37%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (0.37%) Fusion 360
5 2 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.37%) Revit
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.19%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 12 (2.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 105 (19.55%) Azure
2 70 (13.04%) AWS
3 50 (9.31%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (6.33%) SaaS
5 27 (5.03%) GCP
6 22 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (3.91%) GitHub
8 19 (3.54%) Power Platform
9 16 (2.98%) PaaS
10 15 (2.79%) Serverless
11 12 (2.23%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (1.86%) IaaS
13 9 (1.68%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (1.68%) PowerApps
14 7 (1.30%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.30%) Azure API Management
14 7 (1.30%) Azure Event Grid
14 7 (1.30%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.30%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.49%) Bluetooth
1 8 (1.49%) Ethernet
1 8 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (1.12%) Wireless
3 5 (0.93%) RS-232
3 5 (0.93%) RS-485
3 5 (0.93%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.93%) ZigBee
4 3 (0.56%) HTTP
5 2 (0.37%) 4G
5 2 (0.37%) 5G
5 2 (0.37%) Modbus
5 2 (0.37%) Profibus
6 1 (0.19%) FlexRay
6 1 (0.19%) GSM
6 1 (0.19%) J1939
6 1 (0.19%) MQTT
6 1 (0.19%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.84%) MySQL
2 19 (3.54%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (3.17%) SQL Server
4 15 (2.79%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (2.42%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.68%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.68%) Power BI
7 7 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.30%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.30%) SQLite
8 6 (1.12%) Redis
9 5 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.93%) OLAP
9 5 (0.93%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.74%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.56%) InterSystems Cache
12 2 (0.37%) DTS
12 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (7.82%) Git
2 28 (5.21%) JIRA
3 19 (3.54%) GitLab
4 18 (3.35%) Visual Studio
5 10 (1.86%) SonarQube
6 9 (1.68%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.49%) Cucumber
7 8 (1.49%) Postman
8 6 (1.12%) CANoe
9 5 (0.93%) Jenkins
10 4 (0.74%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.74%) Xcode
11 3 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
12 2 (0.37%) Bower
12 2 (0.37%) GCC
12 2 (0.37%) gulp
12 2 (0.37%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.37%) Moq
13 1 (0.19%) CMake
13 1 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 44 (8.19%) Manufacturing
2 41 (7.64%) Automotive
2 41 (7.64%) Finance
3 38 (7.08%) Social Skills
4 33 (6.15%) Electronics
5 29 (5.40%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (2.42%) Retail
7 12 (2.23%) Public Sector
8 11 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.30%) Law
10 6 (1.12%) Marketing
10 6 (1.12%) Social Housing
11 5 (0.93%) Banking
11 5 (0.93%) Legal
12 4 (0.74%) Multimedia
12 4 (0.74%) Publishing
12 4 (0.74%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.56%) Games
13 3 (0.56%) Local Government
13 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 320 (59.59%) Software Engineer
2 124 (23.09%) Senior
3 94 (17.50%) Embedded Engineer
4 83 (15.46%) Senior Software Engineer
5 77 (14.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 76 (14.15%) Developer
7 45 (8.38%) Lead
8 34 (6.33%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 24 (4.47%) PLC Engineer
9 24 (4.47%) PLC Software Engineer
10 23 (4.28%) Lead Software Engineer
11 22 (4.10%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
12 21 (3.91%) C# Software Engineer
13 20 (3.72%) SCADA Engineer
13 20 (3.72%) SCADA Software Engineer
14 18 (3.35%) C++ Software Engineer
15 17 (3.17%) Software Developer
16 16 (2.98%) Engineering Manager
16 16 (2.98%) Full Stack Developer
16 16 (2.98%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (18.62%) .NET
2 51 (9.50%) React
3 46 (8.57%) RESTful
4 43 (8.01%) AngularJS
5 40 (7.45%) HTML
6 32 (5.96%) .NET Core
7 28 (5.21%) ASP.NET
7 28 (5.21%) CSS
8 22 (4.10%) Node.js
9 19 (3.54%) WPF
10 17 (3.17%) .NET Framework
11 16 (2.98%) ARM Templates
11 16 (2.98%) Web Services
12 15 (2.79%) Blazor
13 13 (2.42%) SOAP
13 13 (2.42%) WinForms
14 12 (2.23%) ASP.NET MVC
14 12 (2.23%) jQuery
14 12 (2.23%) Yocto
15 11 (2.05%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.84%) IoT
2 24 (4.47%) SCADA
3 22 (4.10%) Management Information System
3 22 (4.10%) Virtual Team
4 21 (3.91%) Algorithms
4 21 (3.91%) Operational Technology
5 17 (3.17%) Mobile App
5 17 (3.17%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.98%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.49%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.30%) Data Structures
8 7 (1.30%) FMCG
8 7 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (1.30%) Infotainment
8 7 (1.30%) Low-Code
9 6 (1.12%) Housing Association
9 6 (1.12%) Smart Home
10 5 (0.93%) Cloud Native
10 5 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.93%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.57%) Linux
2 19 (3.54%) Windows
3 12 (2.23%) Android
4 11 (2.05%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (1.86%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.12%) Unix
7 5 (0.93%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.56%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (31.84%) Agile
2 96 (17.88%) DevOps
3 71 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
4 58 (10.80%) Computer Science
5 47 (8.75%) Mentoring
6 44 (8.19%) Scrum
7 43 (8.01%) CI/CD
8 41 (7.64%) Project Management
9 38 (7.08%) Full Stack Development
9 38 (7.08%) Test Automation
10 37 (6.89%) Containerisation
11 35 (6.52%) SDLC
12 33 (6.15%) Continuous Integration
13 31 (5.77%) User Experience
14 30 (5.59%) Roadmaps
15 29 (5.40%) Microservices
16 28 (5.21%) Continuous Delivery
17 26 (4.84%) Business Intelligence
18 24 (4.47%) Artificial Intelligence
18 24 (4.47%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 127 (23.65%) C#
2 80 (14.90%) JavaScript
3 73 (13.59%) Java
4 71 (13.22%) SQL
5 69 (12.85%) C
5 69 (12.85%) Python
6 67 (12.48%) C++
6 67 (12.48%) TypeScript
7 31 (5.77%) Embedded C
8 18 (3.35%) Go
9 16 (2.98%) PHP
10 15 (2.79%) Embedded C++
11 14 (2.61%) T-SQL
12 12 (2.23%) MATLAB
13 9 (1.68%) XAML
14 6 (1.12%) VB
15 5 (0.93%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.74%) COBOL
16 4 (0.74%) Ladder Logic
16 4 (0.74%) Micro Focus COBOL
Qualifications
1 86 (16.01%) Degree
2 63 (11.73%) Security Cleared
3 34 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 31 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.12%) MCSE
7 6 (1.12%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.12%) PMP
8 5 (0.93%) CAPM
8 5 (0.93%) ISEB
8 5 (0.93%) ISTQB
8 5 (0.93%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.74%) HNC
10 3 (0.56%) APMP
11 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.37%) PhD
12 1 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.47%) QA
2 14 (2.61%) Accessibility
3 10 (1.86%) AUTOSAR
3 10 (1.86%) ISO 26262
3 10 (1.86%) NCSC
4 7 (1.30%) MISRA
5 4 (0.74%) Automotive SPICE
6 2 (0.37%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.19%) IFRS
7 1 (0.19%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
7 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 49 (9.12%) Docker
2 21 (3.91%) Firmware
3 12 (2.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 42 (7.82%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.84%) Terraform
3 17 (3.17%) Ansible
4 5 (0.93%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.56%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.37%) MIIS
7 1 (0.19%) Grafana
Vendors
1 48 (8.94%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.10%) Siemens
3 18 (3.35%) Google
4 16 (2.98%) Xamarin
5 12 (2.23%) DevExpress
6 10 (1.86%) Rockwell
7 6 (1.12%) Adobe
8 5 (0.93%) HP
9 4 (0.74%) Micro Focus
9 4 (0.74%) NVIDIA
9 4 (0.74%) QNX
9 4 (0.74%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.56%) IBM
10 3 (0.56%) InterSystems
10 3 (0.56%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.56%) Oracle
10 3 (0.56%) SAP
10 3 (0.56%) UiPath
10 3 (0.56%) Zend
11 2 (0.37%) OpenText