Software Engineering Jobs in the Midlands

Software Engineering
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 34 23
Rank change year-on-year +12 -11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 878 643 1,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.24% 7.14% 9.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.89% 7.40% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 695 345 506
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £74,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +6.43% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,874 8,695 10,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.41% 96.50% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 7,187 4,406 6,923
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £62,374 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 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 +27 508 £60,000 - 107
East Midlands +4 370 £50,000 -9.09% 120
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 (3.19%) ArcGIS
1 28 (3.19%) GeoServer
2 12 (1.37%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.91%) CMS
4 7 (0.80%) Confluence
5 6 (0.68%) Appian
5 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.57%) NServiceBus
6 5 (0.57%) WinCC
7 2 (0.23%) IIS
7 2 (0.23%) Liferay
7 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Apache
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.11%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 14 (1.59%) Simulink
2 7 (0.80%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.46%) CANalyzer
5 3 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.11%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.11%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 12 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.11%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 199 (22.67%) Azure
2 167 (19.02%) AWS
3 67 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (4.56%) SaaS
5 37 (4.21%) GCP
6 29 (3.30%) GitHub
7 26 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (2.85%) Serverless
9 21 (2.39%) Power Platform
10 15 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (1.71%) PaaS
11 14 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
12 9 (1.03%) Amazon S3
12 9 (1.03%) IaaS
12 9 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.03%) PowerApps
13 7 (0.80%) Azure API Management
13 7 (0.80%) Azure Event Grid
13 7 (0.80%) Azure Functions
13 7 (0.80%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.05%) Wi-Fi
2 17 (1.94%) Bluetooth
3 16 (1.82%) Wireless
4 15 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.25%) Ethernet
6 10 (1.14%) RS-232
6 10 (1.14%) RS-485
6 10 (1.14%) ZigBee
7 6 (0.68%) Internet
7 6 (0.68%) Modbus
8 5 (0.57%) MQTT
8 5 (0.57%) VoIP
9 3 (0.34%) GSM
9 3 (0.34%) HTTP
9 3 (0.34%) J1939
10 2 (0.23%) 4G
10 2 (0.23%) 5G
10 2 (0.23%) GPRS
10 2 (0.23%) Profibus
11 1 (0.11%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.04%) PostgreSQL
2 41 (4.67%) MySQL
3 40 (4.56%) SQL Server
4 28 (3.19%) GIS
4 28 (3.19%) QGIS
5 16 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (1.82%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.82%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.48%) SQLite
7 10 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 10 (1.14%) Oracle Database
8 9 (1.03%) Power BI
9 8 (0.91%) RDBMS
10 7 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.68%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.68%) Redis
12 5 (0.57%) OLAP
13 4 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 70 (7.97%) Git
2 46 (5.24%) JIRA
3 35 (3.99%) Visual Studio
4 18 (2.05%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.82%) GitLab
6 15 (1.71%) SonarQube
7 9 (1.03%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.03%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (0.91%) Postman
9 7 (0.80%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
10 6 (0.68%) Xcode
11 5 (0.57%) CANoe
12 4 (0.46%) Jasmine
12 4 (0.46%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.34%) IBM UrbanCode
13 3 (0.34%) JDeveloper
13 3 (0.34%) Subversion
14 2 (0.23%) Android Studio
14 2 (0.23%) Bower
General
1 63 (7.18%) Social Skills
2 60 (6.83%) Automotive
3 57 (6.49%) Finance
4 56 (6.38%) Manufacturing
5 55 (6.26%) Electronics
6 39 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (2.51%) Law
8 21 (2.39%) Retail
9 18 (2.05%) Public Sector
10 12 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.25%) Marketing
11 11 (1.25%) Telecoms
12 8 (0.91%) Publishing
13 7 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (0.68%) Aviation
14 6 (0.68%) Banking
14 6 (0.68%) Games
14 6 (0.68%) Legal
14 6 (0.68%) Social Housing
15 5 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 530 (60.36%) Software Engineer
2 197 (22.44%) Senior
3 156 (17.77%) Embedded Engineer
4 146 (16.63%) Senior Software Engineer
5 120 (13.67%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 119 (13.55%) Developer
7 53 (6.04%) Lead
8 42 (4.78%) C# Software Engineer
9 39 (4.44%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 33 (3.76%) Software Developer
11 28 (3.19%) C++ Software Engineer
12 25 (2.85%) Lead Software Engineer
13 23 (2.62%) PLC Engineer
13 23 (2.62%) PLC Software Engineer
14 22 (2.51%) .NET Software Engineer
14 22 (2.51%) Full Stack Developer
14 22 (2.51%) Software Manager
15 20 (2.28%) SCADA Engineer
15 20 (2.28%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 20 (2.28%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (23.58%) .NET
2 110 (12.53%) React
3 72 (8.20%) .NET Core
4 69 (7.86%) AngularJS
5 66 (7.52%) CSS
6 62 (7.06%) RESTful
7 53 (6.04%) HTML
8 45 (5.13%) ASP.NET
9 41 (4.67%) .NET Framework
10 36 (4.10%) Web Services
11 31 (3.53%) Node.js
12 28 (3.19%) Leaflet
12 28 (3.19%) OpenLayers
12 28 (3.19%) PostGIS
13 19 (2.16%) Blazor
13 19 (2.16%) LAMP
14 18 (2.05%) Laravel
14 18 (2.05%) SOAP
14 18 (2.05%) WPF
15 17 (1.94%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.33%) IoT
2 31 (3.53%) Product Ownership
3 28 (3.19%) SCADA
4 25 (2.85%) Mobile App
5 24 (2.73%) Embedded Systems
5 24 (2.73%) Virtual Team
6 22 (2.51%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.39%) Algorithms
8 20 (2.28%) Operational Technology
9 19 (2.16%) Onboarding
10 15 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
11 12 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.14%) Cloud Native
13 10 (1.14%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.03%) Device Driver
15 8 (0.91%) ARM Cortex
15 8 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (0.80%) Data Structures
16 7 (0.80%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 99 (11.28%) Linux
2 26 (2.96%) Windows
3 21 (2.39%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.16%) Embedded Linux
5 17 (1.94%) Android
6 14 (1.59%) Unix
7 10 (1.14%) FreeRTOS
8 8 (0.91%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.57%) Debian
9 5 (0.57%) ThreadX
10 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.34%) Windows Server
12 2 (0.23%) Windows Embedded Compact
13 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (31.21%) Agile
2 162 (18.45%) DevOps
3 106 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (9.45%) Scrum
5 82 (9.34%) Computer Science
6 81 (9.23%) Mentoring
7 77 (8.77%) CI/CD
8 63 (7.18%) SDLC
9 62 (7.06%) Full Stack Development
10 61 (6.95%) Microservices
11 54 (6.15%) Project Management
12 51 (5.81%) Containerisation
13 49 (5.58%) Web Development
14 46 (5.24%) Roadmaps
14 46 (5.24%) User Experience
15 44 (5.01%) MVC
16 43 (4.90%) Continuous Integration
16 43 (4.90%) Test Automation
17 40 (4.56%) Actionable Insight
18 33 (3.76%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 248 (28.25%) C#
2 150 (17.08%) JavaScript
3 140 (15.95%) C
4 137 (15.60%) SQL
5 111 (12.64%) C++
6 109 (12.41%) Python
7 105 (11.96%) TypeScript
8 98 (11.16%) Java
9 41 (4.67%) PHP
10 37 (4.21%) Embedded C
11 28 (3.19%) VB
12 25 (2.85%) Go
13 19 (2.16%) Embedded C++
14 17 (1.94%) T-SQL
15 16 (1.82%) MATLAB
16 15 (1.71%) Assembly Language
17 9 (1.03%) Ladder Logic
17 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
17 9 (1.03%) Shell Script
17 9 (1.03%) XAML
Qualifications
1 142 (16.17%) Degree
2 87 (9.91%) Security Cleared
3 63 (7.18%) SC Cleared
4 39 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 12 (1.37%) HNC
8 11 (1.25%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.03%) DV Cleared
10 6 (0.68%) MCSE
10 6 (0.68%) OCP
10 6 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
10 6 (0.68%) PMI Certification
10 6 (0.68%) PMP
11 5 (0.57%) CAPM
11 5 (0.57%) HND
11 5 (0.57%) ISEB
11 5 (0.57%) ISTQB
11 5 (0.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.87%) QA
2 17 (1.94%) MISRA
3 14 (1.59%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.25%) AUTOSAR
5 10 (1.14%) ISO 26262
6 9 (1.03%) NCSC
7 4 (0.46%) Automotive SPICE
7 4 (0.46%) MISRA C
7 4 (0.46%) SLA
8 2 (0.23%) IEC 61131
9 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) IFRS
9 1 (0.11%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.11%) JTAG
9 1 (0.11%) NIST
9 1 (0.11%) Solvency II
System Software
1 87 (9.91%) Docker
2 53 (6.04%) Firmware
3 26 (2.96%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 51 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.30%) Terraform
3 11 (1.25%) Ansible
4 6 (0.68%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.57%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.34%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.23%) MIIS
8 1 (0.11%) Grafana
Vendors
1 76 (8.66%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.30%) Google
3 28 (3.19%) ESRI
4 22 (2.51%) Siemens
5 19 (2.16%) Xamarin
6 17 (1.94%) DevExpress
7 12 (1.37%) Oracle
8 10 (1.14%) Apple
8 10 (1.14%) Rockwell
9 8 (0.91%) SAP
10 7 (0.80%) Adobe
11 6 (0.68%) EMC
12 5 (0.57%) HP
13 4 (0.46%) Micro Focus
13 4 (0.46%) NVIDIA
13 4 (0.46%) QNX
13 4 (0.46%) Sitecore
14 3 (0.34%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.34%) UiPath
14 3 (0.34%) Zend