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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 81 94
Rank change year-on-year +42 +13 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 539 380 371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 4.53% 4.09% 3.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.81% 4.56% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 394 170 170
10th Percentile £38,750 £33,625 £35,125
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,875 £41,250
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 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,600 £82,625 £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 11,208 8,329 10,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.68% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,339 4,674 7,007
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,500
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 £60,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +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 12 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 12 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 +54 294 £55,000 -4.35% 60
East Midlands +11 245 £52,500 - 54
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 523 (97.03%) Software Engineering
2 133 (24.68%) C#
3 112 (20.78%) Azure
4 111 (20.59%) Agile
5 105 (19.48%) .NET
5 105 (19.48%) AWS
6 92 (17.07%) C
7 87 (16.14%) Python
8 84 (15.58%) DevOps
9 82 (15.21%) JavaScript
10 79 (14.66%) React
11 76 (14.10%) C++
12 65 (12.06%) Java
13 64 (11.87%) Degree
14 62 (11.50%) SQL
15 58 (10.76%) TypeScript
16 55 (10.20%) Automotive
17 54 (10.02%) Mentoring
18 53 (9.83%) Linux
19 51 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
20 48 (8.91%) .NET Core
21 47 (8.72%) Electronics
22 46 (8.53%) Manufacturing
22 46 (8.53%) Security Cleared
23 42 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
24 41 (7.61%) RESTful
24 41 (7.61%) Docker
24 41 (7.61%) AngularJS
25 39 (7.24%) Microservices
26 38 (7.05%) 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 (5.19%) ArcGIS
1 28 (5.19%) GeoServer
2 10 (1.86%) Confluence
3 4 (0.74%) NServiceBus
4 3 (0.56%) WinCC
5 2 (0.37%) CMS
6 1 (0.19%) JBoss
6 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 13 (2.41%) Simulink
2 4 (0.74%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.19%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.19%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 112 (20.78%) Azure
2 105 (19.48%) AWS
3 30 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (5.19%) GCP
5 20 (3.71%) Serverless
6 17 (3.15%) SaaS
7 13 (2.41%) GitHub
8 8 (1.48%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.48%) PowerApps
9 7 (1.30%) Azure API Management
9 7 (1.30%) Azure Event Grid
9 7 (1.30%) Azure Functions
9 7 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.56%) AWS IoT
12 3 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.56%) PaaS
12 3 (0.56%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.53%) TCP/IP
2 13 (2.41%) Wireless
3 11 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.86%) Bluetooth
4 10 (1.86%) RS-232
4 10 (1.86%) RS-485
4 10 (1.86%) ZigBee
5 8 (1.48%) Modbus
6 5 (0.93%) Ethernet
6 5 (0.93%) VoIP
7 3 (0.56%) HTTP
7 3 (0.56%) Internet
7 3 (0.56%) MQTT
8 2 (0.37%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (5.94%) MySQL
3 28 (5.19%) GIS
3 28 (5.19%) QGIS
4 22 (4.08%) SQL Server
5 11 (2.04%) NoSQL
5 11 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.30%) SQLite
8 6 (1.11%) DynamoDB
8 6 (1.11%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.11%) Redis
9 4 (0.74%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.56%) InterSystems Cache
10 3 (0.56%) Power BI
10 3 (0.56%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.37%) Metadata
11 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 36 (6.68%) Git
2 34 (6.31%) JIRA
3 12 (2.23%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.48%) GitLab
5 7 (1.30%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.11%) Xcode
7 5 (0.93%) CANoe
8 4 (0.74%) Jasmine
9 3 (0.56%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.56%) JDeveloper
9 3 (0.56%) Postman
9 3 (0.56%) SoapUI
9 3 (0.56%) Subversion
9 3 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.19%) CMake
10 1 (0.19%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.19%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.19%) TeamCity
General
1 55 (10.20%) Automotive
2 47 (8.72%) Electronics
3 46 (8.53%) Manufacturing
4 35 (6.49%) Social Skills
5 18 (3.34%) Finance
6 17 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (2.41%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.86%) Retail
9 8 (1.48%) Marketing
9 8 (1.48%) Military
10 7 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (1.30%) Publishing
11 6 (1.11%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.93%) Social Housing
13 4 (0.74%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.74%) Aviation
13 4 (0.74%) Multimedia
14 3 (0.56%) Banking
14 3 (0.56%) Games
14 3 (0.56%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (19.48%) .NET
2 79 (14.66%) React
3 48 (8.91%) .NET Core
4 41 (7.61%) AngularJS
4 41 (7.61%) RESTful
5 33 (6.12%) CSS
6 30 (5.57%) .NET Framework
6 30 (5.57%) ASP.NET
6 30 (5.57%) Web Services
7 28 (5.19%) Leaflet
7 28 (5.19%) OpenLayers
7 28 (5.19%) PostGIS
8 21 (3.90%) Node.js
9 19 (3.53%) LAMP
10 18 (3.34%) Blazor
11 17 (3.15%) HTML
12 16 (2.97%) WPF
13 15 (2.78%) Laravel
14 13 (2.41%) Vue
15 12 (2.23%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 21 (3.90%) SCADA
2 20 (3.71%) IoT
2 20 (3.71%) Operational Technology
3 13 (2.41%) Algorithms
3 13 (2.41%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (2.04%) Mobile App
5 10 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (1.67%) Device Driver
7 7 (1.30%) Infotainment
7 7 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.11%) ARM Cortex
8 6 (1.11%) Graphic Design
8 6 (1.11%) Smart Home
8 6 (1.11%) Virtual Team
9 5 (0.93%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (0.93%) Data Structures
9 5 (0.93%) Housing Association
9 5 (0.93%) Management Information System
9 5 (0.93%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (0.74%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 53 (9.83%) Linux
2 22 (4.08%) Windows
3 19 (3.53%) Apple iOS
4 15 (2.78%) Unix
5 11 (2.04%) Android
6 10 (1.86%) FreeRTOS
7 8 (1.48%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.93%) Debian
8 5 (0.93%) ThreadX
9 4 (0.74%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.56%) Windows Server
11 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 523 (97.03%) Software Engineering
2 111 (20.59%) Agile
3 84 (15.58%) DevOps
4 54 (10.02%) Mentoring
5 51 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
6 39 (7.24%) Microservices
7 38 (7.05%) Actionable Insight
8 37 (6.86%) Computer Science
9 35 (6.49%) MVC
10 33 (6.12%) Web Development
11 27 (5.01%) Full Stack Development
11 27 (5.01%) OOP
12 26 (4.82%) Test Automation
13 24 (4.45%) SDLC
13 24 (4.45%) TDD
14 21 (3.90%) Scrum
15 20 (3.71%) CI/CD
15 20 (3.71%) Software Testing
16 19 (3.53%) Event-Driven
16 19 (3.53%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 133 (24.68%) C#
2 92 (17.07%) C
3 87 (16.14%) Python
4 82 (15.21%) JavaScript
5 76 (14.10%) C++
6 65 (12.06%) Java
7 62 (11.50%) SQL
8 58 (10.76%) TypeScript
9 35 (6.49%) Embedded C
10 20 (3.71%) MATLAB
10 20 (3.71%) PHP
11 19 (3.53%) Embedded C++
12 18 (3.34%) Go
13 9 (1.67%) Shell Script
13 9 (1.67%) VB
14 8 (1.48%) Objective-C
15 7 (1.30%) PowerShell
15 7 (1.30%) T-SQL
15 7 (1.30%) XAML
16 4 (0.74%) R
Qualifications
1 64 (11.87%) Degree
2 46 (8.53%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.68%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.48%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.11%) HNC
6 6 (1.11%) PhD
7 5 (0.93%) Azure Certification
8 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.90%) QA
2 18 (3.34%) MISRA
3 10 (1.86%) ISO 26262
4 7 (1.30%) AUTOSAR
5 4 (0.74%) MISRA C
6 2 (0.37%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.19%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.19%) JTAG
System Software
1 41 (7.61%) Docker
2 36 (6.68%) Firmware
3 18 (3.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (2.23%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.11%) Terraform
3 2 (0.37%) MIIS
4 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 28 (5.19%) ESRI
2 20 (3.71%) Siemens
3 13 (2.41%) Google
4 12 (2.23%) DevExpress
5 11 (2.04%) Xamarin
6 8 (1.48%) Microsoft
6 8 (1.48%) Rockwell
7 6 (1.11%) SAP
8 5 (0.93%) Oracle
9 3 (0.56%) IBM
9 3 (0.56%) InterSystems
9 3 (0.56%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.56%) QNX
10 2 (0.37%) Allen-Bradley
11 1 (0.19%) MathWorks
11 1 (0.19%) VeriFone