Software Engineer Jobs in Worcestershire

Software Engineer
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The median Software Engineer salary in Worcestershire is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 22 29
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 38 9 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 7.87% 5.23% 6.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.60% 5.33% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 29 7 5
10th Percentile £45,000 £34,500 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £38,717 £27,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,875 £48,750
90th Percentile - £63,250 £51,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £54,713
% change year-on-year -4.35% +5.09% +4.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Worcestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Worcestershire. 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 Worcestershire with a recognized job title 442 169 279
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 98.26% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 377 135 193
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £54,250 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £68,250 £58,450
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Worcestershire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Worcestershire.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Worcestershire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Worcestershire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Worcester +4 16 £60,000 +46.28% 8
Malvern 0 6 £50,000 -13.04% 3
Bromsgrove - 4 £45,000 -
Kidderminster - 1 £50,000 -
Software Engineer
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 Worcestershire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (94.74%) Software Engineering
2 7 (18.42%) Automotive
3 6 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 6 (15.79%) C
3 6 (15.79%) C#
3 6 (15.79%) C++
3 6 (15.79%) Embedded C
3 6 (15.79%) WPF
3 6 (15.79%) Test Automation
4 5 (13.16%) Docker
4 5 (13.16%) Kubernetes
4 5 (13.16%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (13.16%) Embedded C++
4 5 (13.16%) Firmware
4 5 (13.16%) Windows
4 5 (13.16%) WinForms
4 5 (13.16%) Degree
4 5 (13.16%) Mathematics
4 5 (13.16%) Physics
4 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
5 3 (7.89%) Agile
6 2 (5.26%) DevOps
6 2 (5.26%) Java
7 1 (2.63%) PHP
7 1 (2.63%) .NET
7 1 (2.63%) MySQL
7 1 (2.63%) Web Services
7 1 (2.63%) Linux
7 1 (2.63%) OO
7 1 (2.63%) Python

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 1 (2.63%) Drupal
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) MySQL
1 1 (2.63%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Git
1 1 (2.63%) GitLab
General
1 7 (18.42%) Automotive
2 6 (15.79%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) WPF
2 5 (13.16%) WinForms
3 1 (2.63%) .NET
3 1 (2.63%) Blazor
3 1 (2.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.63%) IoT
1 1 (2.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (94.74%) Software Engineering
2 6 (15.79%) Test Automation
3 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
3 5 (13.16%) Mathematics
3 5 (13.16%) Physics
4 3 (7.89%) Agile
5 2 (5.26%) DevOps
6 1 (2.63%) Code Quality
6 1 (2.63%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (2.63%) CRUD
6 1 (2.63%) Data Collection
6 1 (2.63%) Data Security
6 1 (2.63%) Design Patterns
6 1 (2.63%) Information Security
6 1 (2.63%) Mentoring
6 1 (2.63%) OO
6 1 (2.63%) OOD
6 1 (2.63%) Scrum
6 1 (2.63%) TDD
6 1 (2.63%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) C
1 6 (15.79%) C#
1 6 (15.79%) C++
1 6 (15.79%) Embedded C
2 5 (13.16%) Embedded C++
3 2 (5.26%) Java
4 1 (2.63%) PHP
4 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 5 (13.16%) Docker
1 5 (13.16%) Embedded Firmware
1 5 (13.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible