Software Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median Software Engineer salary in the East of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 57 23
Rank change year-on-year +26 -34 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 356 231 670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.59% 4.61% 9.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.95% 5.51% 10.46%
Number of salaries quoted 290 88 114
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,188 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +38.18%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £86,495
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
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,987 4,194 6,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.96% 83.68% 93.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,577 2,140 2,931
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,330 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the East of England

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Cambridgeshire +15 196 £65,000 +4.00% 108
Hertfordshire +60 95 £60,000 - 38
Essex +21 32 £60,000 +6.67% 8
Norfolk -23 21 £52,500 -4.55% 5
Bedfordshire +4 10 £40,000 -30.43% 4
Suffolk -16 2 £42,500 -16.67%
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 28 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 East of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 356 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 106 (29.78%) C
3 87 (24.44%) Python
4 79 (22.19%) C#
5 77 (21.63%) Electronics
6 73 (20.51%) Linux
7 70 (19.66%) Agile
8 64 (17.98%) C++
9 53 (14.89%) Degree
10 52 (14.61%) Social Skills
11 48 (13.48%) AWS
12 43 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
13 42 (11.80%) Security Cleared
13 42 (11.80%) JavaScript
14 36 (10.11%) Embedded Systems
15 32 (8.99%) Computer Science
16 30 (8.43%) Automotive
16 30 (8.43%) TypeScript
17 29 (8.15%) Ada
17 29 (8.15%) Embedded C
18 28 (7.87%) IoT
19 27 (7.58%) React
19 27 (7.58%) Validation
19 27 (7.58%) Azure
20 26 (7.30%) Embedded Linux
20 26 (7.30%) .NET
20 26 (7.30%) Algorithms
21 25 (7.02%) Software Testing
22 23 (6.46%) Kubernetes
23 22 (6.18%) Analytical Skills

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (0.28%) CMS
1 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (4.78%) Simulink
2 9 (2.53%) AutoCAD
3 6 (1.69%) Trello
4 1 (0.28%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.28%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 2 (0.56%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 48 (13.48%) AWS
2 27 (7.58%) Azure
3 7 (1.97%) SaaS
3 7 (1.97%) Serverless
4 6 (1.69%) Amazon S3
4 6 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
5 4 (1.12%) GitHub
6 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.28%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.28%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.06%) Wireless
2 17 (4.78%) Bluetooth
3 15 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (2.81%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.25%) Ethernet
5 8 (2.25%) Modbus
6 7 (1.97%) RS-232
7 6 (1.69%) 5G
7 6 (1.69%) HTTP
8 4 (1.12%) Internet
9 3 (0.84%) Network Security
9 3 (0.84%) RS-422
9 3 (0.84%) RS-485
9 3 (0.84%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.56%) DECT
10 2 (0.56%) Firewall
10 2 (0.56%) LTE
10 2 (0.56%) MQTT
10 2 (0.56%) NFC
10 2 (0.56%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.34%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (3.65%) MySQL
3 8 (2.25%) Redis
4 6 (1.69%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (1.69%) GIS
4 6 (1.69%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 21 (5.90%) Git
2 12 (3.37%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.37%) JIRA
3 9 (2.53%) Rational Rhapsody
4 8 (2.25%) TeamCity
5 6 (1.69%) GitLab
6 4 (1.12%) Subversion
6 4 (1.12%) Zephyr
7 3 (0.84%) Rational Team Concert
7 3 (0.84%) Selenium
8 2 (0.56%) Appium
8 2 (0.56%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.28%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.28%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 77 (21.63%) Electronics
2 52 (14.61%) Social Skills
3 30 (8.43%) Automotive
4 22 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.18%) Manufacturing
5 15 (4.21%) Aerospace
6 11 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.69%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.40%) Finance
9 4 (1.12%) Marketing
9 4 (1.12%) Military
9 4 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.84%) Law
10 3 (0.84%) Welsh Language
11 2 (0.56%) Back Office
11 2 (0.56%) French Language
11 2 (0.56%) Games
11 2 (0.56%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.56%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (7.58%) React
2 26 (7.30%) .NET
3 17 (4.78%) Node.js
4 14 (3.93%) CSS
4 14 (3.93%) HTML
5 10 (2.81%) Yocto
6 9 (2.53%) Middleware
6 9 (2.53%) PyQt
7 7 (1.97%) Flask
7 7 (1.97%) REST
8 6 (1.69%) COM
8 6 (1.69%) gRPC
8 6 (1.69%) JSON
8 6 (1.69%) Kafka
8 6 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
8 6 (1.69%) scikit-learn
9 5 (1.40%) FFmpeg
9 5 (1.40%) iOS SDK
9 5 (1.40%) Laravel
9 5 (1.40%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.11%) Embedded Systems
2 28 (7.87%) IoT
3 26 (7.30%) Algorithms
4 17 (4.78%) Robotics
5 15 (4.21%) Cyber Threat
6 12 (3.37%) Client/Server
7 10 (2.81%) Renewable Energy
8 9 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.25%) Data Structures
9 8 (2.25%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.97%) Device Driver
11 6 (1.69%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.40%) ARM Cortex
13 4 (1.12%) CAN bus
13 4 (1.12%) Cloud Native
13 4 (1.12%) SCADA
13 4 (1.12%) Verilog
14 3 (0.84%) Analogue Electronics
14 3 (0.84%) PCIe
14 3 (0.84%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 73 (20.51%) Linux
2 26 (7.30%) Embedded Linux
3 14 (3.93%) Windows
4 8 (2.25%) Apple iOS
5 7 (1.97%) Android
5 7 (1.97%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.12%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.28%) Unix
7 1 (0.28%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 70 (19.66%) Agile
3 43 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (8.99%) Computer Science
5 27 (7.58%) Validation
6 25 (7.02%) Software Testing
7 21 (5.90%) OO
7 21 (5.90%) Prototyping
8 20 (5.62%) Full Stack Development
9 19 (5.34%) TDD
10 18 (5.06%) DevOps
10 18 (5.06%) OOP
11 17 (4.78%) Multithreading
12 16 (4.49%) Code Quality
12 16 (4.49%) Systems Engineering
12 16 (4.49%) Test Automation
13 15 (4.21%) CI/CD
13 15 (4.21%) Continuous Integration
13 15 (4.21%) Mentoring
13 15 (4.21%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 106 (29.78%) C
2 87 (24.44%) Python
3 79 (22.19%) C#
4 64 (17.98%) C++
5 42 (11.80%) JavaScript
6 30 (8.43%) TypeScript
7 29 (8.15%) Ada
7 29 (8.15%) Embedded C
8 21 (5.90%) Java
9 20 (5.62%) MATLAB
10 18 (5.06%) Kotlin
10 18 (5.06%) PHP
11 9 (2.53%) Go
12 8 (2.25%) Shell Script
12 8 (2.25%) SQL
13 7 (1.97%) Embedded C++
14 6 (1.69%) Apex Code
15 5 (1.40%) Rust
16 4 (1.12%) Bash
16 4 (1.12%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 53 (14.89%) Degree
2 42 (11.80%) Security Cleared
3 22 (6.18%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.81%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.97%) HNC
6 6 (1.69%) HND
7 5 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.12%) PhD
9 1 (0.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.25%) IEC 62304
1 8 (2.25%) ISO 13485
2 5 (1.40%) MISRA
3 3 (0.84%) Def Stans
3 3 (0.84%) QA
4 2 (0.56%) MISRA C
System Software
1 20 (5.62%) Firmware
2 13 (3.65%) Docker
3 2 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (6.46%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.78%) Terraform
3 3 (0.84%) Ansible
3 3 (0.84%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.56%) linkerd
5 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 10 (2.81%) Siemens
2 8 (2.25%) IBM
3 7 (1.97%) Red Hat
4 6 (1.69%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.12%) Microsoft
6 2 (0.56%) Cadence
6 2 (0.56%) Interwoven
6 2 (0.56%) QNX
6 2 (0.56%) RedGate
7 1 (0.28%) Google
7 1 (0.28%) MathWorks
7 1 (0.28%) Renesas
7 1 (0.28%) Xamarin