Software Engineering Jobs in Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
East of England > Hertfordshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 45 22
Rank change year-on-year +28 -23 -9
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 159 100 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 7.80% 5.72% 9.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.97% 6.08% 10.34%
Number of salaries quoted 142 62 38
10th Percentile £46,025 £48,875 £25,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,625 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £68,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -21.88%
75th Percentile £67,500 £86,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,625 £165,750
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,595 1,645 1,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 78.22% 94.05% 93.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,264 731 888
10th Percentile £25,809 £28,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £80,000 £79,125
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Hertfordshire

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Stevenage +21 92 £63,750 -1.92% 10
St Albans +12 17 £82,500 +22.22%
Rickmansworth +2 5 £60,000 -7.69%
Welwyn Garden City - 5 £48,500 - 9
Borehamwood -2 4 £52,500 +20.00% 1
Hemel Hempstead +2 2 £65,000 +13.04% 5
Watford -8 2 £57,500 -30.30% 2
Bishop's Stortford - 2 £65,000 - 2
Abbots Langley +4 1 £49,000 -
Harpenden +3 1 £82,500 +37.50%
Letchworth -11 1 £55,000 -24.14% 1
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Simulink
2 1 (0.63%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 2 (1.26%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 13 (8.18%) AWS
2 5 (3.14%) GitHub
2 5 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (0.63%) Azure
3 1 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.18%) Wireless
2 12 (7.55%) Ethernet
3 11 (6.92%) 5G
4 8 (5.03%) LTE
5 6 (3.77%) 5G NR
5 6 (3.77%) 802.11
5 6 (3.77%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (1.89%) 4G
6 3 (1.89%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.89%) Internet
6 3 (1.89%) Modbus
6 3 (1.89%) RS-232
6 3 (1.89%) RS-422
6 3 (1.89%) RS-485
6 3 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.92%) Redis
2 7 (4.40%) MySQL
3 5 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.26%) Big Data
4 2 (1.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (6.92%) Rational Rhapsody
2 7 (4.40%) Git
3 5 (3.14%) GitLab
3 5 (3.14%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.52%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.89%) Eclipse
5 3 (1.89%) Rational Team Concert
6 2 (1.26%) Appium
6 2 (1.26%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.26%) JIRA
6 2 (1.26%) Selenium
General
1 29 (18.24%) Electronics
2 16 (10.06%) Aerospace
2 16 (10.06%) Social Skills
3 13 (8.18%) Manufacturing
4 12 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.29%) Military
6 9 (5.66%) Finance
7 6 (3.77%) Telecoms
8 5 (3.14%) Automotive
9 4 (2.52%) Games
9 4 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.26%) Back Office
11 2 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Aviation
12 1 (0.63%) Avionics
12 1 (0.63%) Law
12 1 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 93 (58.49%) Software Engineer
2 27 (16.98%) Embedded Engineer
2 27 (16.98%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 20 (12.58%) Senior
4 19 (11.95%) Developer
5 18 (11.32%) Senior Software Engineer
6 15 (9.43%) Lead
7 14 (8.81%) C++ Software Engineer
8 12 (7.55%) Ada Engineer
8 12 (7.55%) Ada Software Engineer
9 9 (5.66%) Software Developer
10 8 (5.03%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (3.77%) Architect
11 6 (3.77%) Full Stack Engineer
11 6 (3.77%) Full Stack Software Engineer
11 6 (3.77%) Software Architect
12 5 (3.14%) Network Specialist
12 5 (3.14%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
12 5 (3.14%) Technical Leader
12 5 (3.14%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.43%) .NET
2 11 (6.92%) Kafka
3 9 (5.66%) Middleware
4 8 (5.03%) CSS
4 8 (5.03%) HTML
5 7 (4.40%) AngularJS
6 6 (3.77%) .NET Core
6 6 (3.77%) 802.1X
6 6 (3.77%) Node.js
7 5 (3.14%) Laravel
8 4 (2.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 3 (1.89%) Qt
10 2 (1.26%) CSS3
10 2 (1.26%) GraphQL
10 2 (1.26%) HTML5
10 2 (1.26%) Playwright
10 2 (1.26%) REST
10 2 (1.26%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.26%) Web Services
10 2 (1.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.92%) Algorithms
2 9 (5.66%) PCIe
3 8 (5.03%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.40%) Robotics
4 7 (4.40%) Sports Betting
5 6 (3.77%) Client/Server
6 4 (2.52%) Augmented Reality
6 4 (2.52%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.52%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.52%) Virtual Reality
7 3 (1.89%) IoT
8 2 (1.26%) Device Driver
8 2 (1.26%) Educational Technology
8 2 (1.26%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.26%) Wiki
9 1 (0.63%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.09%) Linux
2 7 (4.40%) Embedded Linux
2 7 (4.40%) Ubuntu
2 7 (4.40%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (20.13%) Agile
1 32 (20.13%) Validation
2 23 (14.47%) Mentoring
3 22 (13.84%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (12.58%) Systems Engineering
5 19 (11.95%) Verification and Validation
6 17 (10.69%) UML
7 16 (10.06%) DevOps
8 15 (9.43%) Software Testing
9 14 (8.81%) Continuous Integration
9 14 (8.81%) Synthetic Environment
10 13 (8.18%) Computer Science
10 13 (8.18%) Visualisation
11 12 (7.55%) Design Patterns
11 12 (7.55%) OOP
12 11 (6.92%) CI/CD
12 11 (6.92%) Full Stack Development
12 11 (6.92%) Scrum
13 10 (6.29%) Coaching
13 10 (6.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 53 (33.33%) C
2 41 (25.79%) C#
3 36 (22.64%) Ada
4 26 (16.35%) C++
5 19 (11.95%) Java
5 19 (11.95%) JavaScript
6 15 (9.43%) Python
7 9 (5.66%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.40%) PHP
8 7 (4.40%) Shell Script
9 5 (3.14%) Embedded C
10 4 (2.52%) MATLAB
11 2 (1.26%) Embedded C++
11 2 (1.26%) R
11 2 (1.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (40.25%) Security Cleared
2 58 (36.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (11.32%) Degree
4 5 (3.14%) CCDA
4 5 (3.14%) CCDP
4 5 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.89%) Def Stans
1 3 (1.89%) MISRA
2 2 (1.26%) QA
System Software
1 14 (8.81%) Firmware
2 6 (3.77%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (6.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (5.03%) IBM
2 7 (4.40%) Red Hat
3 5 (3.14%) Cisco
4 2 (1.26%) Sybase