Software Engineer Jobs in South Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Software Engineer salary in South Yorkshire is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 71 23
Rank change year-on-year +54 -48 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 121 70 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 8.42% 4.87% 9.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.08% 5.68% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 101 27 67
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -26.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 -
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +0.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,333 1,233 1,154
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 85.86% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,065 530 658
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,563 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £70,000 £72,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,620 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.26% +6.00% +5.26%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in South Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in South Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in South Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Sheffield +19 103 £45,000 +5.88% 6
Rotherham - 16 £45,000 - 3
Barnsley - 1 £42,500 -
Doncaster - 1 £65,000 - 1
Software Engineer
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 South Yorkshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 121 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 40 (33.06%) C#
3 29 (23.97%) C
4 26 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (19.83%) C++
6 22 (18.18%) SQL
7 20 (16.53%) .NET
8 17 (14.05%) Agile
9 14 (11.57%) Electronics
10 13 (10.74%) Manufacturing
10 13 (10.74%) Social Skills
11 12 (9.92%) Degree
11 12 (9.92%) WPF
11 12 (9.92%) Computer Science
12 11 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
12 11 (9.09%) TDD
13 10 (8.26%) LabVIEW
13 10 (8.26%) Python
13 10 (8.26%) Firmware
13 10 (8.26%) Embedded Systems
13 10 (8.26%) IoT
14 9 (7.44%) Mandarin Language
14 9 (7.44%) Embedded C
14 9 (7.44%) CAD
14 9 (7.44%) Marketing
14 9 (7.44%) Tech for Good
14 9 (7.44%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (6.61%) Vue
15 8 (6.61%) .NET Core
15 8 (6.61%) JavaScript

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 4 (3.31%) CMS
2 1 (0.83%) Apache Solr
2 1 (0.83%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.96%) Azure
2 4 (3.31%) AWS
3 3 (2.48%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (2.48%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (2.48%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.48%) Power Automate
3 3 (2.48%) Power Platform
3 3 (2.48%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.83%) GitHub
4 1 (0.83%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.79%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.96%) RS-232
2 6 (4.96%) RS-485
3 4 (3.31%) 3G
3 4 (3.31%) 4G
3 4 (3.31%) MQTT
3 4 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (3.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.96%) MySQL
3 3 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.48%) Power BI
4 1 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.83%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (8.26%) LabVIEW
2 2 (1.65%) Git
2 2 (1.65%) GitLab
3 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.83%) Selenium
3 1 (0.83%) WebDriver
3 1 (0.83%) webpack
General
1 14 (11.57%) Electronics
2 13 (10.74%) Manufacturing
2 13 (10.74%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.44%) Mandarin Language
3 9 (7.44%) Marketing
3 9 (7.44%) Tech for Good
4 7 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.13%) Automotive
5 5 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.48%) Health Technology
7 3 (2.48%) Legal
8 1 (0.83%) Law
8 1 (0.83%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (16.53%) .NET
2 12 (9.92%) WPF
3 8 (6.61%) .NET Core
3 8 (6.61%) AngularJS
3 8 (6.61%) Vue
4 7 (5.79%) CSS
5 6 (4.96%) ASP.NET
6 5 (4.13%) .NET Framework
6 5 (4.13%) ASP.NET Core
6 5 (4.13%) React
7 4 (3.31%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (3.31%) DirectX
7 4 (3.31%) OpenGL
7 4 (3.31%) REST
7 4 (3.31%) Vuex
7 4 (3.31%) WebGL
8 3 (2.48%) HTML
8 3 (2.48%) Node.js
8 3 (2.48%) RESTful
9 2 (1.65%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.26%) Embedded Systems
1 10 (8.26%) IoT
2 9 (7.44%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.96%) Algorithms
3 6 (4.96%) SCADA
4 4 (3.31%) CAN bus
4 4 (3.31%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.65%) 3D Printing
6 1 (0.83%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.83%) N-Tier
6 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.83%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.96%) Embedded Linux
1 6 (4.96%) Linux
2 5 (4.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 26 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (14.05%) Agile
4 12 (9.92%) Computer Science
5 11 (9.09%) Embedded Software Development
5 11 (9.09%) TDD
6 9 (7.44%) CAD
7 8 (6.61%) Microservices
8 7 (5.79%) Design Patterns
8 7 (5.79%) Full Stack Development
8 7 (5.79%) Product Requirements
8 7 (5.79%) SDLC
9 6 (4.96%) Content Development
9 6 (4.96%) Continuous Integration
9 6 (4.96%) Unit Testing
10 5 (4.13%) Functional Programming
10 5 (4.13%) Mentoring
10 5 (4.13%) MVVM
10 5 (4.13%) OO
10 5 (4.13%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 40 (33.06%) C#
2 29 (23.97%) C
3 24 (19.83%) C++
4 22 (18.18%) SQL
5 10 (8.26%) Python
6 9 (7.44%) Embedded C
7 8 (6.61%) JavaScript
8 5 (4.13%) SystemVerilog
8 5 (4.13%) XAML
9 4 (3.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (9.92%) Degree
2 3 (2.48%) Master's Degree
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (2.48%) PhD
3 1 (0.83%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.83%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.13%) QA
2 4 (3.31%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (8.26%) Firmware
2 4 (3.31%) Docker
3 3 (2.48%) Active Directory
4 2 (1.65%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (3.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (4.13%) Cadence
1 5 (4.13%) Synopsys
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft