Software Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Software Engineer salary in the West Midlands 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 52 101 122
Rank change year-on-year +49 +21 -53
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 305 190 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.99% 3.07% 2.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.23% 3.41% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 204 84 89
10th Percentile £39,825 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,188 £47,500 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,713
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.09% +4.22%
75th Percentile £62,813 £68,750 £71,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £75,250 £81,500
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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,205 5,574 7,071
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 90.08% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,362 3,222 4,774
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,404
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the West Midlands

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the West 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +16 95 £60,000 +4.35% 25
Staffordshire +20 51 £53,750 +7.50% 3
Warwickshire +28 38 £50,000 -25.93% 6
Worcestershire +4 38 £55,000 +10.00% 12
Halesowen - 11 £52,500 -
Shropshire -4 8 £40,000 -30.43% 1
Wolverhampton - 6 £40,000 -
Solihull -1 4 £42,500 +88.89% 1
West Bromwich - 3 £50,000 -
Coventry +24 2 £61,250 +6.52% 4
Software Engineer
England

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

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 West Midlands region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 293 (96.07%) Software Engineering
2 58 (19.02%) Agile
3 57 (18.69%) C#
4 48 (15.74%) Azure
5 44 (14.43%) C
6 43 (14.10%) DevOps
7 41 (13.44%) Java
7 41 (13.44%) Manufacturing
7 41 (13.44%) Degree
8 40 (13.11%) C++
8 40 (13.11%) .NET
9 39 (12.79%) Python
9 39 (12.79%) Automotive
10 36 (11.80%) SQL
10 36 (11.80%) TypeScript
11 34 (11.15%) JavaScript
11 34 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (8.85%) React
13 26 (8.52%) Docker
14 25 (8.20%) Mentoring
14 25 (8.20%) AWS
14 25 (8.20%) Test Automation
15 24 (7.87%) RESTful
15 24 (7.87%) Electronics
15 24 (7.87%) Embedded C
16 23 (7.54%) Computer Science
16 23 (7.54%) Microservices
17 22 (7.21%) Git
17 22 (7.21%) Social Skills
18 21 (6.89%) AngularJS

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 10 (3.28%) Confluence
2 3 (0.98%) NServiceBus
2 3 (0.98%) WinCC
3 1 (0.33%) Drupal
Applications
1 12 (3.93%) Simulink
2 4 (1.31%) CANalyzer
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.33%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 48 (15.74%) Azure
2 25 (8.20%) AWS
3 21 (6.89%) GCP
4 19 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (3.93%) SaaS
6 10 (3.28%) GitHub
6 10 (3.28%) Serverless
7 8 (2.62%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.62%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.30%) Azure API Management
8 7 (2.30%) Azure Event Grid
8 7 (2.30%) Azure Functions
8 7 (2.30%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.98%) PaaS
10 3 (0.98%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.66%) Matillion
12 1 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.64%) Bluetooth
1 5 (1.64%) RS-232
1 5 (1.64%) RS-485
1 5 (1.64%) TCP/IP
1 5 (1.64%) Wi-Fi
1 5 (1.64%) Wireless
1 5 (1.64%) ZigBee
2 4 (1.31%) Ethernet
3 3 (0.98%) HTTP
4 1 (0.33%) FlexRay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.90%) MySQL
2 14 (4.59%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (3.93%) SQL Server
4 9 (2.95%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (2.62%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.30%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.30%) SQLite
7 6 (1.97%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.97%) Redis
8 3 (0.98%) InterSystems Cache
8 3 (0.98%) Power BI
9 2 (0.66%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.66%) Looker
9 2 (0.66%) Metadata
9 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (7.21%) Git
2 21 (6.89%) JIRA
3 9 (2.95%) GitLab
4 5 (1.64%) CANoe
4 5 (1.64%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.31%) Jasmine
5 4 (1.31%) Xcode
6 3 (0.98%) IBM UrbanCode
6 3 (0.98%) Postman
6 3 (0.98%) SoapUI
6 3 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (0.98%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) TeamCity
General
1 41 (13.44%) Manufacturing
2 39 (12.79%) Automotive
3 24 (7.87%) Electronics
4 22 (7.21%) Social Skills
5 16 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (3.93%) Finance
7 8 (2.62%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.62%) Retail
8 5 (1.64%) Social Housing
9 4 (1.31%) Multimedia
10 3 (0.98%) Banking
10 3 (0.98%) Games
10 3 (0.98%) Publishing
11 2 (0.66%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.66%) Legal
11 2 (0.66%) Marketing
11 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.33%) Law
12 1 (0.33%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (13.11%) .NET
2 27 (8.85%) React
3 24 (7.87%) RESTful
4 21 (6.89%) AngularJS
5 17 (5.57%) .NET Core
6 16 (5.25%) ASP.NET
6 16 (5.25%) Blazor
6 16 (5.25%) Node.js
6 16 (5.25%) WPF
7 14 (4.59%) HTML
8 13 (4.26%) .NET Framework
9 12 (3.93%) WinForms
10 11 (3.61%) Web Services
11 10 (3.28%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (2.95%) Entity Framework
13 7 (2.30%) SignalR
13 7 (2.30%) Universal Windows Platform
13 7 (2.30%) YAML
14 6 (1.97%) CSS
14 6 (1.97%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.89%) SCADA
2 20 (6.56%) Operational Technology
3 14 (4.59%) IoT
4 12 (3.93%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.61%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.30%) Infotainment
7 6 (1.97%) Smart Home
7 6 (1.97%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.64%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.64%) Housing Association
8 5 (1.64%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.31%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.31%) Robotics
9 4 (1.31%) Smartphone
10 3 (0.98%) Distributed Applications
10 3 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (0.98%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.66%) PACS
11 2 (0.66%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.92%) Windows
2 14 (4.59%) Linux
3 9 (2.95%) Android
3 9 (2.95%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.64%) FreeRTOS
4 5 (1.64%) Unix
5 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.98%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (96.07%) Software Engineering
2 58 (19.02%) Agile
3 43 (14.10%) DevOps
4 34 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
5 25 (8.20%) Mentoring
5 25 (8.20%) Test Automation
6 23 (7.54%) Computer Science
6 23 (7.54%) Microservices
7 18 (5.90%) Scrum
8 16 (5.25%) Mathematics
8 16 (5.25%) User Experience
9 15 (4.92%) TDD
10 14 (4.59%) Full Stack Development
10 14 (4.59%) MVC
11 13 (4.26%) Containerisation
11 13 (4.26%) SDLC
12 11 (3.61%) Event-Driven
12 11 (3.61%) Event-Driven Architecture
13 10 (3.28%) Continuous Integration
13 10 (3.28%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 57 (18.69%) C#
2 44 (14.43%) C
3 41 (13.44%) Java
4 40 (13.11%) C++
5 39 (12.79%) Python
6 36 (11.80%) SQL
6 36 (11.80%) TypeScript
7 34 (11.15%) JavaScript
8 24 (7.87%) Embedded C
9 16 (5.25%) MATLAB
10 15 (4.92%) Embedded C++
11 11 (3.61%) Go
12 7 (2.30%) T-SQL
12 7 (2.30%) XAML
13 4 (1.31%) R
13 4 (1.31%) VB
14 3 (0.98%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.66%) Ladder Logic
15 2 (0.66%) PHP
16 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 41 (13.44%) Degree
2 16 (5.25%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.97%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.98%) DV Cleared
5 3 (0.98%) HNC
5 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.66%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.66%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.66%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.26%) QA
2 10 (3.28%) MISRA
3 9 (2.95%) ISO 26262
4 7 (2.30%) AUTOSAR
5 2 (0.66%) IEC 61131
6 1 (0.33%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.33%) MISRA C
System Software
1 26 (8.52%) Docker
2 17 (5.57%) Firmware
3 10 (3.28%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.93%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.66%) MIIS
2 2 (0.66%) Terraform
3 1 (0.33%) Ansible
3 1 (0.33%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 20 (6.56%) Siemens
2 11 (3.61%) Google
3 9 (2.95%) Xamarin
4 8 (2.62%) Rockwell
5 7 (2.30%) DevExpress
6 4 (1.31%) Microsoft
7 3 (0.98%) IBM
7 3 (0.98%) InterSystems
7 3 (0.98%) OpenAI
7 3 (0.98%) QNX
8 2 (0.66%) Allen-Bradley
8 2 (0.66%) SAP
9 1 (0.33%) MathWorks
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle
9 1 (0.33%) VeriFone