Software Engineering Jobs in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 44 27
Rank change year-on-year +21 -17 +11
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 506 415 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.86% 6.49% 8.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.28% 6.70% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 398 226 345
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,112 6,191 6,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.83% 96.81% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,561 3,202 4,727
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the West Midlands

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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 -2 198 £60,000 - 43
Warwickshire +36 65 £57,500 -14.81% 7
Staffordshire +13 61 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Worcestershire +3 46 £50,000 -4.76% 13
Coventry +47 25 £65,000 +18.18% 10
Solihull +1 13 £45,000 +80.00% 3
Halesowen - 11 £52,500 -
Shropshire -8 10 £40,000 -27.27% 3
Wolverhampton +19 4 £40,000 - 1
Herefordshire +5 4 £50,000 -24.53% 2
West Bromwich - 3 £50,000 -
Wednesbury -2 2 £83,250 +166.40%
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 13 (2.57%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.38%) Confluence
2 7 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.19%) Appian
4 5 (0.99%) WinCC
5 4 (0.79%) NServiceBus
6 3 (0.59%) IIS
7 2 (0.40%) CMS
7 2 (0.40%) Liferay
7 2 (0.40%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Apache
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 13 (2.57%) Simulink
2 8 (1.58%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.79%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.59%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.20%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 12 (2.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) SAP EHS
2 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 116 (22.92%) Azure
2 75 (14.82%) AWS
3 51 (10.08%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (7.31%) SaaS
5 33 (6.52%) GCP
6 23 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (4.35%) GitHub
8 20 (3.95%) Power Platform
9 15 (2.96%) Serverless
10 14 (2.77%) Azure Service Bus
10 14 (2.77%) PaaS
11 10 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
12 9 (1.78%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.78%) PowerApps
13 8 (1.58%) IaaS
14 7 (1.38%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.38%) Azure API Management
14 7 (1.38%) Azure Event Grid
14 7 (1.38%) Azure Functions
14 7 (1.38%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.17%) Bluetooth
1 11 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
2 9 (1.78%) Wireless
3 8 (1.58%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.99%) RS-232
4 5 (0.99%) RS-485
4 5 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.99%) ZigBee
5 4 (0.79%) GSM
5 4 (0.79%) HTTP
5 4 (0.79%) J1939
6 2 (0.40%) 4G
6 2 (0.40%) 5G
6 2 (0.40%) FlexRay
6 2 (0.40%) Modbus
6 2 (0.40%) MQTT
6 2 (0.40%) Profibus
7 1 (0.20%) DHCP
7 1 (0.20%) DNS
7 1 (0.20%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.74%) MySQL
2 20 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 18 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
5 13 (2.57%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.78%) NoSQL
6 9 (1.78%) Power BI
7 7 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
7 7 (1.38%) MongoDB
7 7 (1.38%) SQLite
8 6 (1.19%) Redis
9 5 (0.99%) OLAP
9 5 (0.99%) RDBMS
10 4 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.79%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.59%) InterSystems Cache
12 2 (0.40%) DTS
12 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (8.89%) Git
2 31 (6.13%) JIRA
3 18 (3.56%) Visual Studio
4 16 (3.16%) GitLab
5 10 (1.98%) Cucumber
6 9 (1.78%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (1.58%) Postman
7 8 (1.58%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.99%) CANoe
8 5 (0.99%) Jenkins
9 4 (0.79%) Jasmine
9 4 (0.79%) SoapUI
9 4 (0.79%) Xcode
10 3 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
11 2 (0.40%) Bower
11 2 (0.40%) GCC
11 2 (0.40%) gulp
11 2 (0.40%) Moq
12 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.20%) Mercurial
General
1 45 (8.89%) Automotive
2 43 (8.50%) Finance
3 42 (8.30%) Manufacturing
4 36 (7.11%) Social Skills
5 33 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (5.34%) Electronics
7 14 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.57%) Retail
9 12 (2.37%) Public Sector
10 6 (1.19%) Law
10 6 (1.19%) Social Housing
11 5 (0.99%) Banking
11 5 (0.99%) Legal
11 5 (0.99%) Marketing
11 5 (0.99%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.79%) Multimedia
12 4 (0.79%) Publishing
13 3 (0.59%) Games
13 3 (0.59%) Local Government
14 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 281 (55.53%) Software Engineer
2 107 (21.15%) Senior
3 87 (17.19%) Embedded Engineer
4 80 (15.81%) Developer
5 64 (12.65%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 63 (12.45%) Senior Software Engineer
7 39 (7.71%) Lead
8 32 (6.32%) Senior Embedded Engineer
9 22 (4.35%) PLC Engineer
9 22 (4.35%) PLC Software Engineer
10 20 (3.95%) SCADA Engineer
10 20 (3.95%) SCADA Software Engineer
11 18 (3.56%) Lead Software Engineer
11 18 (3.56%) Software Developer
12 17 (3.36%) C# Software Engineer
12 17 (3.36%) Engineering Manager
12 17 (3.36%) Full Stack Developer
12 17 (3.36%) Java Engineer
12 17 (3.36%) Software Manager
13 16 (3.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (19.57%) .NET
2 57 (11.26%) React
3 50 (9.88%) AngularJS
4 45 (8.89%) RESTful
5 42 (8.30%) HTML
6 33 (6.52%) .NET Core
7 31 (6.13%) CSS
8 28 (5.53%) ASP.NET
9 24 (4.74%) Node.js
10 21 (4.15%) Blazor
11 18 (3.56%) .NET Framework
11 18 (3.56%) WPF
12 15 (2.96%) Yocto
13 14 (2.77%) ARM Templates
13 14 (2.77%) Web Services
14 13 (2.57%) SOAP
15 12 (2.37%) ASP.NET MVC
15 12 (2.37%) jQuery
15 12 (2.37%) WinForms
16 11 (2.17%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 28 (5.53%) IoT
2 23 (4.55%) SCADA
3 22 (4.35%) Virtual Team
4 21 (4.15%) Algorithms
5 20 (3.95%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.95%) Operational Technology
6 18 (3.56%) Mobile App
7 17 (3.36%) Onboarding
7 17 (3.36%) Product Ownership
8 10 (1.98%) Private Cloud
9 7 (1.38%) Data Structures
9 7 (1.38%) FMCG
9 7 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.38%) Infotainment
9 7 (1.38%) Low-Code
10 6 (1.19%) Housing Association
10 6 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.19%) Smart Home
11 5 (0.99%) Cloud Native
11 5 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 42 (8.30%) Linux
2 17 (3.36%) Windows
3 14 (2.77%) Embedded Linux
4 12 (2.37%) Android
5 10 (1.98%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.99%) FreeRTOS
6 5 (0.99%) Unix
7 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.59%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (35.18%) Agile
2 97 (19.17%) DevOps
3 76 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (10.87%) Computer Science
4 55 (10.87%) Scrum
5 49 (9.68%) CI/CD
6 44 (8.70%) Full Stack Development
6 44 (8.70%) Mentoring
7 42 (8.30%) Project Management
8 40 (7.91%) Containerisation
9 37 (7.31%) Continuous Integration
10 35 (6.92%) Test Automation
10 35 (6.92%) User Experience
11 34 (6.72%) Microservices
12 33 (6.52%) SDLC
13 29 (5.73%) Roadmaps
14 27 (5.34%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (5.34%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (5.14%) Continuous Delivery
15 26 (5.14%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 118 (23.32%) C#
2 79 (15.61%) JavaScript
3 76 (15.02%) Java
4 71 (14.03%) C
4 71 (14.03%) SQL
5 68 (13.44%) TypeScript
6 57 (11.26%) C++
7 52 (10.28%) Python
8 23 (4.55%) Embedded C
9 18 (3.56%) Go
10 15 (2.96%) PHP
11 14 (2.77%) T-SQL
12 13 (2.57%) Embedded C++
13 12 (2.37%) MATLAB
14 9 (1.78%) XAML
15 6 (1.19%) PowerShell
15 6 (1.19%) VB
16 4 (0.79%) COBOL
16 4 (0.79%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 83 (16.40%) Degree
2 48 (9.49%) Security Cleared
3 29 (5.73%) SC Cleared
4 28 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.38%) MCSE
8 6 (1.19%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.19%) PMP
9 5 (0.99%) CAPM
9 5 (0.99%) ISEB
9 5 (0.99%) ISTQB
9 5 (0.99%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.79%) APMP
10 4 (0.79%) HNC
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
11 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.40%) PhD
12 1 (0.20%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (5.34%) QA
2 14 (2.77%) Accessibility
3 12 (2.37%) AUTOSAR
4 11 (2.17%) ISO 26262
4 11 (2.17%) MISRA
5 8 (1.58%) NCSC
6 5 (0.99%) Automotive SPICE
7 2 (0.40%) IEC 61131
8 1 (0.20%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS
8 1 (0.20%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.20%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
8 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 51 (10.08%) Docker
2 25 (4.94%) Firmware
3 12 (2.37%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 38 (7.51%) Kubernetes
2 23 (4.55%) Terraform
3 9 (1.78%) Ansible
4 5 (0.99%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.59%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.40%) MIIS
7 1 (0.20%) Grafana
Vendors
1 50 (9.88%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.35%) Google
2 22 (4.35%) Siemens
3 16 (3.16%) Xamarin
4 12 (2.37%) DevExpress
5 10 (1.98%) Rockwell
6 8 (1.58%) Adobe
7 5 (0.99%) HP
8 4 (0.79%) Micro Focus
8 4 (0.79%) NVIDIA
8 4 (0.79%) QNX
8 4 (0.79%) SAP
8 4 (0.79%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.59%) IBM
9 3 (0.59%) InterSystems
9 3 (0.59%) OpenAI
9 3 (0.59%) Oracle
9 3 (0.59%) UiPath
9 3 (0.59%) Zend
10 2 (0.40%) OpenText