Software Development Engineer Jobs in England

Software Development Engineer
UK > England

The median Software Development Engineer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 801 796 904
Rank change year-on-year -5 +108 -153
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer 62 98 285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 37 71 70
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,350 £49,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% -10.96% +21.67%
75th Percentile £60,250 £75,000 £85,750
90th Percentile £66,500 £95,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £76,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% -14.47% +32.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Engineer in England

Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Engineer in England.

Salary trend for Software Development Engineer in England

Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Engineer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Development Engineer in England

Software Development Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Midlands -25 26 £50,000 -21.57% 1
West Midlands -7 15 £58,500 -8.24% 1
South East -29 12 £40,000 -33.33% 1
East Midlands -20 11 £45,000 -
London +62 10 £67,500 -10.00%
North of England +13 10 £65,000 +27.49%
Yorkshire +69 7 £65,000 +22.66%
East of England -25 3 £65,000 -
South West -38 3 £50,000 -1.93%
North East - 3 - -
Software Development Engineer
UK

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Software Development 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 England region featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 25 (40.32%) Software Engineering
2 16 (25.81%) Software Testing
2 16 (25.81%) Agile
2 16 (25.81%) C#
2 16 (25.81%) Python
3 14 (22.58%) Degree
4 13 (20.97%) SDET
5 12 (19.35%) Test Automation
5 12 (19.35%) Azure
5 12 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (17.74%) DevOps
6 11 (17.74%) SQL
7 10 (16.13%) Linux
7 10 (16.13%) AWS
7 10 (16.13%) Full Stack Development
8 9 (14.52%) Task Automation
8 9 (14.52%) Git
8 9 (14.52%) Java
9 8 (12.90%) .NET
9 8 (12.90%) MATLAB
9 8 (12.90%) Containerisation
10 7 (11.29%) Onboarding
10 7 (11.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (11.29%) Computer Science
10 7 (11.29%) Modbus
10 7 (11.29%) GitHub
10 7 (11.29%) JavaScript
11 6 (9.68%) Project Management
11 6 (9.68%) Workflow
11 6 (9.68%) Finance

Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 6 (9.68%) Confluence
1 6 (9.68%) OpenStack
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Doxygen
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.35%) Azure
2 10 (16.13%) AWS
3 7 (11.29%) GitHub
4 6 (9.68%) IaaS
5 5 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (8.06%) Power Platform
5 5 (8.06%) PowerApps
6 4 (6.45%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (6.45%) Amazon Kinesis
6 4 (6.45%) Amazon SQS
6 4 (6.45%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (6.45%) Serverless
7 2 (3.23%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.29%) Modbus
2 5 (8.06%) Bluetooth
3 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
4 3 (4.84%) Ethernet
4 3 (4.84%) HTTPS
4 3 (4.84%) MQTT
4 3 (4.84%) RS-232
4 3 (4.84%) RS-422
4 3 (4.84%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.45%) Big Data
3 2 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.61%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) Git
2 4 (6.45%) Bitbucket
3 2 (3.23%) LoadUI
4 1 (1.61%) GitLab
4 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 6 (9.68%) Finance
2 5 (8.06%) Electronics
2 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
2 5 (8.06%) Social Skills
3 4 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.45%) Military
4 3 (4.84%) Automotive
5 2 (3.23%) Games
6 1 (1.61%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.90%) .NET
2 5 (8.06%) Gherkin
3 4 (6.45%) GTK
3 4 (6.45%) React
4 3 (4.84%) .NET Framework
4 3 (4.84%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.84%) Kendo UI
4 3 (4.84%) Playwright
4 3 (4.84%) REST
5 2 (3.23%) ASP.NET
5 2 (3.23%) CSS
6 1 (1.61%) LAMP
6 1 (1.61%) OpenCV
6 1 (1.61%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Onboarding
2 6 (9.68%) Life Science
2 6 (9.68%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.84%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.23%) Animation
5 1 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (40.32%) Software Engineering
2 16 (25.81%) Agile
2 16 (25.81%) Software Testing
3 13 (20.97%) SDET
4 12 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (19.35%) Test Automation
5 11 (17.74%) DevOps
6 10 (16.13%) Full Stack Development
7 9 (14.52%) Task Automation
8 8 (12.90%) Containerisation
9 7 (11.29%) Computer Science
10 6 (9.68%) Architectural Patterns
10 6 (9.68%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (9.68%) Coaching
10 6 (9.68%) Front End Development
10 6 (9.68%) Mentoring
10 6 (9.68%) Open Source
10 6 (9.68%) Project Management
10 6 (9.68%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (9.68%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 16 (25.81%) C#
1 16 (25.81%) Python
2 11 (17.74%) SQL
3 9 (14.52%) Java
4 8 (12.90%) MATLAB
5 7 (11.29%) JavaScript
6 6 (9.68%) Bash
6 6 (9.68%) Ruby
7 4 (6.45%) C
7 4 (6.45%) Go
7 4 (6.45%) TypeScript
8 3 (4.84%) Ada
8 3 (4.84%) C++
9 2 (3.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) Degree
2 7 (11.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.45%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.84%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.84%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.23%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (4.84%) Microsoft
1 3 (4.84%) Telerik