Software Engineering Jobs in the Midlands

Software Engineering
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the 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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 39 23
Rank change year-on-year +17 -16 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 961 564 1,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.29% 6.64% 9.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.16% 6.88% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 736 327 501
10th Percentile £38,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,875 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,496 8,199 10,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.62% 96.48% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 7,475 4,376 6,985
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,371 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the Midlands

Software Engineering
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Midlands +24 531 £60,000 - 122
East Midlands +8 430 £50,000 -9.09% 119
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 28 (2.91%) ArcGIS
1 28 (2.91%) GeoServer
2 12 (1.25%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.83%) CMS
4 7 (0.73%) Confluence
5 6 (0.62%) Appian
5 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.52%) NServiceBus
6 5 (0.52%) WinCC
7 2 (0.21%) IIS
7 2 (0.21%) Liferay
7 2 (0.21%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.10%) Apache
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.10%) Drupal
8 1 (0.10%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 13 (1.35%) Simulink
2 7 (0.73%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.42%) CANalyzer
5 2 (0.21%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.10%) Stateflow
6 1 (0.10%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 12 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.10%) SAP EHS
3 1 (0.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 203 (21.12%) Azure
2 170 (17.69%) AWS
3 71 (7.39%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (4.06%) SaaS
5 34 (3.54%) GCP
6 28 (2.91%) GitHub
7 26 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (2.39%) Serverless
9 21 (2.19%) Power Platform
10 16 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
10 16 (1.66%) PaaS
11 13 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
12 10 (1.04%) IaaS
13 9 (0.94%) Amazon S3
13 9 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (0.94%) PowerApps
14 7 (0.73%) Azure API Management
14 7 (0.73%) Azure Event Grid
14 7 (0.73%) Azure Functions
14 7 (0.73%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.66%) TCP/IP
1 16 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (1.56%) Bluetooth
3 12 (1.25%) Wireless
4 11 (1.14%) Ethernet
5 10 (1.04%) RS-232
5 10 (1.04%) RS-485
5 10 (1.04%) ZigBee
6 6 (0.62%) Modbus
7 5 (0.52%) Internet
7 5 (0.52%) VoIP
8 4 (0.42%) MQTT
9 3 (0.31%) HTTP
10 2 (0.21%) 4G
10 2 (0.21%) 5G
10 2 (0.21%) GPRS
10 2 (0.21%) Profibus
11 1 (0.10%) FlexRay
11 1 (0.10%) GSM
11 1 (0.10%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (5.72%) PostgreSQL
2 43 (4.47%) MySQL
3 42 (4.37%) SQL Server
4 28 (2.91%) GIS
4 28 (2.91%) QGIS
5 16 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
5 16 (1.66%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.35%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.35%) SQLite
7 11 (1.14%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.94%) Power BI
9 8 (0.83%) DynamoDB
9 8 (0.83%) Oracle Database
10 7 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.62%) Redis
12 5 (0.52%) OLAP
12 5 (0.52%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.42%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 66 (6.87%) Git
2 44 (4.58%) JIRA
3 37 (3.85%) Visual Studio
4 18 (1.87%) GitLab
4 18 (1.87%) Jenkins
5 16 (1.66%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.94%) Cucumber
6 9 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
7 8 (0.83%) Postman
8 7 (0.73%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.62%) CANoe
9 6 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
9 6 (0.62%) Xcode
10 4 (0.42%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
11 3 (0.31%) Jasmine
11 3 (0.31%) Subversion
12 2 (0.21%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.21%) Bower
12 2 (0.21%) gulp
General
1 66 (6.87%) Social Skills
2 63 (6.56%) Manufacturing
3 61 (6.35%) Electronics
4 59 (6.14%) Automotive
5 56 (5.83%) Finance
6 37 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (2.60%) Law
8 22 (2.29%) Retail
9 17 (1.77%) Public Sector
10 15 (1.56%) Telecoms
11 12 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (1.14%) Marketing
13 8 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (0.83%) Publishing
14 7 (0.73%) Games
15 6 (0.62%) Aviation
15 6 (0.62%) Legal
15 6 (0.62%) Social Housing
16 5 (0.52%) Agriculture
16 5 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 605 (62.96%) Software Engineer
2 218 (22.68%) Senior
3 169 (17.59%) Embedded Engineer
4 166 (17.27%) Senior Software Engineer
5 136 (14.15%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 120 (12.49%) Developer
7 64 (6.66%) Lead
8 47 (4.89%) C# Software Engineer
9 43 (4.47%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 37 (3.85%) C++ Software Engineer
11 35 (3.64%) Lead Software Engineer
12 34 (3.54%) Software Developer
13 28 (2.91%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 24 (2.50%) PLC Engineer
14 24 (2.50%) PLC Software Engineer
15 22 (2.29%) .NET Software Engineer
15 22 (2.29%) Architect
16 21 (2.19%) Full Stack Developer
16 21 (2.19%) PHP Software Engineer
16 21 (2.19%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 219 (22.79%) .NET
2 109 (11.34%) React
3 73 (7.60%) .NET Core
4 69 (7.18%) AngularJS
5 66 (6.87%) CSS
6 62 (6.45%) RESTful
7 54 (5.62%) HTML
8 49 (5.10%) ASP.NET
9 44 (4.58%) .NET Framework
10 36 (3.75%) Web Services
11 28 (2.91%) Leaflet
11 28 (2.91%) OpenLayers
11 28 (2.91%) PostGIS
12 26 (2.71%) Node.js
13 19 (1.98%) LAMP
13 19 (1.98%) WPF
14 18 (1.87%) ASP.NET Core
14 18 (1.87%) Laravel
15 17 (1.77%) SOAP
15 17 (1.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.95%) IoT
2 31 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 29 (3.02%) SCADA
4 25 (2.60%) Embedded Systems
5 24 (2.50%) Mobile App
5 24 (2.50%) Virtual Team
6 23 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.19%) Algorithms
7 21 (2.19%) Operational Technology
8 20 (2.08%) Onboarding
9 16 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.25%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.04%) Cloud Native
11 10 (1.04%) Device Driver
11 10 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.94%) ARM Cortex
13 8 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
13 8 (0.83%) Private Cloud
14 7 (0.73%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.73%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 107 (11.13%) Linux
2 29 (3.02%) Windows
3 21 (2.19%) Apple iOS
4 19 (1.98%) Embedded Linux
5 17 (1.77%) Android
6 15 (1.56%) Unix
7 10 (1.04%) FreeRTOS
8 8 (0.83%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.52%) Debian
9 5 (0.52%) ThreadX
9 5 (0.52%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.31%) Windows Server
11 2 (0.21%) Windows Embedded Compact
12 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (28.51%) Agile
2 163 (16.96%) DevOps
3 103 (10.72%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (8.95%) Computer Science
4 86 (8.95%) Mentoring
5 79 (8.22%) CI/CD
6 76 (7.91%) Scrum
7 67 (6.97%) SDLC
8 65 (6.76%) Full Stack Development
9 55 (5.72%) Microservices
10 53 (5.52%) Project Management
11 48 (4.99%) Web Development
12 46 (4.79%) Containerisation
12 46 (4.79%) Roadmaps
13 45 (4.68%) MVC
13 45 (4.68%) User Experience
14 44 (4.58%) Test Automation
15 37 (3.85%) Software Testing
16 36 (3.75%) Actionable Insight
17 35 (3.64%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 268 (27.89%) C#
2 154 (16.02%) JavaScript
3 148 (15.40%) SQL
4 144 (14.98%) C
5 134 (13.94%) C++
6 117 (12.17%) Python
7 107 (11.13%) TypeScript
8 94 (9.78%) Java
9 44 (4.58%) Embedded C
10 42 (4.37%) PHP
11 30 (3.12%) VB
12 22 (2.29%) Go
13 20 (2.08%) Embedded C++
14 17 (1.77%) T-SQL
15 16 (1.66%) Assembly Language
16 15 (1.56%) MATLAB
17 9 (0.94%) Ladder Logic
17 9 (0.94%) PowerShell
17 9 (0.94%) Shell Script
17 9 (0.94%) XAML
Qualifications
1 151 (15.71%) Degree
2 95 (9.89%) Security Cleared
3 65 (6.76%) SC Cleared
4 40 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (1.87%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.25%) HNC
9 11 (1.14%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (0.62%) MCSE
11 6 (0.62%) OCP
11 6 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
11 6 (0.62%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.62%) PMP
12 5 (0.52%) CAPM
12 5 (0.52%) HND
12 5 (0.52%) ISEB
12 5 (0.52%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.52%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.02%) QA
2 14 (1.46%) Accessibility
2 14 (1.46%) MISRA
3 10 (1.04%) AUTOSAR
3 10 (1.04%) NCSC
4 9 (0.94%) ISO 26262
5 4 (0.42%) SLA
6 3 (0.31%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (0.31%) MISRA C
7 2 (0.21%) IEC 61131
8 1 (0.10%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.10%) IFRS
8 1 (0.10%) IFRS 17
8 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.10%) JTAG
8 1 (0.10%) NIST
8 1 (0.10%) Solvency II
System Software
1 91 (9.47%) Docker
2 54 (5.62%) Firmware
3 31 (3.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 54 (5.62%) Kubernetes
2 31 (3.23%) Terraform
3 16 (1.66%) Ansible
4 6 (0.62%) Progress Chef
5 5 (0.52%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.31%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.21%) MIIS
8 1 (0.10%) Grafana
Vendors
1 75 (7.80%) Microsoft
2 28 (2.91%) ESRI
2 28 (2.91%) Google
3 22 (2.29%) Siemens
4 19 (1.98%) Xamarin
5 17 (1.77%) DevExpress
6 10 (1.04%) Apple
6 10 (1.04%) Rockwell
7 9 (0.94%) Oracle
8 8 (0.83%) SAP
9 7 (0.73%) Adobe
10 6 (0.62%) EMC
11 5 (0.52%) HP
11 5 (0.52%) QNX
12 4 (0.42%) IBM
12 4 (0.42%) Micro Focus
12 4 (0.42%) NVIDIA
12 4 (0.42%) Sitecore
13 3 (0.31%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.31%) UiPath