Software Engineering Jobs in Leicestershire

Software Engineering
East Midlands > Leicestershire

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 35 48
Rank change year-on-year +3 +13 -7
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 98 65 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 8.33% 8.28% 6.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.65% 8.45% 7.27%
Number of salaries quoted 64 16 21
10th Percentile £26,625 £34,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.00% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £59,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 -
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,016 769 1,100
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 86.32% 97.96% 90.16%
Number of salaries quoted 568 252 603
10th Percentile £26,175 £27,500 £24,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,430 £31,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £43,323
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +9.64% -3.73%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,725 £72,310 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.97%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Leicestershire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Leicestershire

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Leicestershire

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Leicester +12 65 £42,500 - 17
Loughborough -1 20 £42,500 -22.73% 1
Lutterworth - 8 £55,000 - 3
Ashby-de-la-Zouch - 3 £45,000 - 1
Software Engineering
East Midlands

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (28.57%) ArcGIS
1 28 (28.57%) GeoServer
Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Simulink
1 1 (1.02%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 44 (44.90%) Azure
2 33 (33.67%) AWS
3 4 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (3.06%) Serverless
5 2 (2.04%) Amazon Kinesis
5 2 (2.04%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.04%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.04%) Modbus
1 2 (2.04%) MQTT
1 2 (2.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (28.57%) GIS
1 28 (28.57%) PostgreSQL
1 28 (28.57%) QGIS
2 2 (2.04%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.02%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Git
2 2 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.02%) JIRA
General
1 8 (8.16%) Law
2 4 (4.08%) Agriculture
2 4 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (4.08%) Social Skills
3 3 (3.06%) Automotive
3 3 (3.06%) Electronics
4 1 (1.02%) Finance
4 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.02%) Retail
Job Titles
1 73 (74.49%) Software Engineer
2 26 (26.53%) Senior
3 24 (24.49%) Senior Software Engineer
4 8 (8.16%) Developer
5 7 (7.14%) Embedded Engineer
6 5 (5.10%) C++ Software Engineer
6 5 (5.10%) Lead
6 5 (5.10%) Lead Software Engineer
7 4 (4.08%) Database Engineer
7 4 (4.08%) Development Manager
7 4 (4.08%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 4 (4.08%) Software Developer
7 4 (4.08%) Software Development Manager
7 4 (4.08%) Software Manager
8 3 (3.06%) AWS Engineer
8 3 (3.06%) Firmware Engineer
8 3 (3.06%) Graduate
8 3 (3.06%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 3 (3.06%) Mobile Software Engineer
8 3 (3.06%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (34.69%) .NET
2 33 (33.67%) React
3 28 (28.57%) Leaflet
3 28 (28.57%) OpenLayers
3 28 (28.57%) PostGIS
4 25 (25.51%) CSS
5 24 (24.49%) .NET Core
6 7 (7.14%) ASP.NET
7 5 (5.10%) REST
8 4 (4.08%) Django
8 4 (4.08%) Qt
8 4 (4.08%) SOAP
9 3 (3.06%) ASP.NET Core
10 2 (2.04%) Boost C++ Libraries
10 2 (2.04%) SignalR
10 2 (2.04%) WebSockets
11 1 (1.02%) AngularJS
11 1 (1.02%) HTML
11 1 (1.02%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.10%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.08%) Device Driver
3 2 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (2.04%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.02%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.27%) Linux
2 5 (5.10%) Embedded Linux
3 4 (4.08%) Ubuntu
4 2 (2.04%) Debian
5 1 (1.02%) Android
5 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.02%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (42.86%) Agile
2 32 (32.65%) DevOps
3 28 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 28 (28.57%) Web Development
4 11 (11.22%) Scrum
5 10 (10.20%) Software Testing
6 9 (9.18%) Computer Science
6 9 (9.18%) Full Stack Development
7 7 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (7.14%) SDLC
8 5 (5.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (4.08%) Design Patterns
9 4 (4.08%) Device Driver Development
9 4 (4.08%) Presales
9 4 (4.08%) Product Management
10 3 (3.06%) Acceptance Criteria
10 3 (3.06%) Customer Requirements
10 3 (3.06%) Product Strategy
10 3 (3.06%) Product Vision
10 3 (3.06%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 32 (32.65%) C#
2 30 (30.61%) Python
3 29 (29.59%) JavaScript
4 14 (14.29%) C++
5 10 (10.20%) SQL
6 9 (9.18%) TypeScript
7 8 (8.16%) C
8 1 (1.02%) Embedded C
8 1 (1.02%) MATLAB
8 1 (1.02%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 28 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 15 (15.31%) Degree
3 3 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.04%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.04%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.02%) MISRA
1 1 (1.02%) QA
System Software
1 11 (11.22%) Firmware
2 6 (6.12%) Docker
3 5 (5.10%) Embedded Firmware
Vendors
1 28 (28.57%) ESRI
2 3 (3.06%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.02%) QNX
3 1 (1.02%) Xamarin