This study investigated the workplace demands for English language communicative competency among software engineering graduates in Saudi Arabia. It identified and analyzed the software engineering graduates’ English language communicative needs, lacks, and wants, as well as their employers' expectations. The needs and expectations were then matched to mind the gaps between software engineering education and the software industry. This allows the two sides to agree on future English language communicative needs that aligned with the global job market in the 21st century.  The data for this investigation were collected from the school of Computing and Information System (SCIS), at Imam Muhammed Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), and a leading company in software engineering in Riyadh city. The samples for this study consisted of 168 software engineering graduates, 116 software engineers, five members of the management level represented the employers, and five software engineering interns, at the IMSIU. Using the concurrent mixed-methods approach, the research compared and integrated the main findings from the questionnaires and interviews. The findings assisted the researchers to identify the gap between software engineering education and the software industry. They also yielded a hopeful outcome since there were similarities between the needs of the software engineering graduates and the expectations of employers. Even though the feedback was not identical, it was compatible with each other, as it focused on communication needs and deficiencies that might be useful, relevant, and practical in the software industry.