Software Engineering Jobs in the North of England

Software Engineering
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 26 12
Rank change year-on-year +11 -14 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,649 1,431 2,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 8.98% 8.66% 12.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.99% 8.95% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,289 778 1,315
10th Percentile £38,750 £40,371 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +10.91% +0.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,741 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £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
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,011 15,986 17,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.77% 96.74% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 11,439 7,811 10,646
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,600 £81,250 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the North of England

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the North of England.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the North of England

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the North of England

Software Engineering
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 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
North West +16 968 £60,000 -4.00% 203
Yorkshire +13 548 £55,000 -12.00% 89
North East +9 133 £55,000 +13.34% 38
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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
1 100 (6.06%) ArcGIS
2 85 (5.15%) GeoServer
3 20 (1.21%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.85%) Apache
5 7 (0.42%) CMS
5 7 (0.42%) IIS
5 7 (0.42%) NServiceBus
6 6 (0.36%) Confluence
6 6 (0.36%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.30%) WordPress
8 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.12%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.12%) Captiva
9 2 (0.12%) FileNet
9 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.061%) Drupal
10 1 (0.061%) Jetty
10 1 (0.061%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.12%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.12%) Simulink
2 2 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 12 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.55%) Magento
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.18%) Shopify
4 2 (0.12%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.061%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 404 (24.50%) AWS
2 376 (22.80%) Azure
3 73 (4.43%) GCP
4 68 (4.12%) Serverless
5 65 (3.94%) GitHub
6 62 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
7 59 (3.58%) SaaS
8 49 (2.97%) Amazon Kinesis
8 49 (2.97%) AWS Lambda
9 46 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (1.70%) Amazon S3
11 26 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (1.27%) Power Platform
13 19 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
15 14 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
16 12 (0.73%) Amazon SQS
17 11 (0.67%) OpenShift
18 10 (0.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.52%) MQTT
2 22 (1.33%) RS-232
2 22 (1.33%) TCP/IP
3 18 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
4 17 (1.03%) RS-485
5 16 (0.97%) Wireless
6 13 (0.79%) 3G
6 13 (0.79%) 4G
7 11 (0.67%) AMQP
7 11 (0.67%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.49%) Network Security
9 6 (0.36%) HTTP
10 5 (0.30%) Firewall
10 5 (0.30%) ZigBee
11 4 (0.24%) Internet
12 3 (0.18%) Bluetooth
13 2 (0.12%) DSL
13 2 (0.12%) VoIP
14 1 (0.061%) LTE
14 1 (0.061%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 163 (9.88%) PostgreSQL
2 128 (7.76%) MySQL
3 105 (6.37%) GIS
4 85 (5.15%) QGIS
5 79 (4.79%) SQL Server
6 69 (4.18%) NoSQL
7 51 (3.09%) Relational Database
8 42 (2.55%) DynamoDB
9 41 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
10 35 (2.12%) MongoDB
11 33 (2.00%) Redis
12 26 (1.58%) Big Data
13 25 (1.52%) Amazon Aurora
14 22 (1.33%) RDBMS
15 20 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
16 18 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
17 17 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
18 15 (0.91%) Hadoop
19 11 (0.67%) Cloudera CDH
20 9 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 144 (8.73%) Git
2 40 (2.43%) JIRA
3 39 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.88%) GitLab
5 22 (1.33%) LabVIEW
5 22 (1.33%) Postman
6 18 (1.09%) CircleCI
7 17 (1.03%) Visual Studio
8 15 (0.91%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.91%) Subversion
9 14 (0.85%) Bitbucket
10 13 (0.79%) JUnit
11 12 (0.73%) Gatling
11 12 (0.73%) TeamCity
12 11 (0.67%) Maven
13 9 (0.55%) SonarQube
13 9 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.49%) webpack
15 5 (0.30%) Clang
15 5 (0.30%) Mockito
General
1 204 (12.37%) Social Skills
2 94 (5.70%) Finance
3 89 (5.40%) Electronics
4 77 (4.67%) Manufacturing
5 60 (3.64%) Automotive
6 56 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (2.91%) Public Sector
7 48 (2.91%) Retail
8 36 (2.18%) Tech for Good
9 32 (1.94%) Banking
10 28 (1.70%) Legal
11 26 (1.58%) Marketing
12 25 (1.52%) Health Technology
13 23 (1.39%) Games
14 21 (1.27%) Law
15 19 (1.15%) Aerospace
15 19 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (1.09%) Mandarin Language
17 16 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.73%) Billing
Job Titles
1 1,043 (63.25%) Software Engineer
2 477 (28.93%) Senior
3 347 (21.04%) Senior Software Engineer
4 292 (17.71%) Developer
5 205 (12.43%) Embedded Engineer
5 205 (12.43%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 173 (10.49%) Lead
7 78 (4.73%) Senior Embedded Engineer
7 78 (4.73%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 78 (4.73%) Software Developer
8 62 (3.76%) Technical Leader
9 61 (3.70%) Java Engineer
10 57 (3.46%) Senior Developer
11 54 (3.27%) Lead Software Engineer
12 51 (3.09%) Java Software Engineer
13 50 (3.03%) C++ Software Engineer
14 49 (2.97%) .NET Software Engineer
15 47 (2.85%) .NET Developer
16 46 (2.79%) Software Manager
17 43 (2.61%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 397 (24.08%) .NET
2 259 (15.71%) React
3 185 (11.22%) .NET Core
4 184 (11.16%) CSS
5 139 (8.43%) Node.js
6 116 (7.03%) AngularJS
7 101 (6.12%) HTML
8 97 (5.88%) RESTful
9 94 (5.70%) PostGIS
10 89 (5.40%) Leaflet
10 89 (5.40%) OpenLayers
11 79 (4.79%) REST
12 78 (4.73%) ASP.NET
13 77 (4.67%) Vue
14 75 (4.55%) Spring
15 55 (3.34%) Spring Boot
16 50 (3.03%) Web Services
17 39 (2.37%) .NET Framework
18 35 (2.12%) GraphQL
18 35 (2.12%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 60 (3.64%) IoT
2 57 (3.46%) Cloud Native
2 57 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
3 45 (2.73%) Embedded Systems
4 42 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
5 34 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (1.82%) Product Ownership
7 26 (1.58%) Algorithms
7 26 (1.58%) Management Information System
7 26 (1.58%) Public Cloud
8 23 (1.39%) Blog
9 20 (1.21%) Media Streaming
10 18 (1.09%) Client/Server
10 18 (1.09%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.09%) Private Cloud
11 12 (0.73%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.67%) Device Driver
12 11 (0.67%) NHS
13 10 (0.61%) Online Games
13 10 (0.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 185 (11.22%) Linux
2 59 (3.58%) Windows
3 39 (2.37%) Embedded Linux
4 24 (1.46%) Ubuntu
5 20 (1.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 16 (0.97%) Android
7 13 (0.79%) FreeRTOS
8 11 (0.67%) Apple iOS
8 11 (0.67%) CentOS
8 11 (0.67%) Debian
9 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
9 8 (0.49%) Unix
10 5 (0.30%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.18%) VMS
11 3 (0.18%) Windows Server
12 2 (0.12%) FreeBSD
13 1 (0.061%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.061%) HPUX
13 1 (0.061%) Solaris
13 1 (0.061%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 544 (32.99%) Agile
2 356 (21.59%) DevOps
3 213 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
4 199 (12.07%) Computer Science
5 176 (10.67%) CI/CD
6 175 (10.61%) Mentoring
7 169 (10.25%) Full Stack Development
8 154 (9.34%) Microservices
9 138 (8.37%) TDD
10 131 (7.94%) Open Source
11 116 (7.03%) Web Development
12 108 (6.55%) Coaching
13 100 (6.06%) Test Automation
14 99 (6.00%) Actionable Insight
15 88 (5.34%) Continuous Integration
16 87 (5.28%) Scrum
17 86 (5.22%) SDLC
18 81 (4.91%) Design Patterns
19 79 (4.79%) OO
19 79 (4.79%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 414 (25.11%) C#
2 363 (22.01%) JavaScript
3 316 (19.16%) Python
4 262 (15.89%) SQL
5 255 (15.46%) Java
6 180 (10.92%) C
7 150 (9.10%) C++
8 135 (8.19%) TypeScript
9 62 (3.76%) PHP
10 35 (2.12%) Go
11 32 (1.94%) Embedded C
12 25 (1.52%) COBOL
12 25 (1.52%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 23 (1.39%) Rust
13 23 (1.39%) Scala
14 20 (1.21%) T-SQL
15 11 (0.67%) Bash
15 11 (0.67%) XAML
16 9 (0.55%) SystemVerilog
17 7 (0.42%) Perl
Qualifications
1 267 (16.19%) Degree
2 169 (10.25%) Security Cleared
3 151 (9.16%) SC Cleared
4 93 (5.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (2.24%) Master's Degree
6 24 (1.46%) DV Cleared
7 16 (0.97%) PhD
8 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (0.36%) HND
10 4 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.24%) HNC
11 3 (0.18%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.12%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.12%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.12%) OCP
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.12%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.061%) MBA
13 1 (0.061%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (1.39%) QA
2 18 (1.09%) Accessibility
2 18 (1.09%) GDPR
3 7 (0.42%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.24%) PMO
5 3 (0.18%) SLA
6 2 (0.12%) GRC
7 1 (0.061%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.061%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 101 (6.12%) Docker
2 52 (3.15%) Firmware
3 14 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
4 12 (0.73%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.42%) IAG
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 114 (6.91%) Kubernetes
1 114 (6.91%) Terraform
2 29 (1.76%) Ansible
3 12 (0.73%) Puppet
4 11 (0.67%) Progress Chef
5 7 (0.42%) Grafana
6 6 (0.36%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.18%) Podman
8 1 (0.061%) Istio
8 1 (0.061%) Kiali
8 1 (0.061%) Kibana
8 1 (0.061%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 94 (5.70%) ESRI
2 85 (5.15%) Microsoft
3 28 (1.70%) Google
4 26 (1.58%) Oracle
5 25 (1.52%) Micro Focus
6 21 (1.27%) Red Hat
7 18 (1.09%) F5
8 11 (0.67%) SaltStack
9 10 (0.61%) Cadence
10 9 (0.55%) Synopsys
11 7 (0.42%) EMC
12 6 (0.36%) Atlassian
12 6 (0.36%) Autodesk
12 6 (0.36%) Splunk
13 5 (0.30%) SAP
14 4 (0.24%) Confluent
14 4 (0.24%) IBM
14 4 (0.24%) ServiceNow
15 3 (0.18%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.18%) Workday