Software Engineer Jobs in Durham

Software Engineer
North East > Durham

The median Software Engineer salary in Durham is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 34 39
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 17 18 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 4.05% 5.71% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.38% 7.83% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% +56.67% -50.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -12.00% +16.28% +7.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Durham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 388 230 235
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 73.02% 91.80%
Number of salaries quoted 271 120 173
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,375 £19,263
25th Percentile £32,866 £35,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £57,633 £52,500 £43,309
90th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £49,350
North East median annual salary £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
% change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -8.83%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Durham

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Durham

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Durham region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Stockton-on-Tees +3 10 £50,000 +6.38%
Software Engineer
North East

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Software 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 Durham region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (94.12%) Software Engineering
2 7 (41.18%) Firmware
2 7 (41.18%) Automotive
2 7 (41.18%) C
2 7 (41.18%) C++
2 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 7 (41.18%) .NET
2 7 (41.18%) ASP.NET
2 7 (41.18%) Software Testing
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 2 (11.76%) CSS
4 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
4 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
4 2 (11.76%) C#

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (41.18%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (41.18%) .NET
1 7 (41.18%) ASP.NET
2 5 (29.41%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 2 (11.76%) CSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Software Engineering
2 7 (41.18%) Software Testing
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) C
1 7 (41.18%) C++
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) C#
2 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Firmware