Software Engineer Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Engineer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Software Engineer salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 59 54
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 22 26 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.17% 3.33% 2.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 3.94% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 19 5 15
10th Percentile £53,750 £58,000 £37,800
25th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,900 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.85% +28.91% -
75th Percentile £71,991 £73,850 £60,625
90th Percentile - - £62,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £60,000 £67,950 £50,000
% change year-on-year -11.70% +35.90% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 988 660 765
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 84.62% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 832 409 538
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,800 £24,775
25th Percentile £37,400 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £55,000 £48,872
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% +12.54% +9.82%
75th Percentile £65,151 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (50.00%) Agile
2 11 (50.00%) SQL
3 10 (45.45%) MySQL
3 10 (45.45%) Azure
3 10 (45.45%) AWS
4 9 (40.91%) Java
5 8 (36.36%) C++
5 8 (36.36%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (36.36%) TDD
5 8 (36.36%) RESTful
5 8 (36.36%) BDD
5 8 (36.36%) MongoDB
5 8 (36.36%) NoSQL
5 8 (36.36%) Microservices
5 8 (36.36%) Continuous Deployment
6 7 (31.82%) Test Automation
6 7 (31.82%) Mentoring
6 7 (31.82%) Coaching
6 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
7 6 (27.27%) C
8 4 (18.18%) Network Security
9 3 (13.64%) C#
9 3 (13.64%) .NET
9 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
9 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET
9 3 (13.64%) Functional Programming
9 3 (13.64%) SDLC
9 3 (13.64%) Full Stack Development
9 3 (13.64%) CI/CD

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) AWS
1 10 (45.45%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (4.55%) BrowserStack
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.55%) GitHub
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
2 1 (4.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (45.45%) MySQL
2 8 (36.36%) MongoDB
2 8 (36.36%) NoSQL
2 8 (36.36%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Cypress.io
1 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 7 (31.82%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) RESTful
2 3 (13.64%) .NET
2 3 (13.64%) ASP.NET
3 2 (9.09%) AngularJS
3 2 (9.09%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (9.09%) Vue
4 1 (4.55%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.55%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (4.55%) CSS
4 1 (4.55%) HTML
4 1 (4.55%) Next.js
4 1 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (50.00%) Agile
3 8 (36.36%) BDD
3 8 (36.36%) Continuous Deployment
3 8 (36.36%) Microservices
3 8 (36.36%) TDD
4 7 (31.82%) Coaching
4 7 (31.82%) Mentoring
4 7 (31.82%) Test Automation
5 3 (13.64%) CI/CD
5 3 (13.64%) Full Stack Development
5 3 (13.64%) Functional Programming
5 3 (13.64%) SDLC
6 2 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (9.09%) Mathematics
6 2 (9.09%) Physics
6 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.55%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (4.55%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 11 (50.00%) SQL
2 9 (40.91%) Java
3 8 (36.36%) C++
4 6 (27.27%) C
5 3 (13.64%) C#
6 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
7 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
1 2 (9.09%) PhD
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Grafana