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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 26 15
Rank change year-on-year +10 -11 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,561 1,650 2,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.02% 9.43% 11.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.77% 9.74% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,226 892 1,372
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,125 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +6.48%
75th Percentile £71,991 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +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 14,500 16,947 16,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.75% 96.88% 93.84%
Number of salaries quoted 11,137 8,093 10,814
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +5.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £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 3 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 3 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 +11 930 £60,000 -4.00% 181
Yorkshire +9 505 £55,000 -12.00% 93
North East +11 126 £55,000 +12.82% 28
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 (6.41%) ArcGIS
2 85 (5.45%) GeoServer
3 23 (1.47%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.83%) Apache
5 12 (0.77%) Captiva
5 12 (0.77%) FileNet
5 12 (0.77%) WebSphere
6 8 (0.51%) CMS
6 8 (0.51%) JBoss
6 8 (0.51%) Red Hat Fuse
7 7 (0.45%) IIS
8 6 (0.38%) NServiceBus
8 6 (0.38%) SharePoint
9 5 (0.32%) WordPress
10 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.13%) Drupal
12 1 (0.064%) Confluence
12 1 (0.064%) Jetty
12 1 (0.064%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.13%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.58%) Magento
2 3 (0.19%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.19%) Shopify
3 2 (0.13%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 381 (24.41%) AWS
2 371 (23.77%) Azure
3 79 (5.06%) GCP
3 79 (5.06%) Serverless
4 68 (4.36%) GitHub
5 64 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (3.65%) SaaS
7 49 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
8 46 (2.95%) Dynamics 365
9 31 (1.99%) Amazon Kinesis
10 27 (1.73%) Amazon S3
11 23 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
12 22 (1.41%) Power Platform
13 20 (1.28%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (0.96%) OpenShift
17 14 (0.90%) Amazon ECS
18 12 (0.77%) PaaS
19 11 (0.70%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.47%) MQTT
2 22 (1.41%) RS-232
3 21 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.02%) RS-485
5 16 (1.02%) Wireless
6 12 (0.77%) 3G
6 12 (0.77%) 4G
7 11 (0.70%) AMQP
7 11 (0.70%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.51%) Firewall
8 8 (0.51%) Network Security
9 5 (0.32%) ZigBee
10 4 (0.26%) HTTP
10 4 (0.26%) Internet
11 3 (0.19%) Bluetooth
12 2 (0.13%) VoIP
13 1 (0.064%) Broadband
13 1 (0.064%) LTE
13 1 (0.064%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (9.22%) PostgreSQL
2 126 (8.07%) MySQL
3 105 (6.73%) GIS
4 85 (5.45%) QGIS
5 75 (4.80%) SQL Server
6 59 (3.78%) Relational Database
7 46 (2.95%) NoSQL
8 40 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
9 36 (2.31%) MongoDB
10 29 (1.86%) RDBMS
11 26 (1.67%) Big Data
12 23 (1.47%) DynamoDB
13 21 (1.35%) Redis
14 19 (1.22%) Amazon RDS
15 18 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
16 17 (1.09%) Geospatial Data
17 15 (0.96%) Hadoop
18 11 (0.70%) Cloudera CDH
18 11 (0.70%) OLAP
19 10 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 146 (9.35%) Git
2 47 (3.01%) Jenkins
3 45 (2.88%) JIRA
4 31 (1.99%) GitLab
5 21 (1.35%) LabVIEW
6 20 (1.28%) Postman
7 18 (1.15%) Cypress.io
7 18 (1.15%) Visual Studio
8 16 (1.02%) Subversion
9 13 (0.83%) IntelliJ
10 12 (0.77%) Bitbucket
10 12 (0.77%) CircleCI
10 12 (0.77%) Maven
10 12 (0.77%) Oracle Forms
10 12 (0.77%) TeamCity
11 9 (0.58%) JDeveloper
11 9 (0.58%) Spinnaker
11 9 (0.58%) webpack
12 8 (0.51%) SonarQube
12 8 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 187 (11.98%) Social Skills
2 109 (6.98%) Finance
3 72 (4.61%) Electronics
4 67 (4.29%) Manufacturing
5 56 (3.59%) Automotive
6 52 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
7 48 (3.07%) Public Sector
8 44 (2.82%) Banking
9 42 (2.69%) Retail
10 33 (2.11%) Tech for Good
11 27 (1.73%) Marketing
12 26 (1.67%) Legal
13 25 (1.60%) Law
14 23 (1.47%) Games
14 23 (1.47%) Health Technology
15 18 (1.15%) Aerospace
16 17 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (1.09%) Mandarin Language
17 13 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
18 9 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 970 (62.14%) Software Engineer
2 458 (29.34%) Senior
3 331 (21.20%) Senior Software Engineer
4 271 (17.36%) Developer
5 186 (11.92%) Embedded Engineer
6 185 (11.85%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 152 (9.74%) Lead
8 76 (4.87%) Java Engineer
9 75 (4.80%) Senior Embedded Engineer
10 74 (4.74%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
11 69 (4.42%) Software Developer
12 66 (4.23%) Java Software Engineer
13 56 (3.59%) Technical Leader
14 50 (3.20%) Senior Developer
14 50 (3.20%) Software Manager
15 48 (3.07%) Architect
16 45 (2.88%) C++ Software Engineer
17 42 (2.69%) .NET Developer
18 40 (2.56%) Full Stack Engineer
18 40 (2.56%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (22.93%) .NET
2 260 (16.66%) React
3 173 (11.08%) CSS
4 170 (10.89%) .NET Core
5 134 (8.58%) Node.js
6 110 (7.05%) AngularJS
7 96 (6.15%) RESTful
8 94 (6.02%) PostGIS
9 90 (5.77%) HTML
10 89 (5.70%) Leaflet
10 89 (5.70%) OpenLayers
11 82 (5.25%) Spring
12 76 (4.87%) Vue
13 69 (4.42%) ASP.NET
14 63 (4.04%) REST
15 54 (3.46%) Spring Boot
16 42 (2.69%) JSON
17 38 (2.43%) Web Services
18 32 (2.05%) .NET Framework
19 29 (1.86%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.72%) IoT
2 56 (3.59%) Greenfield Project
3 55 (3.52%) Cloud Native
4 43 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
5 33 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.67%) Management Information System
7 26 (1.67%) Private Cloud
8 24 (1.54%) Algorithms
8 24 (1.54%) Product Ownership
8 24 (1.54%) Public Cloud
9 18 (1.15%) Client/Server
9 18 (1.15%) Data Structures
10 14 (0.90%) Virtual Team
11 12 (0.77%) DataPower
12 11 (0.70%) Device Driver
13 10 (0.64%) NHS
13 10 (0.64%) Online Games
13 10 (0.64%) SCADA
14 8 (0.51%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 189 (12.11%) Linux
2 63 (4.04%) Windows
3 32 (2.05%) Embedded Linux
4 23 (1.47%) Ubuntu
5 20 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 18 (1.15%) Unix
7 13 (0.83%) FreeRTOS
8 11 (0.70%) CentOS
8 11 (0.70%) Debian
9 10 (0.64%) Android
10 9 (0.58%) Apple iOS
11 8 (0.51%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.32%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.19%) VMS
13 3 (0.19%) Windows Server
14 2 (0.13%) FreeBSD
15 1 (0.064%) HPUX
15 1 (0.064%) Solaris
15 1 (0.064%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (34.59%) Agile
2 344 (22.04%) DevOps
3 223 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (11.85%) Computer Science
5 171 (10.95%) Mentoring
6 168 (10.76%) CI/CD
7 152 (9.74%) Full Stack Development
8 150 (9.61%) Microservices
9 134 (8.58%) TDD
10 127 (8.14%) Actionable Insight
11 120 (7.69%) Web Development
12 117 (7.50%) Coaching
13 116 (7.43%) Open Source
14 98 (6.28%) Test Automation
15 95 (6.09%) Design Patterns
16 90 (5.77%) Scrum
17 83 (5.32%) SDLC
18 82 (5.25%) Roadmaps
19 80 (5.12%) Continuous Integration
20 78 (5.00%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 381 (24.41%) C#
2 354 (22.68%) JavaScript
3 318 (20.37%) Python
4 273 (17.49%) Java
5 253 (16.21%) SQL
6 174 (11.15%) C
7 145 (9.29%) C++
8 122 (7.82%) TypeScript
9 63 (4.04%) PHP
10 39 (2.50%) Go
11 31 (1.99%) Embedded C
12 25 (1.60%) COBOL
12 25 (1.60%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 22 (1.41%) Rust
14 20 (1.28%) Bash
15 19 (1.22%) T-SQL
16 16 (1.02%) Ruby
17 14 (0.90%) Perl
18 11 (0.70%) XAML
19 10 (0.64%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 243 (15.57%) Degree
2 169 (10.83%) Security Cleared
3 156 (9.99%) SC Cleared
4 78 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 17 (1.09%) DV Cleared
7 16 (1.02%) PhD
8 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.32%) HND
9 5 (0.32%) OCP
9 5 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
10 4 (0.26%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.26%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.19%) HNC
12 2 (0.13%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.064%) BC Cleared
13 1 (0.064%) OSCE
13 1 (0.064%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (1.73%) GDPR
2 26 (1.67%) QA
3 18 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 7 (0.45%) ISO 9000
5 4 (0.26%) PMO
6 3 (0.19%) SLA
7 2 (0.13%) GRC
8 1 (0.064%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.064%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.064%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 100 (6.41%) Docker
2 52 (3.33%) Firmware
3 13 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
4 12 (0.77%) Active Directory
5 7 (0.45%) IAG
6 1 (0.064%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.064%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 110 (7.05%) Kubernetes
1 110 (7.05%) Terraform
2 32 (2.05%) Ansible
3 11 (0.70%) Puppet
4 10 (0.64%) Progress Chef
5 8 (0.51%) Grafana
6 7 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.19%) Podman
8 1 (0.064%) Istio
8 1 (0.064%) Kiali
8 1 (0.064%) Kibana
8 1 (0.064%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 94 (6.02%) ESRI
2 79 (5.06%) Microsoft
3 38 (2.43%) Oracle
4 25 (1.60%) Micro Focus
5 24 (1.54%) Google
6 21 (1.35%) Red Hat
7 18 (1.15%) F5
8 15 (0.96%) SAP
9 14 (0.90%) IBM
9 14 (0.90%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.77%) Kofax
10 12 (0.77%) Pega
11 11 (0.70%) SaltStack
12 10 (0.64%) Cadence
13 9 (0.58%) Synopsys
14 7 (0.45%) Confluent
15 6 (0.38%) Autodesk
15 6 (0.38%) EMC
15 6 (0.38%) Splunk
16 5 (0.32%) Atlassian