Research Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Research Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Research Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £58,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 721 710 816
Rank change year-on-year -11 +106 -122
Permanent jobs requiring a Research Software Engineer 43 22 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.037% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.042% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 31 1 19
10th Percentile £38,084 - -
25th Percentile £44,375 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £42,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% -11.58% -22.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 - £87,050
90th Percentile - - £101,600
UK median annual salary £58,000 £42,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +38.10% -11.58% -17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,294 52,879 68,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.14% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,576 30,026 42,521
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Research Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Research Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Research Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Research Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Research Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Research Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Research Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Research Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Research Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Research Software Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Research Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Scotland -32 23 £100,000 +138.10%
South East - 13 £58,000 - 2
North West - 6 £40,138 -
North of England - 6 £40,138 -
East Midlands - 1 £49,990 -
Midlands - 1 £49,990 -
Research Software Engineer
UK

Research Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Research 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 UK excluding London region featuring Research Software Engineer in the job title.

1 43 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 26 (60.47%) Python
3 19 (44.19%) Computer Science
4 18 (41.86%) SDLC
5 17 (39.53%) Relational Database
5 17 (39.53%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (39.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (39.53%) Full Stack Development
5 17 (39.53%) OO
5 17 (39.53%) Java
5 17 (39.53%) JavaScript
5 17 (39.53%) MySQL
6 16 (37.21%) React
7 14 (32.56%) Open Source
8 13 (30.23%) C
8 13 (30.23%) Finance
9 12 (27.91%) C++
9 12 (27.91%) Linux
10 11 (25.58%) Spring
10 11 (25.58%) Maven
10 11 (25.58%) Agile
10 11 (25.58%) Banking
10 11 (25.58%) AWS
10 11 (25.58%) Investment Banking
10 11 (25.58%) Groovy
10 11 (25.58%) OOP
10 11 (25.58%) SQL
10 11 (25.58%) T-SQL
10 11 (25.58%) Law
10 11 (25.58%) Publishing

Research Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (13.95%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (39.53%) MySQL
1 17 (39.53%) Relational Database
2 6 (13.95%) GIS
2 6 (13.95%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (13.95%) SQL Server
3 5 (11.63%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (11.63%) MongoDB
3 5 (11.63%) NoSQL
3 5 (11.63%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (25.58%) Maven
2 1 (2.33%) CMake
General
1 17 (39.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 13 (30.23%) Finance
3 11 (25.58%) Banking
3 11 (25.58%) Investment Banking
3 11 (25.58%) Law
3 11 (25.58%) Publishing
4 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (37.21%) React
2 11 (25.58%) Spring
2 11 (25.58%) Spring Boot
3 6 (13.95%) .NET
3 6 (13.95%) .NET Core
4 5 (11.63%) AngularJS
4 5 (11.63%) ASP.NET
4 5 (11.63%) Blazor
4 5 (11.63%) CSS
4 5 (11.63%) GeoJSON
4 5 (11.63%) HTML
4 5 (11.63%) HTML5
4 5 (11.63%) JSON
4 5 (11.63%) Node.js
4 5 (11.63%) PostGIS
4 5 (11.63%) RESTful
4 5 (11.63%) Svelte
4 5 (11.63%) Vue
4 5 (11.63%) XML
5 4 (9.30%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Cloud Native
1 11 (25.58%) Distributed Applications
2 8 (18.60%) Algorithms
3 3 (6.98%) NHS
4 2 (4.65%) Mixed Reality
4 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.91%) Linux
2 8 (18.60%) Unix
3 5 (11.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 19 (44.19%) Computer Science
3 18 (41.86%) SDLC
4 17 (39.53%) Full Stack Development
4 17 (39.53%) OO
4 17 (39.53%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (32.56%) Open Source
6 11 (25.58%) Agile
6 11 (25.58%) IT Strategy
6 11 (25.58%) OOP
6 11 (25.58%) Technology Strategy
7 9 (20.93%) Mathematics
7 9 (20.93%) Physics
8 8 (18.60%) Parallel Programming
9 7 (16.28%) Performance Analysis
9 7 (16.28%) Software Testing
10 6 (13.95%) Code Quality
10 6 (13.95%) MVC
10 6 (13.95%) MVVM
10 6 (13.95%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (60.47%) Python
2 17 (39.53%) Java
2 17 (39.53%) JavaScript
3 13 (30.23%) C
4 12 (27.91%) C++
5 11 (25.58%) Groovy
5 11 (25.58%) SQL
5 11 (25.58%) T-SQL
6 8 (18.60%) Fortran
6 8 (18.60%) Rust
7 7 (16.28%) Bash
8 6 (13.95%) C#
9 2 (4.65%) Go
9 2 (4.65%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) Degree
2 8 (18.60%) PhD
3 7 (16.28%) Master's Degree
3 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (25.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) Oracle
3 5 (11.63%) ESRI