Software Engineer Jobs in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Software Engineer salary in West Yorkshire is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 84 60
Rank change year-on-year +54 -24 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 186 193 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 6.14% 3.66% 4.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.40% 3.92% 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 109 102 171
10th Percentile £39,000 £37,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,350 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +11.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,750 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,250 £84,906 £72,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +1.24%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,907 4,920 4,533
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 93.31% 97.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,125 2,386 3,193
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £81,850
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,500 £54,882 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.81% +9.76% +5.26%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 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
Leeds +20 116 £45,000 -28.00% 15
Halifax +62 20 £75,500 +22.76% 1
Hebden Bridge - 19 - -
Wakefield +37 14 £55,000 -
Wetherby - 8 £65,000 - 1
Bradford +27 6 £50,000 +4.71% 1
Huddersfield +28 2 - - 1
Cleckheaton - 1 £30,000 -
Software Engineer
Yorkshire

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 24 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 186 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 64 (34.41%) JavaScript
3 63 (33.87%) React
4 60 (32.26%) Agile
5 59 (31.72%) Azure
6 53 (28.49%) Python
7 52 (27.96%) DevOps
8 46 (24.73%) AWS
9 44 (23.66%) .NET
10 39 (20.97%) C#
11 38 (20.43%) CSS
12 36 (19.35%) PostgreSQL
12 36 (19.35%) Actionable Insight
13 34 (18.28%) Web Development
14 33 (17.74%) Java
15 31 (16.67%) SC Cleared
15 31 (16.67%) Security Cleared
15 31 (16.67%) .NET Core
16 30 (16.13%) Finance
17 28 (15.05%) GIS
17 28 (15.05%) ESRI
17 28 (15.05%) ArcGIS
17 28 (15.05%) GeoServer
17 28 (15.05%) OpenLayers
17 28 (15.05%) QGIS
17 28 (15.05%) PostGIS
17 28 (15.05%) AngularJS
17 28 (15.05%) Leaflet
18 26 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
19 24 (12.90%) SQL

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 28 (15.05%) ArcGIS
1 28 (15.05%) GeoServer
2 8 (4.30%) Captiva
2 8 (4.30%) FileNet
2 8 (4.30%) WebSphere
3 5 (2.69%) NServiceBus
4 3 (1.61%) JBoss
4 3 (1.61%) Red Hat Fuse
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 59 (31.72%) Azure
2 46 (24.73%) AWS
3 16 (8.60%) GitHub
4 15 (8.06%) GCP
5 5 (2.69%) Firebase
5 5 (2.69%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (2.69%) Serverless
6 3 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Stack
7 1 (0.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.61%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.08%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (19.35%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (15.05%) GIS
2 28 (15.05%) QGIS
3 11 (5.91%) MySQL
4 8 (4.30%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.15%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.61%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.61%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.61%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (9.14%) Git
2 9 (4.84%) JIRA
3 8 (4.30%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (3.23%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.69%) CircleCI
6 4 (2.15%) Jenkins
7 3 (1.61%) IntelliJ
7 3 (1.61%) JDeveloper
8 1 (0.54%) Selenium
8 1 (0.54%) webpack
General
1 30 (16.13%) Finance
2 23 (12.37%) Banking
3 22 (11.83%) Electronics
4 15 (8.06%) Automotive
5 12 (6.45%) Legal
5 12 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 11 (5.91%) Social Skills
7 8 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.23%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.23%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.69%) Tech for Good
10 2 (1.08%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.54%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.54%) Law
11 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.54%) Retail
11 1 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (33.87%) React
2 44 (23.66%) .NET
3 38 (20.43%) CSS
4 31 (16.67%) .NET Core
5 28 (15.05%) AngularJS
5 28 (15.05%) Leaflet
5 28 (15.05%) OpenLayers
5 28 (15.05%) PostGIS
6 18 (9.68%) Node.js
7 17 (9.14%) RESTful
8 15 (8.06%) Vue
9 14 (7.53%) HTML
10 6 (3.23%) Spring
10 6 (3.23%) Tailwind CSS
11 5 (2.69%) Express.js
11 5 (2.69%) Jest
11 5 (2.69%) MEAN Stack
11 5 (2.69%) MERN Stack
11 5 (2.69%) REST
11 5 (2.69%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.91%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (4.30%) DataPower
2 8 (4.30%) Private Cloud
3 5 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (2.69%) Public Cloud
4 4 (2.15%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.15%) Robotics
5 1 (0.54%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.54%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.54%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.54%) NHS
5 1 (0.54%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.68%) Linux
2 8 (4.30%) FreeRTOS
2 8 (4.30%) Unix
3 5 (2.69%) Android
3 5 (2.69%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 60 (32.26%) Agile
3 52 (27.96%) DevOps
4 36 (19.35%) Actionable Insight
5 34 (18.28%) Web Development
6 26 (13.98%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (12.37%) Full Stack Development
8 19 (10.22%) Microservices
9 17 (9.14%) Containerisation
10 14 (7.53%) Coaching
11 13 (6.99%) Computer Science
12 12 (6.45%) TDD
13 10 (5.38%) Customer Experience
13 10 (5.38%) Customer-Centricity
13 10 (5.38%) Test Automation
14 9 (4.84%) Front End Development
14 9 (4.84%) Mentoring
14 9 (4.84%) SDLC
15 8 (4.30%) Change Management
15 8 (4.30%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 64 (34.41%) JavaScript
2 53 (28.49%) Python
3 39 (20.97%) C#
4 33 (17.74%) Java
5 24 (12.90%) SQL
6 17 (9.14%) TypeScript
7 15 (8.06%) C
8 13 (6.99%) C++
9 5 (2.69%) Ruby
10 4 (2.15%) Perl
11 3 (1.61%) Bash
11 3 (1.61%) Go
11 3 (1.61%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.08%) Embedded C
12 2 (1.08%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.54%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.54%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.54%) XAML
Qualifications
1 31 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 31 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 20 (10.75%) Degree
3 7 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.30%) GDPR
2 4 (2.15%) QA
System Software
1 14 (7.53%) Docker
2 8 (4.30%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (15.05%) ESRI
2 11 (5.91%) Oracle
3 8 (4.30%) IBM
3 8 (4.30%) Kofax
3 8 (4.30%) Pega
3 8 (4.30%) SAP
3 8 (4.30%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe
5 1 (0.54%) F5
5 1 (0.54%) Workday