Software Engineering Job Trends in Darlington

Software Engineering
Durham > Darlington

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Darlington requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Darlington 3.23% - 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% - 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £39,751
25th Percentile - - £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile - - £69,800
90th Percentile - - -
Durham median annual salary £46,500 £49,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.58% -1.50% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Darlington

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Darlington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51 37 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Darlington 82.26% 88.10% 81.18%
Number of salaries quoted 43 21 60
10th Percentile £35,000 - £27,873
25th Percentile £53,510 £28,188 £36,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £35,000 £50,154
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -30.22% -3.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £74,258 £79,263
Durham median annual salary £50,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +42.86% -22.22% -6.74%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Darlington

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Darlington.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Darlington

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Darlington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Darlington citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Darlington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Python Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Site Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python