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The median annual salary for a Software Engineer was £55,000 in advertised job vacancies in England during the 6 months to 23 February 2020. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Software Engineer |
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6 months to
23 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
64 |
68 |
75 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+4 |
+7 |
+30 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
4,940 |
5,719 |
6,264 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England |
4.39% |
4.09% |
3.80% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
4.60% |
4.27% |
3.94% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
3,911 |
4,558 |
5,040 |
| England median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
+11.11% |
| 10th Percentile |
£35,000 |
£32,500 |
£30,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£82,500 |
£77,500 |
| UK median annual salary |
£53,931 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+7.86% |
- |
+11.11% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies England |
| Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title |
107,454 |
134,066 |
158,924 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.45% |
95.93% |
96.36% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
86,756 |
108,394 |
131,526 |
| England median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£51,375 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+2.19% |
+2.75% |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
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Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer in England.
Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 23 February 2020.
Software Engineer
Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 23 February 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| London |
+30 |
1,821 |
£75,000 |
+15.38% |
358 |
| South East |
-6 |
1,158 |
£47,500 |
- |
291 |
| North of England |
+11 |
697 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
209 |
| South West |
-2 |
577 |
£45,000 |
- |
159 |
| East of England |
+3 |
357 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
205 |
| North West |
+2 |
335 |
£50,000 |
+5.26% |
114 |
| Midlands |
-9 |
316 |
£47,500 |
+11.76% |
145 |
| Yorkshire |
+21 |
286 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
78 |
| West Midlands |
-7 |
186 |
£48,500 |
+14.12% |
92 |
| East Midlands |
-18 |
127 |
£47,500 |
+18.75% |
51 |
| North East |
+9 |
76 |
£45,000 |
- |
17 |
Software Engineer
UK |
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in England
For the 6 months to 23 February 2020, Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
| 1 |
4,833 (97.83%) |
Software Engineering |
| 2 |
2,285 (46.26%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
1,935 (39.17%) |
Java |
| 4 |
1,649 (33.38%) |
C# |
| 5 |
1,541 (31.19%) |
JavaScript |
| 6 |
1,399 (28.32%) |
C++ |
| 7 |
1,339 (27.11%) |
Python |
| 8 |
1,242 (25.14%) |
.NET |
| 9 |
1,202 (24.33%) |
AWS |
| 10 |
1,087 (22.00%) |
SQL |
| 11 |
1,007 (20.38%) |
Linux |
| 12 |
995 (20.14%) |
Degree |
| 13 |
954 (19.31%) |
Microservices |
| 14 |
890 (18.02%) |
Finance |
| 15 |
879 (17.79%) |
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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