Software Optimisation Job Trends in England

Software Optimisation
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Software Optimisation skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 713 - 792
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Permanent jobs citing Software Optimisation 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.001% - 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% - 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £67,000
75th Percentile - - £68,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £50,000 - £67,000

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Software Optimisation 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 65,539 39,008 67,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.79% 90.04% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 46,429 22,397 46,860
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £74,280
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.73%

Software Optimisation
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Software Optimisation job vacancy trend in England

Software Optimisation
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Optimisation.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Software Optimisation

Software Optimisation
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 Optimisation within the England region over the 6 months to 22 July 2026. 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
London - 1 £50,000 - 1
Software Optimisation
UK

Software Optimisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Scientist
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Parallel Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Physics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Fortran
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Rust
1 1 (100.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Slurm Workload Manager