Software Engineering Job Trends in Harlow

Software Engineering
Essex > Harlow

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Harlow requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 14 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Harlow 3.70% 2.33% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 2.63% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Essex median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Harlow

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 Harlow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26 38 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Harlow 96.30% 88.37% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 8
10th Percentile - £30,000 -
25th Percentile £27,000 £38,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £42,500 £38,250
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +11.11% -30.45%
75th Percentile £33,500 £75,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £62,300 - £69,875
Essex median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Harlow

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Harlow

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Harlow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Harlow citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harlow 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 1 (100.00%) Principal Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ada
1 1 (100.00%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207