Software Engineer Jobs in Leeds

Software Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Software Engineer salary in Leeds is £48,507 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 May 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 54 65
Rank change year-on-year +18 +11 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 123 156 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 5.25% 5.42% 4.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.45% 5.69% 5.03%
Number of salaries quoted 84 84 142
10th Percentile - £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 £63,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% +14.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,500 £73,750 £65,938
90th Percentile £71,991 £85,000 £76,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,256 2,740 3,759
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.29% 95.24% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,635 1,650 2,497
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,725 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £73,750 £69,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +0.35%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Leeds

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Leeds over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 26 May 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 Leeds region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 123 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 62 (50.41%) JavaScript
3 55 (44.72%) React
4 53 (43.09%) .NET
5 52 (42.28%) Azure
6 46 (37.40%) AWS
7 45 (36.59%) DevOps
8 43 (34.96%) C#
9 40 (32.52%) Python
10 39 (31.71%) Agile
11 35 (28.46%) CSS
12 34 (27.64%) Security Cleared
12 34 (27.64%) .NET Core
13 33 (26.83%) Web Development
13 33 (26.83%) SC Cleared
14 31 (25.20%) PostgreSQL
14 31 (25.20%) Actionable Insight
15 28 (22.76%) GeoServer
15 28 (22.76%) OpenLayers
15 28 (22.76%) QGIS
15 28 (22.76%) GIS
15 28 (22.76%) ESRI
15 28 (22.76%) ArcGIS
15 28 (22.76%) PostGIS
15 28 (22.76%) Leaflet
16 27 (21.95%) AngularJS
17 23 (18.70%) Full Stack Development
18 22 (17.89%) SQL
19 21 (17.07%) TypeScript
20 19 (15.45%) Microservices

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (22.76%) ArcGIS
1 28 (22.76%) GeoServer
2 5 (4.07%) NServiceBus
3 3 (2.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.81%) JBoss
4 1 (0.81%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 52 (42.28%) Azure
2 46 (37.40%) AWS
3 11 (8.94%) GitHub
4 8 (6.50%) GitHub Actions
5 5 (4.07%) Firebase
5 5 (4.07%) GCP
6 2 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.63%) Azure Stack
6 2 (1.63%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (25.20%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (22.76%) GIS
2 28 (22.76%) QGIS
3 7 (5.69%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.88%) MySQL
5 3 (2.44%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.44%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.63%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.63%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (6.50%) CircleCI
2 7 (5.69%) Cypress.io
2 7 (5.69%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.44%) IBM UrbanCode
3 3 (2.44%) JIRA
3 3 (2.44%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (2.44%) SonarQube
3 3 (2.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (2.44%) Toad
4 2 (1.63%) Git
4 2 (1.63%) JDeveloper
4 2 (1.63%) Selenium
5 1 (0.81%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.81%) webpack
General
1 14 (11.38%) Public Sector
2 11 (8.94%) Automotive
3 10 (8.13%) Legal
4 9 (7.32%) Social Skills
5 8 (6.50%) Finance
5 8 (6.50%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.07%) Banking
6 5 (4.07%) Tech for Good
7 3 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.44%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.63%) Electronics
8 2 (1.63%) Retail
9 1 (0.81%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (44.72%) React
2 53 (43.09%) .NET
3 35 (28.46%) CSS
4 34 (27.64%) .NET Core
5 28 (22.76%) Leaflet
5 28 (22.76%) OpenLayers
5 28 (22.76%) PostGIS
6 27 (21.95%) AngularJS
7 18 (14.63%) Vue
8 13 (10.57%) RESTful
9 9 (7.32%) Node.js
10 8 (6.50%) ASP.NET
11 7 (5.69%) HTML
12 5 (4.07%) Apache Cordova
12 5 (4.07%) Jest
12 5 (4.07%) Svelte
12 5 (4.07%) Tailwind CSS
12 5 (4.07%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 4 (3.25%) Django
14 3 (2.44%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.50%) Distributed Systems
1 8 (6.50%) Public Cloud
2 4 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (3.25%) Robotics
3 3 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.63%) NHS
5 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.81%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.81%) Device Driver
5 1 (0.81%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.13%) Linux
2 6 (4.88%) Android
3 5 (4.07%) Apple iOS
4 4 (3.25%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 45 (36.59%) DevOps
3 39 (31.71%) Agile
4 33 (26.83%) Web Development
5 31 (25.20%) Actionable Insight
6 23 (18.70%) Full Stack Development
7 19 (15.45%) Microservices
8 15 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (8.13%) CI/CD
9 10 (8.13%) Containerisation
9 10 (8.13%) OOP
10 9 (7.32%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (7.32%) TDD
11 8 (6.50%) Deployment Automation
11 8 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (5.69%) Computer Science
13 6 (4.88%) Front End Development
13 6 (4.88%) Roadmaps
14 5 (4.07%) Mobile Development
14 5 (4.07%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 62 (50.41%) JavaScript
2 43 (34.96%) C#
3 40 (32.52%) Python
4 22 (17.89%) SQL
5 21 (17.07%) TypeScript
6 7 (5.69%) Java
7 6 (4.88%) C++
8 5 (4.07%) T-SQL
9 3 (2.44%) Perl
9 3 (2.44%) PL/SQL
9 3 (2.44%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.63%) Bash
10 2 (1.63%) Go
10 2 (1.63%) Ruby
11 1 (0.81%) C
11 1 (0.81%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.81%) XAML
Qualifications
1 34 (27.64%) Security Cleared
2 33 (26.83%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.50%) Degree
4 5 (4.07%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.25%) QA
System Software
1 12 (9.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (10.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (22.76%) ESRI
2 5 (4.07%) Oracle
3 4 (3.25%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.81%) F5