Software Engineering Director Job Trends in Leeds

Director of Software Engineering
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Director of Software Engineering salary in Leeds is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Director 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.037% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £122,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 - -
75th Percentile £127,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £125,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 2,527 863 2,194
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 94.63% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,966 589 1,684
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £69,914
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,250 £83,375
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%

Software Engineering Director
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineering Director' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Software Engineering Director job vacancy trend in Leeds

Software Engineering Director Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 7 July 2026, Software Engineering Director job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leeds region featuring Software Engineering Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Software Engineering Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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%) AWS CloudFormation
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform