Software Engineering Job Trends in Lincoln

Software Engineering
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lincoln requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 12 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincoln 8.63% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - -
75th Percentile £41,250 - -
90th Percentile £48,125 - -
Lincolnshire median annual salary £37,500 £42,375 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.50% +5.94% -36.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lincoln

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 Lincoln.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 99 58 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lincoln 71.22% 73.42% 68.18%
Number of salaries quoted 45 19 26
10th Percentile £33,750 £34,000 £30,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £59,750
90th Percentile £75,900 £65,000 £80,000
Lincolnshire median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -24.21% +11.76% -32.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Lincoln

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Lincoln

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lincoln citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Lincoln

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Lincoln over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Lincoln

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln 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 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) Entra ID
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (41.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (50.00%) Qt Software Engineer
3 5 (41.67%) IT Engineer
3 5 (41.67%) IT Support
3 5 (41.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (41.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (41.67%) Linux
1 5 (41.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (41.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (8.33%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) C++
2 1 (8.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared