Software Engineering Jobs in Norfolk

Software Engineering
East of England > Norfolk

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Norfolk requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 55 23
Rank change year-on-year +39 -32 -4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 43 21 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Norfolk 10.24% 2.77% 6.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.26% 3.29% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 20 17 1
10th Percentile £37,266 £29,150 -
25th Percentile £51,813 £35,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.06% -22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £56,500 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 -
East of England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Norfolk

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 Norfolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 382 638 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Norfolk 90.95% 84.06% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 158 436 96
10th Percentile £26,775 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,571 £29,000 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% - -11.75%
75th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £69,050
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Norfolk.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Norfolk

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Norfolk

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Norfolk.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Norfolk

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Norfolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Norfolk over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Norfolk

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Norfolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Norfolk region over the 6 months to 9 May 2025. 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
King's Lynn -11 12 £49,050 -10.82%
Swaffham - 12 £49,050 -
Norwich +30 6 £55,000 +37.50% 7
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Norfolk 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 2 (4.65%) Apache
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (9.30%) AWS
2 2 (4.65%) Azure
2 2 (4.65%) Serverless
3 1 (2.33%) GCP
3 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
1 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.33%) MySQL
2 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Bitbucket
1 2 (4.65%) Cucumber
1 2 (4.65%) Eclipse
1 2 (4.65%) Eclipse RCP
1 2 (4.65%) GitLab
1 2 (4.65%) JIRA
1 2 (4.65%) Maven
1 2 (4.65%) Selenium
1 2 (4.65%) SonarQube
1 2 (4.65%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (44.19%) Electronics
2 11 (25.58%) Automotive
3 4 (9.30%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Retail
4 2 (4.65%) Banking
4 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (51.16%) Software Engineer
2 18 (41.86%) Principal Engineer
2 18 (41.86%) Software Assurance Engineer
3 16 (37.21%) Senior
4 14 (32.56%) Senior Software Engineer
5 11 (25.58%) Embedded Engineer
5 11 (25.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 10 (23.26%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 10 (23.26%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Development Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Junior
7 2 (4.65%) Junior Software Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Development Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Test Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Test Development Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Test Engineer
8 1 (2.33%) Developer
8 1 (2.33%) Django Developer
8 1 (2.33%) PHP Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.30%) CSS
1 4 (9.30%) HTML
1 4 (9.30%) React
2 2 (4.65%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.65%) JPA
2 2 (4.65%) JSP
2 2 (4.65%) Kafka
2 2 (4.65%) Middleware
2 2 (4.65%) Node.js
2 2 (4.65%) Redux
2 2 (4.65%) Spring
2 2 (4.65%) Spring Boot
2 2 (4.65%) Vue
3 1 (2.33%) CSS3
3 1 (2.33%) Django
3 1 (2.33%) HTML5
3 1 (2.33%) Jest
3 1 (2.33%) REST
3 1 (2.33%) RESTful
3 1 (2.33%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) Algorithms
2 4 (9.30%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.65%) Linux
1 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Decision-Making
1 18 (41.86%) Software Assurance
1 18 (41.86%) Systems Engineering
2 12 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (20.93%) Agile
3 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (18.60%) Test Automation
5 6 (13.95%) CI/CD
5 6 (13.95%) Mathematics
5 6 (13.95%) SDLC
6 5 (11.63%) Computer Science
6 5 (11.63%) Software Testing
7 4 (9.30%) DevSecOps
7 4 (9.30%) Mentoring
8 2 (4.65%) Analytics
8 2 (4.65%) Containerisation
8 2 (4.65%) Creative Thinking
8 2 (4.65%) Customer Experience
8 2 (4.65%) Front End Development
8 2 (4.65%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) C
1 11 (25.58%) Embedded C
2 10 (23.26%) Java
3 9 (20.93%) Python
4 6 (13.95%) Rust
4 6 (13.95%) SQL
5 2 (4.65%) Ada
5 2 (4.65%) C#
5 2 (4.65%) C++
5 2 (4.65%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.33%) Go
6 1 (2.33%) PHP
6 1 (2.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (46.51%) BPSS Clearance
2 10 (23.26%) Degree
3 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.65%) QA
2 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) Solace