Software Engineering Job Trends in Norfolk

Software Engineering
East of England > Norfolk

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Norfolk 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 30 15 17
Rank change year-on-year -15 +2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 2 22 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Norfolk 0.83% 7.77% 7.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 10.78% 8.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 10
10th Percentile £38,050 £52,400 £29,750
25th Percentile £43,375 £56,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.14% +40.00% -29.82%
75th Percentile £63,375 £80,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,350 £82,000 £55,000
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -3.70%

All Process & 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 172 204 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Norfolk 71.67% 72.08% 86.52%
Number of salaries quoted 82 86 94
10th Percentile £27,750 £21,375 £26,325
25th Percentile £33,313 £28,500 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £59,688 £65,000 £55,330
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £66,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% -1.82%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Norfolk

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Norfolk

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Norfolk citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Norfolk

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

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 14 January 2026. 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
Norwich -4 1 £39,000 -32.17% 45
Software Engineering
East of England

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk 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 2 (100.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Development Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Development Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Test Development Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware