Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Senior Software Engineer
England > North of England

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the North of England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
16 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 156 203
Rank change year-on-year +36 +47 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 227 170 103
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 2.49% 1.32% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.83% 1.39% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 47 106 97
10th Percentile £52,000 £46,342 £45,700
25th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £84,625 £70,938 £75,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £84,625 £82,548
England median annual salary £90,000 £70,000 £67,529
% change year-on-year +28.57% +3.66% -3.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 8,009 12,240 7,941
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.79% 94.96% 96.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,360 6,612 6,061
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the North of England

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
North West +81 206 £74,500 +19.20% 27
Yorkshire -25 11 £75,000 +25.00% 18
North East -13 10 £10,000 -82.14% 8
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2025, Senior Software Engineer 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 North of England region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 227 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 201 (88.55%) Java
3 197 (86.78%) AWS
4 194 (85.46%) Agile
5 188 (82.82%) .NET
6 187 (82.38%) Microservices
7 186 (81.94%) Azure
8 184 (81.06%) Python
9 182 (80.18%) Mentoring
10 178 (78.41%) User Experience
10 178 (78.41%) JavaScript
11 177 (77.97%) C++
11 177 (77.97%) Cloud Security
12 176 (77.53%) Scrum
12 176 (77.53%) Node.js
13 174 (76.65%) Go
13 174 (76.65%) Linux
14 173 (76.21%) Machine Learning
14 173 (76.21%) Rust
14 173 (76.21%) Data Engineering
14 173 (76.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 173 (76.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 172 (75.77%) Linux Command Line
15 172 (75.77%) Self-Motivation
15 172 (75.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 172 (75.77%) AWS Certified Developer
15 172 (75.77%) Cyberattack
15 172 (75.77%) AWS Certification
15 172 (75.77%) GCP
15 172 (75.77%) DV Cleared

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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
1 197 (86.78%) AWS
2 186 (81.94%) Azure
3 172 (75.77%) GCP
4 3 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (0.88%) Amazon S3
5 2 (0.88%) GitHub
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon Bedrock
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.44%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.44%) Azure AKS
6 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.44%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.44%) Serverless
6 1 (0.44%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) Internet
2 1 (0.44%) AMQP
2 1 (0.44%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.96%) MySQL
2 4 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.32%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.44%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.44%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.44%) Git
2 1 (0.44%) GitLab
General
1 173 (76.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (4.85%) Finance
3 6 (2.64%) Retail
4 5 (2.20%) Social Skills
5 2 (0.88%) Financial Institution
5 2 (0.88%) Games
6 1 (0.44%) Banking
6 1 (0.44%) Law
6 1 (0.44%) Legal
6 1 (0.44%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (82.82%) .NET
2 176 (77.53%) Node.js
3 21 (9.25%) React
4 11 (4.85%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.64%) REST
5 6 (2.64%) Spring
5 6 (2.64%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.20%) .NET Core
6 5 (2.20%) RESTful
6 5 (2.20%) Web Services
7 2 (0.88%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.88%) Micronaut
7 2 (0.88%) Next.js
7 2 (0.88%) OAuth
7 2 (0.88%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.88%) OpenID
7 2 (0.88%) React Native
8 1 (0.44%) Flutter
8 1 (0.44%) JWT
8 1 (0.44%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 172 (75.77%) Cyberattack
1 172 (75.77%) Linux Command Line
1 172 (75.77%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (6.61%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (3.52%) AI Agents
4 5 (2.20%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.20%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.44%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.44%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (0.44%) Online Banking
6 1 (0.44%) PKI
6 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.44%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 174 (76.65%) Linux
2 2 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 194 (85.46%) Agile
3 187 (82.38%) Microservices
4 182 (80.18%) Mentoring
5 178 (78.41%) User Experience
6 177 (77.97%) Cloud Security
7 176 (77.53%) Scrum
8 173 (76.21%) Data Engineering
8 173 (76.21%) Machine Learning
8 173 (76.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 18 (7.93%) CI/CD
10 17 (7.49%) DevOps
11 14 (6.17%) Full-Stack Development
12 10 (4.41%) AI
12 10 (4.41%) Containerisation
12 10 (4.41%) LLM
13 9 (3.96%) Fintech
14 8 (3.52%) Generative AI
14 8 (3.52%) Multi-Agent System
15 6 (2.64%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 201 (88.55%) Java
2 184 (81.06%) Python
3 178 (78.41%) JavaScript
4 177 (77.97%) C++
5 174 (76.65%) Go
6 173 (76.21%) Rust
7 21 (9.25%) TypeScript
8 15 (6.61%) C#
9 4 (1.76%) SQL
10 3 (1.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 172 (75.77%) AWS Certification
1 172 (75.77%) AWS Certified Developer
1 172 (75.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 172 (75.77%) DV Cleared
1 172 (75.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.32%) QA
2 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 9 (3.96%) Docker
2 2 (0.88%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (3.52%) Kubernetes
1 8 (3.52%) Terraform
2 2 (0.88%) Grafana
2 2 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.44%) Ansible
3 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 5 (2.20%) Ping Identity
2 2 (0.88%) ForgeRock
3 1 (0.44%) OpenAI
53 Senior Software Engineer jobs in the North of England