Software Assurance Job Trends in the North of England

Software Assurance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Software Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 264 304 276
Rank change year-on-year +40 -28 +146
Permanent jobs citing Software Assurance 1 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.011% 0.035% 0.042%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.013% 0.041% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,683 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -36.42% +50.00%
England median annual salary £60,000 £47,683 £62,500
% change year-on-year +25.83% -23.71% +10.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Software Assurance 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,891 9,652 6,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 84.33% 84.43% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,488 4,539 5,186
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £29,875
25th Percentile £31,438 £40,000 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Software Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Assurance relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Software Assurance job vacancy trend in the North of England

Software Assurance
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software Assurance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Software Assurance

Software Assurance
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 Software Assurance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 December 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 +45 1 £60,000 +25.83% 5
Software Assurance
England