Software Engineer Job Trends in the North of England

Software Engineer
England > North of England

The median Software Engineer salary in the North of England is £69,999 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 3 months leading to 28 October 2026.

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

3 months to
28 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 82 48
Rank change year-on-year +54 -34 -6
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 579 90 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 4.36% 2.42% 4.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.89% 2.71% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 427 82 94
10th Percentile £55,000 £37,500 £46,625
25th Percentile £59,813 £44,188 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,999 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -2.04% +2.08%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,250 £86,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

3 months to
28 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the North of England matching a recognised job title 11,839 3,327 5,499
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 89.11% 89.32% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,263 2,072 2,078
10th Percentile £30,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £30,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,436 £50,055
Median % change year-on-year +15.95% -5.23% -4.66%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% -

Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Software Engineer Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Software Engineer Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for Software Engineer jobs in the North of England over the 3 months to 28 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the North of England

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 Software Engineer jobs within the North of England region over the 3 months to 28 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Job Ads
Past 3 Months		 Median Salary
Past 3 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North West +52 343 £70,000 +7.69% 51
Yorkshire +6 123 £60,000 +9.09% 25
North East +14 113 £70,000 +23.89% 14
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 October 2026, Software Engineer job ads cited 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 Software Engineer job ads across the North of England region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Software Engineering98.5%1,112
2Java16.3%184
3AI13.5%152
4C#13.4%151
5AWS12.8%145
6Agile12.4%140
7Full-Stack Development11.9%134
8TypeScript10.2%115
9CI/CD10.0%113
9Python10.0%113
11Mentoring8.9%101
12Azure8.8%99
13.NET8.6%97
14SQL7.6%86
15React7.4%84
16Microservices6.4%72
17DevOps6.1%69
18C++5.9%67
18Security Cleared5.9%67
20JavaScript5.2%59
20Node.js5.2%59
22SC Cleared5.1%58
23Continuous Improvement4.9%55
23Problem-Solving4.9%55
25Linux4.8%54
26Docker4.5%51
27Code Quality3.9%44
28Technical Leadership3.8%43
29PostgreSQL3.6%41
30Go3.5%40

Software Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Software Engineer33.1%374
2Lead Software Engineer10.3%116
3Java Software Engineer8.1%91
4Embedded Software Engineer7.5%85
5C# Software Engineer6.6%74
6Principal Software Engineer5.8%66
7Full-Stack Software Engineer5.0%56
8Graduate Software Engineer3.8%43
9.NET Software Engineer3.5%40
9Artificial Intelligence Engineer3.5%40
11Senior Java Software Engineer3.3%37
12Python Software Engineer3.2%36
13C++ Software Engineer2.7%30
14Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer1.9%22
15Linux Engineer1.8%20
15PLC Software Engineer1.8%20
15Senior C# Software Engineer1.8%20
18Electronics Engineer1.6%18
18Rust Software Engineer1.6%18
18SC Cleared Software Engineer1.6%18
90 Software Engineer jobs in the North of England