Software Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Software Engineer
England > North of England

The median Software Engineer salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 80 48
Rank change year-on-year +50 -32 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1,005 676 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.70% 3.98% 6.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.00% 4.45% 6.30%
Number of salaries quoted 735 346 583
10th Percentile £36,672 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,500 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,700 £83,125 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,749 15,186 17,437
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.51% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,956 8,055 10,931
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the North of England

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the North of England

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

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 IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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 +59 575 £57,500 -4.17% 92
Yorkshire +46 354 £50,000 -16.67% 47
North East +15 76 £55,000 +7.32% 14
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 995 (99.00%) Software Engineering
2 296 (29.45%) Agile
3 259 (25.77%) C#
4 257 (25.57%) AWS
5 250 (24.88%) JavaScript
6 240 (23.88%) Azure
7 236 (23.48%) .NET
8 232 (23.08%) Python
9 196 (19.50%) DevOps
10 174 (17.31%) Java
11 170 (16.92%) React
12 154 (15.32%) SQL
13 153 (15.22%) Degree
14 151 (15.02%) Linux
15 140 (13.93%) C
16 137 (13.63%) PostgreSQL
17 135 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
18 129 (12.84%) CSS
19 124 (12.34%) .NET Core
20 119 (11.84%) Security Cleared
21 109 (10.85%) C++
22 108 (10.75%) SC Cleared
22 108 (10.75%) Actionable Insight
23 104 (10.35%) Computer Science
24 103 (10.25%) GIS
25 100 (9.95%) Social Skills
26 98 (9.75%) ArcGIS
26 98 (9.75%) Web Development
27 93 (9.25%) PostGIS
28 92 (9.15%) ESRI

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 98 (9.75%) ArcGIS
2 85 (8.46%) GeoServer
3 21 (2.09%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.09%) Apache
5 9 (0.90%) Captiva
5 9 (0.90%) FileNet
5 9 (0.90%) WebSphere
6 7 (0.70%) NServiceBus
7 6 (0.60%) CMS
8 3 (0.30%) Confluence
8 3 (0.30%) JBoss
8 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
9 1 (0.100%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.100%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.20%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.20%) Sketch
2 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.100%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.100%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.100%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (0.60%) Magento
2 2 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 257 (25.57%) AWS
2 240 (23.88%) Azure
3 53 (5.27%) Serverless
4 48 (4.78%) GCP
5 46 (4.58%) GitHub
6 27 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (1.49%) OpenShift
9 11 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (1.09%) SaaS
10 10 (1.00%) Amazon Kinesis
10 10 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (0.80%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (0.70%) Amazon S3
12 7 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 5 (0.50%) Firebase
14 4 (0.40%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.09%) RS-232
2 20 (1.99%) MQTT
3 16 (1.59%) RS-485
3 16 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 16 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (1.49%) Wireless
5 12 (1.19%) 3G
5 12 (1.19%) 4G
6 11 (1.09%) AMQP
7 10 (1.00%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.70%) Firewall
8 7 (0.70%) Network Security
9 5 (0.50%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.20%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.20%) VoIP
11 1 (0.100%) HTTP
11 1 (0.100%) Internet
11 1 (0.100%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (13.63%) PostgreSQL
2 103 (10.25%) GIS
3 85 (8.46%) QGIS
4 78 (7.76%) MySQL
5 56 (5.57%) SQL Server
6 46 (4.58%) NoSQL
7 33 (3.28%) MongoDB
8 26 (2.59%) Relational Database
9 22 (2.19%) Redis
10 18 (1.79%) Big Data
11 16 (1.59%) DynamoDB
11 16 (1.59%) Geospatial Data
12 14 (1.39%) Hadoop
13 11 (1.09%) Cloudera CDH
14 10 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
15 9 (0.90%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.90%) RDBMS
16 8 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
18 6 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 79 (7.86%) Git
2 35 (3.48%) JIRA
3 32 (3.18%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.49%) LabVIEW
4 15 (1.49%) Subversion
5 14 (1.39%) Cypress.io
5 14 (1.39%) GitLab
6 11 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
7 10 (1.00%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.90%) JDeveloper
9 8 (0.80%) IntelliJ
9 8 (0.80%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.70%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.70%) Spinnaker
11 6 (0.60%) Gatling
11 6 (0.60%) Maven
11 6 (0.60%) Selenium
11 6 (0.60%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.50%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.50%) JUnit
General
1 100 (9.95%) Social Skills
2 73 (7.26%) Electronics
3 55 (5.47%) Finance
4 43 (4.28%) Automotive
5 42 (4.18%) Manufacturing
6 34 (3.38%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
8 29 (2.89%) Tech for Good
9 26 (2.59%) Banking
10 23 (2.29%) Legal
11 22 (2.19%) Retail
12 18 (1.79%) Aerospace
12 18 (1.79%) Health Technology
13 17 (1.69%) Mandarin Language
14 14 (1.39%) Games
14 14 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.29%) Marketing
16 9 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.60%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 236 (23.48%) .NET
2 170 (16.92%) React
3 129 (12.84%) CSS
4 124 (12.34%) .NET Core
5 93 (9.25%) PostGIS
6 89 (8.86%) Leaflet
6 89 (8.86%) OpenLayers
7 77 (7.66%) Node.js
8 72 (7.16%) AngularJS
9 58 (5.77%) RESTful
10 52 (5.17%) Vue
11 46 (4.58%) ASP.NET
11 46 (4.58%) HTML
12 45 (4.48%) REST
13 37 (3.68%) Spring
14 27 (2.69%) Spring Boot
15 24 (2.39%) Web Services
16 20 (1.99%) WPF
17 19 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
18 18 (1.79%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.17%) IoT
2 44 (4.38%) Embedded Systems
3 25 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
5 20 (1.99%) Cloud Native
6 16 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (1.39%) Algorithms
8 13 (1.29%) Client/Server
9 12 (1.19%) Blog
10 11 (1.09%) Device Driver
11 10 (1.00%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.00%) Media Streaming
11 10 (1.00%) Private Cloud
11 10 (1.00%) SCADA
12 9 (0.90%) DataPower
12 9 (0.90%) Product Ownership
13 7 (0.70%) Online Games
13 7 (0.70%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.60%) NHS
15 5 (0.50%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 151 (15.02%) Linux
2 35 (3.48%) Windows
3 31 (3.08%) Embedded Linux
4 23 (2.29%) Ubuntu
5 19 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (1.89%) Unix
6 13 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
7 12 (1.19%) Android
8 11 (1.09%) CentOS
8 11 (1.09%) Debian
9 9 (0.90%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.30%) VMS
11 2 (0.20%) FreeBSD
11 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.100%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 995 (99.00%) Software Engineering
2 296 (29.45%) Agile
3 196 (19.50%) DevOps
4 135 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (10.75%) Actionable Insight
6 104 (10.35%) Computer Science
7 98 (9.75%) Web Development
8 91 (9.05%) Full Stack Development
9 89 (8.86%) Microservices
10 76 (7.56%) Open Source
10 76 (7.56%) TDD
11 68 (6.77%) Mentoring
12 56 (5.57%) Test Automation
13 53 (5.27%) CI/CD
13 53 (5.27%) Continuous Integration
14 49 (4.88%) OO
15 46 (4.58%) Coaching
16 45 (4.48%) Unit Testing
17 44 (4.38%) SDLC
18 42 (4.18%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 259 (25.77%) C#
2 250 (24.88%) JavaScript
3 232 (23.08%) Python
4 174 (17.31%) Java
5 154 (15.32%) SQL
6 140 (13.93%) C
7 109 (10.85%) C++
8 66 (6.57%) TypeScript
9 30 (2.99%) Embedded C
10 25 (2.49%) Go
11 18 (1.79%) Perl
12 17 (1.69%) PHP
12 17 (1.69%) Rust
13 16 (1.59%) Bash
14 15 (1.49%) Ruby
15 13 (1.29%) Scala
15 13 (1.29%) T-SQL
16 9 (0.90%) SystemVerilog
17 8 (0.80%) PowerShell
18 7 (0.70%) XAML
Qualifications
1 153 (15.22%) Degree
2 119 (11.84%) Security Cleared
3 108 (10.75%) SC Cleared
4 39 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.19%) DV Cleared
5 22 (2.19%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.00%) PhD
7 7 (0.70%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.50%) HND
9 4 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.20%) HNC
12 1 (0.100%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.100%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.19%) GDPR
2 16 (1.59%) QA
3 7 (0.70%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.40%) PMO
5 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.100%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.100%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 53 (5.27%) Docker
2 46 (4.58%) Firmware
3 12 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (6.17%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.38%) Terraform
3 24 (2.39%) Ansible
4 11 (1.09%) Puppet
5 10 (1.00%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.30%) Podman
7 1 (0.100%) Grafana
7 1 (0.100%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (9.15%) ESRI
2 34 (3.38%) Oracle
3 29 (2.89%) Microsoft
4 19 (1.89%) Red Hat
5 15 (1.49%) Google
6 11 (1.09%) F5
6 11 (1.09%) SaltStack
7 10 (1.00%) SAP
8 9 (0.90%) Cadence
8 9 (0.90%) IBM
8 9 (0.90%) Kofax
8 9 (0.90%) Pega
8 9 (0.90%) ServiceNow
8 9 (0.90%) Synopsys
9 7 (0.70%) Confluent
10 6 (0.60%) Facebook
11 3 (0.30%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.30%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.30%) EMC
11 3 (0.30%) Xamarin