Software Engineering Director Job Trends in the North of England

Director of Software Engineering
England > North of England

The median Director of Software Engineering salary in the North of England is £125,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 - 388
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Director 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.005% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £122,500 - £117,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £125,000 - £125,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.79%
75th Percentile £127,500 - £132,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £112,500 £145,000 £117,500
% change year-on-year -22.41% +23.40% -16.07%

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 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 19,597 8,078 17,936
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 88.11% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 14,276 4,301 13,628
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,010 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £56,121 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.90% -12.50%

Software Engineering Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Software Engineering Director job vacancy trend in the North of England

Software Engineering Director
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Software Engineering Director
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 Engineering Director within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Yorkshire - 1 £125,000 - 1
Software Engineering Director
England

Software Engineering Director Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 7 July 2026, Software Engineering Director 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 Software Engineering Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Software Engineering Director 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS CloudFormation
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform