Software Engineering Job Trends in the North of England

Software Engineering
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 24 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 -12 +15
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,288 879 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.30% 10.03% 9.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.04% 10.88% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,127 474 1,362
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £49,338 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £62,820
% change year-on-year -3.33% +19.39% -13.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Software Engineering 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 14,254 8,078 15,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 69.75% 92.13% 79.61%
Number of salaries quoted 10,646 3,863 11,484
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in the North of England

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the North of England

Software Engineering
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
North West +11 763 £70,000 +3.70% 137
Yorkshire +6 330 £65,000 -7.14% 50
North East +6 195 £70,000 +27.27% 42
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (0.47%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.39%) FactoryTalk
4 4 (0.31%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.23%) Apache
6 2 (0.16%) Confluence
6 2 (0.16%) nginx
7 1 (0.078%) CMS
7 1 (0.078%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.31%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.16%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 5 (0.39%) Magento
2 2 (0.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.078%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 265 (20.57%) AWS
2 173 (13.43%) Azure
3 91 (7.07%) SaaS
4 55 (4.27%) Serverless
5 40 (3.11%) GCP
6 34 (2.64%) GitHub
7 24 (1.86%) Anthropic Claude
7 24 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
10 17 (1.32%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (1.16%) Amazon S3
12 12 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
13 11 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (0.78%) Firebase
15 9 (0.70%) Power Platform
16 8 (0.62%) Azure AKS
17 6 (0.47%) Azure AI
17 6 (0.47%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.54%) Wireless
2 3 (0.23%) AMQP
3 2 (0.16%) MQTT
3 2 (0.16%) RTP
4 1 (0.078%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.078%) Broadband
4 1 (0.078%) LTE
4 1 (0.078%) Network Security
4 1 (0.078%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.078%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.078%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.27%) NoSQL
2 43 (3.34%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (3.11%) MongoDB
4 29 (2.25%) MySQL
5 17 (1.32%) SQL Server
6 15 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.62%) DynamoDB
7 8 (0.62%) Redis
8 7 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.54%) Neo4j
9 6 (0.47%) Big Data
10 5 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.39%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.39%) FileMaker
10 5 (0.39%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
11 4 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.31%) GIS
11 4 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 33 (2.56%) Git
2 24 (1.86%) Claude Code
3 20 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.54%) JIRA
5 6 (0.47%) GitLab
6 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.23%) JUnit
7 3 (0.23%) NUnit
8 2 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.16%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.16%) Maven
8 2 (0.16%) MLflow
8 2 (0.16%) Spock
8 2 (0.16%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.16%) Vite
9 1 (0.078%) GDB
9 1 (0.078%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.078%) Mocha
9 1 (0.078%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.078%) WinDbg
General
1 125 (9.70%) Finance
2 78 (6.06%) Social Skills
3 57 (4.43%) Public Sector
4 44 (3.42%) Electronics
5 29 (2.25%) Retail
6 28 (2.17%) Manufacturing
7 21 (1.63%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (1.48%) Automotive
10 15 (1.16%) Legal
11 8 (0.62%) Games
11 8 (0.62%) Law
12 7 (0.54%) Agriculture
12 7 (0.54%) Marketing
13 6 (0.47%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.47%) Aviation
14 5 (0.39%) Billing
14 5 (0.39%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.31%) Banking
15 4 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 880 (68.32%) Software Engineer
2 311 (24.15%) Senior
3 239 (18.56%) Senior Software Engineer
4 174 (13.51%) Developer
5 169 (13.12%) Lead
6 100 (7.76%) Lead Software Engineer
7 77 (5.98%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 75 (5.82%) Software Developer
9 70 (5.43%) Principal Engineer
10 64 (4.97%) Embedded Engineer
11 63 (4.89%) Principal Software Engineer
12 62 (4.81%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 61 (4.74%) C# Software Engineer
14 58 (4.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 54 (4.19%) Java Engineer
16 49 (3.80%) Software Manager
17 48 (3.73%) Java Software Engineer
18 47 (3.65%) Senior Developer
19 44 (3.42%) .NET Developer
20 41 (3.18%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 178 (13.82%) .NET
2 136 (10.56%) React
3 105 (8.15%) Node.js
4 54 (4.19%) RESTful
5 50 (3.88%) REST
6 45 (3.49%) Vue
7 41 (3.18%) AngularJS
8 36 (2.80%) .NET Core
8 36 (2.80%) Next.js
9 35 (2.72%) Spring
10 31 (2.41%) CSS
10 31 (2.41%) Spring Boot
11 20 (1.55%) HTML
12 18 (1.40%) LangChain
12 18 (1.40%) React Native
13 15 (1.16%) .NET Framework
14 14 (1.09%) GraphQL
14 14 (1.09%) Ruby on Rails
15 12 (0.93%) FastAPI
16 9 (0.70%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 126 (9.78%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.96%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (3.11%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (2.56%) AI Agents
6 30 (2.33%) Hedge funds
7 27 (2.10%) IoT
8 23 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
9 22 (1.71%) Mobile App
10 17 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
11 16 (1.24%) Robotics
12 12 (0.93%) Life Science
13 9 (0.70%) Industry 4.0
13 9 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.62%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.62%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.54%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.54%) Onboarding
16 6 (0.47%) Distributed Architecture
17 5 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.42%) Linux
2 10 (0.78%) Android
3 8 (0.62%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.31%) Windows
5 3 (0.23%) CentOS
5 3 (0.23%) Debian
5 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.078%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (17.39%) Full-Stack Development
2 195 (15.14%) Agile
3 194 (15.06%) AI
4 182 (14.13%) CI/CD
5 157 (12.19%) DevOps
6 151 (11.72%) Mentoring
7 130 (10.09%) Microservices
8 111 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 99 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
10 78 (6.06%) Coaching
11 74 (5.75%) Test Automation
12 73 (5.67%) TDD
13 71 (5.51%) Technical Leadership
14 68 (5.28%) Fintech
15 59 (4.58%) Infrastructure as Code
16 58 (4.50%) Containerisation
17 57 (4.43%) Computer Science
18 55 (4.27%) Open Source
19 54 (4.19%) SDLC
20 53 (4.11%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 197 (15.30%) C#
2 184 (14.29%) Python
3 180 (13.98%) Java
4 147 (11.41%) JavaScript
4 147 (11.41%) TypeScript
5 139 (10.79%) SQL
6 62 (4.81%) C++
7 28 (2.17%) Rust
8 26 (2.02%) Go
9 24 (1.86%) C
10 21 (1.63%) PHP
11 14 (1.09%) Ruby
12 13 (1.01%) COBOL
13 9 (0.70%) Bash
14 8 (0.62%) Groovy
15 7 (0.54%) Scala
16 6 (0.47%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.39%) PowerShell
18 4 (0.31%) Bicep
18 4 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 74 (5.75%) Security Cleared
2 54 (4.19%) SC Cleared
3 53 (4.11%) Degree
4 44 (3.42%) DV Cleared
5 38 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (0.70%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.16%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.10%) QA
2 16 (1.24%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.47%) GDPR
3 6 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.39%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.23%) NCSC
6 2 (0.16%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.078%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (5.28%) Docker
2 38 (2.95%) Firmware
3 16 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 62 (4.81%) Terraform
2 56 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.78%) Progress Chef
4 9 (0.70%) Ansible
5 3 (0.23%) Grafana
5 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.23%) Puppet
6 2 (0.16%) Argo
6 2 (0.16%) Packer
Vendors
1 32 (2.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (1.24%) Salesforce
3 12 (0.93%) Cisco
4 11 (0.85%) Databricks
4 11 (0.85%) Rockwell
5 9 (0.70%) Google
5 9 (0.70%) OpenAI
6 8 (0.62%) Splunk
7 6 (0.47%) Siemens
8 5 (0.39%) Adobe
8 5 (0.39%) Xamarin
9 4 (0.31%) Foundry
10 3 (0.23%) DevExpress
10 3 (0.23%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.23%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.16%) AppDynamics