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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 27 11
Rank change year-on-year +10 -16 +14
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,456 841 1,606
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.58% 8.76% 10.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.36% 9.82% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,249 437 1,064
10th Percentile £45,000 £30,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +11.11% -2.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -10.34%

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 15,549 8,564 11,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.26% 89.16% 78.67%
Number of salaries quoted 11,640 4,272 7,838
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 11 August 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 11 August 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 +10 845 £70,000 +4.06% 282
Yorkshire +12 362 £65,000 - 96
North East +17 249 £75,000 +30.43% 78
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 (0.89%) SharePoint Server
2 8 (0.55%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.41%) Apache
4 5 (0.34%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.27%) Apache Solr
5 4 (0.27%) Confluence
6 3 (0.21%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.14%) nginx
7 2 (0.14%) WinCC
8 1 (0.069%) CMS
8 1 (0.069%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.069%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.27%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.27%) Trello
2 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.069%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.069%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 289 (19.85%) AWS
2 199 (13.67%) Azure
3 100 (6.87%) SaaS
4 60 (4.12%) Serverless
5 55 (3.78%) GCP
6 49 (3.37%) GitHub
7 35 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
8 27 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (1.58%) Anthropic Claude
11 20 (1.37%) Power Platform
12 17 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (0.96%) Datadog
14 12 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (0.76%) Amazon S3
15 11 (0.76%) Firebase
16 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.69%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.82%) Wireless
2 7 (0.48%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.14%) AMQP
3 2 (0.14%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.14%) Firewall
3 2 (0.14%) MQTT
3 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.14%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.069%) Broadband
4 1 (0.069%) DNS
4 1 (0.069%) LTE
4 1 (0.069%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.71%) NoSQL
2 52 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
3 42 (2.88%) MongoDB
4 32 (2.20%) MySQL
5 28 (1.92%) SQL Server
6 20 (1.37%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.62%) DynamoDB
7 9 (0.62%) Redis
8 7 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.48%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.34%) Big Data
9 5 (0.34%) FileMaker
9 5 (0.34%) Neo4j
9 5 (0.34%) Pinecone
9 5 (0.34%) Power BI
10 4 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.27%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 50 (3.43%) Git
2 22 (1.51%) Claude Code
2 22 (1.51%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.03%) JIRA
4 13 (0.89%) GitLab
5 9 (0.62%) JUnit
6 8 (0.55%) Maven
7 7 (0.48%) Spock
8 4 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.27%) NUnit
8 4 (0.27%) Storybook
9 3 (0.21%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.14%) MLflow
10 2 (0.14%) Vite
11 1 (0.069%) Gemini Tracker
11 1 (0.069%) Postman
11 1 (0.069%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.069%) WinDbg
General
1 135 (9.27%) Finance
2 127 (8.72%) Social Skills
3 71 (4.88%) Public Sector
4 55 (3.78%) Electronics
5 53 (3.64%) Retail
6 42 (2.88%) Manufacturing
7 23 (1.58%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (1.58%) Legal
8 20 (1.37%) Automotive
9 17 (1.17%) Aviation
10 15 (1.03%) Law
11 13 (0.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (0.62%) Games
13 8 (0.55%) Marketing
14 7 (0.48%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.48%) Agriculture
14 7 (0.48%) Banking
15 6 (0.41%) Billing
16 5 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 961 (66.00%) Software Engineer
2 363 (24.93%) Senior
3 266 (18.27%) Senior Software Engineer
4 171 (11.74%) Developer
5 168 (11.54%) Lead
6 99 (6.80%) Lead Software Engineer
7 75 (5.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 75 (5.15%) Principal Engineer
8 74 (5.08%) Embedded Engineer
9 73 (5.01%) Software Manager
10 67 (4.60%) C# Software Engineer
11 66 (4.53%) Principal Software Engineer
12 62 (4.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 61 (4.19%) Engineering Manager
14 58 (3.98%) Software Developer
15 54 (3.71%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
16 48 (3.30%) Software Engineering Manager
17 47 (3.23%) Java Engineer
17 47 (3.23%) Senior Developer
18 45 (3.09%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 180 (12.36%) .NET
2 135 (9.27%) React
3 102 (7.01%) Node.js
4 51 (3.50%) RESTful
5 50 (3.43%) AngularJS
6 47 (3.23%) REST
7 43 (2.95%) Vue
8 40 (2.75%) CSS
8 40 (2.75%) Next.js
8 40 (2.75%) Spring
9 39 (2.68%) .NET Core
10 30 (2.06%) Spring Boot
11 24 (1.65%) HTML
11 24 (1.65%) React Native
12 17 (1.17%) LangChain
13 16 (1.10%) .NET Framework
13 16 (1.10%) GraphQL
14 15 (1.03%) Ruby on Rails
15 12 (0.82%) FastAPI
15 12 (0.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 149 (10.23%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.53%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (2.34%) AI Agents
6 26 (1.79%) Hedge funds
6 26 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 25 (1.72%) IoT
8 23 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
9 20 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
10 18 (1.24%) Robotics
11 14 (0.96%) Life Science
12 11 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
13 10 (0.69%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.55%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.55%) Onboarding
15 7 (0.48%) Industry 4.0
16 6 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.41%) Industrial Internet of Things
16 6 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (5.01%) Linux
2 8 (0.55%) Windows
3 7 (0.48%) Android
4 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.21%) Unix
6 2 (0.14%) CentOS
6 2 (0.14%) Debian
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.14%) VMS
7 1 (0.069%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (15.87%) Agile
2 226 (15.52%) AI
3 220 (15.11%) CI/CD
4 215 (14.77%) Full-Stack Development
5 188 (12.91%) DevOps
6 183 (12.57%) Mentoring
7 133 (9.13%) Microservices
8 127 (8.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 114 (7.83%) Problem-Solving
10 96 (6.59%) Test Automation
11 86 (5.91%) Collaborative Culture
11 86 (5.91%) Technical Leadership
12 84 (5.77%) Coaching
13 75 (5.15%) TDD
14 71 (4.88%) Computer Science
14 71 (4.88%) Infrastructure as Code
15 69 (4.74%) Containerisation
15 69 (4.74%) SDLC
16 67 (4.60%) Stakeholder Management
17 66 (4.53%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 219 (15.04%) C#
2 214 (14.70%) Python
3 184 (12.64%) Java
4 165 (11.33%) TypeScript
5 157 (10.78%) SQL
6 156 (10.71%) JavaScript
7 81 (5.56%) C++
8 36 (2.47%) C
9 34 (2.34%) Go
10 31 (2.13%) Rust
11 23 (1.58%) PHP
12 18 (1.24%) Ruby
13 13 (0.89%) Bash
13 13 (0.89%) COBOL
14 12 (0.82%) Groovy
15 11 (0.76%) Scala
16 8 (0.55%) PowerShell
17 6 (0.41%) Embedded C
17 6 (0.41%) Kotlin
18 5 (0.34%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 97 (6.66%) Security Cleared
2 72 (4.95%) Degree
3 68 (4.67%) SC Cleared
4 49 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 43 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (0.48%) PMI Certification
7 6 (0.41%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 5 (0.34%) PMP
9 4 (0.27%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.069%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.069%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.069%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (3.30%) QA
2 21 (1.44%) Accessibility
3 13 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.55%) GDPR
5 6 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.41%) WCAG
6 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.21%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.21%) NCSC
7 2 (0.14%) IEC 61508
7 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 86 (5.91%) Docker
2 42 (2.88%) Firmware
3 22 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 66 (4.53%) Kubernetes
2 63 (4.33%) Terraform
3 11 (0.76%) Progress Chef
4 8 (0.55%) Ansible
5 6 (0.41%) Grafana
5 6 (0.41%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.14%) Puppet
7 1 (0.069%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.069%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.069%) Kibana
7 1 (0.069%) Packer
Vendors
1 36 (2.47%) Microsoft
2 19 (1.30%) Google
3 15 (1.03%) Databricks
3 15 (1.03%) Splunk
4 11 (0.76%) Rockwell
5 9 (0.62%) OpenAI
5 9 (0.62%) Siemens
6 7 (0.48%) AppDynamics
7 6 (0.41%) Foundry
8 4 (0.27%) Adobe
8 4 (0.27%) Xamarin
9 3 (0.21%) DevExpress
9 3 (0.21%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.14%) New Relic
10 2 (0.14%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.14%) Sage
10 2 (0.14%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.14%) UiPath
11 1 (0.069%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.069%) IBM