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 5 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 25 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -13 +13
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,309 881 1,903
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.34% 9.66% 10.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.06% 10.59% 12.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,147 472 1,355
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £39,652
25th Percentile £55,000 £49,688 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +17.39% -5.74%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 14,451 8,322 15,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.02% 91.27% 79.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10,811 4,081 11,247
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,125 £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 5 July 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 5 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
North West +11 782 £70,000 +3.70% 200
Yorkshire +3 324 £65,000 -7.14% 99
North East +9 203 £70,000 +27.27% 74
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 (0.99%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (0.46%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.38%) FactoryTalk
4 4 (0.31%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.23%) Apache
6 2 (0.15%) Confluence
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.076%) CMS
7 1 (0.076%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.31%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.15%) EngageOne
2 2 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.31%) Magento
2 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.076%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 264 (20.17%) AWS
2 176 (13.45%) Azure
3 93 (7.10%) SaaS
4 55 (4.20%) Serverless
5 40 (3.06%) GCP
6 34 (2.60%) GitHub
7 26 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (1.83%) Anthropic Claude
9 21 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (1.15%) Amazon S3
13 12 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
15 10 (0.76%) Firebase
15 10 (0.76%) Power Platform
16 8 (0.61%) Azure AKS
17 7 (0.53%) Azure AI
18 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.61%) Wireless
2 3 (0.23%) AMQP
3 2 (0.15%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.15%) MQTT
3 2 (0.15%) RTP
3 2 (0.15%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.15%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.076%) Broadband
4 1 (0.076%) LTE
4 1 (0.076%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.20%) NoSQL
2 43 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (3.06%) MongoDB
4 30 (2.29%) MySQL
5 16 (1.22%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.22%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 8 (0.61%) Redis
7 7 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.53%) Neo4j
8 6 (0.46%) Big Data
9 5 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.38%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.38%) FileMaker
9 5 (0.38%) Pinecone
10 4 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.31%) GIS
10 4 (0.31%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 33 (2.52%) Git
2 24 (1.83%) Claude Code
3 20 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.69%) JIRA
5 6 (0.46%) GitLab
6 4 (0.31%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.23%) JUnit
7 3 (0.23%) NUnit
8 2 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.15%) LabVIEW
8 2 (0.15%) Maven
8 2 (0.15%) MLflow
8 2 (0.15%) Spock
8 2 (0.15%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.15%) Vite
9 1 (0.076%) GDB
9 1 (0.076%) Gemini Tracker
9 1 (0.076%) Mocha
9 1 (0.076%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.076%) WinDbg
General
1 131 (10.01%) Finance
2 85 (6.49%) Social Skills
3 57 (4.35%) Public Sector
4 49 (3.74%) Electronics
5 29 (2.22%) Retail
6 28 (2.14%) Manufacturing
7 21 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (1.45%) Automotive
9 17 (1.30%) Legal
10 16 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (0.76%) Law
12 8 (0.61%) Games
13 7 (0.53%) Agriculture
13 7 (0.53%) Marketing
14 6 (0.46%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.46%) Aviation
15 5 (0.38%) Banking
15 5 (0.38%) Billing
15 5 (0.38%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 893 (68.22%) Software Engineer
2 316 (24.14%) Senior
3 238 (18.18%) Senior Software Engineer
4 177 (13.52%) Developer
5 174 (13.29%) Lead
6 103 (7.87%) Lead Software Engineer
7 76 (5.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 74 (5.65%) Software Developer
9 70 (5.35%) Principal Engineer
10 67 (5.12%) Embedded Engineer
11 63 (4.81%) C# Software Engineer
11 63 (4.81%) Principal Software Engineer
12 61 (4.66%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
13 60 (4.58%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 54 (4.13%) Java Engineer
15 50 (3.82%) Software Manager
16 49 (3.74%) Senior Developer
17 47 (3.59%) Java Software Engineer
18 44 (3.36%) .NET Developer
19 42 (3.21%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (13.52%) .NET
2 138 (10.54%) React
3 105 (8.02%) Node.js
4 54 (4.13%) RESTful
5 49 (3.74%) REST
6 46 (3.51%) Vue
7 41 (3.13%) AngularJS
8 37 (2.83%) Next.js
9 36 (2.75%) .NET Core
10 35 (2.67%) Spring
11 31 (2.37%) CSS
11 31 (2.37%) Spring Boot
12 20 (1.53%) HTML
13 19 (1.45%) React Native
14 18 (1.38%) LangChain
15 15 (1.15%) .NET Framework
16 14 (1.07%) GraphQL
16 14 (1.07%) Ruby on Rails
17 12 (0.92%) FastAPI
18 10 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 127 (9.70%) Cloud Native
2 52 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.98%) Legacy Systems
5 33 (2.52%) AI Agents
6 30 (2.29%) Hedge funds
7 28 (2.14%) IoT
8 24 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
9 23 (1.76%) Mobile App
10 21 (1.60%) Embedded Systems
11 16 (1.22%) Robotics
12 12 (0.92%) Life Science
13 9 (0.69%) Industry 4.0
13 9 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.61%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.61%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.53%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.53%) Onboarding
16 6 (0.46%) Distributed Architecture
17 5 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 46 (3.51%) Linux
2 10 (0.76%) Android
3 8 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.31%) Windows
5 3 (0.23%) CentOS
5 3 (0.23%) Debian
5 3 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
5 3 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.23%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (17.04%) Full-Stack Development
2 198 (15.13%) Agile
3 196 (14.97%) AI
4 182 (13.90%) CI/CD
5 161 (12.30%) DevOps
6 150 (11.46%) Mentoring
7 130 (9.93%) Microservices
8 111 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 104 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
10 75 (5.73%) Coaching
10 75 (5.73%) Test Automation
11 72 (5.50%) TDD
12 71 (5.42%) Technical Leadership
13 70 (5.35%) Fintech
14 59 (4.51%) Computer Science
14 59 (4.51%) Containerisation
14 59 (4.51%) Infrastructure as Code
15 57 (4.35%) Collaborative Culture
16 56 (4.28%) SDLC
17 55 (4.20%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 199 (15.20%) C#
2 185 (14.13%) Python
3 180 (13.75%) Java
4 152 (11.61%) TypeScript
5 148 (11.31%) JavaScript
6 142 (10.85%) SQL
7 66 (5.04%) C++
8 29 (2.22%) Rust
9 27 (2.06%) Go
10 26 (1.99%) C
11 22 (1.68%) PHP
12 14 (1.07%) Ruby
13 13 (0.99%) COBOL
14 10 (0.76%) Bash
15 8 (0.61%) Groovy
15 8 (0.61%) Scala
16 6 (0.46%) Embedded C
16 6 (0.46%) PowerShell
17 4 (0.31%) Bicep
17 4 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 79 (6.04%) Security Cleared
2 56 (4.28%) Degree
2 56 (4.28%) SC Cleared
3 47 (3.59%) DV Cleared
4 38 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (0.69%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (0.31%) PMI Certification
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (2.22%) QA
2 16 (1.22%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.46%) GDPR
3 6 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.38%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.23%) NCSC
6 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.076%) IEC 61131
7 1 (0.076%) WCAG
System Software
1 67 (5.12%) Docker
2 39 (2.98%) Firmware
3 18 (1.38%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 60 (4.58%) Terraform
2 56 (4.28%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.76%) Progress Chef
4 9 (0.69%) Ansible
5 3 (0.23%) Grafana
5 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.23%) Puppet
6 2 (0.15%) Argo
6 2 (0.15%) Packer
7 1 (0.076%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 29 (2.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (0.92%) Salesforce
3 11 (0.84%) Databricks
3 11 (0.84%) Rockwell
4 9 (0.69%) Google
4 9 (0.69%) OpenAI
5 8 (0.61%) Cisco
5 8 (0.61%) Splunk
6 7 (0.53%) Siemens
7 5 (0.38%) Foundry
7 5 (0.38%) Xamarin
8 4 (0.31%) Adobe
9 3 (0.23%) DevExpress
9 3 (0.23%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.23%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.15%) AppDynamics