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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 35 11
Rank change year-on-year +19 -24 +5
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,619 702 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.72% 7.32% 10.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.47% 8.30% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 314 734
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,128 £39,125
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £45,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £65,750
% change year-on-year -3.23% +17.87% -6.84%

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 17,093 8,453 10,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.93% 88.09% 79.83%
Number of salaries quoted 12,672 4,072 5,484
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,980
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,720 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -2.56% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,488
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

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 October 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 October 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 +15 947 £70,000 +3.70% 659
Yorkshire +13 355 £65,000 - 354
North East +31 317 £75,000 +36.36% 185
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 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
2 11 (0.68%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.43%) Apache
4 5 (0.31%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.25%) CMS
6 3 (0.19%) Confluence
6 3 (0.19%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.19%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.19%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.12%) nginx
7 2 (0.12%) WinCC
8 1 (0.062%) Kentico
8 1 (0.062%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.062%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.062%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.25%) Trello
2 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.062%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.12%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.062%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 301 (18.59%) AWS
2 176 (10.87%) Azure
3 90 (5.56%) SaaS
4 61 (3.77%) GCP
4 61 (3.77%) Serverless
5 51 (3.15%) GitHub
6 32 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
7 31 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (1.91%) GitHub Actions
8 28 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (1.42%) Power Platform
10 20 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
10 20 (1.24%) Anthropic Claude
11 16 (0.99%) Amazon S3
12 15 (0.93%) Datadog
13 13 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
13 13 (0.80%) Firebase
13 13 (0.80%) Route 53
14 12 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (0.68%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.74%) Wireless
2 9 (0.56%) Internet
3 8 (0.49%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.19%) 5G
4 3 (0.19%) AMQP
4 3 (0.19%) Firewall
5 2 (0.12%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.12%) HTTP
5 2 (0.12%) MQTT
5 2 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.12%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.062%) DNS
6 1 (0.062%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (2.22%) NoSQL
3 34 (2.10%) SQL Server
4 31 (1.91%) MongoDB
5 27 (1.67%) MySQL
6 23 (1.42%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.62%) Redis
8 9 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.49%) DynamoDB
10 7 (0.43%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.43%) Chroma
10 7 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (0.43%) Pinecone
10 7 (0.43%) Power BI
11 6 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.31%) Metadata
13 4 (0.25%) Big Data
13 4 (0.25%) Flink
13 4 (0.25%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 65 (4.01%) Git
2 22 (1.36%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.30%) GitLab
4 18 (1.11%) Claude Code
5 12 (0.74%) JIRA
5 12 (0.74%) JUnit
6 11 (0.68%) Maven
7 9 (0.56%) Spock
8 8 (0.49%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.25%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.25%) Selenium
9 4 (0.25%) Storybook
9 4 (0.25%) Vagrant
10 3 (0.19%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.19%) Mockito
11 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.12%) MLflow
11 2 (0.12%) Mocha
11 2 (0.12%) Vite
12 1 (0.062%) Postman
General
1 153 (9.45%) Finance
1 153 (9.45%) Social Skills
2 76 (4.69%) Public Sector
3 60 (3.71%) Electronics
4 49 (3.03%) Retail
5 39 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (2.41%) Manufacturing
6 29 (1.79%) Legal
7 20 (1.24%) Aviation
7 20 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (1.24%) Law
8 17 (1.05%) Automotive
8 17 (1.05%) Publishing
9 16 (0.99%) Aerospace
10 11 (0.68%) Banking
10 11 (0.68%) Games
11 10 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (0.49%) Billing
13 7 (0.43%) Marketing
13 7 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,062 (65.60%) Software Engineer
2 478 (29.52%) Senior
3 352 (21.74%) Senior Software Engineer
4 173 (10.69%) Lead
5 166 (10.25%) Developer
6 108 (6.67%) Lead Software Engineer
7 88 (5.44%) Embedded Engineer
8 84 (5.19%) Principal Engineer
9 80 (4.94%) Software Manager
10 79 (4.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
11 75 (4.63%) Principal Software Engineer
12 72 (4.45%) Java Engineer
13 71 (4.39%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 70 (4.32%) C# Software Engineer
15 64 (3.95%) Engineering Manager
16 61 (3.77%) Java Software Engineer
17 56 (3.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 56 (3.46%) Python Engineer
18 55 (3.40%) Software Developer
19 53 (3.27%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 169 (10.44%) .NET
2 147 (9.08%) React
3 92 (5.68%) Node.js
4 68 (4.20%) Terraform
5 56 (3.46%) REST
5 56 (3.46%) Spring
6 46 (2.84%) .NET Core
7 41 (2.53%) Spring Boot
8 40 (2.47%) AngularJS
9 39 (2.41%) Next.js
10 37 (2.29%) CSS
11 35 (2.16%) RESTful
11 35 (2.16%) Vue
12 26 (1.61%) React Native
13 25 (1.54%) Kafka
14 19 (1.17%) HTML
14 19 (1.17%) LangChain
15 15 (0.93%) FastAPI
15 15 (0.93%) GraphQL
15 15 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 151 (9.33%) Cloud Native
2 75 (4.63%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
3 44 (2.72%) Product Ownership
4 40 (2.47%) AI Agents
5 28 (1.73%) Mobile App
6 25 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
7 24 (1.48%) Hedge funds
8 20 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.17%) IoT
10 14 (0.86%) Robotics
11 12 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
11 12 (0.74%) Media Streaming
11 12 (0.74%) Podcast
12 11 (0.68%) Life Science
13 9 (0.56%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.49%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.49%) Industrial Internet of Things
14 8 (0.49%) Low-Code
14 8 (0.49%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 93 (5.74%) Linux
2 15 (0.93%) Windows
3 9 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.31%) Android
6 4 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
6 4 (0.25%) Unix
6 4 (0.25%) VMS
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Debian
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.062%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (16.37%) AI
2 262 (16.18%) Agile
3 249 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 200 (12.35%) Full-Stack Development
5 195 (12.04%) Mentoring
6 186 (11.49%) DevOps
7 156 (9.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 138 (8.52%) Problem-Solving
9 135 (8.34%) Microservices
10 103 (6.36%) Technical Leadership
10 103 (6.36%) Test Automation
11 87 (5.37%) Observability
12 84 (5.19%) Coaching
12 84 (5.19%) Code Quality
12 84 (5.19%) Computer Science
12 84 (5.19%) Containerisation
12 84 (5.19%) Infrastructure as Code
13 83 (5.13%) Collaborative Culture
14 82 (5.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 70 (4.32%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 241 (14.89%) Python
2 228 (14.08%) Java
3 222 (13.71%) C#
4 187 (11.55%) TypeScript
5 148 (9.14%) SQL
6 139 (8.59%) JavaScript
7 78 (4.82%) C++
8 39 (2.41%) Go
9 33 (2.04%) C
9 33 (2.04%) Rust
10 19 (1.17%) PHP
10 19 (1.17%) Ruby
11 17 (1.05%) Bash
11 17 (1.05%) Groovy
12 13 (0.80%) Scala
13 7 (0.43%) VB.NET
14 6 (0.37%) Delphi
14 6 (0.37%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.31%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 131 (8.09%) Security Cleared
2 95 (5.87%) SC Cleared
3 84 (5.19%) Degree
4 47 (2.90%) DV Cleared
5 46 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (0.43%) DBS Check
6 7 (0.43%) PhD
6 7 (0.43%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.31%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 5 (0.31%) PMP
8 4 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.19%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.062%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.062%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.062%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.062%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (2.90%) QA
2 28 (1.73%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.11%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.49%) WCAG
5 7 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.37%) GDPR
7 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.19%) IEC 61131
7 3 (0.19%) NCSC
8 2 (0.12%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.062%) GRC
System Software
1 102 (6.30%) Docker
2 46 (2.84%) Firmware
3 20 (1.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 87 (5.37%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.05%) Progress Chef
3 14 (0.86%) Ansible
4 6 (0.37%) Grafana
5 4 (0.25%) Packer
5 4 (0.25%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.19%) Podman
6 3 (0.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.12%) Argo
7 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.062%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.062%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.062%) Kibana
8 1 (0.062%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (2.35%) Microsoft
2 20 (1.24%) Google
2 20 (1.24%) Splunk
3 13 (0.80%) Databricks
4 12 (0.74%) OpenAI
5 9 (0.56%) AppDynamics
6 8 (0.49%) Rockwell
7 7 (0.43%) Foundry
8 6 (0.37%) Red Hat
8 6 (0.37%) Siemens
9 5 (0.31%) New Relic
9 5 (0.31%) YouTube
10 4 (0.25%) Adobe
10 4 (0.25%) Mistral
10 4 (0.25%) OneTrust
10 4 (0.25%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.25%) Xamarin
11 3 (0.19%) IBM
11 3 (0.19%) Sage
11 3 (0.19%) SaltStack