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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 24 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 -12 +13
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,360 882 1,643
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.43% 9.28% 10.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.15% 10.33% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,189 473 1,128
10th Percentile £45,000 £30,650 £39,450
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,305 £67,037 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.38% +16.59% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £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 14,867 8,541 12,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.26% 89.88% 78.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11,125 4,265 8,955
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,240
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -11.29%

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 26 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 26 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 +11 800 £70,000 +3.70% 213
Yorkshire +6 340 £65,000 -4.41% 87
North East +7 220 £70,000 +27.27% 64
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 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (0.44%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.37%) FactoryTalk
4 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.29%) Confluence
4 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.15%) Apache
5 2 (0.15%) nginx
6 1 (0.074%) CMS
6 1 (0.074%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.074%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.29%) Trello
2 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.074%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 260 (19.12%) AWS
2 183 (13.46%) Azure
3 88 (6.47%) SaaS
4 52 (3.82%) Serverless
5 43 (3.16%) GCP
6 37 (2.72%) GitHub
7 31 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
8 22 (1.62%) Anthropic Claude
8 22 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (1.18%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (1.18%) Power Platform
11 15 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
12 14 (1.03%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.88%) Amazon S3
14 11 (0.81%) Firebase
15 10 (0.74%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (0.59%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (0.59%) Azure AI
16 8 (0.59%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.81%) Wireless
2 3 (0.22%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.15%) AMQP
3 2 (0.15%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.15%) MQTT
3 2 (0.15%) RTP
3 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.15%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.074%) Broadband
4 1 (0.074%) DNS
4 1 (0.074%) Firewall
4 1 (0.074%) LTE
4 1 (0.074%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.97%) NoSQL
2 47 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (3.16%) MongoDB
4 33 (2.43%) MySQL
5 22 (1.62%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.18%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.59%) Redis
8 7 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.51%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.44%) DynamoDB
9 6 (0.44%) Neo4j
10 5 (0.37%) Big Data
10 5 (0.37%) FileMaker
10 5 (0.37%) Pinecone
11 4 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
11 4 (0.29%) GIS
11 4 (0.29%) Power BI
11 4 (0.29%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 39 (2.87%) Git
2 21 (1.54%) Claude Code
3 20 (1.47%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.03%) JIRA
5 11 (0.81%) GitLab
6 7 (0.51%) Maven
7 6 (0.44%) JUnit
8 5 (0.37%) Spock
9 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.29%) Storybook
10 3 (0.22%) NUnit
11 2 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.15%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.15%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.15%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.15%) MLflow
11 2 (0.15%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.15%) Vite
12 1 (0.074%) Gemini Tracker
12 1 (0.074%) Postman
General
1 132 (9.71%) Finance
2 104 (7.65%) Social Skills
3 64 (4.71%) Public Sector
4 53 (3.90%) Electronics
5 36 (2.65%) Retail
6 32 (2.35%) Manufacturing
7 22 (1.62%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (1.40%) Automotive
8 19 (1.40%) Legal
9 13 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (0.81%) Law
11 8 (0.59%) Aviation
11 8 (0.59%) Games
12 7 (0.51%) Agriculture
12 7 (0.51%) Banking
12 7 (0.51%) Marketing
12 7 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.44%) Aerospace
13 6 (0.44%) Billing
14 5 (0.37%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 909 (66.84%) Software Engineer
2 336 (24.71%) Senior
3 244 (17.94%) Senior Software Engineer
4 177 (13.01%) Developer
5 163 (11.99%) Lead
6 97 (7.13%) Lead Software Engineer
7 79 (5.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 72 (5.29%) Principal Engineer
9 66 (4.85%) Embedded Engineer
10 65 (4.78%) Software Developer
11 64 (4.71%) Principal Software Engineer
12 63 (4.63%) C# Software Engineer
12 63 (4.63%) Software Manager
13 60 (4.41%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 56 (4.12%) Embedded Software Engineer
15 54 (3.97%) Engineering Manager
16 51 (3.75%) Java Engineer
16 51 (3.75%) Senior Developer
17 46 (3.38%) .NET Developer
17 46 (3.38%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 177 (13.01%) .NET
2 135 (9.93%) React
3 101 (7.43%) Node.js
4 51 (3.75%) RESTful
5 48 (3.53%) AngularJS
6 45 (3.31%) Vue
7 43 (3.16%) REST
8 41 (3.01%) Next.js
9 37 (2.72%) .NET Core
10 36 (2.65%) Spring
11 33 (2.43%) CSS
12 29 (2.13%) Spring Boot
13 22 (1.62%) HTML
13 22 (1.62%) React Native
14 18 (1.32%) LangChain
15 16 (1.18%) GraphQL
16 15 (1.10%) .NET Framework
16 15 (1.10%) Ruby on Rails
17 12 (0.88%) FastAPI
18 10 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 132 (9.71%) Cloud Native
2 55 (4.04%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 41 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
5 34 (2.50%) AI Agents
6 28 (2.06%) Hedge funds
7 26 (1.91%) IoT
8 24 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
8 24 (1.76%) Mobile App
9 21 (1.54%) Embedded Systems
10 17 (1.25%) Robotics
11 12 (0.88%) Life Science
12 9 (0.66%) Legacy Applications
13 8 (0.59%) Data Structures
13 8 (0.59%) Industry 4.0
13 8 (0.59%) Private Cloud
14 7 (0.51%) Management Information System
15 6 (0.44%) Algorithms
15 6 (0.44%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 56 (4.12%) Linux
2 7 (0.51%) Android
3 6 (0.44%) Apple iOS
3 6 (0.44%) Windows
4 4 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
5 2 (0.15%) CentOS
5 2 (0.15%) Debian
5 2 (0.15%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.074%) VMS
6 1 (0.074%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (16.03%) Full-Stack Development
2 213 (15.66%) Agile
3 210 (15.44%) AI
4 197 (14.49%) CI/CD
5 171 (12.57%) DevOps
6 160 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 129 (9.49%) Microservices
8 116 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 108 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (6.47%) Test Automation
11 76 (5.59%) Coaching
11 76 (5.59%) TDD
12 71 (5.22%) Technical Leadership
13 68 (5.00%) SDLC
14 67 (4.93%) Collaborative Culture
15 65 (4.78%) Computer Science
16 62 (4.56%) Decision-Making
17 61 (4.49%) Containerisation
17 61 (4.49%) Fintech
18 60 (4.41%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 206 (15.15%) C#
2 196 (14.41%) Python
3 182 (13.38%) Java
4 162 (11.91%) TypeScript
5 151 (11.10%) JavaScript
6 141 (10.37%) SQL
7 76 (5.59%) C++
8 35 (2.57%) Go
9 32 (2.35%) C
10 31 (2.28%) Rust
11 20 (1.47%) PHP
12 15 (1.10%) Ruby
13 13 (0.96%) Bash
13 13 (0.96%) COBOL
14 10 (0.74%) Scala
15 9 (0.66%) Groovy
16 8 (0.59%) PowerShell
17 6 (0.44%) Embedded C
18 4 (0.29%) Bicep
18 4 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 84 (6.18%) Security Cleared
2 64 (4.71%) Degree
3 59 (4.34%) SC Cleared
4 47 (3.46%) DV Cleared
5 43 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.44%) DBS Check
6 6 (0.44%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (0.29%) PMP
9 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.79%) QA
2 21 (1.54%) Accessibility
3 7 (0.51%) Data Quality
3 7 (0.51%) GDPR
4 6 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.44%) WCAG
5 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.22%) NCSC
6 2 (0.15%) IEC 61131
6 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.074%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 74 (5.44%) Docker
2 39 (2.87%) Firmware
3 20 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (4.34%) Kubernetes
2 55 (4.04%) Terraform
3 10 (0.74%) Progress Chef
4 8 (0.59%) Ansible
5 6 (0.44%) Grafana
5 6 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.15%) Argo
6 2 (0.15%) Packer
6 2 (0.15%) Puppet
7 1 (0.074%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.074%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.074%) Kibana
7 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (2.13%) Microsoft
2 12 (0.88%) Google
2 12 (0.88%) Splunk
3 11 (0.81%) Databricks
3 11 (0.81%) Rockwell
4 9 (0.66%) OpenAI
5 8 (0.59%) Siemens
6 6 (0.44%) Foundry
7 5 (0.37%) AppDynamics
8 4 (0.29%) Adobe
8 4 (0.29%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.29%) Xamarin
9 3 (0.22%) DevExpress
10 2 (0.15%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.15%) SaltStack
10 2 (0.15%) UiPath
11 1 (0.074%) Brio
11 1 (0.074%) Cisco
11 1 (0.074%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.074%) New Relic