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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -32 +3 -2
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 502 1,191 794
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 5.30% 9.75% 10.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.28% 11.75% 11.36%
Number of salaries quoted 390 593 588
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £96,375 £82,500 £83,825
England median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% - -

All Process and 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 7,993 10,132 6,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 84.44% 82.98% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,568 4,791 5,279
10th Percentile £26,463 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.47% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,158 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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
Yorkshire -15 228 £60,000 +9.09% 70
North West -31 226 £70,000 +21.74% 121
North East -17 48 £56,500 +0.89% 18
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 5 (1.00%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (0.80%) Apache Solr
2 4 (0.80%) CMS
3 3 (0.60%) Apache
3 3 (0.60%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.40%) Confluence
4 2 (0.40%) SAS
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.80%) Autodesk Inventor
2 4 (0.80%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.80%) SOLIDWORKS
3 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.40%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.40%) Sketch
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 147 (29.28%) AWS
2 115 (22.91%) Azure
3 59 (11.75%) SaaS
4 24 (4.78%) Serverless
5 21 (4.18%) GCP
6 20 (3.98%) GitHub
7 18 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (2.99%) Amazon S3
10 13 (2.59%) Power Platform
11 10 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (1.79%) IaaS
12 9 (1.79%) PaaS
13 7 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
13 7 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (1.00%) Figma
14 5 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
15 4 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
16 3 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.80%) AMQP
2 2 (0.40%) HTTP
2 2 (0.40%) Internet
2 2 (0.40%) PuTTY
3 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.20%) Modbus
3 1 (0.20%) MQTT
3 1 (0.20%) Profibus
3 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.38%) NoSQL
2 21 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (3.78%) SQL Server
4 16 (3.19%) DynamoDB
5 15 (2.99%) MongoDB
5 15 (2.99%) MySQL
6 13 (2.59%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (1.39%) Power BI
8 6 (1.20%) Big Data
8 6 (1.20%) Neo4j
9 5 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.80%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.80%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.60%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
12 2 (0.40%) Impala
12 2 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 22 (4.38%) Git
2 12 (2.39%) Visual Studio
3 10 (1.99%) Cypress.io
4 9 (1.79%) JIRA
5 7 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.20%) GitLab
7 2 (0.40%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.40%) Selenium
7 2 (0.40%) webpack
8 1 (0.20%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) Gatling
8 1 (0.20%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.20%) JMeter
8 1 (0.20%) JUnit
8 1 (0.20%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.20%) Maven
8 1 (0.20%) NUnit
8 1 (0.20%) Protractor
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 124 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 66 (13.15%) Finance
3 38 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (4.18%) Manufacturing
4 21 (4.18%) Public Sector
4 21 (4.18%) Retail
5 20 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (2.99%) Marketing
7 14 (2.79%) Financial Institution
8 12 (2.39%) Electronics
8 12 (2.39%) Law
9 10 (1.99%) Games
10 9 (1.79%) Legal
11 7 (1.39%) Banking
12 6 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.00%) Billing
13 5 (1.00%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.40%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 224 (44.62%) Software Engineer
2 118 (23.51%) Senior
3 72 (14.34%) Developer
4 65 (12.95%) Senior Software Engineer
5 55 (10.96%) Lead
6 30 (5.98%) PLC Engineer
7 26 (5.18%) Lead Software Engineer
8 20 (3.98%) .NET Software Engineer
9 18 (3.59%) C# Software Engineer
10 17 (3.39%) Senior Developer
11 16 (3.19%) Architect
11 16 (3.19%) C# Developer
11 16 (3.19%) Graduate
11 16 (3.19%) Java Engineer
12 15 (2.99%) Embedded Engineer
12 15 (2.99%) Software Manager
13 14 (2.79%) Data Engineer
13 14 (2.79%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 13 (2.59%) Head of Engineering
14 13 (2.59%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (21.51%) .NET
2 94 (18.73%) React
3 49 (9.76%) Node.js
4 35 (6.97%) AngularJS
5 29 (5.78%) RESTful
6 28 (5.58%) Spring
7 26 (5.18%) .NET Core
7 26 (5.18%) CSS
8 25 (4.98%) HTML
8 25 (4.98%) Spring Boot
9 24 (4.78%) REST
10 17 (3.39%) .NET Framework
11 15 (2.99%) Vue
12 13 (2.59%) Kafka
13 12 (2.39%) ASP.NET
13 12 (2.39%) Next.js
14 11 (2.19%) FastAPI
15 10 (1.99%) CSS3
15 10 (1.99%) Django
16 9 (1.79%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 46 (9.16%) Cloud Native
2 33 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
3 32 (6.37%) Renewable Energy
4 31 (6.18%) Product Ownership
5 30 (5.98%) Cyberattack
6 18 (3.59%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.39%) SCADA
8 9 (1.79%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.39%) Hedge funds
10 6 (1.20%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.20%) Driving Licence
10 6 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
11 5 (1.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 4 (0.80%) Data Structures
12 4 (0.80%) Robotics
12 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.60%) IoT
13 3 (0.60%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.39%) Linux
2 16 (3.19%) Windows
3 4 (0.80%) Unix
3 4 (0.80%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.40%) Android
4 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.40%) CentOS
4 2 (0.40%) Debian
4 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.20%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (30.68%) Agile
2 126 (25.10%) CI/CD
3 110 (21.91%) Mentoring
4 98 (19.52%) DevOps
5 89 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (14.74%) Microservices
7 72 (14.34%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (11.55%) Coaching
9 54 (10.76%) Full-Stack Development
10 44 (8.76%) Containerisation
11 43 (8.57%) Project Delivery
12 42 (8.37%) TDD
13 41 (8.17%) Cybersecurity
14 37 (7.37%) AI
14 37 (7.37%) Fintech
15 34 (6.77%) Computer Science
15 34 (6.77%) Infrastructure as Code
16 33 (6.57%) Technical Leadership
17 30 (5.98%) Clean Code
18 29 (5.78%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 121 (24.10%) C#
2 85 (16.93%) Java
3 79 (15.74%) SQL
4 76 (15.14%) TypeScript
5 73 (14.54%) JavaScript
6 58 (11.55%) Python
7 35 (6.97%) C++
8 22 (4.38%) C
9 9 (1.79%) PHP
10 7 (1.39%) Ruby
11 6 (1.20%) Delphi
11 6 (1.20%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.20%) PL/SQL
12 5 (1.00%) Bash
12 5 (1.00%) Go
13 4 (0.80%) Scala
14 3 (0.60%) R
14 3 (0.60%) Rust
15 2 (0.40%) PROC SQL
15 2 (0.40%) Swift
Qualifications
1 38 (7.57%) Security Cleared
2 35 (6.97%) Degree
3 30 (5.98%) HND
4 23 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (3.78%) DV Cleared
6 18 (3.59%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.60%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.60%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.58%) QA
2 4 (0.80%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
2 4 (0.80%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.60%) GDPR
3 3 (0.60%) ISO 20022
3 3 (0.60%) SEPA
3 3 (0.60%) TARGET2
4 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.20%) IEC 61508
5 1 (0.20%) MISRA
5 1 (0.20%) MISRA C
System Software
1 60 (11.95%) Docker
2 18 (3.59%) Firmware
3 16 (3.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.40%) Apache Flume
4 2 (0.40%) HDFS
5 1 (0.20%) KVM
5 1 (0.20%) QEMU
5 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 47 (9.36%) Kubernetes
2 39 (7.77%) Terraform
3 7 (1.39%) Ansible
3 7 (1.39%) Grafana
4 3 (0.60%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.60%) Puppet
5 2 (0.40%) Kibana
5 2 (0.40%) logstash
5 2 (0.40%) Oozie
5 2 (0.40%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 47 (9.36%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.19%) Cisco
2 16 (3.19%) Salesforce
3 7 (1.39%) Databricks
4 6 (1.20%) BiZZdesign
4 6 (1.20%) Sage
4 6 (1.20%) SAP
5 5 (1.00%) Google
5 5 (1.00%) Oracle
6 4 (0.80%) Autodesk
7 3 (0.60%) HubSpot
7 3 (0.60%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.60%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.40%) Concur
8 2 (0.40%) Informatica
8 2 (0.40%) MicroStrategy
9 1 (0.20%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.20%) Avaya
9 1 (0.20%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.20%) Siemens