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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 23 13
Rank change year-on-year +2 -10 +14
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,187 865 1,871
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.02% 10.79% 9.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.76% 11.52% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 481 1,345
10th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +17.39% -8.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £84,964
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +20.00% -16.67%

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 13,555 7,510 15,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 68.79% 93.64% 79.64%
Number of salaries quoted 10,006 3,633 11,723
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £79,530
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 June 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 June 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 +9 701 £70,000 +3.70% 145
Yorkshire +2 330 £65,000 -5.11% 56
North East -2 156 £67,500 +22.73% 51
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 (1.10%) SharePoint Server
2 5 (0.42%) Apache Spark
2 5 (0.42%) FactoryTalk
3 4 (0.34%) GeoServer
4 3 (0.25%) Apache
4 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.17%) nginx
6 1 (0.084%) CMS
6 1 (0.084%) Confluence
6 1 (0.084%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.17%) EngageOne
Business Applications
1 10 (0.84%) Magento
2 1 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.084%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 242 (20.39%) AWS
2 158 (13.31%) Azure
3 91 (7.67%) SaaS
4 48 (4.04%) Serverless
5 34 (2.86%) GCP
6 32 (2.70%) GitHub
7 21 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (1.52%) Anthropic Claude
10 16 (1.35%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (1.01%) Amazon S3
13 10 (0.84%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (0.76%) Azure AKS
15 8 (0.67%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (0.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 5 (0.42%) Figma
18 4 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
18 4 (0.34%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.34%) Wireless
2 3 (0.25%) AMQP
3 2 (0.17%) MQTT
3 2 (0.17%) RTP
4 1 (0.084%) Broadband
4 1 (0.084%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.21%) NoSQL
2 34 (2.86%) MongoDB
2 34 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.94%) MySQL
4 12 (1.01%) Relational Database
5 11 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 8 (0.67%) Big Data
6 8 (0.67%) Neo4j
7 7 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 7 (0.59%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
8 5 (0.42%) FileMaker
8 5 (0.42%) Hadoop
8 5 (0.42%) Redis
8 5 (0.42%) Spark SQL
9 4 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.34%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.34%) GIS
9 4 (0.34%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 27 (2.27%) Git
2 21 (1.77%) Claude Code
3 20 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.51%) JIRA
5 4 (0.34%) GitLab
6 3 (0.25%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.25%) NUnit
7 2 (0.17%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.17%) Maven
7 2 (0.17%) MLflow
7 2 (0.17%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.17%) Vite
8 1 (0.084%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.084%) GDB
8 1 (0.084%) Gemini Tracker
8 1 (0.084%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.084%) JUnit
8 1 (0.084%) Postman
8 1 (0.084%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.084%) WinDbg
General
1 107 (9.01%) Finance
2 66 (5.56%) Social Skills
3 54 (4.55%) Public Sector
4 34 (2.86%) Electronics
5 31 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (2.36%) Manufacturing
7 25 (2.11%) Retail
8 20 (1.68%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (1.60%) Automotive
10 13 (1.10%) Legal
11 7 (0.59%) Agriculture
12 6 (0.51%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.51%) Aviation
12 6 (0.51%) Marketing
13 5 (0.42%) Health Technology
13 5 (0.42%) Law
14 4 (0.34%) Banking
14 4 (0.34%) Italian Language
14 4 (0.34%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.25%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 815 (68.66%) Software Engineer
2 271 (22.83%) Senior
3 206 (17.35%) Senior Software Engineer
4 157 (13.23%) Developer
5 156 (13.14%) Lead
6 96 (8.09%) Lead Software Engineer
7 72 (6.07%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 67 (5.64%) Software Developer
9 61 (5.14%) Embedded Engineer
9 61 (5.14%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
9 61 (5.14%) Principal Engineer
10 57 (4.80%) Principal Software Engineer
11 56 (4.72%) Embedded Software Engineer
12 52 (4.38%) C# Software Engineer
13 51 (4.30%) Java Engineer
14 47 (3.96%) Senior Developer
15 45 (3.79%) Java Software Engineer
16 40 (3.37%) Software Manager
17 39 (3.29%) .NET Software Engineer
18 38 (3.20%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (13.98%) .NET
2 122 (10.28%) React
3 91 (7.67%) Node.js
4 51 (4.30%) RESTful
5 48 (4.04%) REST
6 41 (3.45%) Vue
7 35 (2.95%) AngularJS
8 31 (2.61%) CSS
8 31 (2.61%) Spring
9 29 (2.44%) .NET Core
9 29 (2.44%) Spring Boot
10 27 (2.27%) Next.js
11 20 (1.68%) HTML
12 16 (1.35%) LangChain
13 13 (1.10%) .NET Framework
13 13 (1.10%) GraphQL
13 13 (1.10%) React Native
14 11 (0.93%) Flask
14 11 (0.93%) Ruby on Rails
15 10 (0.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 112 (9.44%) Cloud Native
2 41 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
3 38 (3.20%) Product Ownership
4 28 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (2.19%) Hedge funds
6 25 (2.11%) IoT
7 24 (2.02%) AI Agents
8 20 (1.68%) Mobile App
9 17 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.10%) Embedded Systems
11 12 (1.01%) Life Science
12 11 (0.93%) Robotics
13 9 (0.76%) Industry 4.0
13 9 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
14 8 (0.67%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.67%) Management Information System
15 7 (0.59%) Data Structures
16 6 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.51%) Onboarding
17 5 (0.42%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.86%) Linux
2 10 (0.84%) Android
3 8 (0.67%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.34%) Windows
5 3 (0.25%) CentOS
5 3 (0.25%) Debian
5 3 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.25%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (17.27%) Full-Stack Development
2 180 (15.16%) Agile
3 165 (13.90%) AI
4 157 (13.23%) CI/CD
5 142 (11.96%) Mentoring
6 139 (11.71%) DevOps
7 119 (10.03%) Microservices
8 96 (8.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 83 (6.99%) Problem-Solving
10 81 (6.82%) Coaching
11 67 (5.64%) TDD
12 61 (5.14%) Technical Leadership
12 61 (5.14%) Test Automation
13 56 (4.72%) Fintech
13 56 (4.72%) Infrastructure as Code
14 55 (4.63%) Open Source
15 53 (4.47%) Containerisation
16 52 (4.38%) SDLC
17 47 (3.96%) Scrum
18 44 (3.71%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 177 (14.91%) Python
2 173 (14.57%) C#
3 170 (14.32%) Java
4 135 (11.37%) JavaScript
5 120 (10.11%) SQL
6 119 (10.03%) TypeScript
7 46 (3.88%) C++
8 21 (1.77%) C
9 20 (1.68%) Go
9 20 (1.68%) PHP
10 17 (1.43%) Rust
11 13 (1.10%) COBOL
12 11 (0.93%) Ruby
13 8 (0.67%) Groovy
14 6 (0.51%) Bash
14 6 (0.51%) Scala
15 5 (0.42%) Embedded C
16 4 (0.34%) Bicep
16 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.34%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 65 (5.48%) Security Cleared
2 49 (4.13%) SC Cleared
3 44 (3.71%) Degree
4 43 (3.62%) DV Cleared
5 31 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (0.42%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.084%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.084%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (1.68%) QA
2 15 (1.26%) Accessibility
3 6 (0.51%) GDPR
4 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.34%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.25%) NCSC
7 2 (0.17%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.084%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (4.72%) Docker
2 39 (3.29%) Firmware
3 14 (1.18%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (4.72%) Terraform
2 50 (4.21%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.84%) Progress Chef
4 6 (0.51%) Ansible
5 3 (0.25%) Grafana
5 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.25%) Puppet
6 2 (0.17%) Packer
7 1 (0.084%) Argo
Vendors
1 39 (3.29%) Microsoft
2 31 (2.61%) Salesforce
3 24 (2.02%) Cisco
4 11 (0.93%) Rockwell
5 10 (0.84%) Adobe
6 9 (0.76%) Google
7 7 (0.59%) OpenAI
8 6 (0.51%) Databricks
8 6 (0.51%) Siemens
9 5 (0.42%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.25%) DevExpress
10 3 (0.25%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.25%) SaltStack
10 3 (0.25%) Splunk
11 1 (0.084%) BiZZdesign