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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 31 11
Rank change year-on-year +15 -20 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,564 727 1,471
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.64% 7.75% 10.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.40% 8.86% 13.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,326 334 862
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £45,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +23.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £84,813 £69,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +19.23% -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 16,632 8,209 11,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.57% 87.48% 78.41%
Number of salaries quoted 12,400 4,082 6,061
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,221
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,735 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -2.53% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +12 910 £70,000 - 638
Yorkshire +17 356 £65,000 -7.14% 286
North East +22 298 £75,000 +25.00% 134
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 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
2 10 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.45%) Apache
4 5 (0.32%) FactoryTalk
5 4 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.19%) Confluence
7 2 (0.13%) nginx
7 2 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.13%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.13%) WinCC
8 1 (0.064%) CMS
8 1 (0.064%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.064%) Kentico
8 1 (0.064%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.26%) Trello
2 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.13%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.064%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 290 (18.54%) AWS
2 177 (11.32%) Azure
3 98 (6.27%) SaaS
4 60 (3.84%) GCP
5 58 (3.71%) Serverless
6 51 (3.26%) GitHub
7 36 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
9 31 (1.98%) AWS Lambda
10 29 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (1.47%) Power Platform
12 20 (1.28%) Anthropic Claude
13 19 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
14 17 (1.09%) Datadog
15 14 (0.90%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.83%) Amazon S3
16 13 (0.83%) Firebase
16 13 (0.83%) Route 53
17 12 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
18 10 (0.64%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.77%) Wireless
2 8 (0.51%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.32%) Internet
4 3 (0.19%) 5G
4 3 (0.19%) AMQP
4 3 (0.19%) Firewall
5 2 (0.13%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.13%) HTTP
5 2 (0.13%) MQTT
5 2 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.13%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.064%) DNS
6 1 (0.064%) LTE
6 1 (0.064%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (2.37%) NoSQL
3 30 (1.92%) MongoDB
3 30 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 24 (1.53%) MySQL
5 21 (1.34%) Relational Database
6 10 (0.64%) Redis
7 9 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (0.51%) DynamoDB
9 7 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 7 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.45%) Power BI
10 6 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
11 5 (0.32%) Chroma
11 5 (0.32%) Pinecone
12 4 (0.26%) Big Data
12 4 (0.26%) Flink
12 4 (0.26%) Metadata
12 4 (0.26%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 62 (3.96%) Git
2 24 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 18 (1.15%) Claude Code
4 17 (1.09%) GitLab
5 12 (0.77%) JIRA
6 11 (0.70%) JUnit
6 11 (0.70%) Maven
7 9 (0.58%) Spock
8 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.26%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.26%) Storybook
10 3 (0.19%) Selenium
11 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.13%) MLflow
11 2 (0.13%) Mocha
11 2 (0.13%) Mockito
11 2 (0.13%) NUnit
11 2 (0.13%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.13%) Vite
General
1 141 (9.02%) Finance
2 138 (8.82%) Social Skills
3 71 (4.54%) Public Sector
4 60 (3.84%) Electronics
5 51 (3.26%) Retail
6 35 (2.24%) Manufacturing
7 34 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
8 31 (1.98%) Legal
9 21 (1.34%) Law
10 20 (1.28%) Aviation
11 19 (1.21%) Automotive
12 17 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (0.70%) Aerospace
13 11 (0.70%) Games
13 11 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (0.70%) Publishing
14 7 (0.45%) Banking
14 7 (0.45%) Billing
14 7 (0.45%) Marketing
14 7 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1,034 (66.11%) Software Engineer
2 424 (27.11%) Senior
3 311 (19.88%) Senior Software Engineer
4 171 (10.93%) Lead
5 162 (10.36%) Developer
6 108 (6.91%) Lead Software Engineer
7 89 (5.69%) Embedded Engineer
8 84 (5.37%) Principal Engineer
9 79 (5.05%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 77 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 77 (4.92%) Software Manager
11 75 (4.80%) Principal Software Engineer
12 69 (4.41%) C# Software Engineer
13 61 (3.90%) Engineering Manager
14 54 (3.45%) Software Developer
15 53 (3.39%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
15 53 (3.39%) Python Engineer
16 51 (3.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 49 (3.13%) Java Engineer
17 49 (3.13%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (10.55%) .NET
2 138 (8.82%) React
3 94 (6.01%) Node.js
4 67 (4.28%) Terraform
5 55 (3.52%) REST
6 51 (3.26%) Spring
7 46 (2.94%) AngularJS
8 41 (2.62%) CSS
9 39 (2.49%) .NET Core
9 39 (2.49%) Next.js
10 38 (2.43%) Vue
11 35 (2.24%) Spring Boot
12 34 (2.17%) RESTful
13 25 (1.60%) React Native
14 23 (1.47%) HTML
15 19 (1.21%) Kafka
16 17 (1.09%) LangChain
17 15 (0.96%) GraphQL
17 15 (0.96%) Ruby on Rails
17 15 (0.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 151 (9.65%) Cloud Native
2 75 (4.80%) Distributed Systems
3 44 (2.81%) Product Ownership
4 41 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
5 38 (2.43%) AI Agents
6 28 (1.79%) Mobile App
7 24 (1.53%) Hedge funds
8 23 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
8 23 (1.47%) IoT
9 22 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (1.02%) Robotics
11 12 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
12 11 (0.70%) Life Science
13 9 (0.58%) Data Structures
13 9 (0.58%) Management Information System
13 9 (0.58%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.51%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.45%) Industrial Internet of Things
15 7 (0.45%) Onboarding
16 6 (0.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 96 (6.14%) Linux
2 17 (1.09%) Windows
3 9 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.32%) Android
4 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (0.26%) Unix
5 4 (0.26%) VMS
6 3 (0.19%) CentOS
6 3 (0.19%) Debian
6 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.064%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (16.18%) AI
2 241 (15.41%) Agile
3 228 (14.58%) CI/CD
4 204 (13.04%) Full-Stack Development
5 189 (12.08%) Mentoring
6 186 (11.89%) DevOps
7 141 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 128 (8.18%) Problem-Solving
9 126 (8.06%) Microservices
10 97 (6.20%) Technical Leadership
11 94 (6.01%) Test Automation
12 80 (5.12%) Collaborative Culture
12 80 (5.12%) Infrastructure as Code
12 80 (5.12%) Observability
13 78 (4.99%) Coaching
13 78 (4.99%) Stakeholder Management
14 76 (4.86%) Containerisation
15 74 (4.73%) Code Quality
15 74 (4.73%) Computer Science
16 71 (4.54%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 231 (14.77%) Python
2 216 (13.81%) C#
3 194 (12.40%) Java
4 173 (11.06%) TypeScript
5 148 (9.46%) JavaScript
6 146 (9.34%) SQL
7 82 (5.24%) C++
8 36 (2.30%) C
8 36 (2.30%) Go
9 31 (1.98%) Rust
10 20 (1.28%) PHP
11 19 (1.21%) Ruby
12 18 (1.15%) Bash
13 17 (1.09%) Groovy
14 13 (0.83%) COBOL
14 13 (0.83%) Scala
15 8 (0.51%) PowerShell
16 6 (0.38%) Delphi
17 5 (0.32%) Embedded C
17 5 (0.32%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 121 (7.74%) Security Cleared
2 88 (5.63%) SC Cleared
3 72 (4.60%) Degree
4 49 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 39 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (0.45%) DBS Check
6 7 (0.45%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 5 (0.32%) PMP
8 4 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.26%) Master's Degree
8 4 (0.26%) PhD
9 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.064%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.064%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.064%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (3.07%) QA
2 31 (1.98%) Accessibility
3 17 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.45%) WCAG
5 6 (0.38%) GDPR
5 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.19%) IEC 61131
6 3 (0.19%) NCSC
7 2 (0.13%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 96 (6.14%) Docker
2 49 (3.13%) Firmware
3 22 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 76 (4.86%) Kubernetes
2 15 (0.96%) Progress Chef
3 13 (0.83%) Ansible
4 8 (0.51%) Grafana
5 6 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.13%) Argo
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.13%) Packer
7 2 (0.13%) Podman
8 1 (0.064%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.064%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.064%) Kibana
8 1 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (2.17%) Microsoft
2 20 (1.28%) Splunk
3 19 (1.21%) Google
4 13 (0.83%) Databricks
5 11 (0.70%) Rockwell
6 9 (0.58%) AppDynamics
6 9 (0.58%) OpenAI
6 9 (0.58%) Siemens
7 6 (0.38%) Foundry
8 5 (0.32%) New Relic
8 5 (0.32%) Red Hat
8 5 (0.32%) YouTube
9 4 (0.26%) Adobe
9 4 (0.26%) OneTrust
9 4 (0.26%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.26%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.19%) Sage
10 3 (0.19%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.13%) IBM
11 2 (0.13%) MEDITECH