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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 25 11
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 +14
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,393 869 1,615
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.52% 9.13% 10.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.27% 10.18% 13.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,216 463 1,095
10th Percentile £45,000 £30,300 £39,150
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 £86,875 £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 15,031 8,539 12,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.30% 89.73% 78.55%
Number of salaries quoted 11,244 4,261 8,604
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,495
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,185 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.79% +2.16% -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 30 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 30 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 +12 811 £70,000 +3.70% 224
Yorkshire +10 351 £65,000 -3.70% 84
North East +13 231 £71,991 +27.98% 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 (0.93%) SharePoint Server
2 6 (0.43%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
4 4 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 4 (0.29%) Apache
4 4 (0.29%) Apache Solr
4 4 (0.29%) Confluence
4 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.14%) nginx
6 1 (0.072%) CMS
6 1 (0.072%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.072%) WinCC
Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.29%) Trello
2 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.072%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 272 (19.53%) AWS
2 189 (13.57%) Azure
3 90 (6.46%) SaaS
4 54 (3.88%) Serverless
5 47 (3.37%) GCP
6 42 (3.02%) GitHub
7 33 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (1.65%) Anthropic Claude
10 19 (1.36%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (1.29%) Power Platform
12 15 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
14 12 (0.86%) Amazon S3
15 11 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (0.79%) Firebase
16 8 (0.57%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (0.57%) Azure AI
16 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.79%) Wireless
2 5 (0.36%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.14%) AMQP
3 2 (0.14%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.14%) MQTT
3 2 (0.14%) RTP
3 2 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.14%) ZigBee
4 1 (0.072%) Broadband
4 1 (0.072%) DNS
4 1 (0.072%) Firewall
4 1 (0.072%) LTE
4 1 (0.072%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.88%) NoSQL
2 50 (3.59%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (3.09%) MongoDB
4 33 (2.37%) MySQL
5 24 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.29%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.57%) DynamoDB
7 8 (0.57%) Redis
8 7 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (0.50%) BigQuery
8 7 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.36%) Big Data
9 5 (0.36%) FileMaker
9 5 (0.36%) Neo4j
9 5 (0.36%) Pinecone
9 5 (0.36%) Power BI
10 4 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
10 4 (0.29%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 41 (2.94%) Git
2 22 (1.58%) Claude Code
3 20 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.01%) JIRA
5 11 (0.79%) GitLab
6 7 (0.50%) Maven
7 6 (0.43%) JUnit
8 5 (0.36%) Spock
9 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.29%) NUnit
9 4 (0.29%) Storybook
10 3 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.14%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.14%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.14%) MLflow
11 2 (0.14%) Vagrant
11 2 (0.14%) Vite
12 1 (0.072%) Gemini Tracker
12 1 (0.072%) Postman
General
1 133 (9.55%) Finance
2 114 (8.18%) Social Skills
3 66 (4.74%) Public Sector
4 56 (4.02%) Electronics
5 41 (2.94%) Retail
6 36 (2.58%) Manufacturing
7 22 (1.58%) Analytical Skills
8 21 (1.51%) Legal
9 19 (1.36%) Automotive
10 12 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (0.86%) Law
11 10 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (0.65%) Aviation
13 7 (0.50%) Agriculture
13 7 (0.50%) Banking
13 7 (0.50%) Games
13 7 (0.50%) Marketing
14 6 (0.43%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.43%) Billing
15 5 (0.36%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 933 (66.98%) Software Engineer
2 348 (24.98%) Senior
3 254 (18.23%) Senior Software Engineer
4 177 (12.71%) Developer
5 166 (11.92%) Lead
6 96 (6.89%) Lead Software Engineer
7 77 (5.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 74 (5.31%) Principal Engineer
9 69 (4.95%) Embedded Engineer
10 65 (4.67%) Principal Software Engineer
10 65 (4.67%) Software Developer
10 65 (4.67%) Software Manager
11 63 (4.52%) C# Software Engineer
12 59 (4.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
13 58 (4.16%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
14 55 (3.95%) Engineering Manager
15 52 (3.73%) Java Engineer
16 50 (3.59%) Senior Developer
17 46 (3.30%) .NET Developer
17 46 (3.30%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 182 (13.07%) .NET
2 138 (9.91%) React
3 102 (7.32%) Node.js
4 53 (3.80%) RESTful
5 50 (3.59%) AngularJS
6 45 (3.23%) Vue
7 44 (3.16%) REST
8 41 (2.94%) Next.js
9 38 (2.73%) .NET Core
10 37 (2.66%) Spring
11 36 (2.58%) CSS
12 30 (2.15%) Spring Boot
13 23 (1.65%) HTML
13 23 (1.65%) React Native
14 17 (1.22%) .NET Framework
14 17 (1.22%) LangChain
15 16 (1.15%) GraphQL
16 15 (1.08%) Ruby on Rails
17 12 (0.86%) FastAPI
18 10 (0.72%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 139 (9.98%) Cloud Native
2 59 (4.24%) Distributed Systems
3 42 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
3 42 (3.02%) Product Ownership
4 33 (2.37%) AI Agents
5 27 (1.94%) Hedge funds
6 26 (1.87%) IoT
7 24 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
7 24 (1.72%) Mobile App
8 21 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
9 17 (1.22%) Robotics
10 12 (0.86%) Life Science
11 10 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
12 8 (0.57%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.57%) Industry 4.0
12 8 (0.57%) Private Cloud
13 7 (0.50%) Management Information System
14 6 (0.43%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 61 (4.38%) Linux
2 7 (0.50%) Android
3 6 (0.43%) Windows
4 5 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.14%) CentOS
6 2 (0.14%) Debian
6 2 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.14%) Unix
7 1 (0.072%) VMS
7 1 (0.072%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (15.72%) Agile
2 215 (15.43%) Full-Stack Development
3 213 (15.29%) AI
4 206 (14.79%) CI/CD
5 177 (12.71%) DevOps
6 165 (11.84%) Mentoring
7 131 (9.40%) Microservices
8 120 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
9 110 (7.90%) Problem-Solving
10 89 (6.39%) Test Automation
11 78 (5.60%) Coaching
12 75 (5.38%) TDD
13 73 (5.24%) Collaborative Culture
14 72 (5.17%) Technical Leadership
15 67 (4.81%) SDLC
16 66 (4.74%) Computer Science
17 65 (4.67%) Decision-Making
18 64 (4.59%) Infrastructure as Code
19 62 (4.45%) Containerisation
20 60 (4.31%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 212 (15.22%) C#
2 204 (14.64%) Python
3 186 (13.35%) Java
4 167 (11.99%) TypeScript
5 155 (11.13%) JavaScript
6 150 (10.77%) SQL
7 78 (5.60%) C++
8 35 (2.51%) Go
9 33 (2.37%) C
10 31 (2.23%) Rust
11 20 (1.44%) PHP
12 16 (1.15%) Ruby
13 13 (0.93%) Bash
13 13 (0.93%) COBOL
14 11 (0.79%) Scala
15 9 (0.65%) Groovy
16 8 (0.57%) PowerShell
17 6 (0.43%) Embedded C
18 5 (0.36%) Kotlin
19 4 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 87 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 67 (4.81%) Degree
3 62 (4.45%) SC Cleared
4 47 (3.37%) DV Cleared
5 43 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (0.43%) DBS Check
6 6 (0.43%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (0.29%) PMP
9 2 (0.14%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (2.94%) QA
2 20 (1.44%) Accessibility
3 9 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.50%) GDPR
5 6 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.36%) WCAG
7 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.22%) NCSC
8 2 (0.14%) IEC 61131
8 2 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.072%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 77 (5.53%) Docker
2 43 (3.09%) Firmware
3 21 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 61 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 59 (4.24%) Terraform
3 10 (0.72%) Progress Chef
4 8 (0.57%) Ansible
5 6 (0.43%) Grafana
5 6 (0.43%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.14%) Packer
6 2 (0.14%) Puppet
7 1 (0.072%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.072%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.072%) Kibana
7 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 30 (2.15%) Microsoft
2 14 (1.01%) Google
3 13 (0.93%) Databricks
4 12 (0.86%) Splunk
5 11 (0.79%) Rockwell
6 8 (0.57%) OpenAI
6 8 (0.57%) Siemens
7 6 (0.43%) Foundry
8 5 (0.36%) AppDynamics
9 4 (0.29%) Adobe
9 4 (0.29%) Xamarin
10 3 (0.22%) DevExpress
10 3 (0.22%) Salesforce
11 2 (0.14%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.14%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.14%) UiPath
12 1 (0.072%) Alteryx
12 1 (0.072%) Brio
12 1 (0.072%) Dynatrace
12 1 (0.072%) New Relic