Software Engineering Jobs in the North of England

Software Engineering
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 14 14 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 911 2,267 2,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 11.83% 13.36% 12.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.43% 13.89% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 575 1,263 1,578
10th Percentile £41,750 £40,074 £33,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,327 16,316 15,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 95.16% 96.12% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,109 9,291 11,595
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,351 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the North of England

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the North of England.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the North of England

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 7 December 2023.

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 7 December 2023. 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 +1 507 £65,000 +7.44% 243
Yorkshire +1 341 £60,000 -4.00% 134
North East +4 62 £57,500 -8.00% 65
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (2.41%) JBoss
1 22 (2.41%) Red Hat Fuse
2 12 (1.32%) Captiva
2 12 (1.32%) FileNet
2 12 (1.32%) WebSphere
3 9 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 7 (0.77%) CMS
5 6 (0.66%) Apache Solr
5 6 (0.66%) Drupal
6 5 (0.55%) Confluence
7 3 (0.33%) nginx
8 2 (0.22%) CICS
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Apache
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Pulsar
9 1 (0.11%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Windchill
2 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 243 (26.67%) AWS
2 242 (26.56%) Azure
3 108 (11.86%) Serverless
4 100 (10.98%) GCP
5 54 (5.93%) SaaS
6 43 (4.72%) GitHub
6 43 (4.72%) OpenShift
7 42 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.98%) PaaS
9 12 (1.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 12 (1.32%) IaaS
10 11 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (0.77%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (0.66%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.55%) Amazon S3
14 5 (0.55%) Azure Stack
14 5 (0.55%) Power Platform
15 4 (0.44%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.87%) Firewall
2 7 (0.77%) Internet
2 7 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.44%) HTTP
3 4 (0.44%) Wireless
3 4 (0.44%) Wireshark
4 3 (0.33%) DNS
5 2 (0.22%) AMQP
5 2 (0.22%) FTP
5 2 (0.22%) SMTP
6 1 (0.11%) DVB
6 1 (0.11%) MQTT
6 1 (0.11%) Network Security
6 1 (0.11%) SSH
6 1 (0.11%) SSL
6 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.68%) SQL Server
2 68 (7.46%) MongoDB
3 48 (5.27%) PostgreSQL
4 43 (4.72%) MySQL
5 41 (4.50%) Relational Database
6 34 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
7 23 (2.52%) RDBMS
8 22 (2.41%) Oracle Database
9 21 (2.31%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.33%) Big Data
12 3 (0.33%) DB2
12 3 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.33%) InfluxDB
12 3 (0.33%) OLAP
12 3 (0.33%) Redis
13 2 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 168 (18.44%) Git
2 62 (6.81%) Jenkins
3 37 (4.06%) JIRA
4 33 (3.62%) Cypress.io
5 25 (2.74%) Cucumber
6 24 (2.63%) Selenium
7 22 (2.41%) GitLab
7 22 (2.41%) IntelliJ
8 16 (1.76%) Spinnaker
9 12 (1.32%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (1.10%) Subversion
11 9 (0.99%) JDeveloper
11 9 (0.99%) Maven
12 8 (0.88%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.66%) Mocha
13 6 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
13 6 (0.66%) webpack
14 5 (0.55%) Visual Studio
15 4 (0.44%) Appium
15 4 (0.44%) Bitbucket
General
1 177 (19.43%) Finance
2 156 (17.12%) Social Skills
3 116 (12.73%) Banking
4 72 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 52 (5.71%) Retail
6 44 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (4.61%) Police
8 41 (4.50%) Public Sector
9 28 (3.07%) Aerospace
10 24 (2.63%) Automotive
11 23 (2.52%) Law
12 13 (1.43%) Marketing
13 11 (1.21%) Electronics
14 10 (1.10%) Tech for Good
15 8 (0.88%) Games
15 8 (0.88%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.77%) Advertising
17 6 (0.66%) Avionics
17 6 (0.66%) Back Office
18 4 (0.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 502 (55.10%) Software Engineer
2 193 (21.19%) Senior
3 132 (14.49%) Developer
4 131 (14.38%) Senior Software Engineer
5 109 (11.96%) Lead
6 96 (10.54%) Architect
7 87 (9.55%) Java Engineer
8 83 (9.11%) Java Software Engineer
9 78 (8.56%) Solutions Architect
10 42 (4.61%) .NET Software Engineer
11 39 (4.28%) Lead Software Engineer
12 35 (3.84%) .NET Developer
13 33 (3.62%) Software Developer
14 32 (3.51%) Senior Developer
15 27 (2.96%) Senior Java Engineer
16 26 (2.85%) Senior Java Software Engineer
17 25 (2.74%) Principal Engineer
18 24 (2.63%) Full Stack Engineer
19 23 (2.52%) Embedded Engineer
20 22 (2.41%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (25.03%) .NET
2 223 (24.48%) React
3 156 (17.12%) Node.js
4 121 (13.28%) AngularJS
5 107 (11.75%) Spring
6 99 (10.87%) HTML
7 77 (8.45%) CSS
8 71 (7.79%) RESTful
9 68 (7.46%) .NET Core
10 65 (7.14%) Middleware
11 61 (6.70%) .NET Framework
12 47 (5.16%) REST
13 44 (4.83%) Web Services
14 43 (4.72%) SOAP
15 42 (4.61%) Ruby on Rails
15 42 (4.61%) Spring Boot
16 41 (4.50%) J2EE
17 36 (3.95%) Express.js
18 35 (3.84%) MERN Stack
19 34 (3.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (5.16%) Product Ownership
2 41 (4.50%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (3.51%) Cyberattack
4 25 (2.74%) Private Cloud
5 23 (2.52%) Linux Command Line
6 19 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
7 16 (1.76%) Mobile App
8 14 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (1.32%) DataPower
10 12 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
11 8 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
11 8 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.77%) IoT
12 7 (0.77%) Mali
12 7 (0.77%) Smartphone
13 6 (0.66%) Handset
13 6 (0.66%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.66%) Ray Tracing
13 6 (0.66%) SIMD
Operating Systems
1 117 (12.84%) Linux
2 31 (3.40%) Windows
3 17 (1.87%) Unix
4 13 (1.43%) Android
5 11 (1.21%) Embedded Linux
6 5 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.22%) zOS
8 1 (0.11%) Debian
8 1 (0.11%) FreeBSD
8 1 (0.11%) HPUX
8 1 (0.11%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
8 1 (0.11%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (57.52%) Agile
2 230 (25.25%) Microservices
3 215 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
4 214 (23.49%) DevOps
5 168 (18.44%) CI/CD
6 156 (17.12%) Mentoring
7 149 (16.36%) Design Patterns
8 132 (14.49%) Actionable Insight
9 118 (12.95%) Containerisation
10 114 (12.51%) Code Quality
11 102 (11.20%) Continuous Integration
11 102 (11.20%) Unit Testing
12 100 (10.98%) SDLC
13 97 (10.65%) User Experience
14 90 (9.88%) Scrum
15 86 (9.44%) Full Stack Development
16 82 (9.00%) Clean Code
16 82 (9.00%) Coaching
17 77 (8.45%) Software Delivery
18 76 (8.34%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 351 (38.53%) Java
2 250 (27.44%) JavaScript
3 217 (23.82%) C#
3 217 (23.82%) Python
4 148 (16.25%) SQL
5 120 (13.17%) TypeScript
6 109 (11.96%) C++
7 64 (7.03%) Ruby
8 53 (5.82%) Go
9 50 (5.49%) C
10 43 (4.72%) Rust
11 28 (3.07%) Bash
12 25 (2.74%) Perl
13 24 (2.63%) Kotlin
14 13 (1.43%) PowerShell
14 13 (1.43%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.21%) PHP
16 8 (0.88%) VB.NET
17 5 (0.55%) MATLAB
17 5 (0.55%) Scala
Qualifications
1 178 (19.54%) Security Cleared
2 99 (10.87%) SC Cleared
3 83 (9.11%) Degree
4 57 (6.26%) DV Cleared
5 41 (4.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (2.74%) AWS Certification
7 24 (2.63%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 23 (2.52%) AWS Certified Developer
8 23 (2.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (0.88%) OCP
9 8 (0.88%) Oracle Certification
10 7 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.66%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.33%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.22%) MCSE
13 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.11%) Chartered Engineer
14 1 (0.11%) HND
14 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (7.68%) QA
2 12 (1.32%) GDPR
3 2 (0.22%) DO-178B
3 2 (0.22%) NCSC
4 1 (0.11%) HL7
4 1 (0.11%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.11%) ISO 26262
4 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.11%) MISRA
4 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 150 (16.47%) Docker
2 20 (2.20%) Firmware
3 7 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.22%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 137 (15.04%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.62%) Terraform
3 9 (0.99%) Ansible
4 8 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 7 (0.77%) Grafana
6 5 (0.55%) Istio
7 1 (0.11%) Kiali
7 1 (0.11%) Kibana
7 1 (0.11%) linkerd
7 1 (0.11%) Podman
7 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 50 (5.49%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.39%) Oracle
3 15 (1.65%) IBM
4 14 (1.54%) SAP
4 14 (1.54%) Xamarin
5 12 (1.32%) Kofax
5 12 (1.32%) Pega
5 12 (1.32%) ServiceNow
6 9 (0.99%) Confluent
6 9 (0.99%) Google
6 9 (0.99%) Sun
7 7 (0.77%) Salesforce
7 7 (0.77%) Workday
8 4 (0.44%) VMware
9 3 (0.33%) Brio
9 3 (0.33%) ESRI
9 3 (0.33%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.22%) ABBYY
10 2 (0.22%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.22%) Dynatrace