Software Engineering Jobs in Northampton

Software Engineering
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northampton requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 32 33
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 35 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 6.94% 4.26% 2.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.35% 5.48% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 2
10th Percentile £39,616 £38,750 £58,000
25th Percentile £42,680 £42,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,050 £50,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -47.37% +137.50%
75th Percentile £54,157 £71,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £56,463 £71,250 £140,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £57,750 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -12.50% +41.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northampton

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 Northampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 476 310 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 94.44% 77.69% 92.43%
Number of salaries quoted 162 256 162
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,188 £30,750 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -19.05% +0.96%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,000 £63,750 £78,025
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,683 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +19.21% -23.81% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Northampton

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Northampton.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Northampton

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Northampton over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Northampton

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 2 (5.71%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) Apache
Applications
1 13 (37.14%) Simulink
2 1 (2.86%) CANalyzer
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.86%) AWS
1 1 (2.86%) Azure
1 1 (2.86%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) MySQL
1 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Bitbucket
1 2 (5.71%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.86%) Eclipse
2 1 (2.86%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (2.86%) Git
2 1 (2.86%) GitLab
2 1 (2.86%) Maven
2 1 (2.86%) Selenium
2 1 (2.86%) SonarQube
2 1 (2.86%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 13 (37.14%) Automotive
2 12 (34.29%) Aerospace
3 10 (28.57%) Electronics
4 1 (2.86%) Banking
4 1 (2.86%) Finance
4 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (48.57%) Principal Engineer
2 9 (25.71%) Software Assurance Engineer
3 6 (17.14%) Software Engineer
4 2 (5.71%) Senior
4 2 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Embedded Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Junior
5 1 (2.86%) Junior Software Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Kernel Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Kernel Software Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Lead
5 1 (2.86%) Lead Software Engineer
5 1 (2.86%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) CSS
1 2 (5.71%) HTML
2 1 (2.86%) .NET
2 1 (2.86%) Hibernate
2 1 (2.86%) JPA
2 1 (2.86%) JSP
2 1 (2.86%) Kafka
2 1 (2.86%) Middleware
2 1 (2.86%) React
2 1 (2.86%) Redux
2 1 (2.86%) Spring
2 1 (2.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
2 2 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) Agile
2 21 (60.00%) Software Testing
2 21 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
3 12 (34.29%) Validation
4 10 (28.57%) SDLC
5 9 (25.71%) Decision-Making
5 9 (25.71%) Software Assurance
6 8 (22.86%) Waterfall
7 3 (8.57%) CI/CD
7 3 (8.57%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (5.71%) Computer Science
8 2 (5.71%) DevSecOps
8 2 (5.71%) Mathematics
8 2 (5.71%) Test Automation
9 1 (2.86%) Continuous Integration
9 1 (2.86%) OO
9 1 (2.86%) Physics
9 1 (2.86%) TDD
9 1 (2.86%) UML
9 1 (2.86%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (37.14%) MATLAB
2 3 (8.57%) Java
3 2 (5.71%) C#
3 2 (5.71%) Python
3 2 (5.71%) Rust
3 2 (5.71%) SQL
4 1 (2.86%) Ada
4 1 (2.86%) C
4 1 (2.86%) C++
4 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 31 (88.57%) BPSS Clearance
2 11 (31.43%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Ansible
1 1 (2.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Siemens
2 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
2 1 (2.86%) Solace