Software Engineering Job Trends in Northampton

Software Engineering
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northampton requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 16 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 20 14 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Northampton 7.84% 5.86% 7.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.09% 7.49% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 15
10th Percentile £59,250 - £47,000
25th Percentile £61,875 £47,500 £61,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -28.57% -26.32%
75th Percentile £73,125 £52,500 £86,875
90th Percentile £82,500 - £87,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -18.52% -20.59%

All Process & 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 220 187 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 86.27% 78.24% 86.44%
Number of salaries quoted 148 81 181
10th Percentile £29,550 £24,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,188 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,813 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Northampton

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Northampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northampton citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Northampton over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Northampton

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northampton 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 1 (5.00%) Apache Solr
Cloud Services
1 16 (80.00%) AWS
2 8 (40.00%) Amazon S3
2 8 (40.00%) AWS Lambda
2 8 (40.00%) Serverless
3 5 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (25.00%) Redis
1 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 10 (50.00%) Lead
3 8 (40.00%) AWS Developer
3 8 (40.00%) Developer
3 8 (40.00%) Node.js Developer
3 8 (40.00%) Python Developer
3 8 (40.00%) React Developer
3 8 (40.00%) Software Developer
4 7 (35.00%) Lead Software Engineer
4 7 (35.00%) Senior
5 5 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) AWS Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) AWS Software Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) Lead Developer
6 3 (15.00%) Lead Python Developer
6 3 (15.00%) Lead Software Developer
6 3 (15.00%) Python Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) Python Software Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Embedded Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (55.00%) Node.js
1 11 (55.00%) React
2 9 (45.00%) HTML
3 5 (25.00%) .NET
3 5 (25.00%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (20.00%) .NET Core
5 1 (5.00%) Bootstrap
5 1 (5.00%) CSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 10 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 4 (20.00%) DevOps
4 4 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.00%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 12 (60.00%) SQL
2 11 (55.00%) Python
3 9 (45.00%) JavaScript
4 5 (25.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft