Software Engineering Job Trends in Royston

Software Engineering
Hertfordshire > Royston

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 2 -
Rank change year-on-year -4 - -
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 7 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Royston 10.77% 33.33% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.92% 33.33% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £70,000 £58,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +19.15% -6.00% -24.24%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Royston

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 Royston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37 24 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Royston 56.92% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 19 10 9
10th Percentile - £52,347 £27,500
25th Percentile - £54,375 £38,667
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £73,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -52.05% +62.22% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £118,750 £75,000
90th Percentile - - £82,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Royston

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

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Royston

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Royston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Royston citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Royston citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Royston 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:

Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Embedded Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Embedded Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
2 6 (85.71%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#