Software Engineering
Hertfordshire > St Albans
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in St Albans requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jan 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 11 | 13 | 12 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +2 | -1 | +2 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in St Albans | 7.59% | 4.76% | 9.09% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 7.89% | 4.76% | 10.81% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £76,875 | £95,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £77,813 | £96,250 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £81,250 | £100,000 | £68,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.75% | +45.45% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £85,313 | £103,750 | £94,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,625 | £104,500 | £109,000 |
| Hertfordshire median annual salary | £80,000 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.29% | +7.69% | -23.53% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
St Albans
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 St Albans.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 76 | 42 | 37 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in St Albans | 96.20% | 100.00% | 84.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 57 | 12 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,450 | £42,222 | £41,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,250 | £52,117 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £63,750 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.88% | -1.92% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £88,750 | £95,000 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £97,000 | £99,500 | £75,000 |
| Hertfordshire median annual salary | £52,500 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +4.55% | - |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in St Albans
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in St Albans.
Software Engineering
Salary Trend in St Albans
Salary distribution trend for jobs in St Albans citing Software Engineering.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in St Albans 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: