Software Engineer Job Trends in Stockton-on-Tees

Software Engineer
Durham > Stockton-on-Tees

The median Software Engineer salary in Stockton-on-Tees is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 6 15
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Stockton-on-Tees 1.16% 5.88% 8.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 6.67% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,750 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.57% +40.00% -
75th Percentile £47,250 - £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
Durham median annual salary £42,000 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -40.00% +40.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Stockton-on-Tees

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stockton-on-Tees. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Stockton-on-Tees with a recognized job title 81 15 110
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.19% 88.24% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 44 6 55
10th Percentile - £30,000 £20,900
25th Percentile - £34,375 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,875 £46,875
90th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £55,000
Durham median annual salary £40,000 £36,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% -19.44% -

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockton-on-Tees

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stockton-on-Tees.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Stockton-on-Tees

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Stockton-on-Tees

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Stockton-on-Tees.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Stockton-on-Tees

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockton-on-Tees

For the 6 months to 15 June 2026, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Stockton-on-Tees region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Redis
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) SignalR
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockton-on-Tees 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Redis
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Refactoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker