Software Engineer Jobs in Stoke-on-Trent

Software Engineer
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The median Software Engineer salary in Stoke-on-Trent is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 38 36
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 3 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 2.94% 2.37% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 2.58% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 2
10th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £46,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £58,750
90th Percentile £49,500 - £59,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £45,000 £51,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.20% -6.82% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Stoke-on-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. 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 Stoke-on-Trent with a recognized job title 102 310 183
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 91.72% 85.92%
Number of salaries quoted 61 277 155
10th Percentile £28,000 £22,750 £22,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £29,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -1.23% +6.58%
75th Percentile £43,750 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £61,350 £67,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £39,127 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.18% -11.11% +5.88%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Stoke-on-Trent

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Stoke-on-Trent region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) WPF
1 3 (100.00%) REST
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Core

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) REST
1 3 (100.00%) WCF
1 3 (100.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#