Software Engineer Job Trends in Suffolk

Software Engineer
East of England > Suffolk

The median Software Engineer salary in Suffolk is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 June 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 36 48
Rank change year-on-year +20 +12 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 36 37 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Suffolk 7.58% 6.75% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.95% 7.31% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 34 37 2
10th Percentile - £66,206 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £66,225 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £66,230 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.51% +55.84% -3.95%
75th Percentile - £66,274 £51,250
90th Percentile - £66,295 -
East of England median annual salary £70,000 £66,206 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.73% +10.34% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 453 506 543
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.37% 92.34% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 252 271 361
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +42.50% +3.90%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,225 £53,750
90th Percentile £94,500 £66,295 £63,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -13.64%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Suffolk

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Suffolk.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Suffolk

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Suffolk

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Suffolk over the 6 months to 6 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Suffolk

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 6 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Woodbridge - 31 £50,000 - 3
Haverhill - 2 £50,000 -
Software Engineer
East of England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 6 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 Suffolk region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (30.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (8.33%) DevOps
3 3 (8.33%) GitHub
3 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.33%) Python
4 2 (5.56%) Agile
4 2 (5.56%) API Design
4 2 (5.56%) API Development
4 2 (5.56%) API Integration
4 2 (5.56%) Apigee
4 2 (5.56%) Design Patterns
4 2 (5.56%) Django
4 2 (5.56%) Flask
4 2 (5.56%) GCP
4 2 (5.56%) Google
4 2 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
4 2 (5.56%) Pega
4 2 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (5.56%) SDLC
4 2 (5.56%) Secure Coding
4 2 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (5.56%) Terraform
4 2 (5.56%) Test Automation
4 2 (5.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (2.78%) .NET
5 1 (2.78%) AI
5 1 (2.78%) ARM Templates

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 3 (8.33%) GitHub
2 2 (5.56%) Apigee
2 2 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) Azure API Management
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Functions
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Storage
3 1 (2.78%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) Django
1 2 (5.56%) Flask
2 1 (2.78%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) ARM Templates
2 1 (2.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.78%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (30.56%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
3 3 (8.33%) DevOps
4 2 (5.56%) Agile
4 2 (5.56%) API Design
4 2 (5.56%) API Development
4 2 (5.56%) API Integration
4 2 (5.56%) Design Patterns
4 2 (5.56%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
4 2 (5.56%) SDLC
4 2 (5.56%) Secure Coding
4 2 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (5.56%) Test Automation
4 2 (5.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (2.78%) AI
5 1 (2.78%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (2.78%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 3 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (2.78%) C#
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Google
1 2 (5.56%) Pega
2 1 (2.78%) Databricks
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft