Developer/Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer/Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Engineer/Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 631 702 701
Rank change year-on-year +71 -1 -166
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer/Software Engineer 118 50 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.084% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.094% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33 40 95
10th Percentile £38,467 £38,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,625 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -35.29% +102.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 -
90th Percentile £91,934 - £95,000
UK median annual salary £110,000 £95,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% - +22.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,295 53,381 68,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,638 30,425 42,515
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Developer/Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Developer/Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Developer/Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Developer/Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Developer/Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Developer/Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer/Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Developer/Software Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. 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
Scotland +18 80 - -
South West -17 19 £72,500 +26.09% 2
North of England +23 13 £42,572 -14.86% 2
North West +7 13 £42,572 -14.86% 1
East of England - 3 £55,000 - 1
South East 0 2 £60,000 -22.58%
West Midlands +9 1 £52,500 +31.25%
Midlands -9 1 £52,500 +20.00% 1
Developer/Software Engineer
UK

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Developer/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 UK excluding London region featuring Developer/Software Engineer in the job title.

1 107 (90.68%) Software Engineering
2 101 (85.59%) Agile
3 94 (79.66%) CI/CD
4 87 (73.73%) Java
5 86 (72.88%) Finance
6 85 (72.03%) AWS
7 82 (69.49%) SDLC
8 81 (68.64%) Algorithms
9 80 (67.80%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (67.80%) Machine Learning
9 80 (67.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 80 (67.80%) Community of Practice
9 80 (67.80%) Operational Stability
9 80 (67.80%) Visualisation
9 80 (67.80%) Artificial Intelligence
9 80 (67.80%) Law
9 80 (67.80%) Python
10 69 (58.47%) Apache Hive
10 69 (58.47%) Apache Spark
11 68 (57.63%) NoSQL
12 64 (54.24%) Unix
13 62 (52.54%) Test Automation
13 62 (52.54%) Microservices
14 61 (51.69%) Git
14 61 (51.69%) Open Source
15 60 (50.85%) SQL
16 59 (50.00%) Jenkins
17 57 (48.31%) Terraform
18 56 (47.46%) Hadoop
18 56 (47.46%) TDD

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 69 (58.47%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.39%) ArcGIS
Cloud Services
1 85 (72.03%) AWS
2 7 (5.93%) Serverless
3 6 (5.08%) Azure
4 3 (2.54%) npm
4 3 (2.54%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.69%) GCP
5 2 (1.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (58.47%) Apache Hive
2 68 (57.63%) NoSQL
3 56 (47.46%) Hadoop
3 56 (47.46%) HBase
4 22 (18.64%) Big Data
5 14 (11.86%) SQL Server
6 10 (8.47%) MySQL
7 8 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (3.39%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (3.39%) GIS
8 4 (3.39%) MongoDB
8 4 (3.39%) Redis
8 4 (3.39%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.69%) Power BI
10 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 61 (51.69%) Git
2 59 (50.00%) Jenkins
3 56 (47.46%) Bitbucket Server
4 6 (5.08%) JIRA
5 5 (4.24%) Maven
6 3 (2.54%) Visual Studio
7 2 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 86 (72.88%) Finance
2 80 (67.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 80 (67.80%) Law
3 37 (31.36%) Legal
4 30 (25.42%) Marketing
5 19 (16.10%) Banking
6 13 (11.02%) Private Banking
7 6 (5.08%) Social Skills
8 4 (3.39%) Retail
9 3 (2.54%) Tech for Good
10 2 (1.69%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (17.80%) AngularJS
2 19 (16.10%) Spring
3 15 (12.71%) Node.js
4 13 (11.02%) React
5 11 (9.32%) CSS
5 11 (9.32%) HTML
6 9 (7.63%) .NET
7 8 (6.78%) ASP.NET
7 8 (6.78%) RESTful
8 6 (5.08%) .NET Core
8 6 (5.08%) HTML5
8 6 (5.08%) Spring Boot
9 5 (4.24%) Vue
10 4 (3.39%) Blazor
10 4 (3.39%) CSS3
10 4 (3.39%) GeoJSON
10 4 (3.39%) JSON
10 4 (3.39%) PostGIS
10 4 (3.39%) REST
10 4 (3.39%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 81 (68.64%) Algorithms
2 14 (11.86%) Data Structures
3 7 (5.93%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (5.93%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.93%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.54%) NHS
4 3 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.69%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.69%) IoT
5 2 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 64 (54.24%) Unix
2 14 (11.86%) Linux
3 10 (8.47%) Apple iOS
4 7 (5.93%) Windows
5 6 (5.08%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (90.68%) Software Engineering
2 101 (85.59%) Agile
3 94 (79.66%) CI/CD
4 82 (69.49%) SDLC
5 80 (67.80%) Artificial Intelligence
5 80 (67.80%) Community of Practice
5 80 (67.80%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (67.80%) Machine Learning
5 80 (67.80%) Operational Stability
5 80 (67.80%) Visualisation
6 62 (52.54%) Microservices
6 62 (52.54%) Test Automation
7 61 (51.69%) Open Source
8 56 (47.46%) Batch Processing
8 56 (47.46%) TDD
9 44 (37.29%) Risk Management
10 30 (25.42%) Full Stack Development
11 20 (16.95%) Design Patterns
11 20 (16.95%) Wealth Management
12 17 (14.41%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 87 (73.73%) Java
2 80 (67.80%) Python
3 60 (50.85%) SQL
4 56 (47.46%) PL/SQL
5 16 (13.56%) JavaScript
6 9 (7.63%) C#
7 6 (5.08%) Kotlin
7 6 (5.08%) Perl
7 6 (5.08%) PowerShell
7 6 (5.08%) Ruby
7 6 (5.08%) Swift
8 4 (3.39%) Rust
9 2 (1.69%) Objective-C
9 2 (1.69%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.85%) PHP
10 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (16.95%) Degree
2 6 (5.08%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.85%) ISO 13485
1 1 (0.85%) QA
System Software
1 56 (47.46%) HDFS
2 6 (5.08%) Docker
3 2 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (48.31%) Terraform
2 11 (9.32%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (47.46%) Cloudera
1 56 (47.46%) Databricks
1 56 (47.46%) Informatica
2 6 (5.08%) Facebook
3 5 (4.24%) Oracle
4 4 (3.39%) ESRI
5 2 (1.69%) Google
5 2 (1.69%) QNX
5 2 (1.69%) VMware
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft