The median annual salary for a Software Engineer was £50,000 in advertised job vacancies in the UK excluding London during the 6 months to 5 August 2020.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
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
35,124
79,214
94,188
% of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title
95.80%
96.27%
96.84%
Number of salaries quoted
28,122
62,422
76,023
Median annual salary
£47,500
£45,000
£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year
+5.56%
-
+5.88%
10th Percentile
£28,000
£26,250
£26,250
90th Percentile
£71,250
£70,000
£67,500
UK median annual salary
£55,000
£50,000
£50,000
% change year-on-year
+10.00%
-
+5.26%
Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Software Engineer Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.
Software Engineer Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 August 2020.
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 Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 August 2020.
The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the UK excluding London
For the 6 months to 5 August 2020, Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills 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 Software Engineer in the job title.
Software Engineer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in the UK excluding London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
