Software Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £66,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 65 23
Rank change year-on-year +44 -42 +36
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 4,837 1,336 3,363
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.35% 3.84% 7.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.83% 4.27% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,508 519 1,828
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,281 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,948 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
30 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,011 31,293 45,689
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.83% 90.04% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 56,541 18,450 24,888
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,914
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%

Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Software Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

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 Software Engineer jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England +20 1,131 £67,500 +3.85% 87
South East +82 1,087 £67,500 +3.85% 126
South West +36 999 £67,500 +3.85% 111
East of England +107 680 £70,000 +7.69% 80
North West -1 622 £70,000 -6.67% 50
Midlands +51 471 £62,500 - 65
Scotland +5 296 £75,000 +16.28% 51
East Midlands +49 286 £55,000 -21.43% 41
Yorkshire +58 277 £60,000 +6.67% 24
North East +26 232 £70,000 +23.89% 13
West Midlands +26 185 £65,000 +8.33% 24
Wales +17 162 £60,000 - 10
Northern Ireland -71 11 £75,000 - 2
Software Engineer
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Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 October 2026, Software Engineer job ads cited 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 Software Engineer job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Software Engineering99.2%4,799
2C++14.6%704
3Agile12.5%606
4C#12.3%593
5Python11.8%571
6AI10.4%501
7Java10.3%499
8AWS9.7%468
9Full-Stack Development8.3%400
10Security Cleared8.2%399
11CI/CD8.1%391
12Linux7.1%343
13Azure6.7%324
14.NET6.6%321
15TypeScript5.9%285
16Degree5.7%277
17Mentoring5.5%265
18SC Cleared5.4%259
19JavaScript5.0%242
20C5.0%241
21DevOps5.0%240
22Problem-Solving4.9%235
23Test Automation4.8%230
24React4.5%220
25Microservices4.4%213
26SDLC4.4%211
27Docker4.3%209
28SQL3.9%190
29Kubernetes3.8%182
30Continuous Improvement3.7%178

Software Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Software Engineer29.0%1,402
2Embedded Software Engineer14.0%677
3Lead Software Engineer10.0%483
4Principal Software Engineer7.4%356
5C++ Software Engineer7.2%349
6C# Software Engineer5.6%269
7Python Software Engineer4.4%211
8Java Software Engineer3.6%175
9Full-Stack Software Engineer3.4%163
10Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.1%149
11Graduate Software Engineer2.4%118
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.4%115
13.NET Software Engineer2.3%111
14AWS Software Engineer1.8%87
15Senior C++ Software Engineer1.6%78
16PLC Software Engineer1.3%63
17Senior C# Software Engineer1.3%62
18Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.2%58
19Junior Software Engineer1.1%55
20Senior Java Software Engineer1.1%54
523 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London