Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £66,206 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 14 71
Rank change year-on-year -42 +57 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 1,811 6,489 2,246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.19% 8.64% 4.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.72% 9.10% 4.95%
Number of salaries quoted 822 3,601 1,320
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,206 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £69,447
% change year-on-year +25.00% -13.60% +6.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 38,348 71,319 45,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.78% 94.96% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 20,879 49,303 28,747
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,673 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,700
Median % change year-on-year - -5.12% +2.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer 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.

Salary trend for 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 16 July 2025.

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 IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. 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
North of England -41 539 £70,000 +27.27% 248
North West -27 438 £75,000 +25.00% 143
Scotland -14 336 £65,000 +8.33% 95
South East -50 335 £68,000 +29.52% 277
Midlands -34 264 £65,000 +23.81% 152
South West -35 182 £65,000 +13.04% 129
West Midlands -9 151 £62,500 +13.64% 83
East of England -62 117 £65,603 +9.34% 159
East Midlands -35 113 £70,000 +40.00% 67
Yorkshire -87 62 £68,500 +37.00% 83
North East -5 39 £55,000 - 23
Wales -19 39 £68,000 +36.00% 28
Northern Ireland -15 1 £50,000 -41.18% 33
Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1,712 (94.53%) Software Engineering
2 1,163 (64.22%) Agile
3 813 (44.89%) Java
4 739 (40.81%) AWS
5 664 (36.66%) JavaScript
6 652 (36.00%) Finance
7 644 (35.56%) Azure
7 644 (35.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 611 (33.74%) CI/CD
9 569 (31.42%) Microservices
10 523 (28.88%) SQL
11 490 (27.06%) SDLC
12 485 (26.78%) React
13 464 (25.62%) Python
14 452 (24.96%) Banking
15 448 (24.74%) Kubernetes
16 441 (24.35%) GCP
17 430 (23.74%) Full-Stack Development
18 423 (23.36%) DevOps
19 421 (23.25%) Mentoring
20 410 (22.64%) Spring
21 392 (21.65%) Docker
22 382 (21.09%) C++
23 375 (20.71%) Test Automation
24 367 (20.27%) Spring Boot
25 362 (19.99%) Kafka
26 355 (19.60%) Machine Learning
27 342 (18.88%) HTML
28 339 (18.72%) .NET
29 315 (17.39%) Containerisation

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
1 189 (10.44%) Confluence
2 25 (1.38%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.77%) Apache
4 10 (0.55%) CMS
5 8 (0.44%) Camunda
5 8 (0.44%) Oracle Workflow
6 4 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.22%) Cloud Foundry
6 4 (0.22%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.11%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.055%) CICS
9 1 (0.055%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.055%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.055%) Sitefinity
9 1 (0.055%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.055%) WinCC
Applications
1 103 (5.69%) Simulink
2 40 (2.21%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.11%) GNU Octave
3 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.055%) CANalyzer
4 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.055%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.39%) Q-Pulse
2 1 (0.055%) BASE24
2 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 739 (40.81%) AWS
2 644 (35.56%) Azure
3 441 (24.35%) GCP
4 64 (3.53%) GitHub
5 38 (2.10%) SaaS
6 37 (2.04%) Serverless
7 31 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (1.49%) Amazon S3
9 25 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
12 14 (0.77%) Azure API Management
12 14 (0.77%) npm
13 13 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (0.72%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (0.61%) Azure Machine Learning
16 10 (0.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 9 (0.50%) Apigee
17 9 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.93%) Wireless
2 27 (1.49%) Software-Defined Radio
3 12 (0.66%) Internet
4 11 (0.61%) Network Security
4 11 (0.61%) TCP/IP
5 9 (0.50%) Ethernet
5 9 (0.50%) Modbus
5 9 (0.50%) WAN
6 7 (0.39%) RS-232
7 6 (0.33%) Bluetooth
7 6 (0.33%) LoRaWAN
7 6 (0.33%) MQTT
7 6 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.22%) 5G
8 4 (0.22%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.17%) Profibus
9 3 (0.17%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.11%) LTE
10 2 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 289 (15.96%) SQL Server
2 79 (4.36%) NoSQL
3 68 (3.75%) MongoDB
4 61 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
4 61 (3.37%) Relational Database
5 53 (2.93%) MySQL
6 42 (2.32%) Big Data
7 22 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (1.05%) RDBMS
9 18 (0.99%) Redis
10 17 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
11 16 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
12 14 (0.77%) DynamoDB
13 12 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.66%) KDB
13 12 (0.66%) Kdb+
14 11 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.55%) Cloud Spanner
15 10 (0.55%) Oracle Database
16 9 (0.50%) Apache Iceberg
Development Applications
1 304 (16.79%) JIRA
2 280 (15.46%) GitLab
3 272 (15.02%) Maven
4 261 (14.41%) Selenium
4 261 (14.41%) SonarQube
5 260 (14.36%) Sonatype Nexus
6 259 (14.30%) Bitbucket
7 256 (14.14%) Cucumber
8 135 (7.45%) Git
9 53 (2.93%) Jenkins
10 34 (1.88%) JUnit
11 23 (1.27%) Visual Studio
12 21 (1.16%) webpack
13 20 (1.10%) Cypress.io
14 11 (0.61%) Subversion
15 7 (0.39%) Vite
15 7 (0.39%) Xcode
16 6 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
16 6 (0.33%) XCTest
17 5 (0.28%) LabVIEW
General
1 652 (36.00%) Finance
2 644 (35.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 452 (24.96%) Banking
4 232 (12.81%) Law
5 161 (8.89%) Social Skills
6 125 (6.90%) Aerospace
7 124 (6.85%) Retail
8 120 (6.63%) Automotive
9 107 (5.91%) Marketing
10 106 (5.85%) Investment Banking
11 90 (4.97%) Corporate Banking
12 73 (4.03%) Analytical Skills
13 49 (2.71%) Manufacturing
14 40 (2.21%) Electronics
15 22 (1.21%) Legal
16 20 (1.10%) Games
17 18 (0.99%) Public Sector
17 18 (0.99%) Tech for Good
18 15 (0.83%) Military
18 15 (0.83%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 485 (26.78%) React
2 410 (22.64%) Spring
3 367 (20.27%) Spring Boot
4 362 (19.99%) Kafka
5 342 (18.88%) HTML
6 339 (18.72%) .NET
7 304 (16.79%) CSS
8 266 (14.69%) Node.js
9 258 (14.25%) JPA
10 257 (14.19%) Redux
11 183 (10.10%) Hibernate
12 179 (9.88%) RESTful
13 152 (8.39%) REST
14 116 (6.41%) Jest
15 100 (5.52%) HTML5
16 99 (5.47%) AngularJS
17 98 (5.41%) CSS3
18 90 (4.97%) Sass
19 50 (2.76%) .NET Core
20 35 (1.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 295 (16.29%) Product Ownership
2 254 (14.03%) Enterprise Software
3 177 (9.77%) Self-Motivation
4 173 (9.55%) Cyberattack
5 172 (9.50%) Linux Command Line
6 141 (7.79%) Algorithms
7 99 (5.47%) Cloud Native
8 69 (3.81%) Embedded Systems
9 64 (3.53%) Distributed Systems
10 58 (3.20%) Public Cloud
11 44 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
12 36 (1.99%) IoT
13 32 (1.77%) e-Learning
13 32 (1.77%) Reference Data
14 28 (1.55%) Mobile App
15 24 (1.33%) Data Structures
15 24 (1.33%) MicroBlaze
15 24 (1.33%) RISC-V
16 14 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
17 12 (0.66%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 302 (16.68%) Linux
2 43 (2.37%) Windows
3 36 (1.99%) Embedded Linux
4 28 (1.55%) Unix
5 21 (1.16%) Apple iOS
6 19 (1.05%) Android
7 7 (0.39%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.11%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.055%) CentOS
10 1 (0.055%) Debian
10 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.055%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.055%) Rocky
10 1 (0.055%) SafeRTOS
10 1 (0.055%) ThreadX
10 1 (0.055%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,712 (94.53%) Software Engineering
2 1,163 (64.22%) Agile
3 611 (33.74%) CI/CD
4 569 (31.42%) Microservices
5 490 (27.06%) SDLC
6 430 (23.74%) Full-Stack Development
7 423 (23.36%) DevOps
8 421 (23.25%) Mentoring
9 375 (20.71%) Test Automation
10 355 (19.60%) Machine Learning
11 315 (17.39%) Containerisation
12 302 (16.68%) User Experience
13 282 (15.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 280 (15.46%) TDD
15 269 (14.85%) Front End Development
16 260 (14.36%) Performance Optimisation
17 246 (13.58%) Scrum
18 234 (12.92%) Artificial Intelligence
19 213 (11.76%) Computer Science
20 211 (11.65%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 813 (44.89%) Java
2 664 (36.66%) JavaScript
3 523 (28.88%) SQL
4 464 (25.62%) Python
5 382 (21.09%) C++
6 265 (14.63%) C#
7 261 (14.41%) TypeScript
8 221 (12.20%) Go
9 181 (9.99%) Rust
10 146 (8.06%) C
11 114 (6.29%) MATLAB
12 98 (5.41%) Ada
13 84 (4.64%) Ada 95
14 32 (1.77%) PHP
15 23 (1.27%) Embedded C
16 19 (1.05%) PL/SQL
17 18 (0.99%) Ruby
18 13 (0.72%) Bash
19 12 (0.66%) Swift
20 11 (0.61%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 273 (15.07%) Security Cleared
2 272 (15.02%) Degree
3 224 (12.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 203 (11.21%) DV Cleared
5 176 (9.72%) AWS Certification
6 174 (9.61%) AWS Certified Developer
7 172 (9.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 105 (5.80%) Chartered Engineer
9 55 (3.04%) SC Cleared
10 47 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (0.77%) Master's Degree
12 12 (0.66%) PhD
13 5 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
14 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
15 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
16 1 (0.055%) CREST Certified
16 1 (0.055%) HND
16 1 (0.055%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 274 (15.13%) QA
2 114 (6.29%) Accessibility
3 84 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 15 (0.83%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.28%) IEC 61508
6 5 (0.28%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.22%) PMO
7 4 (0.22%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.17%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.17%) JTAG
8 3 (0.17%) MISRA
8 3 (0.17%) NIST
8 3 (0.17%) WCAG
9 2 (0.11%) CDISC
9 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.055%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.055%) GDPR
10 1 (0.055%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.055%) MISRA C
System Software
1 392 (21.65%) Docker
2 49 (2.71%) Firmware
3 31 (1.71%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.28%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 448 (24.74%) Kubernetes
2 82 (4.53%) Terraform
3 21 (1.16%) Ansible
4 17 (0.94%) Grafana
5 9 (0.50%) Istio
6 7 (0.39%) Kibana
7 6 (0.33%) Prometheus
7 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.22%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (0.22%) Netcool
8 4 (0.22%) Netcool/OMNIbus
8 4 (0.22%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.11%) Argo
9 2 (0.11%) Graylog
9 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.055%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.055%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.055%) Puppet
Vendors
1 246 (13.58%) Solace
2 68 (3.75%) Oracle
3 47 (2.60%) Microsoft
4 43 (2.37%) Google
5 41 (2.26%) Databricks
6 36 (1.99%) PayPal
7 22 (1.21%) Splunk
8 18 (0.99%) Atlassian
8 18 (0.99%) Dynatrace
9 14 (0.77%) ServiceNow
10 12 (0.66%) Guidewire
11 11 (0.61%) Ping Identity
12 9 (0.50%) SAP
13 8 (0.44%) Adobe
14 7 (0.39%) Facebook
14 7 (0.39%) IBM
15 6 (0.33%) Sage
16 5 (0.28%) Atmel
16 5 (0.28%) Cloudera
17 4 (0.22%) F5