Developer/Software Engineer Job Trends

Software Engineer/Developer
UK

The median Software Engineer/Developer salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
16 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 721 485 438
Rank change year-on-year -236 -47 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer/Software Engineer 61 208 395
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.42% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.46% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 46 179 351
10th Percentile £47,500 - £71,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £100,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £127,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% +15.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £142,500 £137,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £150,000 £142,500 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 100,469 44,986 78,750
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 89.94% 95.03%
Number of salaries quoted 68,644 26,650 52,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.54%

Developer/Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Developer/Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Developer/Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Developer/Software Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Developer/Software Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Developer/Software Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Developer/Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer/Software Engineer over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Developer/Software Engineer in the UK

Developer/Software Engineer
Top 8 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 16 August 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
England -218 59 £82,500 -36.54% 8
Work from Home -140 43 £55,000 -57.69% 2
London -188 37 £135,000 +3.85% 7
UK excluding London -92 26 £55,000 -8.33% 2
North of England -43 14 £50,000 -16.67%
Yorkshire -20 13 £50,000 -16.67%
South East - 12 £55,000 -
North West - 1 £65,000 -

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 August 2026, Developer/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 featuring Developer/Software Engineer in the job title.

1 58 (95.08%) Software Engineering
2 47 (77.05%) AWS
3 38 (62.30%) Full-Stack Development
4 29 (47.54%) Agile
5 27 (44.26%) Python
6 26 (42.62%) Investment Management
6 26 (42.62%) Vue
7 25 (40.98%) .NET
7 25 (40.98%) JavaScript
7 25 (40.98%) Microservices
8 24 (39.34%) C#
9 23 (37.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (37.70%) Node.js
9 23 (37.70%) React
9 23 (37.70%) Redux
9 23 (37.70%) TypeScript
10 22 (36.07%) CQRS
10 22 (36.07%) CSS
10 22 (36.07%) HTML
10 22 (36.07%) Kafka
10 22 (36.07%) Portfolio Management
10 22 (36.07%) Product Vision
10 22 (36.07%) Resource Allocation
10 22 (36.07%) SaaS
10 22 (36.07%) SDLC
11 20 (32.79%) Go
11 20 (32.79%) Order Management
12 17 (27.87%) Java
13 16 (26.23%) GraphQL
14 12 (19.67%) SQL

Developer/Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 47 (77.05%) AWS
2 22 (36.07%) SaaS
3 10 (16.39%) GCP
4 7 (11.48%) Azure
5 4 (6.56%) Serverless
6 3 (4.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (4.92%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (4.92%) Amazon S3
6 3 (4.92%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (4.92%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (4.92%) Datadog
7 1 (1.64%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.92%) DynamoDB
2 3 (4.92%) KDB
2 3 (4.92%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.92%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.28%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.92%) CircleCI
1 3 (4.92%) GitLab
1 3 (4.92%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.28%) Git
2 2 (3.28%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (47.54%) Finance
2 26 (42.62%) Front Office
3 7 (11.48%) Banking
4 3 (4.92%) Aerospace
4 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (4.92%) Investment Banking
4 3 (4.92%) Law
4 3 (4.92%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (42.62%) Vue
2 25 (40.98%) .NET
3 23 (37.70%) Node.js
3 23 (37.70%) React
3 23 (37.70%) Redux
4 22 (36.07%) CSS
4 22 (36.07%) HTML
4 22 (36.07%) Kafka
5 16 (26.23%) GraphQL
6 7 (11.48%) AngularJS
7 5 (8.20%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (4.92%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (4.92%) gRPC
8 3 (4.92%) RESTful
9 2 (3.28%) OpenCV
9 2 (3.28%) web3js
10 1 (1.64%) .NET Core
10 1 (1.64%) .NET Framework
10 1 (1.64%) OpenFin
Miscellaneous
1 23 (37.70%) Fixed Income
2 9 (14.75%) Equities
3 6 (9.84%) Derivative
4 3 (4.92%) Algorithms
4 3 (4.92%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.28%) Blockchain
5 2 (3.28%) Web3
6 1 (1.64%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Linux
1 2 (3.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (95.08%) Software Engineering
2 38 (62.30%) Full-Stack Development
3 29 (47.54%) Agile
4 26 (42.62%) Investment Management
5 25 (40.98%) Microservices
6 23 (37.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (36.07%) CQRS
7 22 (36.07%) Portfolio Management
7 22 (36.07%) Product Vision
7 22 (36.07%) Resource Allocation
7 22 (36.07%) SDLC
8 20 (32.79%) Order Management
9 7 (11.48%) Fintech
10 6 (9.84%) Analytics
10 6 (9.84%) Asset Management
10 6 (9.84%) Line Management
10 6 (9.84%) Mentoring
11 5 (8.20%) CI/CD
11 5 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (6.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 27 (44.26%) Python
2 25 (40.98%) JavaScript
3 24 (39.34%) C#
4 23 (37.70%) TypeScript
5 20 (32.79%) Go
6 17 (27.87%) Java
7 12 (19.67%) SQL
8 2 (3.28%) C++
8 2 (3.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (4.92%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.92%) Prometheus
1 3 (4.92%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft
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