Developer/Software Engineer Job Trends

Software Engineer/Developer
UK

The median Software Engineer/Developer salary in the UK is £135,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
25 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 470 461
Rank change year-on-year -208 -9 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer/Software Engineer 86 222 424
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.085% 0.45% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.50% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 72 193 377
10th Percentile £47,500 £87,500 £70,097
25th Percentile £50,000 £100,000 £87,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £127,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% +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 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 95,058 44,279 85,185
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.34% 90.13% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 65,017 26,287 59,282
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -191 84 £135,000 +5.88% 4
Work from Home -111 66 £135,000 +5.88% 1
London -166 59 £135,000 +5.88% 2
UK excluding London -67 30 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North of England -16 17 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Yorkshire -24 16 £50,000 -16.67%
South East - 13 £55,000 - 1
North West - 1 £65,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 July 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 83 (96.51%) Software Engineering
2 71 (82.56%) AWS
3 55 (63.95%) Full-Stack Development
4 49 (56.98%) Agile
5 48 (55.81%) Investment Management
6 47 (54.65%) JavaScript
7 45 (52.33%) Node.js
7 45 (52.33%) React
7 45 (52.33%) Redux
7 45 (52.33%) TypeScript
8 44 (51.16%) Portfolio Management
8 44 (51.16%) Python
9 36 (41.86%) Kafka
10 35 (40.70%) Go
11 34 (39.53%) Java
11 34 (39.53%) Order Management
12 32 (37.21%) GraphQL
12 32 (37.21%) Vue
13 28 (32.56%) .NET
14 27 (31.40%) C#
14 27 (31.40%) Microservices
15 26 (30.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (29.07%) Product Vision
16 25 (29.07%) Resource Allocation
16 25 (29.07%) SaaS
16 25 (29.07%) SDLC
17 24 (27.91%) CQRS
17 24 (27.91%) CSS
17 24 (27.91%) HTML
18 20 (23.26%) GCP

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 71 (82.56%) AWS
2 25 (29.07%) SaaS
3 20 (23.26%) GCP
4 13 (15.12%) Azure
5 4 (4.65%) Serverless
6 3 (3.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (3.49%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.49%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.49%) Datadog
7 1 (1.16%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.16%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.95%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.49%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.49%) DynamoDB
2 3 (3.49%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.49%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.33%) MySQL
4 1 (1.16%) KDB
Development Applications
1 3 (3.49%) CircleCI
1 3 (3.49%) GitLab
1 3 (3.49%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.33%) Git
2 2 (2.33%) JIRA
2 2 (2.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (56.98%) Finance
2 46 (53.49%) Front Office
3 5 (5.81%) Banking
4 3 (3.49%) Aerospace
4 3 (3.49%) Social Skills
5 2 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.16%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.16%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (52.33%) Node.js
1 45 (52.33%) React
1 45 (52.33%) Redux
2 36 (41.86%) Kafka
3 32 (37.21%) GraphQL
3 32 (37.21%) Vue
4 28 (32.56%) .NET
5 24 (27.91%) CSS
5 24 (27.91%) HTML
6 13 (15.12%) AngularJS
7 5 (5.81%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (3.49%) gRPC
8 3 (3.49%) RESTful
9 2 (2.33%) OpenCV
9 2 (2.33%) web3js
10 1 (1.16%) .NET Core
10 1 (1.16%) .NET Framework
10 1 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
10 1 (1.16%) OpenFin
Miscellaneous
1 45 (52.33%) Fixed Income
2 13 (15.12%) Equities
3 12 (13.95%) Derivative
4 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.33%) Blockchain
5 2 (2.33%) Web3
6 1 (1.16%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.33%) Linux
1 2 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (96.51%) Software Engineering
2 55 (63.95%) Full-Stack Development
3 49 (56.98%) Agile
4 48 (55.81%) Investment Management
5 44 (51.16%) Portfolio Management
6 34 (39.53%) Order Management
7 27 (31.40%) Microservices
8 26 (30.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (29.07%) Product Vision
9 25 (29.07%) Resource Allocation
9 25 (29.07%) SDLC
10 24 (27.91%) CQRS
11 13 (15.12%) Fintech
12 12 (13.95%) Asset Management
12 12 (13.95%) Line Management
12 12 (13.95%) Mentoring
13 5 (5.81%) AI
13 5 (5.81%) Decision-Making
13 5 (5.81%) User Experience
13 5 (5.81%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 47 (54.65%) JavaScript
2 45 (52.33%) TypeScript
3 44 (51.16%) Python
4 35 (40.70%) Go
5 34 (39.53%) Java
6 27 (31.40%) C#
7 12 (13.95%) SQL
8 2 (2.33%) C++
8 2 (2.33%) Kotlin
8 2 (2.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (1.16%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (3.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.49%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.49%) Prometheus
1 3 (3.49%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (1.16%) Microsoft
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