Software Development Engineer
UK
The median Software Development Engineer salary in the UK is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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 2 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 610 | 840 | 820 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +230 | -20 | +79 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer | 111 | 67 | 109 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.19% | 0.062% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.21% | 0.065% | 0.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 40 | 73 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,250 | £37,500 | £43,255 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,625 | £40,000 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £87,500 | £50,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +75.00% | -23.08% | -13.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £105,000 | £56,250 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £65,375 | £94,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -16.67% | -4.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 52,512 | 102,387 | 81,388 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.85% | 94.81% | 91.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,421 | 72,229 | 54,035 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.95% |
Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Development Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Engineer.
Software Development Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Engineer over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.
Software Development 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 Software Development Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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 |
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| England | +198 | 108 | £87,500 | +70.73% | 418 |
| UK excluding London | +231 | 102 | £62,500 | +25.00% | 120 |
| Midlands | +142 | 100 | £70,000 | +55.56% | 21 |
| West Midlands | +118 | 67 | £70,000 | +40.00% | 17 |
| East Midlands | +66 | 33 | - | - | 4 |
| London | +94 | 8 | £96,250 | +42.59% | 320 |
| Work from Home | +104 | 4 | £87,500 | +59.09% | 74 |
| Scotland | +96 | 2 | £55,000 | - | 22 |
Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, Software Development 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 featuring Software Development Engineer in the job title.
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Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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