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The median annual salary for a Software Engineer was £50,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 21 April 2018. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Software Engineer UK |
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6 months to
21 Apr 2018 |
Same period 2017 |
Same period 2016 |
| Rank |
75 |
101 |
129 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+26 |
+28 |
+3 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer |
6,786 |
5,118 |
5,284 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
3.82% |
2.99% |
2.58% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
3.96% |
3.09% |
2.67% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
5,344 |
4,320 |
4,653 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+11.11% |
- |
+5.88% |
| 10th Percentile |
£31,000 |
£30,000 |
£28,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£77,500 |
£70,000 |
£71,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£43,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+4.65% |
+1.18% |
+6.25% |
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
171,248 |
165,387 |
197,547 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
96.47% |
96.55% |
96.62% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
140,052 |
137,335 |
165,754 |
| UK median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£47,500 |
£47,500 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.26% |
- |
+5.56% |
| 10th Percentile |
£27,500 |
£27,250 |
£26,750 |
| 90th Percentile |
£80,000 |
£77,500 |
£76,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£44,000 |
£42,500 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
+3.53% |
- |
+6.25% |
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Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Engineer
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Engineer.
Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Software Engineer over the 6 months to 21 April 2018.
Software Engineer
Top 17 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 21 April 2018.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+24 |
6,284 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
1,117 |
| UK excluding London |
+15 |
4,857 |
£45,000 |
+4.65% |
992 |
| London |
+50 |
1,845 |
£62,500 |
+6.38% |
244 |
| South East |
+32 |
1,498 |
£47,500 |
- |
230 |
| East of England |
+18 |
1,082 |
£50,000 |
+11.11% |
183 |
| North of England |
-10 |
852 |
£45,000 |
+2.86% |
176 |
| South West |
+5 |
656 |
£45,000 |
+12.50% |
164 |
| North West |
+33 |
515 |
£45,000 |
- |
83 |
| Midlands |
-2 |
363 |
£43,750 |
+9.38% |
121 |
| Scotland |
+14 |
327 |
£40,000 |
- |
68 |
| Yorkshire |
-36 |
292 |
£45,000 |
+5.88% |
71 |
| West Midlands |
+3 |
210 |
£43,750 |
+9.38% |
80 |
| East Midlands |
+3 |
154 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
41 |
| Wales |
-11 |
61 |
£44,000 |
-2.80% |
29 |
| North East |
-20 |
45 |
£42,500 |
+6.25% |
22 |
| Northern Ireland |
+16 |
26 |
£33,500 |
-4.29% |
22 |
| Isle of Man |
- |
3 |
£40,500 |
- |
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 21 April 2018, Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
| 1 |
6,555 (96.60%) |
Software Engineering |
| 2 |
3,111 (45.84%) |
Agile Software Development |
| 3 |
2,842 (41.88%) |
Java |
| 4 |
2,501 (36.86%) |
C++ |
| 5 |
2,344 (34.54%) |
C# |
| 6 |
1,830 (26.97%) |
JavaScript |
| 7 |
1,627 (23.98%) |
Degree |
| 8 |
1,616 (23.81%) |
Python |
| 9 |
1,576 (23.22%) |
Linux |
| 10 |
1,517 (22.35%) |
SQL |
| 11 |
1,512 (22.28%) |
C |
| 12 |
1,439 (21.21%) |
.NET |
| 13 |
1,384 (20.39%) |
Computer Science |
| 14 |
1,309 (19.29%) |
TDD |
| 15 |
1,283 (18.91%) |
OO |
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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