Software Engineer
UK
The median Software Engineer salary in the UK is £68,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 54 | 24 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -30 | +36 | -28 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 2,472 | 7,753 | 5,012 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 4.40% | 7.76% | 5.04% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 4.85% | 8.19% | 5.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,636 | 4,285 | 2,898 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £41,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £47,500 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £68,000 | £60,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.33% | -14.29% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | £80,000 | £91,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £122,500 | £105,000 | £116,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.64% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
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 | 50,981 | 94,642 | 91,089 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.74% | 94.70% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,187 | 67,606 | 57,639 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,059 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.76% | +6.12% |
Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer.
Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.
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 20 May 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 | -28 | 2,179 | £69,250 | +15.42% | 3,023 |
| UK excluding London | -41 | 1,768 | £62,500 | +13.64% | 2,149 |
| Work from Home | -5 | 1,293 | £75,000 | +20.00% | 1,878 |
| London | -12 | 628 | £102,500 | +9.33% | 1,451 |
| North of England | -23 | 598 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 497 |
| North West | -21 | 465 | £67,500 | +17.39% | 272 |
| South East | -43 | 349 | £65,000 | +18.18% | 630 |
| Midlands | -36 | 262 | £60,000 | +14.29% | 214 |
| Scotland | -35 | 193 | £59,000 | -1.67% | 177 |
| South West | -30 | 183 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 248 |
| West Midlands | -18 | 152 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 110 |
| East of England | -41 | 138 | £66,206 | +10.34% | 255 |
| East Midlands | -37 | 110 | £57,750 | +10.00% | 94 |
| Yorkshire | -44 | 87 | £59,869 | +19.74% | 111 |
| North East | +11 | 46 | £55,000 | - | 117 |
| Wales | -7 | 45 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 40 |
| Northern Ireland | -19 | 1 | £50,000 | -44.44% | 78 |
Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 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 featuring Software Engineer in the job title.
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Software 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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