Software Development Engineer
UK
The median Software Development Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 832 | 855 | 842 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +23 | -13 | -141 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Engineer | 62 | 134 | 366 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.063% | 0.13% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.067% | 0.14% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32 | 81 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £37,500 | £46,350 | £46,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £47,813 | £54,500 | £50,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.23% | -3.70% | +17.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,250 | £80,000 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,000 | £95,000 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.50% | +4.35% | +9.52% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 92,894 | 96,310 | 147,847 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.58% | 96.06% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,756 | 60,420 | 85,018 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,923 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.80% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
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 25 April 2024.
Software Development Engineer
Top 15 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 25 April 2024. 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 | +50 | 55 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | -28 | 49 | £52,500 | -12.50% | 10 |
| Work from Home | +67 | 22 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 3 |
| Midlands | +9 | 21 | £52,500 | -17.65% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 15 | £58,500 | -8.24% | 3 |
| London | +90 | 14 | £72,500 | -6.45% | 6 |
| South East | +23 | 12 | £40,000 | -33.33% | 1 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 6 | £52,500 | - | 2 |
| North of England | +35 | 5 | £72,500 | +42.20% | |
| Wales | -6 | 4 | £50,000 | - | |
| East of England | +10 | 3 | £65,000 | - | 4 |
| North East | +1 | 3 | - | - | |
| Yorkshire | +84 | 2 | £72,500 | +31.82% | |
| South West | -20 | 2 | £50,000 | -11.88% | |
| Scotland | -62 | 2 | - | - |
Software Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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.
|
|
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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||