Software Engineer Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Software Engineer salary in West Yorkshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 May 2026.

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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 60 30
Rank change year-on-year +24 -30 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 127 47 161
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 3.61% 3.52% 5.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.83% 3.94% 5.80%
Number of salaries quoted 125 44 129
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £79,405 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.84% +52.70% -16.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £97,528 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £140,677 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +50.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,313 1,194 2,775
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 89.44% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,357 614 2,168
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,840 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,519 £83,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year - +2.56% -8.88%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in West Yorkshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 May 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
Leeds +16 118 £70,000 -11.18% 11
Bingley - 3 £40,000 - 2
Brighouse - 3 £60,000 -
Bradford - 2 £65,000 - 1
Huddersfield - 1 £70,000 -
Software Engineer
Yorkshire

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 26 May 2026, 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 127 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 37 (29.13%) AWS
3 31 (24.41%) C#
4 29 (22.83%) React
5 28 (22.05%) TypeScript
6 27 (21.26%) Full-Stack Development
7 25 (19.69%) JavaScript
8 24 (18.90%) .NET
8 24 (18.90%) Microservices
9 23 (18.11%) Vue
10 22 (17.32%) Agile
10 22 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
11 21 (16.54%) SQL
12 20 (15.75%) Mentoring
13 18 (14.17%) SDLC
14 17 (13.39%) Azure
15 15 (11.81%) CI/CD
15 15 (11.81%) CSS
15 15 (11.81%) HTML
15 15 (11.81%) Node.js
15 15 (11.81%) SaaS
16 13 (10.24%) AngularJS
16 13 (10.24%) Product Vision
16 13 (10.24%) Python
16 13 (10.24%) Resource Allocation
17 12 (9.45%) CQRS
17 12 (9.45%) DevOps
18 11 (8.66%) RESTful
19 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure as Code
19 10 (7.87%) Java

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.36%) SharePoint Server
Cloud Services
1 37 (29.13%) AWS
2 17 (13.39%) Azure
3 15 (11.81%) SaaS
4 7 (5.51%) Amazon S3
5 6 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (4.72%) Serverless
6 3 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.57%) Adobe Analytics
7 2 (1.57%) GCP
7 2 (1.57%) GitHub
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.79%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.79%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.79%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.79%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.79%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.51%) DynamoDB
2 6 (4.72%) MySQL
3 5 (3.94%) NoSQL
3 5 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.15%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.79%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.79%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.79%) Redis
5 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Git
2 1 (0.79%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
2 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.79%) Selenium
General
1 7 (5.51%) Agriculture
1 7 (5.51%) Automotive
1 7 (5.51%) Manufacturing
1 7 (5.51%) Social Skills
2 6 (4.72%) Public Sector
3 3 (2.36%) Retail
4 2 (1.57%) Electronics
4 2 (1.57%) Finance
4 2 (1.57%) Marketing
4 2 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.79%) Advertising
5 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.79%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (22.83%) React
2 24 (18.90%) .NET
3 23 (18.11%) Vue
4 15 (11.81%) CSS
4 15 (11.81%) HTML
4 15 (11.81%) Node.js
5 13 (10.24%) AngularJS
6 11 (8.66%) RESTful
7 4 (3.15%) REST
8 3 (2.36%) ASP.NET
8 3 (2.36%) GraphQL
9 2 (1.57%) A2A Protocol
9 2 (1.57%) Apache Cordova
9 2 (1.57%) HTML5
9 2 (1.57%) Ionic Framework
9 2 (1.57%) jQuery
9 2 (1.57%) Model Context Protocol
10 1 (0.79%) Kafka
10 1 (0.79%) Spring
10 1 (0.79%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.87%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.57%) AI Agents
3 2 (1.57%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.79%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.79%) Learning Management System
4 1 (0.79%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.57%) Linux
2 1 (0.79%) Android
2 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 27 (21.26%) Full-Stack Development
3 24 (18.90%) Microservices
4 22 (17.32%) Agile
4 22 (17.32%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (15.75%) Mentoring
6 18 (14.17%) SDLC
7 15 (11.81%) CI/CD
8 13 (10.24%) Product Vision
8 13 (10.24%) Resource Allocation
9 12 (9.45%) CQRS
9 12 (9.45%) DevOps
10 10 (7.87%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (7.09%) Acceptance Criteria
11 9 (7.09%) AI
11 9 (7.09%) Observability
12 8 (6.30%) Technical Leadership
13 6 (4.72%) API Design
13 6 (4.72%) Open Source
13 6 (4.72%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.41%) C#
2 28 (22.05%) TypeScript
3 25 (19.69%) JavaScript
4 21 (16.54%) SQL
5 13 (10.24%) Python
6 10 (7.87%) Java
7 5 (3.94%) C++
8 4 (3.15%) C
9 2 (1.57%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.57%) PHP
9 2 (1.57%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.79%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 5 (3.94%) Degree
2 3 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 2 (1.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.15%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.79%) GDPR
2 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (5.51%) Firmware
2 2 (1.57%) Docker
2 2 (1.57%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (7.87%) Terraform
2 2 (1.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (1.57%) Adobe
2 1 (0.79%) Google
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.79%) New Relic
2 1 (0.79%) OpenAI