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 2 June 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 60 28
Rank change year-on-year +24 -32 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 134 47 170
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 3.73% 3.40% 5.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.97% 3.80% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 132 44 136
10th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,029 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £78,810 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +57.62% -20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £97,507 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £140,677 £75,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +45.00% -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 3,378 1,238 2,858
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 89.58% 96.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 634 2,204
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £38,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +13.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £82,548
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% - -6.67%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +16 124 £70,000 -11.00% 20
Bingley - 4 £40,000 - 2
Brighouse - 3 £60,000 -
Bradford - 2 £55,000 - 2
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 2 June 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.

1 132 (98.51%) Software Engineering
2 37 (27.61%) AWS
3 34 (25.37%) C#
3 34 (25.37%) React
4 31 (23.13%) Full-Stack Development
5 29 (21.64%) TypeScript
6 27 (20.15%) JavaScript
7 24 (17.91%) Microservices
8 23 (17.16%) .NET
8 23 (17.16%) Vue
9 22 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (16.42%) SQL
10 20 (14.93%) Agile
10 20 (14.93%) Mentoring
11 18 (13.43%) SDLC
12 17 (12.69%) Azure
13 16 (11.94%) Node.js
13 16 (11.94%) SaaS
14 13 (9.70%) CI/CD
14 13 (9.70%) CSS
14 13 (9.70%) HTML
14 13 (9.70%) Product Vision
14 13 (9.70%) Resource Allocation
15 12 (8.96%) CQRS
15 12 (8.96%) Python
16 11 (8.21%) AngularJS
16 11 (8.21%) RESTful
17 10 (7.46%) Infrastructure as Code
17 10 (7.46%) Terraform
18 9 (6.72%) Acceptance Criteria

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 (2.24%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 37 (27.61%) AWS
2 17 (12.69%) Azure
3 16 (11.94%) SaaS
4 7 (5.22%) Amazon S3
5 6 (4.48%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (4.48%) Serverless
6 3 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.49%) GCP
7 2 (1.49%) GitHub
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.75%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 1 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.75%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.75%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.22%) DynamoDB
2 6 (4.48%) MySQL
3 5 (3.73%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.99%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.49%) Redis
5 2 (1.49%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.75%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Git
2 1 (0.75%) Claude Code
General
1 7 (5.22%) Agriculture
1 7 (5.22%) Automotive
2 6 (4.48%) Manufacturing
2 6 (4.48%) Public Sector
2 6 (4.48%) Social Skills
3 2 (1.49%) Electronics
4 1 (0.75%) Finance
4 1 (0.75%) Games
4 1 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (0.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (25.37%) React
2 23 (17.16%) .NET
2 23 (17.16%) Vue
3 16 (11.94%) Node.js
4 13 (9.70%) CSS
4 13 (9.70%) HTML
5 11 (8.21%) AngularJS
5 11 (8.21%) RESTful
6 4 (2.99%) REST
7 3 (2.24%) GraphQL
8 2 (1.49%) .NET Core
8 2 (1.49%) A2A Protocol
8 2 (1.49%) Model Context Protocol
9 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.75%) Kafka
9 1 (0.75%) Lambda Expressions
9 1 (0.75%) LangChain
9 1 (0.75%) LangGraph
9 1 (0.75%) Laravel
9 1 (0.75%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.46%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.99%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.49%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.49%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.75%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.75%) Educational Technology
5 1 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.75%) Android
1 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.75%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (98.51%) Software Engineering
2 31 (23.13%) Full-Stack Development
3 24 (17.91%) Microservices
4 22 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (14.93%) Agile
5 20 (14.93%) Mentoring
6 18 (13.43%) SDLC
7 13 (9.70%) CI/CD
7 13 (9.70%) Product Vision
7 13 (9.70%) Resource Allocation
8 12 (8.96%) CQRS
9 10 (7.46%) Infrastructure as Code
10 9 (6.72%) Acceptance Criteria
10 9 (6.72%) AI
10 9 (6.72%) DevOps
10 9 (6.72%) Observability
11 7 (5.22%) Technical Leadership
12 6 (4.48%) API Design
12 6 (4.48%) Open Source
12 6 (4.48%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.37%) C#
2 29 (21.64%) TypeScript
3 27 (20.15%) JavaScript
4 22 (16.42%) SQL
5 12 (8.96%) Python
6 7 (5.22%) Java
7 4 (2.99%) C++
8 3 (2.24%) C
9 2 (1.49%) Embedded C
9 2 (1.49%) PHP
10 1 (0.75%) COBOL
10 1 (0.75%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (2.99%) Degree
2 2 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (1.49%) DV Cleared
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.49%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (5.22%) Firmware
2 2 (1.49%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.75%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.46%) Terraform
2 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (0.75%) OpenAI