Software Engineering Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Software Engineering
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 12 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 213 152 198
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 8.61% 13.52% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.37% 14.07% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 178 133 157
10th Percentile £37,500 £25,313 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +12.50% -10.16%
75th Percentile £81,875 £97,528 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £140,677 £82,548
Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,874 1,080 2,379
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 75.75% 96.09% 87.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,172 660 1,823
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,313 £27,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -1.87% -2.86%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in West Yorkshire

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 March 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 0 197 £70,000 +3.70% 39
Bradford -14 6 £75,000 +42.86% 2
Brighouse - 3 £60,000 -
Halifax -1 2 £55,000 -35.49% 1
Wakefield -12 2 £40,000 -40.74% 5
Software Engineering
Yorkshire

Software Engineering
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 2 (0.94%) CMS
1 2 (0.94%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 71 (33.33%) AWS
2 39 (18.31%) SaaS
3 19 (8.92%) Azure
4 15 (7.04%) Amazon S3
4 15 (7.04%) Serverless
5 13 (6.10%) Amazon EKS
6 12 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (2.82%) GitHub
8 3 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.41%) Datadog
9 2 (0.94%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.94%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.94%) Figma
9 2 (0.94%) GCP
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Fargate
10 1 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.47%) IaaS
10 1 (0.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.98%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.04%) DynamoDB
3 9 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.88%) Spark SQL
5 3 (1.41%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.41%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.94%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.94%) MySQL
6 2 (0.94%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 3 (1.41%) Git
2 2 (0.94%) GitLab
2 2 (0.94%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.94%) JIRA
3 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 28 (13.15%) Social Skills
2 23 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (8.92%) Retail
4 17 (7.98%) Finance
5 12 (5.63%) Manufacturing
6 10 (4.69%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.76%) Marketing
7 8 (3.76%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (1.88%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.41%) Electronics
9 3 (1.41%) Games
10 2 (0.94%) Advertising
10 2 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.47%) Automotive
11 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.47%) Law
11 1 (0.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 108 (50.70%) Software Engineer
2 41 (19.25%) Senior
3 34 (15.96%) Developer
4 29 (13.62%) Senior Software Engineer
5 23 (10.80%) Software Manager
6 18 (8.45%) Development Manager
6 18 (8.45%) Software Development Manager
7 17 (7.98%) .NET Software Engineer
7 17 (7.98%) Lead
8 14 (6.57%) .NET Development Manager
9 13 (6.10%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 12 (5.63%) Analyst
10 12 (5.63%) Business Analyst
11 11 (5.16%) C# Developer
11 11 (5.16%) Project Manager
12 10 (4.69%) Graduate
12 10 (4.69%) Graduate Software Engineer
12 10 (4.69%) Lead Software Engineer
12 10 (4.69%) Software Developer
13 9 (4.23%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (23.00%) .NET
2 39 (18.31%) React
3 23 (10.80%) Node.js
4 14 (6.57%) RESTful
5 11 (5.16%) REST
5 11 (5.16%) Vue
6 8 (3.76%) CSS
6 8 (3.76%) HTML
7 7 (3.29%) Micronaut
8 6 (2.82%) AngularJS
9 5 (2.35%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.88%) ASP.NET
10 4 (1.88%) PySpark
10 4 (1.88%) Spring
10 4 (1.88%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.41%) Blazor
11 3 (1.41%) Django
11 3 (1.41%) FastAPI
11 3 (1.41%) Flask
12 2 (0.94%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.69%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.76%) Driving Licence
3 4 (1.88%) AI Agents
3 4 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (1.88%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.41%) Life Science
5 2 (0.94%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.94%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.47%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.47%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.47%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.47%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.47%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.69%) Linux
2 1 (0.47%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.47%) Windows
2 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.82%) Agile
2 50 (23.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 50 (23.47%) Mentoring
3 41 (19.25%) Coaching
4 35 (16.43%) CI/CD
5 31 (14.55%) Analytics
6 29 (13.62%) DevOps
7 27 (12.68%) Microservices
8 24 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (11.27%) SDLC
9 21 (9.86%) Product Vision
9 21 (9.86%) Resource Allocation
10 19 (8.92%) E-Commerce
11 17 (7.98%) AI
11 17 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (7.51%) Computer Science
12 16 (7.51%) Observability
12 16 (7.51%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (7.04%) Full-Stack Development
14 14 (6.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 49 (23.00%) C#
2 38 (17.84%) JavaScript
3 34 (15.96%) TypeScript
4 31 (14.55%) Java
5 30 (14.08%) Python
6 29 (13.62%) SQL
7 9 (4.23%) C
7 9 (4.23%) C++
8 8 (3.76%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.94%) PHP
10 1 (0.47%) Bash
10 1 (0.47%) Delphi
10 1 (0.47%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.47%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.47%) Ruby
10 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (8.45%) Degree
2 13 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (0.47%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.47%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.82%) QA
2 5 (2.35%) GDPR
2 5 (2.35%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (4.69%) Docker
2 6 (2.82%) Firmware
3 1 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (12.68%) Terraform
2 5 (2.35%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.94%) Grafana
3 2 (0.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 28 (13.15%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.80%) Cisco
2 23 (10.80%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.88%) Databricks
4 2 (0.94%) Adobe
4 2 (0.94%) Google
4 2 (0.94%) HubSpot
4 2 (0.94%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.47%) New Relic