Software Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 November 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 86 23
Rank change year-on-year +65 -63 +35
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 5,054 1,070 3,297
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.51% 2.93% 6.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.02% 3.26% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,558 637 1,777
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,281 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% +0.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
13 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,994 32,797 45,172
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.56% 89.72% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 56,409 20,186 24,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,500 £50,055
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -7.10% -4.66%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% -4.17%

Software Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Software Engineer job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 November 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Software Engineer jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 November 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England +62 1,162 £70,000 +7.69% 374
South East +77 1,121 £66,000 +1.54% 427
South West +35 1,035 £65,000 - 203
East of England +107 710 £70,000 +7.69% 266
North West +60 647 £70,000 -3.45% 222
Midlands +74 507 £60,000 -4.00% 196
Scotland +11 345 £75,000 +15.83% 261
East Midlands +72 318 £55,000 -18.52% 86
Yorkshire +43 285 £60,000 +4.35% 102
North East +23 230 £76,250 +34.96% 50
West Midlands +37 189 £65,000 +8.33% 110
Wales +20 161 £60,000 +4.35% 34
Northern Ireland -74 13 £75,000 - 106
Software Engineer
UK

Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, Software Engineer job ads cited 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 Software Engineer job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Software Engineering99.2%5,016
2C++14.9%754
3Agile12.3%621
4Python11.7%593
5C#11.6%584
6AI10.4%528
7Java10.2%516
8AWS9.4%473
9Full-Stack Development7.8%395
9Security Cleared7.8%395
11CI/CD7.7%390
12Linux7.3%369
13.NET6.4%323
14Azure6.2%314
15TypeScript5.8%294
16Degree5.7%286
17C5.4%275
18SC Cleared5.2%262
19Mentoring5.2%261
20Test Automation4.8%243
21Problem-Solving4.8%242
22DevOps4.7%240
23JavaScript4.5%229
24SDLC4.2%214
25Docker4.1%206
25React4.1%206
27Microservices4.0%200
28Computer Science3.7%187
29Kubernetes3.7%186
29SQL3.7%186

Software Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Senior Software Engineer29.2%1,474
2Embedded Software Engineer14.5%732
3Lead Software Engineer10.4%525
4C++ Software Engineer7.3%368
5Principal Software Engineer7.1%361
6C# Software Engineer4.9%248
7Python Software Engineer4.5%228
8Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.6%181
9Java Software Engineer3.5%177
10Full-Stack Software Engineer3.2%162
11Graduate Software Engineer2.5%127
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.4%122
13.NET Software Engineer2.2%113
14AWS Software Engineer1.9%98
15Senior C++ Software Engineer1.6%83
16PLC Software Engineer1.4%69
17Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.2%60
18Senior C# Software Engineer1.2%59
19C Software Engineer1.1%55
19Linux Engineer1.1%55
1,839 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London