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 £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 66 20
Rank change year-on-year +45 -46 +40
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 4,725 1,286 3,379
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.30% 3.74% 7.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.76% 4.15% 7.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,475 480 1,845
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,928 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +23.08% -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
26 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 82,073 31,013 45,901
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.05% 90.08% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 56,168 17,988 25,028
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,603
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,515 £52,500 £56,988
% change year-on-year +13.36% -7.88% -5.02%

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 26 October 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 26 October 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 +23 1,122 £67,500 +3.85% 105
South East +98 1,064 £70,000 +7.69% 115
South West +45 968 £67,500 +3.85% 114
East of England +114 675 £70,000 +7.69% 83
North West 0 619 £70,000 -6.67% 61
Midlands +58 461 £62,500 - 65
East Midlands +49 280 £55,000 -21.43% 34
Yorkshire +66 272 £60,000 - 29
Scotland +4 268 £77,500 +20.16% 52
North East +29 231 £70,000 +23.89% 15
West Midlands +28 181 £65,000 +4.00% 31
Wales +17 157 £60,000 - 7
Northern Ireland -69 10 £75,000 - 2
Software Engineer
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Software Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 October 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%4,688
2C++14.5%686
3Agile12.7%598
4C#12.5%591
5Python12.0%566
6AI10.3%488
7Java10.0%472
8AWS9.7%456
9Security Cleared8.4%396
10Full-Stack Development8.3%390
11CI/CD8.2%389
12Linux7.0%330
13Azure6.8%320
14.NET6.7%317
15Degree5.9%278
15TypeScript5.9%278
17Mentoring5.7%267
18SC Cleared5.4%256
19JavaScript5.2%245
20C5.1%243
21DevOps5.0%234
21Problem-Solving5.0%234
23Test Automation4.8%226
24React4.7%222
25Microservices4.4%208
25SDLC4.4%208
27Docker4.4%206
28SQL4.0%190
29Kubernetes3.8%179
30Computer Science3.7%175

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 Engineer29.0%1,368
2Embedded Software Engineer14.2%670
3Lead Software Engineer9.9%468
4Principal Software Engineer7.4%351
5C++ Software Engineer7.2%340
6C# Software Engineer5.7%269
7Python Software Engineer4.4%207
8Full-Stack Software Engineer3.5%165
9Java Software Engineer3.4%161
10Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.1%147
11Graduate Software Engineer2.4%114
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.3%111
13.NET Software Engineer2.3%110
14Senior C++ Software Engineer1.7%78
15AWS Software Engineer1.6%77
16PLC Software Engineer1.3%62
17Senior C# Software Engineer1.3%61
18Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.2%57
19Junior Software Engineer1.1%54
19Senior Java Software Engineer1.1%54
536 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London