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 14 November 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 84 23
Rank change year-on-year +62 -61 +35
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 5,061 1,085 3,314
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.52% 2.95% 6.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.02% 3.29% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,555 648 1,793
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,281 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,563 £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
14 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 84,001 33,027 45,408
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.55% 89.73% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 56,395 20,354 24,475
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 14 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 14 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 +59 1,164 £70,000 +7.69% 367
South East +75 1,119 £65,000 - 422
South West +32 1,041 £65,000 - 206
East of England +99 709 £70,000 +7.69% 258
North West +62 648 £70,000 -5.08% 212
Midlands +75 508 £60,000 -4.00% 191
Scotland +12 347 £75,000 +15.83% 252
East Midlands +70 320 £55,000 -15.38% 86
Yorkshire +45 285 £60,000 +4.35% 101
North East +27 231 £78,750 +24.51% 54
West Midlands +37 188 £65,000 +8.33% 105
Wales +23 160 £60,000 +4.35% 37
Northern Ireland -70 13 £75,000 -11.76% 105
Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Engineering99.3%5,024
2C++14.9%753
3Agile12.1%613
4Python11.7%594
5C#11.4%577
6AI10.6%535
7Java10.0%506
8AWS9.2%467
9Security Cleared7.7%392
10Full-Stack Development7.7%388
11CI/CD7.6%383
12Linux7.3%369
13.NET6.3%317
14Azure6.1%307
15TypeScript5.8%293
16Degree5.6%284
17C5.4%275
18SC Cleared5.2%262
19Mentoring5.1%257
20Test Automation4.8%245
21Problem-Solving4.7%240
22DevOps4.6%231
23JavaScript4.3%220
24SDLC4.1%210
25Docker4.0%204
25React4.0%204
27Microservices3.8%194
28Computer Science3.7%185
28Kubernetes3.7%185
30SQL3.5%178

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 Engineer29.1%1,475
2Embedded Software Engineer14.6%739
3Lead Software Engineer10.4%525
4C++ Software Engineer7.3%370
5Principal Software Engineer7.1%358
6C# Software Engineer4.9%246
7Python Software Engineer4.5%229
8Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.7%186
9Java Software Engineer3.5%176
10Full-Stack Software Engineer3.2%161
11Graduate Software Engineer2.5%128
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.5%126
13.NET Software Engineer2.2%112
14AWS Software Engineer1.9%98
15Senior C++ Software Engineer1.7%84
16PLC Software Engineer1.3%68
17Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.2%59
17Senior C# Software Engineer1.2%59
19Linux Engineer1.1%56
20C Software Engineer1.1%54
1,808 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London