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 31 October 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 66 23
Rank change year-on-year +45 -43 +38
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 4,830 1,354 3,335
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.36% 3.85% 6.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.84% 4.28% 7.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,490 531 1,808
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £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 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +19.23% -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
31 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 82,692 31,645 45,568
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.80% 90.09% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 56,217 18,688 24,792
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £66,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -7.89% -5.00%

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 31 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 31 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 +18 1,134 £69,305 +6.62% 88
South East +89 1,078 £67,500 +3.85% 107
South West +38 997 £67,500 +3.85% 94
East of England +109 678 £70,000 +7.69% 83
North West 0 621 £70,000 -6.67% 50
Midlands +56 474 £60,000 -4.00% 49
Scotland +8 300 £75,000 +16.28% 45
East Midlands +46 288 £55,000 -18.52% 29
Yorkshire +47 282 £60,000 +9.09% 22
North East +28 231 £70,000 +23.89% 16
West Midlands +29 186 £65,000 +6.12% 20
Wales +21 158 £60,000 - 7
Northern Ireland -73 11 £75,000 - 2
Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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%4,792
2C++14.6%706
3Agile12.5%606
4C#12.1%585
5Python11.8%568
6AI10.4%501
7Java10.4%500
8AWS9.8%473
9Full-Stack Development8.3%399
10Security Cleared8.2%398
11CI/CD8.1%391
12Linux7.1%341
13Azure6.7%324
14.NET6.6%318
15TypeScript5.9%284
16Degree5.7%275
17Mentoring5.5%267
18SC Cleared5.3%258
19C5.0%243
20DevOps5.0%240
21JavaScript4.9%239
22Problem-Solving4.9%235
23Test Automation4.8%231
24React4.6%220
25Microservices4.4%213
26SDLC4.4%212
27Docker4.3%208
28SQL3.9%186
29Kubernetes3.8%183
30Continuous Improvement3.7%179

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 Engineer28.8%1,392
2Embedded Software Engineer14.1%681
3Lead Software Engineer10.1%488
4Principal Software Engineer7.4%356
5C++ Software Engineer7.2%348
6C# Software Engineer5.4%263
7Python Software Engineer4.4%211
8Java Software Engineer3.6%176
9Full-Stack Software Engineer3.4%164
10Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.1%151
11Graduate Software Engineer2.5%121
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.4%115
13.NET Software Engineer2.3%110
14AWS Software Engineer1.8%89
15Senior C++ Software Engineer1.6%78
16PLC Software Engineer1.3%63
17Senior C# Software Engineer1.3%61
18Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.2%58
19Junior Software Engineer1.1%55
20Senior Java Software Engineer1.1%54
466 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London