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 £66,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 81 22
Rank change year-on-year +60 -59 +38
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 5,010 1,089 3,298
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.48% 3.06% 6.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.98% 3.40% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,554 614 1,772
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,084 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,188 £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
9 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,767 32,018 45,206
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.62% 89.86% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 56,419 19,699 24,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,200 £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 £64,750 £66,067
90th Percentile £88,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,813 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +13.93% -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 9 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 9 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 +69 1,165 £70,000 +7.69% 345
South East +73 1,112 £66,750 +2.69% 336
South West +34 1,024 £67,500 +3.85% 197
East of England +100 696 £70,000 +7.69% 273
North West +61 642 £70,000 -6.67% 214
Midlands +80 504 £60,000 -4.00% 175
Scotland +13 336 £75,000 +15.83% 238
East Midlands +68 310 £55,000 -15.38% 85
Yorkshire +40 287 £60,000 +4.35% 96
North East +25 236 £70,000 +23.89% 35
West Midlands +36 194 £65,000 +8.33% 90
Wales +21 161 £60,000 +4.35% 29
Northern Ireland -67 12 £75,000 - 98
Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 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%4,972
2C++14.7%738
3Agile12.3%618
4Python11.8%591
5C#11.7%588
6AI10.5%525
7Java10.4%519
8AWS9.6%479
9Full-Stack Development8.0%402
10Security Cleared8.0%399
11CI/CD7.9%395
12Linux7.2%359
13.NET6.6%330
14Azure6.4%321
15TypeScript5.9%296
16Degree5.7%286
17Mentoring5.4%270
18SC Cleared5.3%264
19C5.2%261
20DevOps4.9%243
21Problem-Solving4.8%242
22JavaScript4.8%239
23Test Automation4.7%237
24React4.2%212
24SDLC4.2%212
26Docker4.2%211
27Microservices4.1%203
28SQL3.8%188
29Computer Science3.7%187
30Kubernetes3.7%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 Engineer29.0%1,453
2Embedded Software Engineer14.4%719
3Lead Software Engineer10.4%522
4C++ Software Engineer7.2%362
5Principal Software Engineer7.2%361
6C# Software Engineer5.0%253
7Python Software Engineer4.4%222
8Java Software Engineer3.5%176
9Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.5%173
10Full-Stack Software Engineer3.3%164
11Graduate Software Engineer2.5%127
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.4%120
13.NET Software Engineer2.3%115
14AWS Software Engineer1.9%95
15Senior C++ Software Engineer1.6%81
16PLC Software Engineer1.3%65
17Senior C# Software Engineer1.2%60
18Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.2%59
19Junior Software Engineer1.1%54
19Linux Engineer1.1%54
1,676 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London