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 29 October 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 63 22
Rank change year-on-year +42 -41 +38
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 4,801 1,311 3,382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.32% 3.80% 7.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.79% 4.23% 7.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,493 498 1,835
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,281 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,849 £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
29 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 82,916 30,996 45,766
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.87% 89.94% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 56,513 18,250 24,938
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,974 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.63% -8.05% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,603
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 29 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 29 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 +21 1,125 £67,500 +3.85% 88
South East +92 1,088 £68,500 +5.38% 127
South West +40 988 £67,500 +3.85% 102
East of England +108 675 £70,000 +7.69% 84
North West +1 621 £70,000 -6.67% 49
Midlands +52 467 £62,500 - 56
Scotland +4 287 £75,000 +16.28% 46
East Midlands +46 283 £55,000 -21.43% 34
Yorkshire +62 275 £60,000 - 26
North East +26 229 £70,000 +23.89% 13
West Midlands +36 184 £65,000 +4.00% 22
Wales +18 161 £60,000 - 6
Northern Ireland -73 10 £75,000 - 3
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 29 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%4,764
2C++14.6%702
3Agile12.5%602
4C#12.4%593
5Python11.9%569
6AI10.4%497
7Java10.3%495
8AWS9.6%462
9Full-Stack Development8.3%398
9Security Cleared8.3%398
11CI/CD8.1%389
12Linux7.1%340
13Azure6.7%323
14.NET6.6%319
15TypeScript5.9%281
16Degree5.7%274
17Mentoring5.5%264
18SC Cleared5.4%258
19JavaScript5.0%242
20C5.0%240
21DevOps5.0%238
22Problem-Solving4.9%234
23Test Automation4.7%227
24React4.6%219
25Microservices4.4%211
26SDLC4.4%210
27Docker4.3%208
28SQL3.9%189
29Kubernetes3.8%181
30Computer Science3.7%177

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%1,390
2Embedded Software Engineer14.0%673
3Lead Software Engineer10.0%481
4Principal Software Engineer7.3%352
5C++ Software Engineer7.3%349
6C# Software Engineer5.6%270
7Python Software Engineer4.4%210
8Java Software Engineer3.6%174
9Full-Stack Software Engineer3.4%162
10Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.0%146
11Graduate Software Engineer2.4%117
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.4%113
13.NET Software Engineer2.3%111
14AWS Software Engineer1.7%84
15Senior C++ Software Engineer1.6%78
16PLC Software Engineer1.3%62
16Senior C# Software Engineer1.3%62
18Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.2%57
19Junior Software Engineer1.1%55
19Senior Java Software Engineer1.1%55
504 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London