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 £68,903 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 66 21
Rank change year-on-year +45 -45 +41
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 4,701 1,280 3,474
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.29% 3.73% 7.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.75% 4.16% 7.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,474 471 1,893
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,015 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,903 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +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
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 81,821 30,741 46,523
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.10% 89.62% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 56,202 17,694 25,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,497 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.89% -9.01% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.67% -6.25%

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 23 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 23 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 +22 1,110 £69,305 +6.62% 366
South East +88 1,058 £70,000 +7.69% 340
South West +48 965 £68,000 +4.62% 237
East of England +121 664 £70,000 +7.69% 297
North West 0 614 £70,000 -6.67% 230
Midlands +63 475 £65,000 +1.96% 183
East Midlands +47 282 £55,000 -21.43% 83
Yorkshire +67 271 £60,000 - 95
Scotland +5 266 £80,000 +24.03% 252
North East +32 225 £70,000 +25.56% 41
West Midlands +41 193 £65,000 +4.00% 100
Wales +23 154 £60,000 - 32
Northern Ireland -73 10 £75,000 - 92
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 23 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 Engineering99.3%4,667
2C++14.4%679
3C#12.8%603
4Agile12.7%595
5Python11.9%558
6AI10.3%482
7Java9.8%459
8AWS9.7%457
9Security Cleared8.5%398
10Full-Stack Development8.3%390
11CI/CD8.2%386
12Linux6.9%326
13.NET6.8%322
14Azure6.8%321
15Degree5.9%278
16TypeScript5.8%275
17Mentoring5.6%265
18SC Cleared5.5%258
19JavaScript5.2%245
20C5.2%243
21DevOps5.0%235
22Problem-Solving4.9%231
23React4.7%220
23Test Automation4.7%220
25Microservices4.4%209
26SDLC4.4%205
27Docker4.3%202
28SQL4.1%193
29Kubernetes3.7%176
30Continuous Improvement3.7%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%1,364
2Embedded Software Engineer14.3%674
3Lead Software Engineer10.0%469
4Principal Software Engineer7.5%354
5C++ Software Engineer7.1%335
6C# Software Engineer6.0%281
7Python Software Engineer4.3%203
8Full-Stack Software Engineer3.5%165
9Java Software Engineer3.3%153
10Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.2%152
11.NET Software Engineer2.4%114
12Graduate Software Engineer2.3%110
13Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.3%109
14AWS Software Engineer1.7%80
15Senior C++ Software Engineer1.7%78
16Senior C# Software Engineer1.4%64
17Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.3%61
18PLC Software Engineer1.3%60
19Junior Software Engineer1.2%56
20Senior Java Software Engineer1.1%52
1,784 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London