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 £67,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 65 21
Rank change year-on-year +44 -44 +40
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 4,708 1,284 3,463
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.29% 3.73% 7.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.74% 4.16% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,474 477 1,875
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,145 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% +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
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 81,991 30,889 46,325
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.07% 89.68% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 56,257 17,814 25,292
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.17% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,300 £52,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.95% -7.08% -5.83%

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 24 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 24 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 1,115 £69,305 +6.62% 367
South East +87 1,060 £70,000 +7.69% 345
South West +43 965 £68,000 +4.62% 239
East of England +111 670 £70,000 +7.69% 298
North West +1 616 £70,000 -6.67% 232
Midlands +57 469 £65,000 +1.96% 180
East Midlands +44 280 £55,000 -21.43% 82
Yorkshire +62 272 £60,000 - 94
Scotland +4 264 £80,000 +24.03% 251
North East +33 227 £70,000 +25.56% 41
West Midlands +40 189 £65,000 +4.00% 98
Wales +17 155 £60,000 - 32
Northern Ireland -69 10 £75,000 - 93
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 24 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%4,673
2C++14.5%684
3C#12.7%599
4Agile12.7%598
5Python12.0%564
6AI10.3%485
7Java9.9%464
8AWS9.7%455
9Security Cleared8.5%398
10Full-Stack Development8.3%391
11CI/CD8.2%387
12Linux6.9%326
13.NET6.8%321
14Azure6.8%320
15Degree5.9%280
16TypeScript5.8%274
17Mentoring5.7%267
18SC Cleared5.5%258
19JavaScript5.2%244
20C5.2%243
21DevOps5.0%236
22Problem-Solving4.9%233
23React4.7%221
23Test Automation4.7%221
25Microservices4.4%207
25SDLC4.4%207
27Docker4.4%205
28SQL4.1%192
29Kubernetes3.8%177
30Continuous Improvement3.7%174

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%1,366
2Embedded Software Engineer14.2%670
3Lead Software Engineer9.9%467
4Principal Software Engineer7.4%350
5C++ Software Engineer7.2%338
6C# Software Engineer5.9%277
7Python Software Engineer4.3%204
8Full-Stack Software Engineer3.5%165
9Java Software Engineer3.3%156
10Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.2%151
11Graduate Software Engineer2.4%113
12.NET Software Engineer2.4%112
13Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.3%109
14Senior C++ Software Engineer1.7%80
15AWS Software Engineer1.7%78
16Senior C# Software Engineer1.4%64
17PLC Software Engineer1.3%61
18Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.3%60
19Junior Software Engineer1.2%55
20Senior Java Software Engineer1.1%52
1,790 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London