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 £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 87 23
Rank change year-on-year +66 -64 +36
Permanent Software Engineer jobs 5,038 1,057 3,285
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 5.50% 2.90% 6.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.00% 3.24% 7.30%
Number of salaries quoted 3,552 628 1,766
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,281 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £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
12 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 83,928 32,656 45,026
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.57% 89.71% 94.81%
Number of salaries quoted 56,375 19,959 24,181
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,350 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.66% -7.30% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -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 12 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 12 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 +76 1,166 £70,000 +7.69% 379
South East +78 1,120 £66,000 +1.54% 443
South West +32 1,031 £65,000 - 207
East of England +103 702 £70,000 +7.69% 273
North West +81 645 £70,000 -3.45% 226
Midlands +77 506 £60,000 -4.00% 200
Scotland +13 341 £75,000 +16.28% 263
East Midlands +72 316 £55,000 -15.38% 91
Yorkshire +45 287 £60,000 +4.35% 109
North East +24 234 £76,250 +34.96% 44
West Midlands +40 190 £65,000 +8.33% 109
Wales +20 160 £60,000 +4.35% 35
Northern Ireland -74 12 £75,000 - 105
Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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%5,000
2C++14.8%747
3Agile12.4%626
4Python11.8%595
5C#11.6%586
6AI10.5%529
7Java10.4%524
8AWS9.5%481
9CI/CD7.9%398
10Full-Stack Development7.9%397
11Security Cleared7.9%396
12Linux7.3%366
13.NET6.5%325
14Azure6.4%321
15TypeScript5.9%298
16Degree5.7%288
17C5.3%267
18Mentoring5.3%266
19SC Cleared5.2%261
20Problem-Solving4.9%245
21Test Automation4.8%244
22DevOps4.8%242
23JavaScript4.7%238
24SDLC4.2%214
25React4.2%210
26Docker4.1%209
27Microservices4.1%207
28Computer Science3.8%191
29Kubernetes3.8%189
29SQL3.8%189

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%1,463
2Embedded Software Engineer14.4%726
3Lead Software Engineer10.4%525
4C++ Software Engineer7.2%363
5Principal Software Engineer7.1%359
6C# Software Engineer5.0%250
7Python Software Engineer4.5%226
8Java Software Engineer3.5%177
9Senior Embedded Software Engineer3.5%176
10Full-Stack Software Engineer3.2%162
11Graduate Software Engineer2.5%128
12Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.4%120
13.NET Software Engineer2.3%114
14AWS Software Engineer1.9%97
15Senior C++ Software Engineer1.6%81
16PLC Software Engineer1.3%68
17Embedded C++ Software Engineer1.2%59
17Senior C# Software Engineer1.2%59
19Linux Engineer1.1%54
20Junior Software Engineer1.1%53
1,874 Software Engineer jobs in the UK excluding London