Software Engineering Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 23 12
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 +6
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 9,792 5,323 10,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.48% 9.51% 13.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.37% 9.96% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5,577 3,056 4,826
10th Percentile £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,125 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +4.56% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £61,500 £70,000 £68,823
% change year-on-year -12.14% +1.71% +14.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,715 53,455 71,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.19% 95.50% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 43,312 28,495 41,629
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the UK excluding London

Software Engineering
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 June 2024. 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
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Scotland +4 2,956 £60,000 -7.69% 141
North of England +16 1,929 £57,500 -8.00% 315
South East +6 1,663 £55,000 -15.38% 304
South West +12 1,359 £55,000 -11.93% 222
North West +17 1,196 £60,000 -7.69% 197
Midlands +19 990 £55,000 -4.35% 239
East of England +13 598 £60,000 -7.69% 164
Yorkshire +13 579 £55,000 -12.00% 84
West Midlands +24 535 £60,000 - 119
East Midlands +12 455 £50,000 -9.09% 119
Wales +10 190 £50,000 - 24
North East +15 154 £55,000 +10.00% 37
Northern Ireland +1 109 £60,000 +20.00% 35
Software Engineering
UK

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 600 (6.13%) Apache Spark
2 300 (3.06%) ArcGIS
3 284 (2.90%) GeoServer
4 192 (1.96%) Apache
5 114 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
6 109 (1.11%) Confluence
7 102 (1.04%) FileNet
8 32 (0.33%) Cloud Foundry
9 24 (0.25%) SharePoint
10 22 (0.22%) CMS
11 21 (0.21%) GemFire
12 17 (0.17%) Tomcat
13 16 (0.16%) Camunda
14 15 (0.15%) NServiceBus
15 13 (0.13%) nginx
16 12 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
17 11 (0.11%) CICS
18 10 (0.10%) IIS
18 10 (0.10%) WordPress
19 9 (0.092%) WebSphere
Applications
1 147 (1.50%) Simulink
2 28 (0.29%) Stateflow
3 21 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (0.19%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (0.17%) AutoCAD
6 11 (0.11%) CANalyzer
7 10 (0.10%) OrCAD
8 8 (0.082%) Adobe XD
9 6 (0.061%) Trello
10 5 (0.051%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.041%) Doxygen
11 4 (0.041%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 3 (0.031%) GNU Octave
12 3 (0.031%) TargetLink
13 2 (0.020%) Autodesk Inventor
13 2 (0.020%) Chatbot
13 2 (0.020%) Fusion 360
13 2 (0.020%) Revit
13 2 (0.020%) Sketch
13 2 (0.020%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 34 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.092%) Magento
2 9 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
3 7 (0.071%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.051%) Siebel CRM
5 4 (0.041%) C-CURE
5 4 (0.041%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.041%) Shopify
6 3 (0.031%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.031%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.020%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.020%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.020%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.010%) SAP EHS
8 1 (0.010%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.010%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 2,433 (24.85%) AWS
2 1,399 (14.29%) Azure
3 322 (3.29%) GCP
4 276 (2.82%) SaaS
5 231 (2.36%) Serverless
6 225 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
7 195 (1.99%) GitHub
8 184 (1.88%) Amazon S3
9 153 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
10 125 (1.28%) Datadog
11 118 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
12 116 (1.18%) Power Platform
13 104 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
14 91 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
15 90 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
16 83 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
17 81 (0.83%) Amazon SQS
18 74 (0.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 63 (0.64%) Amazon Kinesis
20 60 (0.61%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 154 (1.57%) Wireless
2 123 (1.26%) TCP/IP
3 99 (1.01%) Network Security
4 94 (0.96%) Ethernet
5 84 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
6 82 (0.84%) Kerberos
7 70 (0.71%) RS-232
8 54 (0.55%) Bluetooth
9 50 (0.51%) MQTT
10 47 (0.48%) Internet
11 46 (0.47%) RS-485
12 43 (0.44%) HTTP
13 35 (0.36%) AMQP
14 32 (0.33%) Modbus
15 25 (0.26%) ZigBee
16 24 (0.25%) 5G
17 23 (0.23%) 4G
18 18 (0.18%) Firewall
19 16 (0.16%) DSL
20 15 (0.15%) J1939
Database & Business Intelligence
1 853 (8.71%) NoSQL
2 534 (5.45%) Big Data
3 501 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
4 326 (3.33%) GIS
5 310 (3.17%) MySQL
6 284 (2.90%) QGIS
7 271 (2.77%) Hadoop
8 256 (2.61%) SQL Server
9 234 (2.39%) Relational Database
10 209 (2.13%) Elasticsearch
11 168 (1.72%) MongoDB
12 159 (1.62%) Apache Cassandra
13 118 (1.21%) Apache Hive
14 99 (1.01%) Redis
15 94 (0.96%) HBase
16 77 (0.79%) Power BI
17 75 (0.77%) Data Lake
18 72 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
18 72 (0.74%) Metadata
19 58 (0.59%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 833 (8.51%) Git
2 437 (4.46%) Jenkins
3 290 (2.96%) JIRA
4 266 (2.72%) Visual Studio
5 243 (2.48%) JUnit
6 171 (1.75%) Bitbucket
7 158 (1.61%) GitLab
8 141 (1.44%) Cypress.io
9 126 (1.29%) Jasmine
10 125 (1.28%) Selenium
11 90 (0.92%) Maven
11 90 (0.92%) Subversion
12 87 (0.89%) LabVIEW
13 82 (0.84%) Bitbucket Server
14 66 (0.67%) Artifactory
14 66 (0.67%) Karma Test Runner
15 64 (0.65%) WebDriver
16 61 (0.62%) Sourcetree
17 60 (0.61%) Protractor
18 50 (0.51%) Mockito
General
1 2,689 (27.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2,653 (27.09%) Finance
3 2,294 (23.43%) Law
4 1,254 (12.81%) Marketing
5 1,081 (11.04%) Social Skills
6 716 (7.31%) Legal
7 554 (5.66%) Electronics
8 492 (5.02%) Banking
9 407 (4.16%) Manufacturing
10 353 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
11 347 (3.54%) Investment Banking
12 269 (2.75%) Automotive
13 247 (2.52%) Financial Institution
14 208 (2.12%) Aerospace
15 183 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
16 154 (1.57%) Games
17 145 (1.48%) Retail
18 143 (1.46%) Public Sector
19 132 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
20 104 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 6,845 (69.90%) Software Engineer
2 2,248 (22.96%) Senior
3 1,760 (17.97%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1,333 (13.61%) Lead
5 1,211 (12.37%) Embedded Engineer
6 1,143 (11.67%) Developer
7 1,115 (11.39%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 953 (9.73%) Lead Software Engineer
9 927 (9.47%) Java Engineer
10 892 (9.11%) Java Software Engineer
11 435 (4.44%) Full Stack Engineer
12 407 (4.16%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 406 (4.15%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 405 (4.14%) Python Engineer
15 398 (4.06%) Python Software Engineer
16 385 (3.93%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
17 371 (3.79%) Software Developer
18 360 (3.68%) Big Data Engineer
18 360 (3.68%) Big Data Software Engineer
19 352 (3.59%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,411 (14.41%) .NET
2 1,396 (14.26%) React
3 866 (8.84%) Spring
4 816 (8.33%) CSS
5 792 (8.09%) AngularJS
6 626 (6.39%) HTML
7 555 (5.67%) .NET Core
8 516 (5.27%) Node.js
9 484 (4.94%) Spring Boot
10 461 (4.71%) Kafka
11 416 (4.25%) RESTful
12 297 (3.03%) JSON
13 295 (3.01%) REST
14 294 (3.00%) PostGIS
15 290 (2.96%) Web Services
16 288 (2.94%) Leaflet
16 288 (2.94%) OpenLayers
17 251 (2.56%) ASP.NET
17 251 (2.56%) Hibernate
18 248 (2.53%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 1,058 (10.80%) Algorithms
2 983 (10.04%) Cloud Native
3 285 (2.91%) Public Cloud
4 254 (2.59%) IoT
5 244 (2.49%) Embedded Systems
6 233 (2.38%) Cyberattack
7 219 (2.24%) Product Ownership
8 216 (2.21%) Management Information System
9 204 (2.08%) Onboarding
10 202 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
11 191 (1.95%) Data Structures
12 167 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
13 136 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
14 128 (1.31%) Reference Data
15 109 (1.11%) Mobile App
16 87 (0.89%) Market Risk
17 84 (0.86%) Robotics
18 79 (0.81%) Private Cloud
19 78 (0.80%) Device Driver
20 70 (0.71%) Distributed Applications
Operating Systems
1 1,205 (12.31%) Linux
2 440 (4.49%) Windows
3 253 (2.58%) Embedded Linux
4 180 (1.84%) Unix
5 141 (1.44%) Android
6 128 (1.31%) Ubuntu
7 83 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 67 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 55 (0.56%) CentOS
10 42 (0.43%) FreeRTOS
11 37 (0.38%) Debian
12 17 (0.17%) Mac OS
13 14 (0.14%) Windows 10
13 14 (0.14%) Windows Server
14 8 (0.082%) Alpine Linux
14 8 (0.082%) VxWorks
15 6 (0.061%) Mac OS X
15 6 (0.061%) ThreadX
16 5 (0.051%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 5 (0.051%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,311 (44.03%) Agile
2 2,403 (24.54%) SDLC
3 2,388 (24.39%) CI/CD
4 1,783 (18.21%) Machine Learning
5 1,751 (17.88%) Operational Stability
6 1,684 (17.20%) Artificial Intelligence
7 1,486 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
8 1,276 (13.03%) DevOps
9 1,252 (12.79%) Community of Practice
10 1,242 (12.68%) Computer Science
11 952 (9.72%) Mentoring
12 941 (9.61%) Continuous Improvement
13 927 (9.47%) Full Stack Development
14 905 (9.24%) Microservices
15 889 (9.08%) Visualisation
16 698 (7.13%) Risk Management
17 648 (6.62%) Test Automation
18 607 (6.20%) Decision-Making
19 594 (6.07%) Scrum
20 590 (6.03%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 2,622 (26.78%) Java
2 2,468 (25.20%) Python
3 1,841 (18.80%) SQL
4 1,766 (18.04%) C#
5 1,572 (16.05%) JavaScript
6 1,296 (13.24%) C
7 1,151 (11.75%) C++
8 746 (7.62%) TypeScript
9 342 (3.49%) Scala
10 336 (3.43%) Embedded C
11 228 (2.33%) Go
12 224 (2.29%) PHP
13 194 (1.98%) Bash
14 144 (1.47%) PL/SQL
15 137 (1.40%) MATLAB
16 126 (1.29%) Rust
17 121 (1.24%) Kotlin
18 103 (1.05%) T-SQL
19 84 (0.86%) Ada
20 73 (0.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1,489 (15.21%) Degree
2 1,190 (12.15%) Security Cleared
3 738 (7.54%) SC Cleared
4 459 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 209 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 185 (1.89%) DV Cleared
7 167 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 110 (1.12%) PhD
9 49 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 39 (0.40%) HND
11 35 (0.36%) AWS Certification
12 33 (0.34%) Azure Certification
13 28 (0.29%) HNC
14 23 (0.23%) PMI Certification
15 21 (0.21%) ISTQB
16 16 (0.16%) CISSP
17 10 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 10 (0.10%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (0.10%) DBS Check
18 9 (0.092%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 208 (2.12%) QA
2 88 (0.90%) Accessibility
3 61 (0.62%) SLA
4 58 (0.59%) MISRA
5 35 (0.36%) ISO 26262
6 32 (0.33%) Data Quality
6 32 (0.33%) PMO
7 31 (0.32%) GDPR
8 26 (0.27%) ISO 13485
9 24 (0.25%) AUTOSAR
10 23 (0.23%) Def Stans
11 22 (0.22%) Automotive SPICE
12 20 (0.20%) IEC 61508
12 20 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
13 14 (0.14%) NIST
14 12 (0.12%) IEC 62304
14 12 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 10 (0.10%) GRC
15 10 (0.10%) MISRA C
15 10 (0.10%) NCSC
System Software
1 524 (5.35%) Docker
2 313 (3.20%) Firmware
3 134 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
4 94 (0.96%) HDFS
5 78 (0.80%) Active Directory
6 14 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
7 11 (0.11%) Time Sharing Option
8 10 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (0.071%) IAG
10 4 (0.041%) NFS
10 4 (0.041%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 4 (0.041%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.031%) Hyper-V
11 3 (0.031%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.031%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.020%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 2 (0.020%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.010%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 774 (7.90%) Kubernetes
2 514 (5.25%) Terraform
3 190 (1.94%) Grafana
4 156 (1.59%) Ansible
5 94 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 34 (0.35%) Puppet
7 33 (0.34%) Progress Chef
8 26 (0.27%) ITRS Geneos
9 22 (0.22%) Kibana
10 21 (0.21%) HAProxy
10 21 (0.21%) Zipkin
11 15 (0.15%) Functional Safety
12 7 (0.071%) Graphite
13 6 (0.061%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 6 (0.061%) Nessus
14 5 (0.051%) Docker Swarm
14 5 (0.051%) HP ALM
14 5 (0.051%) Istio
14 5 (0.051%) Nagios
14 5 (0.051%) Suricata
Vendors
1 507 (5.18%) Microsoft
2 397 (4.05%) Oracle
3 296 (3.02%) ESRI
4 244 (2.49%) Databricks
5 197 (2.01%) Splunk
6 190 (1.94%) Google
7 160 (1.63%) Dynatrace
8 83 (0.85%) Informatica
9 67 (0.68%) SAP
10 64 (0.65%) Cloudera
11 59 (0.60%) Red Hat
12 55 (0.56%) Xamarin
13 54 (0.55%) IBM
14 53 (0.54%) Alteryx
15 52 (0.53%) Atlassian
16 47 (0.48%) SaltStack
17 46 (0.47%) Siemens
18 43 (0.44%) Xilinx
19 29 (0.30%) Micro Focus
20 26 (0.27%) EMC