Software Engineer Jobs in the North of England

Software Engineer
England > North of England

The median Software Engineer salary in the North of England is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 81 48
Rank change year-on-year +51 -33 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 987 693 1,081
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.63% 4.01% 6.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.94% 4.49% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 724 360 579
10th Percentile £36,534 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,750 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,781 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 16,622 15,451 17,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.51% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12,863 8,209 10,905
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,544 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the North of England

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the North of England

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the North of England

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
North West +56 564 £57,500 - 93
Yorkshire +46 348 £50,000 -16.67% 47
North East +16 75 £55,000 +4.76% 15
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 977 (98.99%) Software Engineering
2 293 (29.69%) Agile
3 253 (25.63%) C#
4 252 (25.53%) AWS
5 247 (25.03%) JavaScript
6 241 (24.42%) Azure
7 231 (23.40%) .NET
7 231 (23.40%) Python
8 192 (19.45%) DevOps
9 174 (17.63%) Java
10 170 (17.22%) React
11 156 (15.81%) SQL
12 153 (15.50%) Linux
13 149 (15.10%) Degree
14 140 (14.18%) C
15 135 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
16 132 (13.37%) PostgreSQL
17 129 (13.07%) CSS
18 123 (12.46%) .NET Core
19 117 (11.85%) Security Cleared
20 108 (10.94%) Actionable Insight
21 107 (10.84%) C++
22 106 (10.74%) SC Cleared
23 103 (10.44%) GIS
24 101 (10.23%) Computer Science
25 98 (9.93%) Web Development
25 98 (9.93%) ArcGIS
26 95 (9.63%) Social Skills
27 93 (9.42%) PostGIS
28 92 (9.32%) ESRI

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 98 (9.93%) ArcGIS
2 85 (8.61%) GeoServer
3 21 (2.13%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.22%) Captiva
4 12 (1.22%) FileNet
4 12 (1.22%) WebSphere
5 11 (1.11%) Apache
6 7 (0.71%) CMS
7 6 (0.61%) NServiceBus
8 3 (0.30%) JBoss
8 3 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
9 2 (0.20%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.20%) Confluence
9 2 (0.20%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.20%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.20%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.20%) Sketch
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.10%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (0.61%) Magento
2 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 252 (25.53%) AWS
2 241 (24.42%) Azure
3 53 (5.37%) Serverless
4 51 (5.17%) GCP
5 49 (4.96%) GitHub
6 27 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
7 17 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (1.52%) OpenShift
9 11 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
10 10 (1.01%) SaaS
11 8 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (0.71%) Amazon S3
12 7 (0.71%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (0.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 5 (0.51%) Amazon Kinesis
13 5 (0.51%) Firebase
14 4 (0.41%) Amazon SQS
15 3 (0.30%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.13%) RS-232
2 20 (2.03%) MQTT
3 16 (1.62%) RS-485
3 16 (1.62%) TCP/IP
3 16 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (1.52%) Wireless
5 12 (1.22%) 3G
5 12 (1.22%) 4G
6 11 (1.11%) AMQP
7 10 (1.01%) Ethernet
8 7 (0.71%) Firewall
8 7 (0.71%) Network Security
9 5 (0.51%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.20%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.20%) VoIP
11 1 (0.10%) HTTP
11 1 (0.10%) Internet
11 1 (0.10%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (13.37%) PostgreSQL
2 103 (10.44%) GIS
3 85 (8.61%) QGIS
4 79 (8.00%) MySQL
5 55 (5.57%) SQL Server
6 42 (4.26%) NoSQL
7 34 (3.44%) MongoDB
8 26 (2.63%) Relational Database
9 19 (1.93%) Redis
10 18 (1.82%) Big Data
11 16 (1.62%) Geospatial Data
12 14 (1.42%) Hadoop
13 11 (1.11%) Cloudera CDH
13 11 (1.11%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.91%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.91%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
17 5 (0.51%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 79 (8.00%) Git
2 37 (3.75%) JIRA
3 32 (3.24%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.52%) LabVIEW
4 15 (1.52%) Subversion
5 14 (1.42%) Cypress.io
5 14 (1.42%) GitLab
5 14 (1.42%) Oracle Forms
6 10 (1.01%) TeamCity
7 9 (0.91%) JDeveloper
8 8 (0.81%) IntelliJ
8 8 (0.81%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.71%) CircleCI
9 7 (0.71%) Maven
9 7 (0.71%) Spinnaker
10 6 (0.61%) Selenium
10 6 (0.61%) Visual Studio
10 6 (0.61%) webpack
11 5 (0.51%) Clang
11 5 (0.51%) Mockito
General
1 95 (9.63%) Social Skills
2 70 (7.09%) Electronics
3 58 (5.88%) Finance
4 42 (4.26%) Automotive
5 41 (4.15%) Manufacturing
6 33 (3.34%) Public Sector
7 31 (3.14%) Analytical Skills
8 29 (2.94%) Banking
9 28 (2.84%) Tech for Good
10 23 (2.33%) Legal
11 21 (2.13%) Retail
12 18 (1.82%) Aerospace
13 17 (1.72%) Mandarin Language
14 16 (1.62%) Health Technology
15 14 (1.42%) Games
15 14 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 13 (1.32%) Marketing
17 9 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
19 5 (0.51%) Retail Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (23.40%) .NET
2 170 (17.22%) React
3 129 (13.07%) CSS
4 123 (12.46%) .NET Core
5 93 (9.42%) PostGIS
6 89 (9.02%) Leaflet
6 89 (9.02%) OpenLayers
7 78 (7.90%) Node.js
8 71 (7.19%) AngularJS
9 58 (5.88%) RESTful
10 51 (5.17%) Vue
11 46 (4.66%) ASP.NET
11 46 (4.66%) HTML
12 40 (4.05%) REST
13 37 (3.75%) Spring
14 26 (2.63%) Spring Boot
15 20 (2.03%) RabbitMQ
15 20 (2.03%) WPF
16 19 (1.93%) Web Services
17 18 (1.82%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.17%) IoT
2 42 (4.26%) Embedded Systems
3 24 (2.43%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (2.03%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (1.32%) Algorithms
7 13 (1.32%) Client/Server
7 13 (1.32%) Private Cloud
8 12 (1.22%) DataPower
9 11 (1.11%) Device Driver
10 10 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.01%) SCADA
11 9 (0.91%) Product Ownership
12 7 (0.71%) Blog
12 7 (0.71%) Online Games
12 7 (0.71%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.61%) NHS
14 5 (0.51%) Life Science
14 5 (0.51%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 153 (15.50%) Linux
2 35 (3.55%) Windows
3 30 (3.04%) Embedded Linux
4 23 (2.33%) Ubuntu
5 22 (2.23%) Unix
6 19 (1.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 13 (1.32%) FreeRTOS
8 11 (1.11%) CentOS
8 11 (1.11%) Debian
9 10 (1.01%) Android
10 8 (0.81%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.30%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.30%) VMS
12 2 (0.20%) FreeBSD
12 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.10%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 977 (98.99%) Software Engineering
2 293 (29.69%) Agile
3 192 (19.45%) DevOps
4 135 (13.68%) Problem-Solving
5 108 (10.94%) Actionable Insight
6 101 (10.23%) Computer Science
7 98 (9.93%) Web Development
8 90 (9.12%) Full Stack Development
9 88 (8.92%) Microservices
10 74 (7.50%) TDD
11 71 (7.19%) Open Source
12 65 (6.59%) Mentoring
13 56 (5.67%) Test Automation
14 53 (5.37%) CI/CD
15 48 (4.86%) Continuous Integration
16 47 (4.76%) Coaching
16 47 (4.76%) OO
17 44 (4.46%) SDLC
18 42 (4.26%) Software Testing
19 41 (4.15%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 253 (25.63%) C#
2 247 (25.03%) JavaScript
3 231 (23.40%) Python
4 174 (17.63%) Java
5 156 (15.81%) SQL
6 140 (14.18%) C
7 107 (10.84%) C++
8 65 (6.59%) TypeScript
9 30 (3.04%) Embedded C
10 25 (2.53%) Go
11 18 (1.82%) Perl
12 17 (1.72%) PHP
12 17 (1.72%) Rust
13 16 (1.62%) Bash
14 15 (1.52%) Ruby
15 13 (1.32%) T-SQL
16 9 (0.91%) SystemVerilog
17 8 (0.81%) PowerShell
17 8 (0.81%) Scala
18 7 (0.71%) XAML
Qualifications
1 149 (15.10%) Degree
2 117 (11.85%) Security Cleared
3 106 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 36 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.23%) Master's Degree
6 20 (2.03%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.01%) PhD
8 7 (0.71%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.51%) HND
10 4 (0.41%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.20%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.20%) HNC
13 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.53%) GDPR
2 17 (1.72%) QA
3 7 (0.71%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.41%) PMO
5 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 54 (5.47%) Docker
2 46 (4.66%) Firmware
3 12 (1.22%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 62 (6.28%) Kubernetes
2 34 (3.44%) Terraform
3 24 (2.43%) Ansible
4 11 (1.11%) Puppet
5 10 (1.01%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.30%) Podman
7 1 (0.10%) Grafana
7 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (9.32%) ESRI
2 37 (3.75%) Oracle
3 28 (2.84%) Microsoft
4 19 (1.93%) Red Hat
5 15 (1.52%) Google
6 13 (1.32%) SAP
7 12 (1.22%) IBM
7 12 (1.22%) Kofax
7 12 (1.22%) Pega
7 12 (1.22%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.11%) F5
8 11 (1.11%) SaltStack
9 9 (0.91%) Cadence
9 9 (0.91%) Synopsys
10 7 (0.71%) Confluent
11 6 (0.61%) Facebook
12 3 (0.30%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.30%) Autodesk
12 3 (0.30%) EMC
12 3 (0.30%) Xamarin