Software Engineer Jobs in Northampton

Software Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Software Engineer salary in Northampton is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 32 39
Rank change year-on-year +23 +7 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 55 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 10.19% 0.47% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.46% 0.49% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 39 1 2
10th Percentile £35,000 - £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 - £88,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -33.33% +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 526 203 284
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.41% 96.21% 99.30%
Number of salaries quoted 245 161 191
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £72,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -3.06%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Northampton

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Northampton.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Northampton

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Northampton over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Northampton

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 15 November 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 Northampton region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 55 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (20.00%) C++
3 9 (16.36%) Degree
4 8 (14.55%) Master's Degree
5 7 (12.73%) Embedded Firmware
5 7 (12.73%) Firmware
6 5 (9.09%) Mentoring
6 5 (9.09%) SDLC
6 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
6 5 (9.09%) Manufacturing
7 4 (7.27%) C
8 3 (5.45%) C#
8 3 (5.45%) MFC
8 3 (5.45%) Linux
8 3 (5.45%) Electronics
8 3 (5.45%) Automotive
8 3 (5.45%) Robotics
8 3 (5.45%) Qt
8 3 (5.45%) Atmel
8 3 (5.45%) WPF
8 3 (5.45%) IoT
8 3 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (3.64%) Computer Science
9 2 (3.64%) ARM Cortex
9 2 (3.64%) Requirements Gathering
9 2 (3.64%) Social Skills
9 2 (3.64%) Python
9 2 (3.64%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.64%) Embedded C
10 1 (1.82%) Java

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (1.82%) Anthropic Claude
1 1 (1.82%) AWS
1 1 (1.82%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.64%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (9.09%) Manufacturing
1 5 (9.09%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.45%) Automotive
2 3 (5.45%) Electronics
3 2 (3.64%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.45%) MFC
1 3 (5.45%) Qt
1 3 (5.45%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.45%) IoT
1 3 (5.45%) Robotics
2 2 (3.64%) ARM Cortex
3 1 (1.82%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (9.09%) Mentoring
2 5 (9.09%) SDLC
3 3 (5.45%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (3.64%) Computer Science
4 2 (3.64%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (1.82%) Agile
5 1 (1.82%) API Integration
5 1 (1.82%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (1.82%) CI/CD
5 1 (1.82%) Clean Code
5 1 (1.82%) Decision-Making
5 1 (1.82%) DevSecOps
5 1 (1.82%) LLM
5 1 (1.82%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.82%) Software Testing
5 1 (1.82%) Task Automation
5 1 (1.82%) Test Automation
5 1 (1.82%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.00%) C++
2 4 (7.27%) C
3 3 (5.45%) C#
4 2 (3.64%) Embedded C
4 2 (3.64%) Python
5 1 (1.82%) Java
5 1 (1.82%) Rust
Qualifications
1 9 (16.36%) Degree
2 8 (14.55%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 7 (12.73%) Embedded Firmware
1 7 (12.73%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (5.45%) Atmel