Software Engineer Jobs in Northamptonshire

Software Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Northamptonshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 33 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -22 +32
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 70 27 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 6.80% 5.56% 12.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.17% 6.41% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 53 2 12
10th Percentile £35,000 £51,000 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +50.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £47,813
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £61,125
East Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 976 421 481
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.76% 86.63% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 675 243 334
10th Percentile £24,600 £26,250 £26,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,126 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £52,875 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £78,500 £79,625
East Midlands median annual salary £44,050 £52,125 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.49% +9.74% +9.20%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Northamptonshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Northamptonshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Northamptonshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Northampton +24 46 £50,000 - 9
Brackley -1 12 £85,000 -
Kettering - 10 £51,250 -
Towcester - 1 £52,500 -
Software Engineer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 70 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (31.43%) C++
3 15 (21.43%) Linux
4 14 (20.00%) C
5 9 (12.86%) JIRA
5 9 (12.86%) Unit Testing
5 9 (12.86%) Java
5 9 (12.86%) Unix
5 9 (12.86%) Shell Script
6 8 (11.43%) Degree
7 6 (8.57%) Software Testing
7 6 (8.57%) Firmware
7 6 (8.57%) C#
7 6 (8.57%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (8.57%) Social Skills
7 6 (8.57%) Mentoring
8 5 (7.14%) Master's Degree
8 5 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 5 (7.14%) Python
8 5 (7.14%) Telecoms
8 5 (7.14%) Logistics
9 4 (5.71%) SC Cleared
9 4 (5.71%) Security Cleared
9 4 (5.71%) Electronics
9 4 (5.71%) Windows
9 4 (5.71%) SOLID
9 4 (5.71%) Azure
9 4 (5.71%) Change Control
10 3 (4.29%) AWS
10 3 (4.29%) SaaS

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 2 (2.86%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.71%) Azure
2 3 (4.29%) AWS
2 3 (4.29%) GCP
2 3 (4.29%) SaaS
3 1 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.43%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (12.86%) JIRA
2 3 (4.29%) Git
3 1 (1.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (8.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.14%) Telecoms
3 4 (5.71%) Electronics
4 2 (2.86%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.86%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.43%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.29%) .NET
1 3 (4.29%) JSON
1 3 (4.29%) XML
2 2 (2.86%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.86%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 2 (2.86%) CSS
2 2 (2.86%) HTML
3 1 (1.43%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (1.43%) Web Services
3 1 (1.43%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.29%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (2.86%) ARM Cortex
2 2 (2.86%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.43%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (21.43%) Linux
2 9 (12.86%) Unix
3 4 (5.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (12.86%) Unit Testing
3 6 (8.57%) Mentoring
3 6 (8.57%) Software Testing
4 5 (7.14%) Logistics
5 4 (5.71%) Change Control
5 4 (5.71%) SOLID
6 3 (4.29%) Agile
6 3 (4.29%) Code Quality
6 3 (4.29%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (4.29%) Migration
7 2 (2.86%) Content Management
7 2 (2.86%) Customer Service
7 2 (2.86%) Physics
7 2 (2.86%) Project Delivery
7 2 (2.86%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (2.86%) SEO
8 1 (1.43%) Clean Code
8 1 (1.43%) Containerisation
8 1 (1.43%) MLOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (31.43%) C++
2 14 (20.00%) C
3 9 (12.86%) Java
3 9 (12.86%) Shell Script
4 6 (8.57%) C#
5 5 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 5 (7.14%) Python
6 3 (4.29%) Embedded C
6 3 (4.29%) PowerShell
6 3 (4.29%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.43%) Lua
7 1 (1.43%) MATLAB
7 1 (1.43%) SQL
7 1 (1.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (11.43%) Degree
2 5 (7.14%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.71%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.71%) Security Cleared
4 3 (4.29%) Azure Certification
4 3 (4.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.43%) JTAG
System Software
1 6 (8.57%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (8.57%) Firmware
2 1 (1.43%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (2.86%) Google
2 1 (1.43%) Atmel
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft