Software Development Jobs in United Kingdom
10,420 active jobs. Explore salaries, skills and hiring opportunities across all Software Development roles.
- Active jobs
- 10.4K
- Median yearly pay
- £55k
- Remote jobs
- 3.6%
- Added in the last 7 days
- 4.6K
- AWS
- Python
- Azure
- Java
- C#
- .NET
- JavaScript
- React
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Based on 10,420 active jobs in United Kingdom. Updated Oct 4, 2026. Percentages refer to this selection; missing information is excluded from breakdowns.
Yearly pay
GBP
£55k median / yearMiddle 50%: £42.5k–£74k
7,441 jobs with usable pay data
Calculated from the midpoint of each advertised range, or the available amount. Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay is annualized using 2,080 hours, 260 days, 52 weeks or 12 months. Jobs without a known pay period or currency are excluded. Currencies are shown separately.
In-demand skills
- AWS320 · 3.1%
- Python303 · 2.9%
- Azure244 · 2.3%
- Java241 · 2.3%
- C#164 · 1.6%
- .NET159 · 1.5%
- JavaScript139 · 1.3%
- React133 · 1.3%
- TypeScript130 · 1.2%
- Kubernetes129 · 1.2%
- C++118 · 1.1%
- CI/CD117 · 1.1%
Experience levels
- Senior1,980 · 19%
- Lead1,303 · 12.5%
- Principal295 · 2.8%
- Staff206 · 2%
- Junior131 · 1.3%
- Intern93 · 0.9%
- Mid42 · 0.4%
Employment types
- Full time3,534 · 33.9%
- Permanent, full time1,845 · 17.7%
- Contract1,105 · 10.6%
- Permanent891 · 8.6%
- Contract, full time675 · 6.5%
- Full Time247 · 2.4%
- Part time93 · 0.9%
- Contract, part time71 · 0.7%
- Permanent, part time45 · 0.4%
- Employee Permanent16 · 0.2%
- Full time9 · 0.1%
- Experienced, fulltime permanent4 · 0%
Where the jobs are
- United Kingdom10,420 · 100%
Top cities
- UK, GB1,761 · 16.9%
- London, GB1,343 · 12.9%
- Manchester, GB180 · 1.7%
- Bristol, GB165 · 1.6%
- Farringdon, GB152 · 1.5%
- The City, GB121 · 1.2%
- Birmingham, GB94 · 0.9%
- Hyde Park, GB82 · 0.8%
- Broadgate, GB78 · 0.7%
- Charing Cross, GB76 · 0.7%
- Glasgow, GB76 · 0.7%
- Leeds, GB70 · 0.7%
Companies hiring
- Hackajob Ltd410 · 3.9%
- Emplyfy215 · 2.1%
- Ernest Gordon Recruitment84 · 0.8%
- AECOM66 · 0.6%
- RAC66 · 0.6%
- Noir62 · 0.6%
- BAE Systems60 · 0.6%
- Experis60 · 0.6%
- Morson Edge60 · 0.6%
- Rise Technical Recruitment60 · 0.6%
- Matchtech41 · 0.4%
- Capgemini40 · 0.4%
Languages requested
- English540 · 5.2%
- French18 · 0.2%
- German18 · 0.2%
- Spanish7 · 0.1%
- Dutch4 · 0%
- Italian4 · 0%
- Portuguese1 · 0%
- Russian1 · 0%
Specializations
- Mobile Developer437 · 4.2%
- Solutions Architect261 · 2.5%
- Full Stack Developer217 · 2.1%
- Security Engineer195 · 1.9%
- DevOps Engineer189 · 1.8%
- Cloud Engineer126 · 1.2%
- Platform Engineer126 · 1.2%
- Backend Developer114 · 1.1%
- Embedded Developer98 · 0.9%
- Frontend Developer63 · 0.6%
- IOS Developer27 · 0.3%
- Android Developer24 · 0.2%
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Latest jobs (10.4K)
Staff Product Manager
Harmonic Security Inc
DevOps Engineer - London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange Group
Technical Lead - London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange Group
Senior Manager, Engineering Transformation - London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange Group
Senior Frontend Engineer - London Stock Exchange Group
London Stock Exchange Group
Principal Engineer - Digital Experience Platform
Skipton Building Society
Solution Architect - GPU & HPC
Nexgencloud
Principal AI Evaluations Platform Engineer
Microsoftcorporation
£65,000–£105,000 / year
Enterprise Architect
Morgan Law
£37,500–£47,500 / year
AWS Data Platform Architect – Technology Consulting
Momentum Worldwide
£60,000–£100,000 / year
Full Stack Developer
Computershare
£28,000–£45,000 / year
ICT Security Analyst
Braintree District Council
£37,896–£41,541 / year
Enterprise Architect
Adecco
£59,000–£99,000 / year
Embedded Cryptography Engineer
Intellectual Capital Resources
£59,000–£99,000 / year
Platform Engineer
Springer Nature
£53,000–£93,000 / year
£51,000–£91,000 / year
PDQ Deployment Specialist
Flextronics
£60,000–£100,000 / year
£51,000–£91,000 / year
£62,000–£102,000 / year