Live job postings
9,509
as of 28 Jun 2026
Demand index
1.18%
% of all job postings
Median salary
$60k
$60,000
Salary range
$50k – $70k
$50,000 – $70,000
Salary distribution
Core skills employers ask for
Software Architecture & System DesignAI/ML Integration (APIs, prompt engineering, fine-tuning)Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, especially Bedrock/SageMaker)PythonJava (esp. modern JDK 27+, with frameworks like Quarkus/Hibernate)JavaScript/TypeScript & Full-Stack DevelopmentDevOps & CI/CD (Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions)Data Structures & AlgorithmsC/C++ or Rust (for performance-critical or hardware-near roles)Security Best Practices (OWASP, secure coding)
AI impact on this career
AI is reshaping the UK software engineering market by shifting demand from pure implementation to integration and orchestration. Tools like OpenAI's Codex and GPT-5.x models, now available on Amazon Bedrock, enable engineers to automate large swaths of boilerplate coding, compressing delivery timelines. Consequently, the premium is rising on skills like system design, API-driven AI integration, and security — while rote coding tasks are increasingly commoditized. However, this also creates new roles in AI pipeline engineering, model fine-tuning, and prompt architecture, so the overall job count remains robust at ~9,750 postings.
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