What is the Software Engineer salary in United Kingdom?

Median Software Engineer salary is $270,000 with a typical range of $250,000–$270,000 for $100k+ roles.

Are remote or hybrid Software Engineer roles included?

Yes. Remote and hybrid roles tagged for this market are included alongside on-site positions.

Do these salaries reflect live jobs?

All figures come from live $100k+ job listings sourced from company ATS feeds and trusted boards.

Salary guide · £75k+ / €86k+

Software Engineer salary in United Kingdom

Live salary signals from verified £75k+ / €86k+ roles. Remote, hybrid, and on-site jobs included; refreshed daily with $100k+ openings.

Sample size: 1Verified companiesUpdated daily

Median base salary

$270,000/yr

Typical range

$250,000–$270,000/yr

Salary band

£75k+ / €86k+

Salary bands

£75k+ / €86k+£200k+ / €230k+£300k+ / €345k+£400k+ / €460k+

Salary snapshot by country

United Kingdom

$270,000/yr median

$250,000–$270,000 range · 2 datapoints

Software Engineer job openings in United Kingdom

Anthropic

Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment Science, London

£250k - £270k

Verified salary

🇬🇧 London, GBOnsiteMidApply by Sep 24

Join Anthropic's mission to develop safe and beneficial AI systems. This role involves working on alignment science to e...

How this software engineer salary guide uses local data

This page pulls live $100k+ software engineer roles filtered to United Kingdom, including remote and hybrid openings tagged for this market. Salary ranges are shown in local currency where provided, and converted bands (like €90k+/£75k+/CHF 120k+) are used to align with regional expectations. Every listing comes from an ATS-powered company board and is expired when it goes stale, keeping the sample fresh. As new roles are published, medians and ranges update automatically. Use the salary band toggles to see how compensation shifts at higher thresholds and explore the live openings below to move from research to application in one click.