Software Engineering Jobs in United Kingdom

There are 6,043 open Software Engineering jobs in United Kingdom on freehire right now. 1,531 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, ai and python.

Salary

CurrencyPeriod25thMedian75thPostings
GBPyear£60,000£78,000£100,000395
GBPday£465£625£70043
USDyear$166,100$192,750$215,00038
EURyear€102,500€113,850€124,84514

From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.

Most requested skills

  • cloud 35%
  • ai 31%
  • python 31%
  • java 30%
  • api 29%
  • ci-cd 24%
  • aws 23%
  • agile 23%

How the work is done

  • Hybrid 1,264 · 21%
  • Remote 423 · 7%
  • Onsite 179 · 3%

Visa sponsorship offered in 53% of the 686 postings that state a position on it.

Seniority

  • Senior 1,741
  • Lead 459
  • Staff 227
  • Principal 186
  • Junior 147
  • Middle 108

Who is hiring

  • 1000+ employees 775
  • 501-1000 employees 423
  • 51-200 employees 201
  • 11-50 employees 117
  • 201-500 employees 36
  • 1-10 employees 14
6,043 jobs
Softcat plc.
3 weeks ago

Java Developer

Open 20d HybridUK
United Kingdom

Builds and enhances an e-commerce portal using Java 21, SQL, and web technologies, integrating APIs and optimizing performance for a B2B buying platform.

API Azure CSS E-commerce Git +9 skills
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Radius Limited Backed by Y Combinator
3 weeks ago

Graduate Java Developer - Telematics & Mentorship

Open 20d UK
United Kingdom

Build and test Java-based telematics software using Spring, Hibernate, Angular, React, or Vue while learning from mentors in a live product team.

Angular Hibernate Java Next.js React +2 skills
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ChainGuard
3 weeks ago

Principal Software Engineer (Libraries Platform)

Open 20d RemoteNorth America, UKPrincipal H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Principal engineer at Chainguard building and scaling the secure, automated platform that continuously builds, verifies, and serves hardened open-source libraries across multiple language ecosystems.

Agentic AI AI Automation Canva CI/CD +22 skills
229 000 – 258 000 $
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Oxford Knight
3 weeks ago

Systems (Compute) Software Engineer- Market-Leading Global Hedge Fund

Open 17d UK
United Kingdom

Build and optimize the virtualization platform powering a global market-making hedge fund, working with cutting-edge compute infrastructure to maximize performance and efficiency.

Virtualization
up to 250 000 £
Nebius AI
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer

Open 20d HybridEurope, UKContractSenior

Builds and owns the Capacity and Quota Management control plane that allocates GPU compute to customers, balancing reservations, quotas, and lifecycle policies in a distributed backend system.

AI API Cloud Machine Learning Microservices +2 skills
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Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
3 weeks ago

Software Developer - PHP

Open 19d UK
United Kingdom

Build and maintain cloud-hosted PHP applications for a variety of clients, collaborating on diverse projects and expanding technical skills.
KO2 Embedded Recruitment Solutions Ltd
3 weeks ago

Robotics Software Engineer

Open 19d UK
United Kingdom

Develop, integrate, and test software for autonomous robotic platforms, including embedded systems, sensors, actuators, and cloud services.

up to 45 000 £
Hays Technology
3 weeks ago

Software Developer - PHP

Open 17d UK
United Kingdom

Build and maintain cloud-hosted PHP applications for a variety of clients, collaborating on diverse projects and expanding technical skills.
DCV Technologies
3 weeks ago

Python Developer

Open 16d UKContract Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

Builds scalable Python backend services and REST APIs for an enterprise technology transformation program.

Agile API Python REST
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BeyondTrust
3 weeks ago

Software Development Engineer - macOS Endpoint

Open 32d RemoteWorldwide, North America, UK H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.

Build and maintain the macOS client for an endpoint security product, using Swift/Objective-C/C++ and agentic AI tools to deliver fast, resilient security software.

Agentic AI AI Automation Claude Code C++ +5 skills
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Riverlane
3 weeks ago

Software Engineer - Open Source

Open 60d UKFull-time
United Kingdom

Develops open-source quantum error correction software in Python, collaborating with researchers to build and maintain tools for quantum computing experiments.

Python
60 000 – 70 000 £
Aivantor Ltd.
3 weeks ago

Senior Agentic Application Developer

Open 20d HybridUKSenior
United Kingdom

Builds enterprise-grade software systems using AI agents to generate full-stack applications from natural language specs, ensuring quality, security, and compliance.

Agentic AI AI Authentication Git GitHub +5 skills
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Granicus
3 weeks ago

Software Engineer (Remote)

Open 20d RemoteAPAC, MENA, North America, UK H-1B sponsor history — This employer has had H-1B petitions approved by USCIS in the last five fiscal years, per the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. The approval belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
+2

Senior engineer directs AI coding agents to implement features, rigorously reviews agent-generated PRs, and owns quality in a FedRAMP-authorized govtech stack.

Accessibility AI Cloud Fedramp Hipaa +4 skills
88 000 – 158 000 $
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Ctrl Alt
3 weeks ago

Lead Software Engineer

Open 20d HybridUKLead
United Kingdom

Lead a team to design and build secure, scalable backend systems for tokenized asset platforms using TypeScript/JavaScript, RESTful APIs, and distributed architectures.

Agile API CI/CD Distributed Systems JavaScript +2 skills
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Bite
3 weeks ago

Founding Engineer

Open 20d HybridUKFull-timeC-level
United Kingdom

Build and ship full-stack features for a proptech startup that manages change and audit trails for structural engineers using a knowledge graph, TypeScript/React/Python, and LLM/RAG pipelines.

AI API Azure C# Distributed Systems +15 skills
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Pod Point
3 weeks ago

Software Engineer

Open 20d RemoteUK Licensed UK sponsor — This employer appears on the GOV.UK register of licensed sponsors for the Skilled Worker and related work routes. The licence belongs to the employer and is not a commitment to sponsor this role.
United Kingdom

Build and maintain backend services in Go that process real-time messages from 250,000 EV chargers, focusing on high-throughput, secure, and maintainable systems.

AI AWS CI/CD Cloud Containerization +15 skills
50 000 – 70 000 £
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Newton Colmore Consulting Ltd
3 weeks ago

C Software Engineer – Defence Sector – Cambridge

Open 20d UK
United Kingdom

Develops embedded C software for defence systems in Cambridge, focusing on firmware and security-critical architectures.

Embedded Software Firmware
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Advanced Technical Recruitment
3 weeks ago

Software Engineer

Open 20d UK
United Kingdom

Develop Windows GUI applications in C++/C# for test instrumentation, ensuring on-time delivery and regulatory compliance while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

C++ C# Git MVVM Visual Studio
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Jobgether
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer

Open 20d RemoteEurope, UKFull-timeSenior
+5

Build and shape a headless API platform using Node.js, React, and Firebase, integrating social media and emerging AI tools while owning scalable, fault-tolerant systems.

AI API CI/CD Cloud Distributed Systems +6 skills
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Jobgether
3 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer

Open 20d Europe, UKFull-timeSenior
+5

Build and evolve the control plane that allocates GPU and other compute resources across a large-scale AI cloud platform, solving distributed-systems challenges in capacity and quota management.

AI API Cloud Distributed Systems Gdpr +2 skills
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