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
Squarepoint Capital
4 weeks ago

Software Developer - Risk Technology

Open 77d North America, UK 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.

Develops high-performance, distributed risk-trading systems in C++ for a fintech firm, focusing on trade capture, position management, and real-time data processing to support global trading operations.

Bash C++ Distributed Systems Kafka Linux +1 skills
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Squarepoint Capital
4 weeks ago

Software Developer - Market Data Integration

Open 40d North America, UK 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.

Owns and delivers market data integration projects for a trading firm, coordinating with exchanges, vendors, and internal teams to implement live and historical data solutions.

CI/CD Confluence C++ Jira Kanban +2 skills
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Squarepoint Capital
4 weeks ago

Software Developer - Data Reliability

Open 35d APAC, Europe, North America, UK 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.

Builds and maintains automated data pipelines and observability tools to ensure the reliability of Squarepoint Capital's trading and research data infrastructure.

API Automation AWS Cloud Data Pipelines +13 skills
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Siemens
4 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer

Open 22d UKSenior
United Kingdom

Senior embedded software engineer building automation and electrification systems for critical infrastructure at Siemens EA in Hebburn, UK.

Automation Embedded Software
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Wise
4 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer I - Pricing Core

Open 26d UKSenior
United Kingdom

Build and maintain Wise’s pricing platform in Java/Spring Boot, handling 100M+ daily requests and Kafka-driven event processing to ensure reliable, scalable pricing across products.

API AWS Cloud Data Pipelines Event Driven Architecture +7 skills
87 500 – 111 000 £
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AccelerComm
4 weeks ago

Software Engineer

Open 26d HybridUK
United Kingdom

Develops and optimizes low-level C/C++ code for 5G NR physical layer systems, focusing on real-time performance on embedded platforms with SIMD, multi-threading, and hardware acceleration (FPGA/DSP).

Bash C++ Embedded Systems FPGA Groovy +3 skills
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Margo
4 weeks ago

Senior C# Developer with expierience in liquidity, and financial‑resource management.

Open 26d RemoteEurope, WorldwideSenior

Senior C# developer building core financial-resource and liquidity systems in an event-driven architecture, migrating legacy back-end services while applying SOLID principles and modern DevOps practices.

Agentic AI Agile AI Ansible API +15 skills
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Ping Identity
4 weeks ago

Software Engineer II

Open 19d HybridUK 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.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.
United Kingdom

Builds and maintains Java-based identity and access management features using AI tools, Vue/React, and security standards like OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.

AI Authentication Cloud Cryptography Design Patterns +10 skills
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SCALERS GROUP LIMITED
4 weeks ago

JavaScript Developer

Open 24d UKContract
United Kingdom

Build analytics-focused JavaScript solutions for a fast-growing ad-tech company in London, collaborating with a senior engineering team.

Analytics JavaScript
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PlayStation
4 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Quality Engineering

Open 24d UKSenior
United Kingdom

Senior engineer building and improving CI/CD, automation, and testing tools for PlayStation’s SDK teams to ensure reliable, high-quality game-development workflows across platforms.

Agentic AI AI Analytics API Automation +17 skills
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OVO Energy
4 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer

Open 24d HybridUKContractSenior
United Kingdom

Senior Software Engineer building scalable, clean-code systems for OVO Energy’s climate-tech platform using Node.js, Python, React, and cloud-native tools.

Agile AWS CI/CD Cloud Containerization +11 skills
58 000 – 90 000 £
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Talent-Relay Limited
4 weeks ago

Golang Engineer ( Junior to Mid-level)

Open 24d HybridUKContractMiddle
United Kingdom

Develops backend services in Go for a global financial-services programme, maintaining and extending scalable systems.

Go
230 – 270 £ / day
Grafana Labs
4 weeks ago

Software Engineer - Platform Productivity

Open 26d RemoteEurope, Worldwide, UK 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.

Builds and maintains internal tools and platforms to improve developer productivity for Grafana’s open-source observability products.

AI Anthropic Automation Bash CI/CD +12 skills
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Photon
4 weeks ago

.Net Developer | Glasgow

Open 26d UK
United Kingdom

Develops desktop applications using C#, .NET, WPF, and MVVM, writes Python scripts, and manages SQL Server databases and ETL workflows.

C# Data Warehousing ETL GitHub MVVM +7 skills
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JP Morgan Chase
4 weeks ago

KDB Software Engineer III

Open 26d UK
United Kingdom

Builds and optimizes KDB-based systems for real-time and historical options data, migrating to AWS and re-architecting applications.

Agile Analytics Automation AWS CI/CD +7 skills
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Amazon
4 weeks ago

Software Development Engineer, ADSP

Open 26d UK
United Kingdom

Build privacy-safe ad-targeting systems for Amazon’s global sites, designing APIs, services, and UIs that make ads more relevant for shoppers and effective for advertisers.
Motion Applied
4 weeks ago

Software Engineer

Open 26d HybridUKPart-time 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 and maintains software for real-time telemetry, analytics, and visualization in motorsport and electric vehicle fleets using C# .NET, WPF, and SQL.

Agile Analytics Angular Anomaly Detection API +23 skills
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Morgan Spencer
4 weeks ago

Software Developer

Open 26d UKContract
United Kingdom

Build and maintain web apps in Python/Django, integrate systems, and ship secure, scalable solutions while collaborating with stakeholders and supporting CI/CD pipelines.

Agile API AWS Bash CI/CD +17 skills
58 000 – 60 000 £
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Precept Recruit
4 weeks ago

Integration Software Engineer

Open 26d HybridUKFull-time
United Kingdom

Develop and integrate internal business applications using .NET, SQL, and scripting, collaborating with teams to deliver secure solutions for a UK sovereign tech company.

Agile Automation C# .NET ERP +3 skills
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SRG
4 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer - C# / .NET - Near Edinburgh - 70K

Open 26d HybridUKSenior
United Kingdom

A Senior Software Engineer builds and maintains full-stack C#/.NET applications (web and Windows) with a focus on scalability, UI development, and system integration, collaborating across Agile teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Agile Automation CI/CD Cloud C++ +15 skills
70 000 – 70 000 £
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