Software Engineering Jobs in the North West

Software Engineering
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 29 11
Rank change year-on-year +16 -18 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 963 658 1,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.38% 8.68% 13.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.53% 9.11% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 735 368 633
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,352 7,224 9,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.31% 95.30% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,302 3,841 5,330
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the North West

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the North West

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the North West

Software Engineering
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +12 662 £60,000 -4.00% 150
Cheshire +29 142 £60,000 -22.58% 25
Lancashire +17 85 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Merseyside -2 72 £60,000 -27.27% 11
Cumbria -27 2 £65,000 +85.71% 2
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 71 (7.37%) ArcGIS
2 57 (5.92%) GeoServer
3 20 (2.08%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.35%) Apache
5 6 (0.62%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.31%) Confluence
7 2 (0.21%) CMS
7 2 (0.21%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.10%) Captiva
8 1 (0.10%) FileNet
8 1 (0.10%) Jetty
8 1 (0.10%) nginx
8 1 (0.10%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.21%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.21%) Sketch
2 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.10%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.93%) Magento
2 3 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.21%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 268 (27.83%) AWS
2 240 (24.92%) Azure
3 49 (5.09%) GCP
4 42 (4.36%) Azure DevOps
5 40 (4.15%) Serverless
6 37 (3.84%) SaaS
7 33 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (3.32%) Amazon Kinesis
9 27 (2.80%) GitHub
10 21 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.77%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.56%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (1.56%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (1.14%) OpenShift
15 10 (1.04%) Amazon SQS
16 9 (0.93%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (0.93%) PaaS
17 8 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.66%) RS-232
2 12 (1.25%) MQTT
3 11 (1.14%) AMQP
3 11 (1.14%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.73%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.62%) HTTP
6 5 (0.52%) Firewall
6 5 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.52%) ZigBee
7 3 (0.31%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.31%) Network Security
7 3 (0.31%) Wireless
8 2 (0.21%) DSL
8 2 (0.21%) RS-485
9 1 (0.10%) Internet
9 1 (0.10%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (11.01%) PostgreSQL
2 76 (7.89%) GIS
3 57 (5.92%) MySQL
3 57 (5.92%) QGIS
4 46 (4.78%) NoSQL
5 35 (3.63%) SQL Server
6 34 (3.53%) Relational Database
7 26 (2.70%) Big Data
7 26 (2.70%) DynamoDB
8 23 (2.39%) Amazon Aurora
9 20 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (1.87%) RDBMS
10 18 (1.87%) Redis
11 17 (1.77%) Geospatial Data
11 17 (1.77%) MongoDB
12 15 (1.56%) Hadoop
13 13 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
14 11 (1.14%) Cloudera CDH
15 9 (0.93%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 99 (10.28%) Git
2 25 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 22 (2.28%) GitLab
3 22 (2.28%) JIRA
4 17 (1.77%) Postman
5 14 (1.45%) Subversion
5 14 (1.45%) Visual Studio
6 13 (1.35%) JUnit
7 12 (1.25%) LabVIEW
8 11 (1.14%) Gatling
9 8 (0.83%) Maven
9 8 (0.83%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.62%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.62%) webpack
11 5 (0.52%) Clang
11 5 (0.52%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.52%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.52%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.52%) Mockito
11 5 (0.52%) Spinnaker
General
1 126 (13.08%) Social Skills
2 53 (5.50%) Finance
3 48 (4.98%) Electronics
4 37 (3.84%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (3.12%) Automotive
5 30 (3.12%) Retail
6 29 (3.01%) Manufacturing
7 22 (2.28%) Tech for Good
8 16 (1.66%) Banking
8 16 (1.66%) Health Technology
8 16 (1.66%) Law
9 13 (1.35%) Legal
10 12 (1.25%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.25%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.14%) Billing
12 10 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (0.83%) Games
13 8 (0.83%) Marketing
14 5 (0.52%) Retail Finance
15 4 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 586 (60.85%) Software Engineer
2 282 (29.28%) Senior
3 193 (20.04%) Senior Software Engineer
4 173 (17.96%) Developer
5 112 (11.63%) Lead
6 72 (7.48%) Embedded Engineer
6 72 (7.48%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 45 (4.67%) Java Engineer
8 42 (4.36%) Technical Leader
9 39 (4.05%) Lead Software Engineer
9 39 (4.05%) Software Developer
10 38 (3.95%) Java Software Engineer
10 38 (3.95%) Senior Developer
11 37 (3.84%) .NET Developer
12 31 (3.22%) Architect
13 30 (3.12%) Full Stack Engineer
13 30 (3.12%) Software Manager
14 29 (3.01%) Senior Embedded Engineer
14 29 (3.01%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
15 21 (2.18%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 222 (23.05%) .NET
2 168 (17.45%) React
3 114 (11.84%) CSS
4 97 (10.07%) .NET Core
5 79 (8.20%) Node.js
6 66 (6.85%) HTML
7 65 (6.75%) PostGIS
7 65 (6.75%) Spring
8 61 (6.33%) Leaflet
8 61 (6.33%) OpenLayers
9 57 (5.92%) REST
10 48 (4.98%) AngularJS
11 45 (4.67%) Spring Boot
12 38 (3.95%) RESTful
13 35 (3.63%) Web Services
14 34 (3.53%) GraphQL
15 29 (3.01%) JSON
16 25 (2.60%) ASP.NET
17 23 (2.39%) Kafka
17 23 (2.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.09%) IoT
2 42 (4.36%) Cloud Native
3 33 (3.43%) Greenfield Project
4 24 (2.49%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (2.39%) Embedded Systems
6 22 (2.28%) Blog
7 19 (1.97%) Media Streaming
8 15 (1.56%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.45%) Algorithms
9 14 (1.45%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.25%) Private Cloud
11 10 (1.04%) Device Driver
11 10 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (1.04%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.83%) FMCG
13 6 (0.62%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.62%) NHS
14 5 (0.52%) Client/Server
14 5 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.52%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 136 (14.12%) Linux
2 41 (4.26%) Windows
3 20 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (1.97%) Ubuntu
5 16 (1.66%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (1.14%) CentOS
6 11 (1.14%) Debian
7 8 (0.83%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.73%) Android
9 5 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
9 5 (0.52%) Unix
10 4 (0.42%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.31%) VMS
12 2 (0.21%) FreeBSD
12 2 (0.21%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.10%) HPUX
13 1 (0.10%) Solaris
13 1 (0.10%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (38.63%) Agile
2 248 (25.75%) DevOps
3 125 (12.98%) Computer Science
4 120 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (11.01%) Open Source
6 99 (10.28%) Full Stack Development
6 99 (10.28%) Mentoring
7 97 (10.07%) CI/CD
8 92 (9.55%) Microservices
9 89 (9.24%) TDD
10 72 (7.48%) Actionable Insight
10 72 (7.48%) Continuous Integration
11 71 (7.37%) Web Development
12 62 (6.44%) Scrum
13 54 (5.61%) Coaching
13 54 (5.61%) Design Patterns
14 53 (5.50%) Infrastructure as Code
14 53 (5.50%) SDLC
15 47 (4.88%) Code Quality
16 46 (4.78%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 235 (24.40%) C#
2 227 (23.57%) JavaScript
3 216 (22.43%) Python
4 210 (21.81%) Java
5 116 (12.05%) SQL
6 96 (9.97%) C
7 80 (8.31%) TypeScript
8 65 (6.75%) C++
9 41 (4.26%) PHP
10 30 (3.12%) Go
11 22 (2.28%) Scala
12 21 (2.18%) Rust
13 20 (2.08%) Embedded C
14 12 (1.25%) Bash
15 10 (1.04%) COBOL
15 10 (1.04%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 6 (0.62%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.62%) Perl
16 6 (0.62%) Ruby
17 5 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 167 (17.34%) Degree
2 112 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 97 (10.07%) SC Cleared
4 61 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.87%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.25%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.14%) PhD
8 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.52%) HND
10 4 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.31%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.21%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.21%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.21%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.21%) HNC
12 2 (0.21%) OCP
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.21%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.10%) MBA
13 1 (0.10%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (1.35%) QA
2 10 (1.04%) Accessibility
3 7 (0.73%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.42%) PMO
5 3 (0.31%) SLA
6 2 (0.21%) GDPR
7 1 (0.10%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 52 (5.40%) Docker
2 25 (2.60%) Firmware
3 11 (1.14%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.21%) IAG
5 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 70 (7.27%) Terraform
2 68 (7.06%) Kubernetes
3 26 (2.70%) Ansible
4 11 (1.14%) Puppet
5 10 (1.04%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.31%) Podman
7 1 (0.10%) Kiali
7 1 (0.10%) Kibana
7 1 (0.10%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (6.75%) ESRI
2 52 (5.40%) Microsoft
3 23 (2.39%) Oracle
4 21 (2.18%) Red Hat
5 19 (1.97%) Google
6 14 (1.45%) F5
7 11 (1.14%) SaltStack
8 10 (1.04%) Micro Focus
9 7 (0.73%) EMC
10 6 (0.62%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.52%) Confluent
12 4 (0.42%) Cadence
12 4 (0.42%) Synopsys
13 3 (0.31%) Autodesk
13 3 (0.31%) IBM
13 3 (0.31%) Xamarin
14 2 (0.21%) Adobe
14 2 (0.21%) Allen-Bradley
14 2 (0.21%) Siemens
14 2 (0.21%) Twitter