Software Engineer Jobs in the North West

Software Engineer
England > North West

The median Software Engineer salary in the North West is £57,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 93 39
Rank change year-on-year +63 -54 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 594 279 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.74% 3.68% 7.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.06% 4.11% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 418 149 314
10th Percentile £38,066 £41,250 £39,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £84,475
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,803 6,784 9,185
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 89.46% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,500 3,992 5,390
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,250 £38,750
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 £78,500 £80,450 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 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 +57 399 £57,500 - 79
Cheshire +42 104 £60,000 -17.24% 13
Lancashire +18 46 £45,000 -47.06% 12
Merseyside +15 44 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Cumbria -11 1 £45,000 - 2
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 586 (98.65%) Software Engineering
2 195 (32.83%) Agile
3 187 (31.48%) AWS
4 161 (27.10%) Python
5 153 (25.76%) C#
5 153 (25.76%) Azure
6 151 (25.42%) JavaScript
7 141 (23.74%) .NET
8 136 (22.90%) DevOps
9 134 (22.56%) Java
10 117 (19.70%) Linux
11 113 (19.02%) Degree
12 104 (17.51%) React
13 100 (16.84%) PostgreSQL
14 82 (13.80%) CSS
15 81 (13.64%) Security Cleared
15 81 (13.64%) Social Skills
16 80 (13.47%) Open Source
17 78 (13.13%) C
18 77 (12.96%) Computer Science
19 75 (12.63%) GIS
20 74 (12.46%) SC Cleared
20 74 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
21 73 (12.29%) .NET Core
22 70 (11.78%) ArcGIS
22 70 (11.78%) Actionable Insight
23 64 (10.77%) PostGIS
23 64 (10.77%) ESRI
23 64 (10.77%) Web Development
24 61 (10.27%) Leaflet

Software Engineer Skill Set
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 70 (11.78%) ArcGIS
2 57 (9.60%) GeoServer
3 18 (3.03%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.85%) Apache
5 2 (0.34%) CMS
5 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.34%) Sketch
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.01%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 187 (31.48%) AWS
2 153 (25.76%) Azure
3 34 (5.72%) Serverless
4 32 (5.39%) GCP
5 20 (3.37%) Amazon Kinesis
6 15 (2.53%) GitHub
7 14 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (1.85%) OpenShift
10 10 (1.68%) SaaS
11 7 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (0.67%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (0.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 3 (0.51%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.51%) Datadog
15 2 (0.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 2 (0.34%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.53%) RS-232
2 11 (1.85%) AMQP
3 10 (1.68%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.52%) MQTT
5 6 (1.01%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.84%) ZigBee
7 4 (0.67%) Firewall
7 4 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.51%) Network Security
8 3 (0.51%) Wireless
9 2 (0.34%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.34%) RS-485
10 1 (0.17%) HTTP
10 1 (0.17%) Internet
10 1 (0.17%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (16.84%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (12.63%) GIS
3 57 (9.60%) QGIS
4 41 (6.90%) NoSQL
5 37 (6.23%) MySQL
6 35 (5.89%) SQL Server
7 23 (3.87%) DynamoDB
8 20 (3.37%) Amazon Aurora
9 18 (3.03%) Big Data
9 18 (3.03%) Redis
10 16 (2.69%) Geospatial Data
10 16 (2.69%) Relational Database
11 14 (2.36%) Hadoop
12 13 (2.19%) MongoDB
13 11 (1.85%) Cloudera CDH
14 6 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.84%) MS Access
16 4 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
17 3 (0.51%) DocumentDB
17 3 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 54 (9.09%) Git
2 20 (3.37%) JIRA
3 17 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.19%) GitLab
4 13 (2.19%) Subversion
5 12 (2.02%) Gatling
6 6 (1.01%) Maven
6 6 (1.01%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.84%) Clang
7 5 (0.84%) InstallShield
7 5 (0.84%) IntelliJ
7 5 (0.84%) JUnit
7 5 (0.84%) Mockito
7 5 (0.84%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.67%) LabVIEW
8 4 (0.67%) Spinnaker
9 3 (0.51%) GCC
9 3 (0.51%) GDB
9 3 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
9 3 (0.51%) TeamCity
General
1 81 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 42 (7.07%) Electronics
3 31 (5.22%) Finance
4 21 (3.54%) Manufacturing
5 17 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.69%) Automotive
6 16 (2.69%) Tech for Good
7 15 (2.53%) Retail
8 12 (2.02%) Aerospace
8 12 (2.02%) Billing
9 9 (1.52%) Health Technology
9 9 (1.52%) Legal
10 8 (1.35%) Banking
10 8 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.35%) Public Sector
11 5 (0.84%) Retail Finance
12 4 (0.67%) Games
12 4 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.51%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (23.74%) .NET
2 104 (17.51%) React
3 82 (13.80%) CSS
4 73 (12.29%) .NET Core
5 64 (10.77%) PostGIS
6 61 (10.27%) Leaflet
6 61 (10.27%) OpenLayers
7 52 (8.75%) Node.js
8 38 (6.40%) REST
9 33 (5.56%) HTML
9 33 (5.56%) Spring
10 32 (5.39%) AngularJS
11 30 (5.05%) Web Services
12 26 (4.38%) Spring Boot
13 23 (3.87%) GraphQL
14 22 (3.70%) RESTful
15 21 (3.54%) Lambda Expressions
16 20 (3.37%) http4s
16 20 (3.37%) Scalaz
17 18 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.07%) IoT
2 22 (3.70%) Blog
2 22 (3.70%) Embedded Systems
3 20 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
3 20 (3.37%) Media Streaming
4 17 (2.86%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (1.68%) Device Driver
6 10 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.18%) Algorithms
8 5 (0.84%) Life Science
8 5 (0.84%) NHS
8 5 (0.84%) Smart Energy
9 4 (0.67%) SCADA
10 3 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.51%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.51%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.51%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.34%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.34%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 117 (19.70%) Linux
2 29 (4.88%) Windows
3 19 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (3.20%) Ubuntu
4 15 (2.53%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (1.85%) CentOS
5 11 (1.85%) Debian
6 10 (1.68%) Unix
7 6 (1.01%) Android
8 5 (0.84%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.67%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.51%) VMS
11 2 (0.34%) FreeBSD
11 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 586 (98.65%) Software Engineering
2 195 (32.83%) Agile
3 136 (22.90%) DevOps
4 80 (13.47%) Open Source
5 77 (12.96%) Computer Science
6 74 (12.46%) Problem-Solving
7 70 (11.78%) Actionable Insight
8 64 (10.77%) Web Development
9 59 (9.93%) Full Stack Development
10 54 (9.09%) Microservices
11 53 (8.92%) Mentoring
12 47 (7.91%) Continuous Integration
13 45 (7.58%) TDD
14 42 (7.07%) CI/CD
15 37 (6.23%) Unit Testing
16 32 (5.39%) Code Quality
17 30 (5.05%) OO
18 26 (4.38%) Coaching
18 26 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
18 26 (4.38%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 161 (27.10%) Python
2 153 (25.76%) C#
3 151 (25.42%) JavaScript
4 134 (22.56%) Java
5 78 (13.13%) C
6 53 (8.92%) SQL
7 46 (7.74%) C++
8 36 (6.06%) TypeScript
9 23 (3.87%) Scala
10 19 (3.20%) Embedded C
10 19 (3.20%) Go
11 18 (3.03%) Rust
12 10 (1.68%) Bash
12 10 (1.68%) Perl
12 10 (1.68%) PHP
13 8 (1.35%) PowerShell
13 8 (1.35%) Ruby
14 5 (0.84%) Fortran
14 5 (0.84%) VB
15 4 (0.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (19.02%) Degree
2 81 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 74 (12.46%) SC Cleared
4 39 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.69%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.18%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.84%) HND
7 5 (0.84%) PhD
8 4 (0.67%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.34%) HNC
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.18%) ISO 9000
2 4 (0.67%) PMO
3 2 (0.34%) QA
4 1 (0.17%) GDPR
4 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 26 (4.38%) Docker
2 20 (3.37%) Firmware
3 10 (1.68%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.71%) Terraform
3 24 (4.04%) Ansible
4 12 (2.02%) Puppet
5 11 (1.85%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.51%) Podman
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (10.77%) ESRI
2 19 (3.20%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.20%) Red Hat
3 17 (2.86%) Google
4 16 (2.69%) Oracle
5 11 (1.85%) SaltStack
6 7 (1.18%) F5
7 6 (1.01%) Facebook
8 4 (0.67%) Cadence
8 4 (0.67%) Confluent
8 4 (0.67%) Synopsys
9 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.51%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.51%) EMC
9 3 (0.51%) Xamarin
10 2 (0.34%) Adobe
10 2 (0.34%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.34%) Siemens
11 1 (0.17%) Atmel
11 1 (0.17%) SAP