Developer Jobs in Cheshire

Developer
North West > Cheshire

The median Developer salary in Cheshire is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 17 8
Rank change year-on-year +14 -9 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 285 104 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 18.62% 11.19% 14.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.19% 12.55% 15.78%
Number of salaries quoted 254 84 95
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,313 £44,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,438 £79,000 £53,375
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £59,500
North West median annual salary £52,084 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,485 829 982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.24% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 477 530
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £24,963
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,074 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Cheshire

Developer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Developer in Cheshire

Developer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Cheshire

Developer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Knutsford +5 45 £80,000 -13.51% 5
Chester +24 44 £47,500 -26.92% 17
Warrington +4 44 £50,000 -24.53% 14
Alderley Edge +9 19 £45,000 - 2
Northwich - 15 £55,000 - 6
Winsford - 14 £47,500 - 4
Crewe -8 12 £35,000 -22.22% 5
Macclesfield +2 9 £57,500 -11.54% 1
Wilmslow - 5 £55,000 - 2
Runcorn -1 2 £45,000 -3.23% 3
Frodsham - 1 - - 1
Developer
North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Developer 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 Cheshire region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 110 (38.60%) C#
2 108 (37.89%) JavaScript
3 103 (36.14%) .NET
4 82 (28.77%) Agile
5 74 (25.96%) SQL
6 56 (19.65%) Full Stack Development
7 52 (18.25%) AWS
8 49 (17.19%) Java
9 48 (16.84%) Degree
10 47 (16.49%) Azure
10 47 (16.49%) REST
11 44 (15.44%) SQL Server
11 44 (15.44%) ASP.NET
12 41 (14.39%) Microsoft
13 40 (14.04%) PHP
14 39 (13.68%) HTML
14 39 (13.68%) Docker
15 37 (12.98%) React
15 37 (12.98%) CSS
16 36 (12.63%) AngularJS
16 36 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
17 33 (11.58%) Vue
18 32 (11.23%) Software Engineering
19 29 (10.18%) Git
20 27 (9.47%) .NET Core
21 26 (9.12%) Computer Science
21 26 (9.12%) Web Development
21 26 (9.12%) TDD
22 24 (8.42%) Linux
23 23 (8.07%) Web Services

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 11 (3.86%) IIS
2 9 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.70%) CMS
3 2 (0.70%) WordPress
4 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 14 (4.91%) NetSuite
2 4 (1.40%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (1.05%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.25%) AWS
2 47 (16.49%) Azure
3 20 (7.02%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.96%) Power Platform
5 16 (5.61%) Serverless
6 12 (4.21%) SaaS
7 9 (3.16%) Power Automate
7 9 (3.16%) PowerApps
8 8 (2.81%) Azure Functions
9 7 (2.46%) Azure API Management
9 7 (2.46%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (2.46%) IBM Cloud
10 6 (2.11%) GCP
10 6 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.75%) NuGet
12 4 (1.40%) GitHub
12 4 (1.40%) npm
13 3 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (0.70%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.05%) Internet
1 3 (1.05%) Intranet
2 1 (0.35%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (15.44%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.72%) MySQL
3 15 (5.26%) NoSQL
4 10 (3.51%) Relational Database
5 9 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.81%) Power BI
7 7 (2.46%) DB2
7 7 (2.46%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.05%) NonStop SQL
11 1 (0.35%) ArangoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (10.18%) Git
2 23 (8.07%) TeamCity
3 15 (5.26%) IntelliJ
3 15 (5.26%) JUnit
3 15 (5.26%) Mockito
4 12 (4.21%) Gradle
5 8 (2.81%) JIRA
6 7 (2.46%) Jasmine
6 7 (2.46%) Karma Test Runner
7 5 (1.75%) JetBrains Rider
8 4 (1.40%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.35%) GitLab
9 1 (0.35%) NUnit
General
1 22 (7.72%) Finance
2 21 (7.37%) Social Skills
3 19 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 13 (4.56%) Public Sector
5 9 (3.16%) Banking
6 5 (1.75%) Marketing
7 4 (1.40%) Publishing
7 4 (1.40%) Retail
8 3 (1.05%) Advertising
8 3 (1.05%) Back Office
8 3 (1.05%) Law
8 3 (1.05%) Police
9 1 (0.35%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.35%) Automotive
9 1 (0.35%) Games
9 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.35%) Legal
9 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (36.14%) .NET
2 47 (16.49%) REST
3 44 (15.44%) ASP.NET
4 39 (13.68%) HTML
5 37 (12.98%) CSS
5 37 (12.98%) React
6 36 (12.63%) AngularJS
7 33 (11.58%) Vue
8 27 (9.47%) .NET Core
9 23 (8.07%) Web Services
10 22 (7.72%) Laravel
11 21 (7.37%) Node.js
12 16 (5.61%) .NET Framework
13 15 (5.26%) ASP.NET MVC
13 15 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
14 14 (4.91%) Sass
15 12 (4.21%) RESTful
16 11 (3.86%) HTML5
16 11 (3.86%) Spring Boot
16 11 (3.86%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.96%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (4.91%) Mobile App
3 10 (3.51%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (3.16%) Algorithms
4 9 (3.16%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.46%) Blockchain
5 7 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.05%) BBC
6 3 (1.05%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.05%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.05%) Social Media
7 2 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.35%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.35%) IoT
8 1 (0.35%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.35%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.42%) Linux
2 14 (4.91%) Android
2 14 (4.91%) Apple iOS
3 11 (3.86%) Unix
4 9 (3.16%) Windows
5 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.77%) Agile
2 56 (19.65%) Full Stack Development
3 36 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (11.23%) Software Engineering
5 26 (9.12%) Computer Science
5 26 (9.12%) TDD
5 26 (9.12%) Web Development
6 23 (8.07%) DevOps
6 23 (8.07%) MVC
7 22 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (7.37%) Mentoring
9 20 (7.02%) OO
10 16 (5.61%) Design Patterns
10 16 (5.61%) Fintech
10 16 (5.61%) Pair Programming
10 16 (5.61%) User Experience
11 15 (5.26%) OOP
12 14 (4.91%) Front End Development
12 14 (4.91%) Microservices
12 14 (4.91%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 110 (38.60%) C#
2 108 (37.89%) JavaScript
3 74 (25.96%) SQL
4 49 (17.19%) Java
5 40 (14.04%) PHP
6 16 (5.61%) T-SQL
7 15 (5.26%) Python
7 15 (5.26%) TypeScript
8 14 (4.91%) VB.NET
9 9 (3.16%) Ruby
10 8 (2.81%) Perl
10 8 (2.81%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.46%) VB
11 7 (2.46%) VB6
12 5 (1.75%) C++
13 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 48 (16.84%) Degree
2 17 (5.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.81%) AWS Certification
4 6 (2.11%) PhD
5 2 (0.70%) SC Cleared
5 2 (0.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.91%) QA
2 2 (0.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.35%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 39 (13.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 20 (7.02%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.32%) Facebook
3 16 (5.61%) Google
4 7 (2.46%) IBM
4 7 (2.46%) MuleSoft
4 7 (2.46%) Red Hat
4 7 (2.46%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.75%) Alteryx
6 3 (1.05%) Apple
6 3 (1.05%) Sony
6 3 (1.05%) Yahoo!
7 2 (0.70%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.70%) Twitter
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle