Developer Jobs in Manchester

Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Developer salary in Manchester is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 13 2
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 946 714 1,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 18.26% 14.63% 23.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.33% 15.99% 23.94%
Number of salaries quoted 796 566 998
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,875 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,688 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,894 4,466 5,438
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 91.48% 96.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,771 2,614 3,634
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,169 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 8 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
Altrincham +9 26 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Stockport +41 22 £50,250 +5.79% 6
Bolton +30 22 £47,500 +26.67% 4
Salford +22 19 £58,750 +17.50% 7
Rochdale - 8 - -
Bury - 3 £45,000 - 1
Oldham +29 1 £48,000 +6.67%
Cheadle - 1 £43,865 - 1
Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 Manchester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 308 (32.56%) JavaScript
2 300 (31.71%) C#
3 296 (31.29%) .NET
4 294 (31.08%) Agile
5 278 (29.39%) Azure
6 224 (23.68%) Full Stack Development
7 208 (21.99%) React
8 202 (21.35%) SQL
9 194 (20.51%) HTML
10 176 (18.60%) AWS
11 165 (17.44%) DevOps
11 165 (17.44%) CSS
12 158 (16.70%) SQL Server
13 156 (16.49%) Social Skills
14 151 (15.96%) AngularJS
15 150 (15.86%) TDD
16 148 (15.64%) MVC
17 135 (14.27%) Microsoft
18 133 (14.06%) Node.js
19 125 (13.21%) ASP.NET
20 119 (12.58%) TypeScript
21 116 (12.26%) PHP
22 107 (11.31%) .NET Core
23 106 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
23 106 (11.21%) Java
23 106 (11.21%) Microservices
24 105 (11.10%) Software Engineering
25 104 (10.99%) Vue
26 103 (10.89%) Design Patterns
27 100 (10.57%) User Experience

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 28 (2.96%) CMS
2 18 (1.90%) Apache
3 17 (1.80%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.37%) OpenEdge
4 13 (1.37%) WordPress
5 8 (0.85%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.63%) Confluence
7 5 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.53%) IIS
8 4 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.42%) SAS
8 4 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Drupal
10 1 (0.11%) Jetty
10 1 (0.11%) Kentico
10 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.74%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.42%) Maya
4 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 21 (2.22%) Magento
2 10 (1.06%) Shopify
3 8 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.21%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.21%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 278 (29.39%) Azure
2 176 (18.60%) AWS
3 76 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (6.87%) Power Platform
5 62 (6.55%) Serverless
6 60 (6.34%) SaaS
7 47 (4.97%) Azure Logic Apps
8 44 (4.65%) Azure Functions
9 43 (4.55%) Azure Service Bus
10 40 (4.23%) Azure API Management
11 36 (3.81%) IBM Cloud
12 31 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (2.11%) Power Automate
14 19 (2.01%) GCP
15 18 (1.90%) Google Play
16 17 (1.80%) PowerApps
17 15 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (1.59%) Cloud Computing
18 13 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 13 (1.37%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.54%) Internet
2 4 (0.42%) Wireless
3 3 (0.32%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.21%) Broadband
4 2 (0.21%) HTTP
4 2 (0.21%) Mobile Broadband
4 2 (0.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.11%) DNS
5 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.11%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) RS-232
5 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (16.70%) SQL Server
2 88 (9.30%) MySQL
3 82 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
4 75 (7.93%) MongoDB
5 66 (6.98%) NoSQL
6 56 (5.92%) Relational Database
7 47 (4.97%) Power BI
8 37 (3.91%) DB2
9 21 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (2.22%) Tableau
10 20 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
10 20 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
11 13 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 12 (1.27%) Power Query
13 11 (1.16%) Redis
14 10 (1.06%) Oracle Database
14 10 (1.06%) Oracle Database 11g
15 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
16 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.85%) GIS
Development Applications
1 85 (8.99%) Git
2 19 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.48%) GitLab
4 13 (1.37%) JIRA
5 12 (1.27%) Appium
5 12 (1.27%) Jasmine
6 9 (0.95%) NUnit
7 8 (0.85%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.63%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.63%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 4 (0.42%) Karma Test Runner
9 4 (0.42%) MSTest
9 4 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 4 (0.42%) Xcode
10 2 (0.21%) GDB
10 2 (0.21%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.21%) Maven
10 2 (0.21%) PHPUnit
10 2 (0.21%) Storybook
General
1 156 (16.49%) Social Skills
2 87 (9.20%) Finance
3 57 (6.03%) Public Sector
4 37 (3.91%) Games
4 37 (3.91%) Retail
5 36 (3.81%) Law
6 32 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (2.64%) Marketing
8 19 (2.01%) Automotive
8 19 (2.01%) Manufacturing
9 16 (1.69%) Health Technology
9 16 (1.69%) Legal
10 14 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.06%) Tech for Good
12 9 (0.95%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.85%) Banking
13 8 (0.85%) Military
14 7 (0.74%) Back Office
14 7 (0.74%) Music Industry
15 6 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 296 (31.29%) .NET
2 208 (21.99%) React
3 194 (20.51%) HTML
4 165 (17.44%) CSS
5 151 (15.96%) AngularJS
6 133 (14.06%) Node.js
7 125 (13.21%) ASP.NET
8 107 (11.31%) .NET Core
9 104 (10.99%) Vue
10 99 (10.47%) REST
11 85 (8.99%) Laravel
12 78 (8.25%) .NET Framework
13 70 (7.40%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 67 (7.08%) Web Services
15 66 (6.98%) ASP.NET Web API
16 61 (6.45%) jQuery
17 58 (6.13%) ASP.NET MVC
18 57 (6.03%) Entity Framework
19 55 (5.81%) RESTful
20 45 (4.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.60%) Greenfield Project
2 38 (4.02%) Algorithms
3 37 (3.91%) Blockchain
4 36 (3.81%) Hybrid Cloud
5 35 (3.70%) Data Structures
6 33 (3.49%) Product Ownership
7 32 (3.38%) Mobile App
8 24 (2.54%) Video\Live Streaming
9 17 (1.80%) Cloud Native
9 17 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.16%) PropTech
11 10 (1.06%) Private Cloud
12 9 (0.95%) IoT
12 9 (0.95%) iPhone
12 9 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.85%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.63%) BBC
15 6 (0.63%) Social Media
16 5 (0.53%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 92 (9.73%) Linux
2 83 (8.77%) Windows
3 68 (7.19%) Android
4 66 (6.98%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.53%) Unix
7 4 (0.42%) VMS
8 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (31.08%) Agile
2 224 (23.68%) Full Stack Development
3 165 (17.44%) DevOps
4 150 (15.86%) TDD
5 148 (15.64%) MVC
6 106 (11.21%) Microservices
6 106 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
7 105 (11.10%) Software Engineering
8 103 (10.89%) Design Patterns
9 100 (10.57%) User Experience
10 97 (10.25%) Scrum
11 81 (8.56%) Mentoring
11 81 (8.56%) OOP
12 75 (7.93%) Web Development
13 69 (7.29%) CI/CD
14 66 (6.98%) Front End Development
15 62 (6.55%) MVVM
16 60 (6.34%) Clean Code
17 59 (6.24%) Business Intelligence
18 58 (6.13%) OO
Programming Languages
1 308 (32.56%) JavaScript
2 300 (31.71%) C#
3 202 (21.35%) SQL
4 119 (12.58%) TypeScript
5 116 (12.26%) PHP
6 106 (11.21%) Java
7 85 (8.99%) Python
8 43 (4.55%) C++
9 34 (3.59%) T-SQL
10 19 (2.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (2.01%) Go
11 14 (1.48%) C
11 14 (1.48%) Swift
12 13 (1.37%) Delphi
12 13 (1.37%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.06%) Objective-C
13 10 (1.06%) PL/SQL
14 9 (0.95%) PowerShell
14 9 (0.95%) Ruby
15 5 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (8.67%) Degree
2 40 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (2.75%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.22%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.06%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.95%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.63%) HND
8 4 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.32%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.21%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.21%) PhD
11 1 (0.11%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.55%) QA
2 8 (0.85%) GDPR
3 6 (0.63%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (6.98%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) Firmware
3 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 36 (3.81%) Terraform
3 4 (0.42%) Ansible
4 1 (0.11%) Grafana
4 1 (0.11%) Kiali
4 1 (0.11%) Kibana
4 1 (0.11%) Plesk
Vendors
1 135 (14.27%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.33%) IBM
3 36 (3.81%) Red Hat
4 34 (3.59%) Oracle
5 28 (2.96%) Google
6 18 (1.90%) Facebook
7 16 (1.69%) Adobe
8 13 (1.37%) MuleSoft
9 12 (1.27%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.74%) Apple
10 7 (0.74%) Progress
11 6 (0.63%) Actuate
11 6 (0.63%) Civica
11 6 (0.63%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.63%) Sony
11 6 (0.63%) Twitter
11 6 (0.63%) Yahoo!
12 5 (0.53%) ESRI
12 5 (0.53%) Intapp
12 5 (0.53%) Sitecore