Software Engineering Jobs in Manchester

Software Engineering
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 18 13
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 646 595 819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.59% 11.99% 14.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.51% 12.41% 15.04%
Number of salaries quoted 498 361 553
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £39,905
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,833 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £85,800
North West median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £59,250
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.49% +8.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,452 4,796 5,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.73% 96.64% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,402 2,560 3,637
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,389
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,850 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,725 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Manchester

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Manchester

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Manchester

Software Engineering
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 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
Salford +16 10 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Altrincham - 7 £55,000 - 7
Stockport +21 6 £51,250 - 4
Oldham +23 5 £52,500 - 1
Bury +6 5 £45,000 - 1
Software Engineering
North West

Software Engineering
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 42 (6.50%) ArcGIS
2 28 (4.33%) GeoServer
3 22 (3.41%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.86%) Apache
5 6 (0.93%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.62%) Captiva
6 4 (0.62%) FileNet
6 4 (0.62%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.46%) JBoss
7 3 (0.46%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) Jetty
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) NServiceBus
Business Applications
1 9 (1.39%) Magento
2 6 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.31%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 199 (30.80%) AWS
2 180 (27.86%) Azure
3 51 (7.89%) GCP
4 36 (5.57%) Serverless
5 30 (4.64%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (4.33%) SaaS
7 26 (4.02%) GitHub
8 21 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (2.32%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (2.32%) OpenShift
11 14 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (1.70%) PaaS
13 10 (1.55%) IaaS
14 9 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (1.08%) Amazon S3
16 7 (1.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 6 (0.93%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.70%) AMQP
1 11 (1.70%) Ethernet
2 10 (1.55%) RS-232
3 7 (1.08%) Firewall
4 6 (0.93%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.46%) Network Security
6 2 (0.31%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.15%) HTTP
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) MQTT
7 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (8.98%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (7.28%) GIS
3 44 (6.81%) MySQL
4 29 (4.49%) SQL Server
5 28 (4.33%) QGIS
6 26 (4.02%) Relational Database
7 23 (3.56%) NoSQL
8 22 (3.41%) Big Data
9 19 (2.94%) MongoDB
10 17 (2.63%) Geospatial Data
11 15 (2.32%) Hadoop
12 11 (1.70%) Cloudera CDH
12 11 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (1.39%) DynamoDB
13 9 (1.39%) RDBMS
14 7 (1.08%) Redis
15 6 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
16 5 (0.77%) OLAP
17 4 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
17 4 (0.62%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 62 (9.60%) Git
2 33 (5.11%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.79%) GitLab
4 14 (2.17%) JIRA
5 13 (2.01%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.55%) LabVIEW
7 9 (1.39%) Spinnaker
8 8 (1.24%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.08%) IntelliJ
9 7 (1.08%) Subversion
10 6 (0.93%) Postman
10 6 (0.93%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.77%) Clang
11 5 (0.77%) webpack
12 4 (0.62%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.62%) JUnit
12 4 (0.62%) Mockito
12 4 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.62%) Selenium
General
1 89 (13.78%) Social Skills
2 51 (7.89%) Finance
3 29 (4.49%) Automotive
4 28 (4.33%) Retail
5 22 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (3.25%) Banking
7 13 (2.01%) Electronics
7 13 (2.01%) Manufacturing
7 13 (2.01%) Public Sector
8 12 (1.86%) Aerospace
8 12 (1.86%) Tech for Good
9 11 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.55%) Law
10 10 (1.55%) Legal
11 9 (1.39%) Health Technology
12 7 (1.08%) Games
13 5 (0.77%) Retail Finance
14 4 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.62%) Marketing
15 3 (0.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 383 (59.29%) Software Engineer
2 199 (30.80%) Senior
3 137 (21.21%) Senior Software Engineer
4 104 (16.10%) Developer
5 79 (12.23%) Lead
6 44 (6.81%) Java Engineer
7 37 (5.73%) Architect
7 37 (5.73%) Java Software Engineer
8 35 (5.42%) Embedded Engineer
8 35 (5.42%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 29 (4.49%) Lead Software Engineer
10 26 (4.02%) Software Manager
11 25 (3.87%) Senior Developer
11 25 (3.87%) Software Developer
12 24 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (3.56%) .NET Developer
14 21 (3.25%) Technical Leader
15 19 (2.94%) Engineering Manager
16 18 (2.79%) Software Engineering Manager
17 16 (2.48%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (19.97%) .NET
2 122 (18.89%) React
3 74 (11.46%) CSS
4 68 (10.53%) Node.js
5 53 (8.20%) .NET Core
6 51 (7.89%) HTML
7 44 (6.81%) AngularJS
8 43 (6.66%) Spring
9 37 (5.73%) RESTful
10 36 (5.57%) PostGIS
11 32 (4.95%) Leaflet
11 32 (4.95%) OpenLayers
12 26 (4.02%) REST
12 26 (4.02%) Spring Boot
13 24 (3.72%) Kafka
14 21 (3.25%) JSON
15 19 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
16 18 (2.79%) Next.js
17 16 (2.48%) ASP.NET
17 16 (2.48%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (4.64%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.33%) Greenfield Project
3 24 (3.72%) IoT
4 18 (2.79%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (2.32%) Product Ownership
6 13 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (1.86%) Private Cloud
8 10 (1.55%) Device Driver
8 10 (1.55%) Virtual Team
9 6 (0.93%) FMCG
9 6 (0.93%) NHS
10 5 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (0.77%) Legacy Applications
10 5 (0.77%) Management Information System
11 4 (0.62%) DataPower
11 4 (0.62%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.62%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.46%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.46%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 113 (17.49%) Linux
2 24 (3.72%) Windows
3 20 (3.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (2.32%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.70%) CentOS
5 11 (1.70%) Debian
6 9 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.24%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.24%) Unix
8 3 (0.46%) Android
8 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.46%) VMS
9 2 (0.31%) FreeBSD
9 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.15%) HPUX
10 1 (0.15%) Solaris
10 1 (0.15%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (39.32%) Agile
2 174 (26.93%) DevOps
3 86 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (12.23%) Open Source
5 75 (11.61%) Mentoring
6 74 (11.46%) CI/CD
6 74 (11.46%) Computer Science
6 74 (11.46%) Microservices
7 70 (10.84%) TDD
8 69 (10.68%) Full Stack Development
9 51 (7.89%) Scrum
10 50 (7.74%) Actionable Insight
10 50 (7.74%) Continuous Integration
11 43 (6.66%) Web Development
12 42 (6.50%) Coaching
12 42 (6.50%) Infrastructure as Code
12 42 (6.50%) Test Automation
13 39 (6.04%) Containerisation
14 38 (5.88%) Design Patterns
15 37 (5.73%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 174 (26.93%) Python
2 163 (25.23%) Java
3 155 (23.99%) JavaScript
4 141 (21.83%) C#
5 75 (11.61%) SQL
6 74 (11.46%) C
6 74 (11.46%) TypeScript
7 43 (6.66%) C++
8 26 (4.02%) Go
9 21 (3.25%) Rust
10 19 (2.94%) PHP
11 11 (1.70%) Embedded C
12 10 (1.55%) Bash
13 8 (1.24%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.93%) Ruby
15 5 (0.77%) Fortran
15 5 (0.77%) Perl
15 5 (0.77%) Scala
16 4 (0.62%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 4 (0.62%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 98 (15.17%) Degree
2 77 (11.92%) Security Cleared
3 64 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.63%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.70%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.77%) OCP
7 5 (0.77%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (0.77%) PhD
8 4 (0.62%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.15%) OSCE
11 1 (0.15%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.24%) Accessibility
1 8 (1.24%) QA
2 4 (0.62%) GDPR
2 4 (0.62%) PMO
3 3 (0.46%) SLA
4 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 51 (7.89%) Docker
2 21 (3.25%) Firmware
3 10 (1.55%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 59 (9.13%) Kubernetes
2 52 (8.05%) Terraform
3 28 (4.33%) Ansible
4 11 (1.70%) Puppet
5 8 (1.24%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.46%) Podman
7 1 (0.15%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Kiali
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (5.57%) ESRI
2 27 (4.18%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.72%) Oracle
4 21 (3.25%) Red Hat
5 13 (2.01%) Google
6 11 (1.70%) SaltStack
7 7 (1.08%) Confluent
7 7 (1.08%) F5
8 6 (0.93%) IBM
9 4 (0.62%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.62%) Cadence
9 4 (0.62%) EMC
9 4 (0.62%) Kofax
9 4 (0.62%) Micro Focus
9 4 (0.62%) Pega
9 4 (0.62%) SAP
9 4 (0.62%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.62%) Synopsys
10 3 (0.46%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.46%) Xamarin