Software Developer Jobs in Manchester

Software Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Software Developer salary in Manchester is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 181 102
Rank change year-on-year +57 -79 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 94 64 184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.84% 1.27% 3.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.94% 1.38% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 78 56 108
10th Percentile £38,550 £37,500 £34,700
25th Percentile £41,563 £45,000 £38,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,750 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +8.59% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,188 £68,125 £60,313
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £66,325
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% +8.89%

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 4,835 4,641 5,500
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 91.79% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 3,749 2,700 3,718
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 £81,400 £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 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Manchester

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Manchester

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Manchester

Software 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 Software Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 25 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
Altrincham - 14 £52,500 - 4
Bolton - 3 £47,500 - 1
Stockport +28 2 £51,500 +3.00% 4
Salford +15 2 £60,000 +9.09% 3
Software Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 49 (52.13%) C#
2 33 (35.11%) .NET
3 31 (32.98%) Agile
4 25 (26.60%) Software Engineering
5 22 (23.40%) JavaScript
6 20 (21.28%) SQL
6 20 (21.28%) TDD
6 20 (21.28%) Azure
7 18 (19.15%) Python
7 18 (19.15%) Mentoring
8 16 (17.02%) .NET Core
8 16 (17.02%) Java
9 15 (15.96%) MVC
9 15 (15.96%) Social Skills
10 14 (14.89%) Full Stack Development
10 14 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (14.89%) HTML
10 14 (14.89%) Node.js
10 14 (14.89%) DevOps
11 13 (13.83%) AngularJS
11 13 (13.83%) REST
11 13 (13.83%) Test Automation
11 13 (13.83%) AWS
11 13 (13.83%) .NET Framework
11 13 (13.83%) SQL Server
12 12 (12.77%) Relational Database
12 12 (12.77%) Design Patterns
13 11 (11.70%) RESTful
13 11 (11.70%) Degree
13 11 (11.70%) Computer Science

Software 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 5 (5.32%) ArcGIS
1 5 (5.32%) Confluence
2 1 (1.06%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 20 (21.28%) Azure
2 13 (13.83%) AWS
3 3 (3.19%) SaaS
4 2 (2.13%) IBM Cloud
4 2 (2.13%) Serverless
5 1 (1.06%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.19%) Wireless
2 1 (1.06%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.06%) RS-232
2 1 (1.06%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.83%) SQL Server
2 12 (12.77%) Relational Database
3 11 (11.70%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (10.64%) NoSQL
5 8 (8.51%) GIS
5 8 (8.51%) MySQL
6 6 (6.38%) MongoDB
7 5 (5.32%) Geospatial Data
7 5 (5.32%) Redis
8 1 (1.06%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 10 (10.64%) Git
2 5 (5.32%) JIRA
3 2 (2.13%) GDB
4 1 (1.06%) GitLab
4 1 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.06%) Maven
4 1 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (15.96%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.32%) Finance
3 5 (5.32%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.26%) Tech for Good
5 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.19%) Retail
6 2 (2.13%) Electronics
6 2 (2.13%) Marketing
7 1 (1.06%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (35.11%) .NET
2 16 (17.02%) .NET Core
3 14 (14.89%) HTML
3 14 (14.89%) Node.js
4 13 (13.83%) .NET Framework
4 13 (13.83%) AngularJS
4 13 (13.83%) REST
5 11 (11.70%) RESTful
6 9 (9.57%) CSS
6 9 (9.57%) React
7 8 (8.51%) Vue
8 7 (7.45%) ASP.NET
8 7 (7.45%) HTML5
9 6 (6.38%) Blazor
9 6 (6.38%) Entity Framework
10 5 (5.32%) JSON
10 5 (5.32%) PostGIS
10 5 (5.32%) Svelte
10 5 (5.32%) XML
11 4 (4.26%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (3.19%) Blog
2 3 (3.19%) NHS
2 3 (3.19%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.19%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.19%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.13%) Blockchain
3 2 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.13%) IoT
3 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.06%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.06%) FPGA
4 1 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.70%) Linux
2 7 (7.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (32.98%) Agile
2 25 (26.60%) Software Engineering
3 20 (21.28%) TDD
4 18 (19.15%) Mentoring
5 15 (15.96%) MVC
6 14 (14.89%) DevOps
6 14 (14.89%) Full Stack Development
6 14 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (13.83%) Test Automation
8 12 (12.77%) Design Patterns
9 11 (11.70%) Computer Science
10 10 (10.64%) Fintech
10 10 (10.64%) Web Development
11 8 (8.51%) Dependency Injection
11 8 (8.51%) SOLID
12 7 (7.45%) Architectural Patterns
12 7 (7.45%) MVVM
12 7 (7.45%) OO
12 7 (7.45%) Pair Programming
12 7 (7.45%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 49 (52.13%) C#
2 22 (23.40%) JavaScript
3 20 (21.28%) SQL
4 18 (19.15%) Python
5 16 (17.02%) Java
6 10 (10.64%) Go
7 6 (6.38%) C++
8 5 (5.32%) C
8 5 (5.32%) PowerShell
8 5 (5.32%) Ruby
9 4 (4.26%) PHP
9 4 (4.26%) TypeScript
10 2 (2.13%) F#
10 2 (2.13%) Haskell
10 2 (2.13%) Rust
10 2 (2.13%) Scala
11 1 (1.06%) Bash
Qualifications
1 11 (11.70%) Degree
2 4 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.19%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.32%) Docker
2 1 (1.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.26%) Terraform
2 2 (2.13%) Ansible
2 2 (2.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.06%) Grafana
3 1 (1.06%) Kiali
3 1 (1.06%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (5.32%) ESRI
1 5 (5.32%) Oracle
2 2 (2.13%) IBM
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.13%) Red Hat
2 2 (2.13%) YouTube