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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 18 13
Rank change year-on-year +8 -5 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 659 619 803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.93% 12.24% 14.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.89% 12.66% 14.73%
Number of salaries quoted 506 387 546
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,167 £48,750
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 £86,250
North West median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% +8.23%

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 4,425 4,890 5,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.85% 96.72% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,400 2,593 3,660
10th Percentile £30,001 £32,500 £32,389
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,411 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

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 25 April 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 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
Stockport +29 10 £51,250 - 4
Salford +15 10 £70,000 +7.69% 5
Oldham +24 5 £52,500 - 3
Bury +7 4 £45,000 - 2
Altrincham - 3 £55,000 - 4
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 (6.37%) ArcGIS
2 28 (4.25%) GeoServer
3 24 (3.64%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.82%) Apache
5 6 (0.91%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.61%) Captiva
6 4 (0.61%) FileNet
6 4 (0.61%) 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 (1.37%) Magento
2 6 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.30%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 198 (30.05%) AWS
2 182 (27.62%) Azure
3 54 (8.19%) GCP
4 35 (5.31%) Serverless
5 31 (4.70%) SaaS
6 30 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (4.10%) GitHub
8 20 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (2.28%) OpenShift
11 14 (2.12%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (1.82%) IaaS
12 12 (1.82%) PaaS
13 9 (1.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 8 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (1.21%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (1.06%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.06%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.91%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.67%) AMQP
1 11 (1.67%) Ethernet
2 10 (1.52%) RS-232
3 9 (1.37%) Firewall
4 6 (0.91%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.46%) Network Security
6 2 (0.30%) 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 61 (9.26%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (7.13%) GIS
2 47 (7.13%) MySQL
3 30 (4.55%) SQL Server
4 28 (4.25%) QGIS
5 26 (3.95%) Relational Database
6 23 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 22 (3.34%) Big Data
8 21 (3.19%) NoSQL
9 17 (2.58%) Geospatial Data
10 15 (2.28%) Hadoop
11 11 (1.67%) Cloudera CDH
11 11 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (1.37%) RDBMS
13 8 (1.21%) DynamoDB
14 7 (1.06%) Redis
15 5 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
15 5 (0.76%) OLAP
16 4 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
16 4 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 65 (9.86%) Git
2 35 (5.31%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.73%) GitLab
4 14 (2.12%) JIRA
5 13 (1.97%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.67%) Spinnaker
7 9 (1.37%) LabVIEW
8 8 (1.21%) Cypress.io
9 7 (1.06%) IntelliJ
9 7 (1.06%) Subversion
10 6 (0.91%) Postman
10 6 (0.91%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.76%) Clang
11 5 (0.76%) webpack
12 4 (0.61%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.61%) JUnit
12 4 (0.61%) Mockito
12 4 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
12 4 (0.61%) Selenium
General
1 92 (13.96%) Social Skills
2 60 (9.10%) Finance
3 32 (4.86%) Banking
4 31 (4.70%) Retail
5 29 (4.40%) Automotive
6 26 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (1.97%) Electronics
7 13 (1.97%) Manufacturing
7 13 (1.97%) Public Sector
8 12 (1.82%) Aerospace
8 12 (1.82%) Tech for Good
9 11 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.52%) Law
10 10 (1.52%) Legal
11 9 (1.37%) Health Technology
12 7 (1.06%) Games
13 5 (0.76%) Retail Finance
14 4 (0.61%) Advertising
14 4 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 393 (59.64%) Software Engineer
2 197 (29.89%) Senior
3 137 (20.79%) Senior Software Engineer
4 102 (15.48%) Developer
5 77 (11.68%) Lead
6 45 (6.83%) Java Engineer
7 40 (6.07%) Architect
8 38 (5.77%) Java Software Engineer
9 35 (5.31%) Embedded Engineer
9 35 (5.31%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 28 (4.25%) Lead Software Engineer
11 26 (3.95%) Solutions Architect
12 25 (3.79%) Software Developer
12 25 (3.79%) Software Manager
13 24 (3.64%) Senior Developer
14 21 (3.19%) Technical Leader
15 20 (3.03%) .NET Developer
16 19 (2.88%) Engineering Manager
16 19 (2.88%) Full Stack Engineer
17 17 (2.58%) Software Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (19.42%) .NET
1 128 (19.42%) React
2 77 (11.68%) CSS
3 73 (11.08%) Node.js
4 58 (8.80%) HTML
5 53 (8.04%) .NET Core
6 50 (7.59%) AngularJS
7 45 (6.83%) Spring
8 42 (6.37%) RESTful
9 36 (5.46%) PostGIS
10 32 (4.86%) Leaflet
10 32 (4.86%) OpenLayers
11 28 (4.25%) Spring Boot
12 27 (4.10%) Kafka
13 23 (3.49%) REST
14 21 (3.19%) JSON
15 19 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
16 18 (2.73%) Next.js
17 16 (2.43%) ASP.NET
17 16 (2.43%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 29 (4.40%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.25%) Greenfield Project
3 24 (3.64%) IoT
4 18 (2.73%) Embedded Systems
5 17 (2.58%) Product Ownership
6 13 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (1.82%) Private Cloud
8 11 (1.67%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.52%) Device Driver
10 6 (0.91%) FMCG
10 6 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (0.91%) NHS
11 5 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.76%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.61%) DataPower
12 4 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (0.61%) Public Cloud
12 4 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
13 3 (0.46%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 114 (17.30%) Linux
2 24 (3.64%) Windows
3 20 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (2.28%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.67%) CentOS
5 11 (1.67%) Debian
6 9 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.21%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.21%) Unix
8 3 (0.46%) Android
8 3 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.46%) VMS
9 2 (0.30%) FreeBSD
9 2 (0.30%) 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
1 263 (39.91%) Agile
2 170 (25.80%) DevOps
3 90 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (11.99%) Open Source
5 78 (11.84%) Microservices
6 76 (11.53%) CI/CD
7 75 (11.38%) Computer Science
7 75 (11.38%) Mentoring
8 74 (11.23%) Full Stack Development
9 67 (10.17%) TDD
10 52 (7.89%) Scrum
11 50 (7.59%) Actionable Insight
12 49 (7.44%) Continuous Integration
13 44 (6.68%) Containerisation
14 43 (6.53%) Coaching
15 42 (6.37%) Web Development
16 41 (6.22%) Infrastructure as Code
16 41 (6.22%) Test Automation
17 39 (5.92%) Design Patterns
18 37 (5.61%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 176 (26.71%) Python
2 173 (26.25%) Java
3 155 (23.52%) JavaScript
4 139 (21.09%) C#
5 76 (11.53%) TypeScript
6 74 (11.23%) C
7 70 (10.62%) SQL
8 43 (6.53%) C++
9 28 (4.25%) Go
10 23 (3.49%) Rust
11 19 (2.88%) PHP
12 11 (1.67%) Embedded C
13 10 (1.52%) Bash
14 8 (1.21%) Kotlin
15 7 (1.06%) Scala
16 6 (0.91%) Ruby
17 5 (0.76%) Fortran
17 5 (0.76%) Perl
18 4 (0.61%) COBOL
18 4 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 99 (15.02%) Degree
2 77 (11.68%) Security Cleared
3 65 (9.86%) SC Cleared
4 31 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.58%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.67%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.91%) OCP
7 6 (0.91%) Oracle Certification
8 5 (0.76%) PhD
9 4 (0.61%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.15%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.15%) OSCE
12 1 (0.15%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.21%) Accessibility
1 8 (1.21%) QA
2 4 (0.61%) GDPR
2 4 (0.61%) PMO
3 3 (0.46%) SLA
4 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 57 (8.65%) Docker
2 21 (3.19%) Firmware
3 10 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (9.71%) Kubernetes
2 51 (7.74%) Terraform
3 28 (4.25%) Ansible
4 11 (1.67%) Puppet
5 8 (1.21%) 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 (5.46%) ESRI
2 28 (4.25%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.64%) Oracle
4 21 (3.19%) Red Hat
5 13 (1.97%) Google
6 11 (1.67%) SaltStack
7 9 (1.37%) Confluent
8 7 (1.06%) F5
9 6 (0.91%) IBM
10 4 (0.61%) Atlassian
10 4 (0.61%) Cadence
10 4 (0.61%) EMC
10 4 (0.61%) Kofax
10 4 (0.61%) Micro Focus
10 4 (0.61%) Pega
10 4 (0.61%) SAP
10 4 (0.61%) ServiceNow
10 4 (0.61%) Synopsys
11 3 (0.46%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.46%) Xamarin