Software Developer Jobs in the North West

Software Developer
England > North West

The median Software Developer salary in the North West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 195 96
Rank change year-on-year +83 -99 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 208 111 309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.17% 1.37% 3.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.29% 1.53% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 176 87 153
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% +8.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,875 £58,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 9,091 7,264 9,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.36% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,021 4,163 5,533
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 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
Manchester +54 89 £52,500 -4.55% 38
Cheshire +19 53 £52,500 -4.55% 30
Merseyside +34 34 £39,000 -8.24% 5
Lancashire +7 21 £40,000 -2.44% 17
Cumbria - 9 £35,000 - 2
Software Developer
England

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 18 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 North West region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 121 (58.17%) C#
2 100 (48.08%) .NET
3 64 (30.77%) JavaScript
4 59 (28.37%) Agile
5 54 (25.96%) SQL
6 50 (24.04%) Full Stack Development
7 39 (18.75%) Java
8 35 (16.83%) Software Engineering
9 34 (16.35%) Azure
10 31 (14.90%) Unit Testing
10 31 (14.90%) .NET Framework
11 30 (14.42%) AWS
12 29 (13.94%) React
12 29 (13.94%) CSS
13 28 (13.46%) RESTful
14 27 (12.98%) AngularJS
14 27 (12.98%) MySQL
14 27 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
15 26 (12.50%) Python
15 26 (12.50%) TDD
15 26 (12.50%) Node.js
16 25 (12.02%) .NET Core
17 24 (11.54%) Vue
17 24 (11.54%) Degree
17 24 (11.54%) HTML
17 24 (11.54%) Design Patterns
18 23 (11.06%) Linux
18 23 (11.06%) Mentoring
19 22 (10.58%) PostgreSQL
20 21 (10.10%) SQL Server

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.40%) ArcGIS
1 5 (2.40%) Confluence
2 4 (1.92%) IIS
3 2 (0.96%) Mendix
Business Applications
1 7 (3.37%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 34 (16.35%) Azure
2 30 (14.42%) AWS
3 17 (8.17%) GitHub
4 12 (5.77%) Serverless
5 5 (2.40%) NuGet
5 5 (2.40%) SaaS
6 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.96%) IBM Cloud
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Service Fabric
8 1 (0.48%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) Internet
1 3 (1.44%) Wireless
2 1 (0.48%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.48%) RS-232
2 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (12.98%) MySQL
2 22 (10.58%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (10.10%) SQL Server
4 18 (8.65%) NoSQL
5 14 (6.73%) Relational Database
6 8 (3.85%) GIS
7 6 (2.88%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.40%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (2.40%) Redis
9 1 (0.48%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 20 (9.62%) Git
2 15 (7.21%) Visual Studio
3 13 (6.25%) JIRA
4 10 (4.81%) TeamCity
5 9 (4.33%) Bitbucket
5 9 (4.33%) PHPUnit
6 5 (2.40%) JetBrains Rider
7 4 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.96%) GDB
9 1 (0.48%) GitLab
9 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.48%) Maven
9 1 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 19 (9.13%) Finance
2 18 (8.65%) Social Skills
3 12 (5.77%) Manufacturing
4 9 (4.33%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.37%) Legal
6 4 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.92%) Tech for Good
7 2 (0.96%) Banking
7 2 (0.96%) Electronics
7 2 (0.96%) Marketing
7 2 (0.96%) Retail
8 1 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.48%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (48.08%) .NET
2 31 (14.90%) .NET Framework
3 29 (13.94%) CSS
3 29 (13.94%) React
4 28 (13.46%) RESTful
5 27 (12.98%) AngularJS
6 26 (12.50%) Node.js
7 25 (12.02%) .NET Core
8 24 (11.54%) HTML
8 24 (11.54%) Vue
9 21 (10.10%) REST
10 20 (9.62%) ASP.NET
11 15 (7.21%) Laravel
12 9 (4.33%) Entity Framework
12 9 (4.33%) Sass
12 9 (4.33%) Tailwind CSS
12 9 (4.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 7 (3.37%) GraphQL
13 7 (3.37%) HTML5
13 7 (3.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
1 7 (3.37%) iSeries
2 4 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.44%) Blog
3 3 (1.44%) Mobile App
3 3 (1.44%) NHS
3 3 (1.44%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.44%) Public Cloud
3 3 (1.44%) Virtual Team
4 2 (0.96%) Blockchain
4 2 (0.96%) Cloud Native
4 2 (0.96%) e-Health
4 2 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (0.96%) IoT
5 1 (0.48%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.48%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (0.48%) FPGA
5 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.06%) Linux
2 11 (5.29%) Unix
3 8 (3.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.37%) Agile
2 50 (24.04%) Full Stack Development
3 35 (16.83%) Software Engineering
4 31 (14.90%) Unit Testing
5 27 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (12.50%) TDD
7 24 (11.54%) Design Patterns
8 23 (11.06%) Mentoring
9 20 (9.62%) DevOps
9 20 (9.62%) MVC
10 18 (8.65%) Use Case
11 17 (8.17%) Test Automation
12 16 (7.69%) Clean Code
12 16 (7.69%) Fintech
12 16 (7.69%) Web Development
13 14 (6.73%) Architectural Patterns
13 14 (6.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (6.73%) Software Testing
14 13 (6.25%) Code Quality
15 12 (5.77%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 121 (58.17%) C#
2 64 (30.77%) JavaScript
3 54 (25.96%) SQL
4 39 (18.75%) Java
5 26 (12.50%) Python
6 13 (6.25%) PowerShell
6 13 (6.25%) Ruby
7 11 (5.29%) Go
7 11 (5.29%) VB.NET
8 8 (3.85%) Perl
9 7 (3.37%) RPG
9 7 (3.37%) RPG IV
10 6 (2.88%) C++
10 6 (2.88%) PHP
10 6 (2.88%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.40%) C
12 2 (0.96%) F#
12 2 (0.96%) Haskell
12 2 (0.96%) Rust
12 2 (0.96%) Scala
Qualifications
1 24 (11.54%) Degree
2 8 (3.85%) AWS Certification
3 6 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.44%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.96%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.48%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.92%) QA
2 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.48%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 20 (9.62%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (8.17%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.81%) Terraform
3 2 (0.96%) Ansible
4 1 (0.48%) Grafana
4 1 (0.48%) Kiali
4 1 (0.48%) Kibana
Vendors
1 12 (5.77%) Facebook
2 11 (5.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.33%) IBM
3 9 (4.33%) Oracle
4 6 (2.88%) Google
5 5 (2.40%) ESRI
6 2 (0.96%) Peregrine
6 2 (0.96%) Red Hat
6 2 (0.96%) Twitter
6 2 (0.96%) YouTube