Software Engineer Job Trends in Altrincham

Software Engineer
Manchester > Altrincham

The median Software Engineer salary in Altrincham is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 6 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 9 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Altrincham 13.04% 18.75% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.52% 18.75% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile £56,000 - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £51,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +47.83% +21.05% -
75th Percentile - £63,750 £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +11.11% +6.36%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Altrincham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Altrincham. 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 Altrincham with a recognized job title 62 16 59
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 100.00% 98.33%
Number of salaries quoted 48 12 59
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,375 £22,700
25th Percentile £27,750 £38,125 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £48,750 £56,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,375 £63,000 £65,250
Manchester median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -0.86% +6.42% -5.22%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Altrincham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Altrincham.

Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Altrincham

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Altrincham

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Altrincham.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineer job vacancies in Altrincham

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Altrincham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Altrincham over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Altrincham

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Altrincham

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Altrincham region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) Java
3 7 (77.78%) Agile
4 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (33.33%) AWS
5 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 3 (33.33%) Coaching
5 3 (33.33%) DevOps
5 3 (33.33%) Docker
5 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes
5 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 3 (33.33%) Scrum
5 3 (33.33%) Serverless
5 3 (33.33%) Spring
5 3 (33.33%) Spring Boot
5 3 (33.33%) TDD
5 3 (33.33%) Terraform
6 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
6 2 (22.22%) Code Quality
6 2 (22.22%) Community of Practice
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
6 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
6 2 (22.22%) Packer
6 2 (22.22%) Progress Chef
6 2 (22.22%) React
6 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
6 2 (22.22%) User Experience
6 2 (22.22%) UX Design

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Altrincham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
1 3 (33.33%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Vagrant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Spring
1 3 (33.33%) Spring Boot
2 2 (22.22%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (77.78%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 3 (33.33%) Coaching
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 3 (33.33%) Scrum
4 3 (33.33%) TDD
5 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
5 2 (22.22%) Code Quality
5 2 (22.22%) Community of Practice
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 2 (22.22%) User Experience
5 2 (22.22%) UX Design
6 1 (11.11%) Continuous Delivery
6 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) TypeScript
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Kubernetes
1 3 (33.33%) Terraform
2 2 (22.22%) Packer
2 2 (22.22%) Progress Chef