Software Developer
Manchester > Bolton
The median Software Developer salary in Bolton is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 37 | 25 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton | 2.67% | 2.88% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.23% | 2.91% | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,250 | £46,250 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,500 | £47,500 | - |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | £48,750 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Manchester median annual salary | £59,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.38% | +5.00% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bolton
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bolton. 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 Bolton with a recognized job title | 124 | 103 | 128 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 82.67% | 99.04% | 78.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 99 | 69 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £25,480 | £26,100 | £28,050 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £36,250 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £62,500 | £52,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £73,200 | £55,750 |
| Manchester median annual salary | £59,000 | £54,000 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.26% | -6.09% | +4.55% |
Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton
Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bolton.
Software Developer
Salary Trend in Bolton
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in Bolton.
Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton
For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, 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 Bolton region featuring Software Developer in the job title.
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Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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: