Software Developer Jobs in Bury

Software Developer
Manchester > Bury

The median Software Developer salary in Bury is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bury 21.74% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £59,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% +5.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bury

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bury. 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 Bury with a recognized job title 20 45 22
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.96% 97.83% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4 27 4
10th Percentile £46,000 £25,450 £36,125
25th Percentile £49,375 £37,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £56,563 £52,500 £53,438
90th Percentile £61,625 £60,750 £55,125
Manchester median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% +4.55%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bury

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Bury

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Bury

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Bury

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

For the 6 months to 9 July 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 Bury region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 3 (60.00%) OOP
2 3 (60.00%) OO
2 3 (60.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) VPN
2 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Android
2 3 (60.00%) Ansible
2 3 (60.00%) Docker
2 3 (60.00%) Line Management
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Go
2 3 (60.00%) Android Development
2 3 (60.00%) Cyberattack
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (40.00%) Vue
3 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) Front End Development
3 2 (40.00%) Git

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bury 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MySQL
1 2 (40.00%) Relational Database
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) JSON
1 2 (40.00%) Laravel
1 2 (40.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 3 (60.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Android Development
1 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (60.00%) Line Management
1 3 (60.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (60.00%) OO
1 3 (60.00%) OOP
2 2 (40.00%) Code Quality
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (40.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C++
1 3 (60.00%) Go
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible