Software Engineer Jobs in Cheshire

Software Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Cheshire is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 71 70
Rank change year-on-year +42 -1 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 94 24 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.21% 2.50% 3.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.40% 2.80% 3.39%
Number of salaries quoted 77 14 6
10th Percentile £44,000 £53,250 £36,938
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,813 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.43% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £91,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £91,524 £95,125 £70,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £59,763
% change year-on-year - -3.79% +13.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,469 856 973
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.03% 89.26% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,105 483 525
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,284 £24,775
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,148 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £73,250 £88,750 £73,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Cheshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheshire.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Cheshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 20 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Cheshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Chester +22 20 £65,000 +8.33% 10
Warrington -15 15 £60,000 +20.00% 2
Knutsford -6 8 £97,500 +25.81%
Winsford - 6 £47,500 -
Northwich - 2 £50,000 -
Macclesfield -5 1 £70,000 -
Runcorn - 1 - -
Software Engineer
North West

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 20 April 2024, Software Engineer 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 Cheshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 86 (91.49%) Software Engineering
2 26 (27.66%) .NET
2 26 (27.66%) Degree
3 25 (26.60%) C#
4 23 (24.47%) Agile
5 22 (23.40%) Full Stack Development
6 20 (21.28%) SDLC
7 19 (20.21%) Linux
8 18 (19.15%) Java
9 17 (18.09%) Windows
9 17 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (17.02%) C++
10 16 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (15.96%) Git
12 14 (14.89%) Azure
12 14 (14.89%) AWS
13 13 (13.83%) SQL
13 13 (13.83%) JavaScript
14 12 (12.77%) Docker
15 11 (11.70%) Node.js
15 11 (11.70%) JIRA
15 11 (11.70%) Multithreading
15 11 (11.70%) MySQL
15 11 (11.70%) SQL Server
15 11 (11.70%) Microsoft
16 10 (10.64%) OO
16 10 (10.64%) Finance
17 9 (9.57%) Computer Science
17 9 (9.57%) Embedded Software Development
17 9 (9.57%) Mentoring

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 2 (2.13%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Adobe XD
1 2 (2.13%) Sketch
2 1 (1.06%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 14 (14.89%) AWS
1 14 (14.89%) Azure
2 6 (6.38%) Serverless
3 5 (5.32%) GitHub
4 2 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.13%) Figma
4 2 (2.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.32%) MQTT
2 4 (4.26%) RS-232
3 1 (1.06%) Internet
3 1 (1.06%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.70%) MySQL
1 11 (11.70%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.38%) NoSQL
3 5 (5.32%) MS Access
4 4 (4.26%) Big Data
4 4 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (3.19%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (15.96%) Git
2 11 (11.70%) JIRA
3 5 (5.32%) InstallShield
4 4 (4.26%) Subversion
5 3 (3.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (1.06%) IntelliJ
6 1 (1.06%) JUnit
6 1 (1.06%) Mockito
6 1 (1.06%) webpack
General
1 10 (10.64%) Finance
2 8 (8.51%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.45%) Banking
4 6 (6.38%) Electronics
5 4 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.26%) Social Skills
6 3 (3.19%) Legal
7 1 (1.06%) Marketing
7 1 (1.06%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (27.66%) .NET
2 11 (11.70%) Node.js
3 8 (8.51%) HTML
4 6 (6.38%) .NET Core
4 6 (6.38%) REST
5 5 (5.32%) Apache Thrift
5 5 (5.32%) CSS
6 4 (4.26%) React
6 4 (4.26%) Swing
6 4 (4.26%) Web Services
7 3 (3.19%) .NET Framework
7 3 (3.19%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.19%) Express.js
7 3 (3.19%) MEAN Stack
7 3 (3.19%) MERN Stack
7 3 (3.19%) RESTful
8 2 (2.13%) Spring
8 2 (2.13%) WinForms
8 2 (2.13%) WPF
9 1 (1.06%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.38%) Algorithms
2 5 (5.32%) IoT
2 5 (5.32%) Life Science
2 5 (5.32%) Smart Energy
3 4 (4.26%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (3.19%) Client/Server
4 3 (3.19%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.19%) SCADA
5 2 (2.13%) Blog
5 2 (2.13%) FMCG
5 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.06%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 19 (20.21%) Linux
2 17 (18.09%) Windows
3 8 (8.51%) Unix
4 6 (6.38%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (4.26%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (91.49%) Software Engineering
2 23 (24.47%) Agile
3 22 (23.40%) Full Stack Development
4 20 (21.28%) SDLC
5 17 (18.09%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (17.02%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (11.70%) Multithreading
8 10 (10.64%) OO
9 9 (9.57%) CI/CD
9 9 (9.57%) Computer Science
9 9 (9.57%) Embedded Software Development
9 9 (9.57%) Mentoring
10 8 (8.51%) OOP
10 8 (8.51%) Software Testing
11 7 (7.45%) Customer Experience
12 6 (6.38%) Customer-Centricity
12 6 (6.38%) Design Patterns
12 6 (6.38%) Linux Kernel Development
12 6 (6.38%) OOD
12 6 (6.38%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 25 (26.60%) C#
2 18 (19.15%) Java
3 16 (17.02%) C++
4 13 (13.83%) JavaScript
4 13 (13.83%) SQL
5 9 (9.57%) C
6 6 (6.38%) Perl
6 6 (6.38%) PowerShell
6 6 (6.38%) Python
6 6 (6.38%) Ruby
7 5 (5.32%) VB
8 4 (4.26%) Embedded C
8 4 (4.26%) R
9 1 (1.06%) PHP
Qualifications
1 26 (27.66%) Degree
2 6 (6.38%) AWS Certification
3 5 (5.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (5.32%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.45%) ISO 9000
2 1 (1.06%) GDPR
2 1 (1.06%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 12 (12.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.19%) Terraform
3 2 (2.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 11 (11.70%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.38%) Facebook
3 2 (2.13%) Adobe
4 1 (1.06%) Atmel
4 1 (1.06%) SAP