Software Engineer
North West > Cheshire
The median Software Engineer salary in Cheshire is £62,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 32 | 29 | 65 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -3 | +36 | +4 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer | 42 | 94 | 24 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 6.06% | 6.16% | 2.57% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 8.42% | 6.35% | 2.87% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 81 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,750 | £45,000 | £53,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,625 | £52,500 | £57,813 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £62,250 | £60,000 | £75,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.75% | -20.00% | +25.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £84,250 | £65,000 | £91,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,475 | £91,250 | £95,125 |
| North West median annual salary | £65,000 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.04% | - | -0.54% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 | 499 | 1,480 | 836 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 72.01% | 96.92% | 89.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 274 | 1,113 | 485 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £25,000 | £25,420 |
| 25th Percentile | £23,504 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £46,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.48% | -3.16% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £60,000 | £66,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,625 | £71,915 | £88,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £54,882 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -8.90% | +4.54% |
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.
Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheshire.
Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.
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 4 May 2025. 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 |
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| Knutsford | +15 | 5 | £74,500 | -23.59% | 2 |
| Northwich | 0 | 3 | £42,500 | -15.00% | 2 |
| Middlewich | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Congleton | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Crewe | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Sandbach | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Winsford | +10 | 1 | - | - | |
| Macclesfield | +6 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Runcorn | -1 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Neston | - | 1 | £50,000 | - | 3 |
| Wilmslow | - | 1 | £80,000 | - | 2 |
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Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire
For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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.
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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:
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