Software Engineering Jobs in Cheshire

Software Engineering
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 51 24
Rank change year-on-year +32 -27 +1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 137 41 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.94% 4.38% 9.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.26% 4.62% 9.86%
Number of salaries quoted 122 24 28
10th Percentile £37,250 £44,000 £35,969
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +40.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £91,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £79,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £59,526
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% +8.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,217 888 953
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 79.39% 94.77% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 918 458 508
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cheshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Cheshire

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cheshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Cheshire

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 25 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 +25 28 £60,000 - 12
Knutsford -6 17 £80,000 -5.88%
Warrington -14 15 £60,000 +20.00% 4
Crewe +15 12 £66,250 +47.22%
Winsford - 10 £52,500 - 1
Alderley Edge - 7 £45,000 -
Macclesfield -4 2 £67,500 -
Ellesmere Port +9 1 £55,000 - 1
Nantwich - 1 £95,000 -
Runcorn - 1 - -
Software Engineering
North West

Software Engineering
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 (1.46%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.46%) Sketch
2 1 (0.73%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 19 (13.87%) Azure
2 6 (4.38%) AWS
2 6 (4.38%) GitHub
3 5 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (2.19%) Power Platform
4 3 (2.19%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.46%) Figma
5 2 (1.46%) GCP
5 2 (1.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.65%) MQTT
2 4 (2.92%) RS-232
3 1 (0.73%) Internet
3 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.11%) MySQL
2 6 (4.38%) OLAP
2 6 (4.38%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.65%) MS Access
4 4 (2.92%) Big Data
4 4 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.19%) MongoDB
5 3 (2.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 15 (10.95%) Git
2 7 (5.11%) JIRA
3 5 (3.65%) InstallShield
4 4 (2.92%) Subversion
5 3 (2.19%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.73%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.73%) JUnit
6 1 (0.73%) Mockito
6 1 (0.73%) webpack
General
1 15 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (8.76%) Finance
2 12 (8.76%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.57%) Law
4 7 (5.11%) Banking
4 7 (5.11%) Health Technology
4 7 (5.11%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.38%) Electronics
6 4 (2.92%) Legal
7 1 (0.73%) Back Office
7 1 (0.73%) Marketing
7 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.73%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 89 (64.96%) Software Engineer
2 40 (29.20%) Senior
3 32 (23.36%) Developer
4 26 (18.98%) Senior Software Engineer
5 19 (13.87%) Embedded Engineer
5 19 (13.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 13 (9.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 13 (9.49%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 12 (8.76%) Full Stack Engineer
7 12 (8.76%) Full Stack Software Engineer
8 10 (7.30%) Applications Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) .NET Developer
9 8 (5.84%) Analyst
9 8 (5.84%) Business Analyst
9 8 (5.84%) C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) PHP Developer
9 8 (5.84%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (5.84%) Senior Business Analyst
9 8 (5.84%) Software Developer
10 7 (5.11%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (32.85%) .NET
2 14 (10.22%) React
3 13 (9.49%) .NET Core
4 12 (8.76%) REST
5 9 (6.57%) HTML
6 8 (5.84%) AngularJS
6 8 (5.84%) Vue
7 6 (4.38%) ASP.NET
7 6 (4.38%) CSS
8 5 (3.65%) Apache Thrift
9 4 (2.92%) Swing
9 4 (2.92%) Web Services
10 3 (2.19%) .NET Framework
10 3 (2.19%) Express.js
10 3 (2.19%) Laravel
10 3 (2.19%) MEAN Stack
10 3 (2.19%) MERN Stack
10 3 (2.19%) Node.js
10 3 (2.19%) RESTful
11 2 (1.46%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.84%) Algorithms
2 6 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (4.38%) IoT
3 5 (3.65%) Client/Server
3 5 (3.65%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.65%) Life Science
3 5 (3.65%) Smart Energy
4 4 (2.92%) Embedded Systems
5 3 (2.19%) SCADA
6 2 (1.46%) Blog
6 2 (1.46%) FMCG
6 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.46%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.73%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.41%) Windows
2 12 (8.76%) Linux
3 6 (4.38%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.92%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (31.39%) Agile
2 27 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (16.06%) SDLC
4 19 (13.87%) Computer Science
5 15 (10.95%) Full Stack Development
6 13 (9.49%) Software Testing
7 12 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (8.03%) Multithreading
9 10 (7.30%) OO
9 10 (7.30%) OOP
10 9 (6.57%) Design Patterns
10 9 (6.57%) Embedded Software Development
10 9 (6.57%) TDD
11 8 (5.84%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (5.84%) DevOps
12 7 (5.11%) Customer Experience
12 7 (5.11%) Decision-Making
12 7 (5.11%) Fintech
12 7 (5.11%) Requirements Gathering
13 6 (4.38%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 47 (34.31%) C#
2 28 (20.44%) JavaScript
2 28 (20.44%) SQL
3 20 (14.60%) Java
4 16 (11.68%) C++
5 9 (6.57%) C
5 9 (6.57%) PHP
6 5 (3.65%) VB
7 4 (2.92%) Embedded C
7 4 (2.92%) R
8 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (21.90%) Degree
2 7 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.38%) PhD
4 5 (3.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.11%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.73%) GDPR
2 1 (0.73%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 8 (5.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.84%) Kubernetes
1 8 (5.84%) Terraform
2 2 (1.46%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 11 (8.03%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.11%) F5
3 2 (1.46%) Adobe
3 2 (1.46%) Twitter
4 1 (0.73%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.73%) Atmel
4 1 (0.73%) Avaloq
4 1 (0.73%) SAP