Software Engineering Job Trends in Chester

Software Engineering
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 9 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 -4 +28
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 10 5 35
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 4.44% 12.20% 13.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.06% 13.16% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10 2 31
10th Percentile - £48,000 £55,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,625 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% - -
75th Percentile £50,000 £68,125 £65,000
90th Percentile - £70,000 -
Cheshire median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% -22.58%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Chester

Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Chester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 124 38 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 55.11% 92.68% 73.26%
Number of salaries quoted 101 17 163
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £26,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -20.00% +24.65%
75th Percentile £59,500 £58,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £71,915
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -4.04%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Chester

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Embedded Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Industry 4.0
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 5 (50.00%) Smart Manufacturing