Software Engineering
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chester requiring Software Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Software Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | +25 | -6 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering | 8 | 36 | 11 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester | 12.12% | 13.64% | 4.98% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 14.55% | 19.46% | 5.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 31 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £51,750 | £55,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +6.28% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £65,000 | £73,774 |
| 90th Percentile | £66,750 | - | £79,038 |
| Cheshire median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £77,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -22.58% | +37.28% |
All Process and 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 | 55 | 185 | 218 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester | 83.33% | 70.08% | 98.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 159 | 89 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,375 | £26,500 | £24,400 |
| 25th Percentile | £37,500 | £34,750 | £28,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £48,750 | £55,000 | £43,800 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.36% | +25.57% | -11.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £65,000 | £60,899 |
| 90th Percentile | £65,625 | £72,032 | £72,750 |
| Cheshire median annual salary | £37,500 | £48,013 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.90% | -3.97% | +5.26% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Chester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering in Chester.
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Salary Histogram in Chester
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Chester over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.
Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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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