Developer Jobs in Manchester

Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Developer salary in Manchester is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 13 2
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 925 740 1,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 18.14% 14.71% 23.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.13% 16.03% 24.02%
Number of salaries quoted 781 586 1,025
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +11.11%
75th Percentile £67,750 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £52,084 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,836 4,616 5,488
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 91.77% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,745 2,696 3,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 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
Altrincham +10 23 £52,500 +16.67% 7
Stockport +42 22 £40,000 -15.79% 9
Bolton +31 21 £47,500 +26.67% 2
Salford +23 19 £58,750 +17.50% 5
Rochdale - 8 - - 1
Bury - 3 £45,000 - 2
Oldham +27 1 £48,000 +6.67% 1
Cheadle - 1 £43,865 - 2
Developer
North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Developer 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 Manchester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 301 (32.54%) JavaScript
2 296 (32.00%) C#
3 289 (31.24%) .NET
4 280 (30.27%) Agile
5 267 (28.86%) Azure
6 222 (24.00%) Full Stack Development
7 207 (22.38%) React
8 195 (21.08%) SQL
9 187 (20.22%) HTML
10 169 (18.27%) AWS
11 158 (17.08%) SQL Server
11 158 (17.08%) CSS
12 157 (16.97%) DevOps
13 155 (16.76%) Social Skills
14 151 (16.32%) AngularJS
15 147 (15.89%) MVC
16 141 (15.24%) TDD
17 132 (14.27%) Microsoft
18 131 (14.16%) Node.js
19 128 (13.84%) ASP.NET
20 119 (12.86%) TypeScript
21 112 (12.11%) PHP
22 106 (11.46%) Java
22 106 (11.46%) .NET Core
23 104 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
24 103 (11.14%) Software Engineering
25 100 (10.81%) Microservices
25 100 (10.81%) Vue
25 100 (10.81%) Design Patterns
26 98 (10.59%) User Experience

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 28 (3.03%) CMS
2 18 (1.95%) Apache
3 17 (1.84%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.41%) OpenEdge
4 13 (1.41%) WordPress
5 7 (0.76%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.65%) Confluence
7 5 (0.54%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.54%) IIS
8 4 (0.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.43%) SAS
9 3 (0.32%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.22%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.22%) nginx
10 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Drupal
11 1 (0.11%) Jetty
11 1 (0.11%) Kentico
11 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.76%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.43%) Maya
4 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 19 (2.05%) Magento
2 10 (1.08%) Shopify
3 7 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
5 4 (0.43%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.32%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.22%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.22%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 267 (28.86%) Azure
2 169 (18.27%) AWS
3 74 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
4 65 (7.03%) Power Platform
5 60 (6.49%) Serverless
6 56 (6.05%) SaaS
7 46 (4.97%) Azure Logic Apps
8 43 (4.65%) Azure Functions
8 43 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
9 40 (4.32%) Azure API Management
10 36 (3.89%) IBM Cloud
11 30 (3.24%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (2.05%) Power Automate
13 18 (1.95%) Google Play
14 17 (1.84%) GCP
15 16 (1.73%) PowerApps
16 15 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
18 13 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 12 (1.30%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.49%) Internet
2 4 (0.43%) Wireless
3 3 (0.32%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.22%) Broadband
4 2 (0.22%) HTTP
4 2 (0.22%) Mobile Broadband
4 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.11%) DNS
5 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.11%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) RS-232
5 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (17.08%) SQL Server
2 85 (9.19%) MySQL
3 80 (8.65%) PostgreSQL
4 74 (8.00%) MongoDB
5 62 (6.70%) NoSQL
6 56 (6.05%) Relational Database
7 48 (5.19%) Power BI
8 37 (4.00%) DB2
9 21 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 21 (2.27%) Tableau
10 20 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
11 19 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (1.30%) Power Query
14 11 (1.19%) Redis
15 10 (1.08%) Oracle Database
15 10 (1.08%) Oracle Database 11g
16 9 (0.97%) Data Lake
17 8 (0.86%) GIS
18 7 (0.76%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 83 (8.97%) Git
2 18 (1.95%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.41%) GitLab
3 13 (1.41%) JIRA
4 12 (1.30%) Appium
4 12 (1.30%) Jasmine
5 9 (0.97%) NUnit
6 8 (0.86%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.65%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.65%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 4 (0.43%) Karma Test Runner
8 4 (0.43%) MSTest
8 4 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.43%) Xcode
9 2 (0.22%) GDB
9 2 (0.22%) LabVIEW
9 2 (0.22%) Maven
9 2 (0.22%) PHPUnit
9 2 (0.22%) Storybook
General
1 155 (16.76%) Social Skills
2 83 (8.97%) Finance
3 57 (6.16%) Public Sector
4 38 (4.11%) Retail
5 34 (3.68%) Games
5 34 (3.68%) Law
6 31 (3.35%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (2.59%) Marketing
8 19 (2.05%) Automotive
8 19 (2.05%) Manufacturing
9 16 (1.73%) Legal
10 15 (1.62%) Health Technology
11 14 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (0.97%) Telecoms
13 8 (0.86%) Banking
13 8 (0.86%) Military
13 8 (0.86%) Tech for Good
14 7 (0.76%) Music Industry
15 6 (0.65%) Back Office
15 6 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 289 (31.24%) .NET
2 207 (22.38%) React
3 187 (20.22%) HTML
4 158 (17.08%) CSS
5 151 (16.32%) AngularJS
6 131 (14.16%) Node.js
7 128 (13.84%) ASP.NET
8 106 (11.46%) .NET Core
9 100 (10.81%) Vue
10 91 (9.84%) REST
11 82 (8.86%) Laravel
12 73 (7.89%) .NET Framework
13 69 (7.46%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 65 (7.03%) Web Services
15 64 (6.92%) ASP.NET Web API
16 60 (6.49%) jQuery
17 59 (6.38%) ASP.NET MVC
18 55 (5.95%) RESTful
19 54 (5.84%) Entity Framework
20 45 (4.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 51 (5.51%) Greenfield Project
2 38 (4.11%) Algorithms
3 36 (3.89%) Blockchain
3 36 (3.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 35 (3.78%) Data Structures
5 33 (3.57%) Product Ownership
6 31 (3.35%) Mobile App
7 23 (2.49%) Video\Live Streaming
8 16 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (1.62%) Cloud Native
10 10 (1.08%) Private Cloud
10 10 (1.08%) PropTech
11 9 (0.97%) iPhone
11 9 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
12 8 (0.86%) IoT
12 8 (0.86%) Virtual Team
13 7 (0.76%) Self-Motivation
14 6 (0.65%) BBC
14 6 (0.65%) Social Media
15 5 (0.54%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 92 (9.95%) Linux
2 81 (8.76%) Windows
3 68 (7.35%) Android
4 65 (7.03%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.41%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.54%) Unix
7 4 (0.43%) VMS
8 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (30.27%) Agile
2 222 (24.00%) Full Stack Development
3 157 (16.97%) DevOps
4 147 (15.89%) MVC
5 141 (15.24%) TDD
6 104 (11.24%) Problem-Solving
7 103 (11.14%) Software Engineering
8 100 (10.81%) Design Patterns
8 100 (10.81%) Microservices
9 98 (10.59%) User Experience
10 93 (10.05%) Scrum
11 80 (8.65%) OOP
12 79 (8.54%) Mentoring
13 75 (8.11%) Web Development
14 71 (7.68%) Front End Development
15 65 (7.03%) CI/CD
16 62 (6.70%) MVVM
17 60 (6.49%) Business Intelligence
18 59 (6.38%) OO
19 56 (6.05%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 301 (32.54%) JavaScript
2 296 (32.00%) C#
3 195 (21.08%) SQL
4 119 (12.86%) TypeScript
5 112 (12.11%) PHP
6 106 (11.46%) Java
7 84 (9.08%) Python
8 41 (4.43%) C++
9 34 (3.68%) T-SQL
10 20 (2.16%) Go
11 19 (2.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 13 (1.41%) C
12 13 (1.41%) Kotlin
12 13 (1.41%) Swift
13 12 (1.30%) Delphi
14 10 (1.08%) PL/SQL
14 10 (1.08%) PowerShell
15 9 (0.97%) Objective-C
15 9 (0.97%) Ruby
16 5 (0.54%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (9.19%) Degree
2 39 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (2.59%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.27%) SC Cleared
5 9 (0.97%) AWS Certification
6 8 (0.86%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.65%) HND
8 4 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.32%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.22%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.22%) PhD
11 1 (0.11%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (4.65%) QA
2 8 (0.86%) GDPR
3 6 (0.65%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (7.14%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) Firmware
3 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 33 (3.57%) Terraform
3 4 (0.43%) Ansible
4 1 (0.11%) Grafana
4 1 (0.11%) Kiali
4 1 (0.11%) Kibana
4 1 (0.11%) Plesk
Vendors
1 132 (14.27%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.43%) IBM
3 36 (3.89%) Red Hat
4 33 (3.57%) Oracle
5 28 (3.03%) Google
6 18 (1.95%) Facebook
7 15 (1.62%) Adobe
8 13 (1.41%) MuleSoft
9 10 (1.08%) ServiceNow
10 7 (0.76%) Apple
10 7 (0.76%) Progress
11 6 (0.65%) Actuate
11 6 (0.65%) Civica
11 6 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 6 (0.65%) Sony
11 6 (0.65%) Twitter
11 6 (0.65%) Yahoo!
12 5 (0.54%) ESRI
12 5 (0.54%) Sitecore
12 5 (0.54%) YouTube