Enterprise Software Job Trends in Manchester

Enterprise Application Software
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 135 151
Rank change year-on-year +9 +16 +46
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 24 14 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.58% 0.65% 0.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.86% 1.68% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 30
10th Percentile £39,250 £61,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £55,155 £63,750 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £70,000 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +11.50% +9.19%
75th Percentile £79,688 £82,500 £84,035
90th Percentile £100,500 £93,750 £85,250
North West median annual salary £60,208 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.96% +3.57% +33.33%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

Enterprise Software falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,290 831 1,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 31.24% 38.85% 35.05%
Number of salaries quoted 666 515 1,208
10th Percentile £27,000 £34,200 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% -4.86%
75th Percentile £74,375 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £94,375 £87,500 £83,759
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend in Manchester

Enterprise Software
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Enterprise Software.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Software in Manchester

Enterprise Software
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.17%) CICS
2 1 (4.17%) Confluence
2 1 (4.17%) PegaRULES
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (4.17%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Azure
1 16 (66.67%) SaaS
2 9 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 8 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Purview
3 8 (33.33%) OneDrive
3 8 (33.33%) PaaS
3 8 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 7 (29.17%) IaaS
5 1 (4.17%) AWS
5 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (4.17%) GCP
5 1 (4.17%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.17%) DB2
2 1 (4.17%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Eclipse
1 1 (4.17%) Git
1 1 (4.17%) IntelliJ
1 1 (4.17%) Jenkins
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 17 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 8 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.17%) German Language
5 1 (4.17%) Law
5 1 (4.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Architect
1 8 (33.33%) Platform Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 6 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Lead
4 2 (8.33%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Applications Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Applications Support
5 1 (4.17%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Developer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.17%) Oracle Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Product Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Senior
5 1 (4.17%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Systems Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.50%) .NET
1 3 (12.50%) AngularJS
1 3 (12.50%) React
2 1 (4.17%) CSS
2 1 (4.17%) CSS3
2 1 (4.17%) HTML
2 1 (4.17%) HTML5
2 1 (4.17%) J2EE
2 1 (4.17%) JMS
2 1 (4.17%) Kafka
2 1 (4.17%) Middleware
2 1 (4.17%) REST
2 1 (4.17%) RESTful
2 1 (4.17%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) AI Agents
2 1 (4.17%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (4.17%) IoT
2 1 (4.17%) Mainframe
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
1 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (58.33%) Agile
1 14 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (50.00%) DevOps
3 9 (37.50%) AI
4 8 (33.33%) BPR
4 8 (33.33%) Change Management
4 8 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
4 8 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
4 8 (33.33%) E-Discovery
4 8 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
4 8 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 8 (33.33%) Observability
4 8 (33.33%) Platform Engineering
4 8 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
4 8 (33.33%) RBAC
4 8 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (33.33%) User Experience
5 6 (25.00%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) Java
2 2 (8.33%) SQL
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
1 8 (33.33%) Terraform
2 1 (4.17%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 8 (33.33%) New Relic
2 8 (33.33%) Splunk
3 6 (25.00%) BiZZdesign
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle
5 1 (4.17%) Genesys
5 1 (4.17%) Pega
5 1 (4.17%) Siebel