Java Software Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Java Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Java Software Engineer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 177 225
Rank change year-on-year +42 +48 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 9 38 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.42% 0.74% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.78% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9 32 10
10th Percentile - £48,750 £40,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £50,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,732 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% +4.41% -0.80%
75th Percentile £92,000 £79,063 £70,625
90th Percentile £93,500 £112,250 £76,875
North West median annual salary £65,000 £65,465 £70,000
% change year-on-year -0.71% -6.48% +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,928 4,842 4,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.70% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 3,750 2,671
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,143 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,164 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Java Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Java Software Engineer in Manchester

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Java Software Engineer in Manchester

Java Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java Software Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Java Software Engineer in Manchester

Java Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Java Software Engineer 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 Java Software Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 6 (66.67%) CSS
3 6 (66.67%) XML
3 6 (66.67%) HTML
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Confluence
5 2 (22.22%) AWS
5 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) JIRA
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) MySQL
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 2 (22.22%) React Native
5 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
6 1 (11.11%) Event-Driven
6 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
6 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
6 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
6 1 (11.11%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
6 1 (11.11%) Banking

Java Software Engineer 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 2 (22.22%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) MySQL
1 2 (22.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) CSS
1 6 (66.67%) HTML
1 6 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (22.22%) React Native
3 1 (11.11%) Kafka
3 1 (11.11%) Spring
3 1 (11.11%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (88.89%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 1 (11.11%) API Design
5 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
5 1 (11.11%) Domain-Driven Design
5 1 (11.11%) Event-Driven
5 1 (11.11%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Microservices
5 1 (11.11%) Observability
5 1 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (11.11%) Secure Coding
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes