Software Developer Jobs in Manchester

Software Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Software Developer salary in Manchester is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 182 112
Rank change year-on-year +48 -70 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 93 57 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.61% 1.26% 3.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% 1.37% 3.27%
Number of salaries quoted 74 51 109
10th Percentile £38,659 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,813 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,188 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

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 5,488 4,149 5,597
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 91.79% 96.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,084 2,565 3,623
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,300
25th Percentile £40,988 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,501 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.69% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Manchester

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Manchester

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Manchester

Software 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 Software Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 6 June 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 - 14 £55,000 - 1
Stockport +17 3 £50,000 - 6
Bolton - 3 £47,500 -
Salford +5 2 £60,000 +9.09%
Software Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 6 June 2024, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 50 (53.76%) C#
2 36 (38.71%) Agile
3 34 (36.56%) .NET
4 28 (30.11%) Software Engineering
5 26 (27.96%) SQL
6 25 (26.88%) JavaScript
7 22 (23.66%) TDD
7 22 (23.66%) Azure
8 19 (20.43%) DevOps
9 18 (19.35%) Full Stack Development
9 18 (19.35%) Python
10 17 (18.28%) Mentoring
11 16 (17.20%) Test Automation
11 16 (17.20%) Java
12 15 (16.13%) MVC
12 15 (16.13%) .NET Core
12 15 (16.13%) Design Patterns
13 14 (15.05%) AWS
13 14 (15.05%) Node.js
13 14 (15.05%) REST
14 13 (13.98%) AngularJS
14 13 (13.98%) NoSQL
14 13 (13.98%) .NET Framework
14 13 (13.98%) HTML
14 13 (13.98%) Social Skills
15 12 (12.90%) SQL Server
15 12 (12.90%) Degree
16 11 (11.83%) Relational Database
16 11 (11.83%) Git
16 11 (11.83%) Computer Science

Software 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 5 (5.38%) ArcGIS
1 5 (5.38%) Confluence
2 1 (1.08%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.66%) Azure
2 14 (15.05%) AWS
3 4 (4.30%) SaaS
4 3 (3.23%) PaaS
5 2 (2.15%) IBM Cloud
5 2 (2.15%) Serverless
6 1 (1.08%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.08%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.15%) Wireless
2 1 (1.08%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.08%) Internet
2 1 (1.08%) RS-232
2 1 (1.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.98%) NoSQL
2 12 (12.90%) SQL Server
3 11 (11.83%) Relational Database
4 10 (10.75%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (8.60%) GIS
5 8 (8.60%) MySQL
6 6 (6.45%) MongoDB
7 5 (5.38%) Geospatial Data
7 5 (5.38%) Redis
8 1 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (11.83%) Git
2 5 (5.38%) JIRA
3 1 (1.08%) GDB
3 1 (1.08%) GitLab
3 1 (1.08%) Maven
3 1 (1.08%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.08%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (13.98%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.68%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.38%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.30%) Finance
4 4 (4.30%) Tech for Good
5 3 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.23%) Retail
6 2 (2.15%) Electronics
6 2 (2.15%) Marketing
7 1 (1.08%) Automotive
7 1 (1.08%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (36.56%) .NET
2 15 (16.13%) .NET Core
3 14 (15.05%) Node.js
3 14 (15.05%) REST
4 13 (13.98%) .NET Framework
4 13 (13.98%) AngularJS
4 13 (13.98%) HTML
5 11 (11.83%) RESTful
6 9 (9.68%) ASP.NET
6 9 (9.68%) CSS
7 8 (8.60%) React
7 8 (8.60%) Vue
8 6 (6.45%) Blazor
8 6 (6.45%) Entity Framework
8 6 (6.45%) HTML5
9 5 (5.38%) JSON
9 5 (5.38%) PostGIS
9 5 (5.38%) Svelte
9 5 (5.38%) XML
10 4 (4.30%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.23%) Blog
2 3 (3.23%) NHS
2 3 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.23%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.23%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.15%) Blockchain
3 2 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.15%) IoT
3 2 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.08%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.08%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.08%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.53%) Linux
1 7 (7.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (38.71%) Agile
2 28 (30.11%) Software Engineering
3 22 (23.66%) TDD
4 19 (20.43%) DevOps
5 18 (19.35%) Full Stack Development
6 17 (18.28%) Mentoring
7 16 (17.20%) Test Automation
8 15 (16.13%) Design Patterns
8 15 (16.13%) MVC
9 11 (11.83%) Computer Science
10 10 (10.75%) Web Development
11 9 (9.68%) Microservices
11 9 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (9.68%) Scrum
12 8 (8.60%) Continuous Deployment
12 8 (8.60%) Dependency Injection
12 8 (8.60%) Fintech
12 8 (8.60%) SOLID
13 7 (7.53%) Continuous Integration
13 7 (7.53%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 50 (53.76%) C#
2 26 (27.96%) SQL
3 25 (26.88%) JavaScript
4 18 (19.35%) Python
5 16 (17.20%) Java
6 8 (8.60%) Go
7 5 (5.38%) C++
7 5 (5.38%) PowerShell
7 5 (5.38%) Ruby
8 4 (4.30%) C
8 4 (4.30%) PHP
8 4 (4.30%) TypeScript
9 1 (1.08%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (12.90%) Degree
2 5 (5.38%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.23%) BC Cleared
5 2 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.08%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.15%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.38%) Docker
2 1 (1.08%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.30%) Terraform
2 3 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.08%) Ansible
3 1 (1.08%) Kiali
3 1 (1.08%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (5.38%) ESRI
1 5 (5.38%) Oracle
2 3 (3.23%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.15%) IBM
3 2 (2.15%) Red Hat
3 2 (2.15%) YouTube