Software Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Software Engineer salary in Manchester is £59,250 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 25 74 41
Rank change year-on-year +49 -33 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 388 238 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 7.61% 4.73% 7.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.02% 5.16% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 284 150 275
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,350 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.04% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,715 £85,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year - -2.54% +12.38%

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%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Manchester

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Manchester

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Manchester

Software Engineer
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 Engineer 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
Salford +17 7 £70,000 +24.44% 3
Oldham +34 5 £52,500 - 1
Stockport +30 4 £50,000 - 1
Altrincham - 1 £47,500 -
Bury - 1 £45,000 - 1
Software Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 388 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 132 (34.02%) Agile
3 127 (32.73%) Python
4 125 (32.22%) AWS
5 120 (30.93%) Java
6 109 (28.09%) JavaScript
7 106 (27.32%) Azure
8 94 (24.23%) C#
9 91 (23.45%) Linux
10 90 (23.20%) DevOps
11 75 (19.33%) .NET
12 74 (19.07%) React
13 70 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
14 63 (16.24%) Degree
15 62 (15.98%) C
16 61 (15.72%) Open Source
17 55 (14.18%) CSS
18 54 (13.92%) Security Cleared
19 53 (13.66%) PostgreSQL
19 53 (13.66%) Social Skills
20 49 (12.63%) Computer Science
21 47 (12.11%) SC Cleared
21 47 (12.11%) Actionable Insight
22 46 (11.86%) GIS
23 42 (10.82%) Node.js
23 42 (10.82%) Microservices
24 41 (10.57%) ArcGIS
25 40 (10.31%) Finance
25 40 (10.31%) SQL
26 39 (10.05%) Git

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 41 (10.57%) ArcGIS
2 28 (7.22%) GeoServer
3 22 (5.67%) Apache Spark
4 11 (2.84%) Apache
5 4 (1.03%) Captiva
5 4 (1.03%) FileNet
5 4 (1.03%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.77%) JBoss
6 3 (0.77%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.26%) NServiceBus
Business Applications
1 6 (1.55%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 125 (32.22%) AWS
2 106 (27.32%) Azure
3 33 (8.51%) GCP
4 29 (7.47%) Serverless
5 18 (4.64%) GitHub
6 15 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (3.87%) OpenShift
7 12 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.06%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 7 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.29%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
13 4 (1.03%) SaaS
14 3 (0.77%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.52%) Amazon Cognito
15 2 (0.52%) Azure Functions
15 2 (0.52%) CloudFront
15 2 (0.52%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.84%) AMQP
2 10 (2.58%) Ethernet
3 9 (2.32%) RS-232
4 8 (2.06%) Firewall
5 5 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.77%) Network Security
7 2 (0.52%) ZigBee
8 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.26%) HTTP
8 1 (0.26%) LTE
8 1 (0.26%) MQTT
8 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (13.66%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (11.86%) GIS
3 31 (7.99%) MySQL
4 28 (7.22%) QGIS
5 22 (5.67%) SQL Server
6 18 (4.64%) MongoDB
7 17 (4.38%) Relational Database
8 16 (4.12%) Geospatial Data
9 14 (3.61%) Big Data
9 14 (3.61%) Hadoop
9 14 (3.61%) NoSQL
10 11 (2.84%) Cloudera CDH
11 6 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (1.55%) Redis
12 5 (1.29%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.77%) Oracle Database
14 3 (0.77%) RDBMS
15 2 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 39 (10.05%) Git
2 27 (6.96%) Jenkins
3 12 (3.09%) JIRA
4 10 (2.58%) Spinnaker
5 9 (2.32%) GitLab
6 7 (1.80%) IntelliJ
6 7 (1.80%) Subversion
7 6 (1.55%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.29%) Clang
8 5 (1.29%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.29%) Visual Studio
9 4 (1.03%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.03%) JUnit
9 4 (1.03%) LabVIEW
9 4 (1.03%) Mockito
9 4 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (1.03%) Selenium
10 3 (0.77%) GCC
10 3 (0.77%) GDB
10 3 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
General
1 53 (13.66%) Social Skills
2 40 (10.31%) Finance
3 20 (5.15%) Banking
4 15 (3.87%) Automotive
5 14 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (3.35%) Retail
7 12 (3.09%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.58%) Public Sector
9 9 (2.32%) Health Technology
9 9 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.32%) Tech for Good
10 8 (2.06%) Electronics
10 8 (2.06%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.80%) Legal
12 5 (1.29%) Retail Finance
13 4 (1.03%) Games
13 4 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.77%) Advertising
14 3 (0.77%) Law
15 2 (0.52%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (19.33%) .NET
2 74 (19.07%) React
3 55 (14.18%) CSS
4 42 (10.82%) Node.js
5 37 (9.54%) .NET Core
6 36 (9.28%) AngularJS
7 35 (9.02%) PostGIS
8 33 (8.51%) HTML
9 32 (8.25%) Leaflet
9 32 (8.25%) OpenLayers
10 29 (7.47%) Spring
11 27 (6.96%) RESTful
12 19 (4.90%) Kafka
13 17 (4.38%) RabbitMQ
13 17 (4.38%) REST
13 17 (4.38%) Spring Boot
14 15 (3.87%) Vue
15 14 (3.61%) JSON
16 13 (3.35%) gRPC
17 12 (3.09%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.64%) IoT
2 17 (4.38%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (3.87%) Greenfield Project
4 14 (3.61%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.58%) Device Driver
6 7 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.29%) NHS
8 4 (1.03%) DataPower
8 4 (1.03%) Private Cloud
8 4 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.77%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.52%) Blog
10 2 (0.52%) Media Streaming
11 1 (0.26%) ARM Cortex
11 1 (0.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.26%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.26%) NB-IoT
11 1 (0.26%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 91 (23.45%) Linux
2 19 (4.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 15 (3.87%) Ubuntu
4 12 (3.09%) Windows
5 11 (2.84%) CentOS
5 11 (2.84%) Debian
6 9 (2.32%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (1.55%) Unix
8 3 (0.77%) Android
8 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.77%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.77%) VMS
9 2 (0.52%) FreeBSD
9 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.26%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 132 (34.02%) Agile
3 90 (23.20%) DevOps
4 70 (18.04%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (15.72%) Open Source
6 49 (12.63%) Computer Science
7 47 (12.11%) Actionable Insight
8 42 (10.82%) Microservices
9 36 (9.28%) Full Stack Development
10 35 (9.02%) Mentoring
10 35 (9.02%) Web Development
11 32 (8.25%) Continuous Integration
12 31 (7.99%) TDD
13 29 (7.47%) Code Quality
14 28 (7.22%) CI/CD
15 24 (6.19%) Coaching
15 24 (6.19%) Collaborative Working
15 24 (6.19%) Containerisation
16 23 (5.93%) Infrastructure as Code
16 23 (5.93%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 127 (32.73%) Python
2 120 (30.93%) Java
3 109 (28.09%) JavaScript
4 94 (24.23%) C#
5 62 (15.98%) C
6 40 (10.31%) SQL
7 32 (8.25%) TypeScript
8 30 (7.73%) C++
9 18 (4.64%) Go
10 17 (4.38%) Rust
11 11 (2.84%) Embedded C
12 8 (2.06%) Bash
12 8 (2.06%) PHP
13 7 (1.80%) Kotlin
14 5 (1.29%) Fortran
14 5 (1.29%) Perl
14 5 (1.29%) Ruby
14 5 (1.29%) Scala
15 4 (1.03%) SystemVerilog
15 4 (1.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 63 (16.24%) Degree
2 54 (13.92%) Security Cleared
3 47 (12.11%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.87%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.80%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.29%) PhD
8 4 (1.03%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.52%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.03%) GDPR
1 4 (1.03%) PMO
2 3 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 22 (5.67%) Docker
2 20 (5.15%) Firmware
3 10 (2.58%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (10.05%) Kubernetes
2 25 (6.44%) Ansible
3 22 (5.67%) Terraform
4 11 (2.84%) Puppet
5 8 (2.06%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.77%) Podman
Vendors
1 35 (9.02%) ESRI
2 21 (5.41%) Oracle
3 19 (4.90%) Red Hat
4 11 (2.84%) Google
4 11 (2.84%) SaltStack
5 8 (2.06%) Confluent
5 8 (2.06%) Microsoft
6 7 (1.80%) F5
7 4 (1.03%) Cadence
7 4 (1.03%) IBM
7 4 (1.03%) Kofax
7 4 (1.03%) Pega
7 4 (1.03%) SAP
7 4 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.03%) Synopsys
8 3 (0.77%) Autodesk
8 3 (0.77%) Xamarin
9 2 (0.52%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.26%) EMC
10 1 (0.26%) Renesas