Software Engineering
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 7 | 19 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | +12 | -10 |
| Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering | 302 | 576 | 297 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 12.56% | 14.11% | 10.33% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 14.04% | 17.11% | 10.88% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 151 | 273 | 215 |
| 10th Percentile | £48,500 | £43,750 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £55,000 | £48,750 | £48,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £72,500 | £60,000 | £61,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.83% | -1.64% | +1.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £90,625 | £70,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £110,000 | £80,000 | £84,056 |
| North West median annual salary | £70,000 | £60,000 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -4.00% | +4.17% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
Software Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 2,151 | 3,366 | 2,730 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 89.48% | 82.48% | 94.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,232 | 1,834 | 2,108 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,050 | £31,075 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £41,250 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -8.33% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £70,000 | £72,813 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,250 | £83,750 | £84,056 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,309 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.61% | -8.53% | +4.76% |
Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Manchester
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Software Engineering.
Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Manchester
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 September 2025.
Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 September 2025. 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 |
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| Stockport | +8 | 13 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 8 |
| Oldham | -2 | 11 | £52,500 | - | 5 |
| Altrincham | -11 | 10 | £45,000 | -21.74% | 2 |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | 0 | 8 | - | - | 1 |
| Sale | -1 | 8 | - | - | |
| Salford | 0 | 6 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 7 |
| Cheadle | - | 6 | - | - | 2 |
| Heywood | - | 6 | - | - | |
| Bury | -2 | 5 | - | - | 1 |
| Dukinfield | -4 | 5 | - | - | |
| Stalybridge | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Bolton | +2 | 3 | - | - | 9 |
| Wigan | - | 3 | - | - | 4 |
| Software Engineering North West |
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Software Engineering
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:
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