SOLID Job Trends in Manchester

SOLID Principles
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SOLID skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 137 150
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 -16
Permanent jobs citing SOLID 18 46 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.76% 1.13% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.36% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 27
10th Percentile £61,250 £41,250 £47,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £41,563 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -12.50% -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,313 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £86,250
North West median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

SOLID 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 2,116 3,378 2,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 89.36% 82.94% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 1,788 2,077
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,700 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,997 £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 £72,500
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%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing SOLID as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for SOLID in Manchester

SOLID
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOLID.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOLID

SOLID
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOLID in Manchester over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Salary histogram for SOLID in Manchester

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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 3 (16.67%) IIS
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) AWS
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 7 (38.89%) SaaS
3 4 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) GitHub
5 2 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (11.11%) Azure Functions
5 2 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (11.11%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (11.11%) Serverless
6 1 (5.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (5.56%) GCP
6 1 (5.56%) Twilio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 3 (16.67%) Data Hub
2 3 (16.67%) SQL CLR
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Git
1 2 (11.11%) NUnit
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Finance
3 3 (16.67%) Back Office
4 2 (11.11%) Retail
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Health
5 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Software Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Software Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Developer
4 3 (16.67%) .NET Developer
4 3 (16.67%) C# Software Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Head of Development
4 3 (16.67%) Senior C# Software Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
5 2 (11.11%) Lead
5 2 (11.11%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Backend Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Engineering Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Principal .NET Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Principal Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Backend Developer
6 1 (5.56%) Team Leader
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (94.44%) .NET
2 9 (50.00%) .NET Core
3 6 (33.33%) React
4 4 (22.22%) .NET Framework
4 4 (22.22%) AngularJS
4 4 (22.22%) Entity Framework
5 3 (16.67%) Dapper ORM
5 3 (16.67%) REST
5 3 (16.67%) RESTful
6 1 (5.56%) GraphQL
6 1 (5.56%) JWT
6 1 (5.56%) Kafka
6 1 (5.56%) Loki
6 1 (5.56%) Next.js
6 1 (5.56%) OAuth
6 1 (5.56%) React Native
6 1 (5.56%) Vue
6 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Cloud Native
1 4 (22.22%) Mobile App
2 3 (16.67%) Private Cloud
2 3 (16.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Agile
1 15 (83.33%) TDD
2 13 (72.22%) CI/CD
3 12 (66.67%) Software Engineering
4 8 (44.44%) DevOps
4 8 (44.44%) Microservices
5 7 (38.89%) Clean Code
5 7 (38.89%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (38.89%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (33.33%) Mentoring
7 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (27.78%) SDLC
7 5 (27.78%) Unit Testing
8 4 (22.22%) Containerisation
8 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (16.67%) Code Quality
9 3 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (16.67%) Event-Driven
9 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (16.67%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) C#
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (5.56%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Docker
2 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (27.78%) Terraform
2 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 2 (11.11%) Grafana
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 3 (16.67%) VMware