Software Developer Jobs in Merseyside

Software Developer
North West > Merseyside

The median Software Developer salary in Merseyside is £39,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 94 64
Rank change year-on-year +31 -30 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 34 8 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.64% 0.76% 3.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.79% 0.95% 4.02%
Number of salaries quoted 30 1 20
10th Percentile £36,125 - -
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.24% +30.77% -18.75%
75th Percentile £70,000 £46,250 £58,125
90th Percentile - - £80,150
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +12.24% +8.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Merseyside

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Merseyside. 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 Merseyside with a recognized job title 1,220 843 1,119
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 79.60% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 847 437 703
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £25,200
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,235 £45,000 £45,041
Median % change year-on-year -8.37% -0.09% +5.98%
75th Percentile £57,125 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £74,257
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Merseyside

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Merseyside

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in Merseyside over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Merseyside

Software Developer
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Developer within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 19 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
Liverpool +36 34 £39,000 -8.24% 4
Software Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Merseyside region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 19 (55.88%) C#
1 19 (55.88%) .NET
2 18 (52.94%) JavaScript
3 16 (47.06%) Unit Testing
3 16 (47.06%) RESTful
3 16 (47.06%) GitHub
3 16 (47.06%) Clean Code
4 15 (44.12%) Use Case
5 12 (35.29%) SQL
5 12 (35.29%) Full Stack Development
6 11 (32.35%) Vue
6 11 (32.35%) Design Patterns
6 11 (32.35%) CSS
6 11 (32.35%) MySQL
7 10 (29.41%) Java
8 9 (26.47%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (26.47%) Agile
8 9 (26.47%) Azure
8 9 (26.47%) PHPUnit
8 9 (26.47%) Laravel
8 9 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (26.47%) Bitbucket
8 9 (26.47%) Sass
8 9 (26.47%) AngularJS
8 9 (26.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 9 (26.47%) User Experience
8 9 (26.47%) React
8 9 (26.47%) Tailwind CSS
9 7 (20.59%) Architectural Design
9 7 (20.59%) Architectural Patterns

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (2.94%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 16 (47.06%) GitHub
2 9 (26.47%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (32.35%) MySQL
2 9 (26.47%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (5.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Bitbucket
1 9 (26.47%) PHPUnit
2 7 (20.59%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.88%) Git
General
1 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.94%) Banking
2 1 (2.94%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (55.88%) .NET
2 16 (47.06%) RESTful
3 11 (32.35%) CSS
3 11 (32.35%) Vue
4 9 (26.47%) AngularJS
4 9 (26.47%) Laravel
4 9 (26.47%) React
4 9 (26.47%) Sass
4 9 (26.47%) Tailwind CSS
4 9 (26.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 7 (20.59%) .NET Framework
5 7 (20.59%) GraphQL
5 7 (20.59%) SOAP
6 2 (5.88%) EJB
6 2 (5.88%) JavaBeans
6 2 (5.88%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) e-Health
1 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Clean Code
1 16 (47.06%) Unit Testing
2 15 (44.12%) Use Case
3 12 (35.29%) Full Stack Development
4 11 (32.35%) Design Patterns
5 9 (26.47%) Agile
5 9 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (26.47%) User Experience
6 7 (20.59%) Architectural Design
6 7 (20.59%) Architectural Patterns
6 7 (20.59%) Code Quality
7 6 (17.65%) Software Testing
8 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (5.88%) Data Privacy
9 2 (5.88%) E-Procurement
9 2 (5.88%) Kanban
9 2 (5.88%) SDLC
9 2 (5.88%) Web Development
10 1 (2.94%) Fintech
10 1 (2.94%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 19 (55.88%) C#
2 18 (52.94%) JavaScript
3 12 (35.29%) SQL
4 10 (29.41%) Java
5 7 (20.59%) VB.NET
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle