Enterprise Software Job Trends in the North West

Enterprise Application Software
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Enterprise Software in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Enterprise Software over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 127 204
Rank change year-on-year -56 +77 +17
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 53 131 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.50% 2.80% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.89% 5.71% 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 40 16 70
10th Percentile £46,446 £56,250 £41,225
25th Percentile £52,500 £63,125 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £71,250 £62,783
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +13.49% +14.15%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,500 £82,500 £97,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

All Generic Skills
North West

Enterprise Software falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,797 2,293 2,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 26.32% 48.94% 31.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,435 796 2,223
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £83,757
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Enterprise Software
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Enterprise Software relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Enterprise Software job vacancy trend in the North West

Enterprise Software
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Enterprise Software.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Enterprise Software

Enterprise Software
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Enterprise Software in the North West over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Enterprise Software in the North West

Enterprise Software
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Enterprise Software within the North West region over the 6 months to 19 May 2026. 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
Manchester -25 26 £60,208 -13.99% 19
Lancashire +18 16 £55,000 - 13
Cheshire -45 11 £85,000 +6.25% 2
Enterprise Software
England

Enterprise Software
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (11.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.77%) Confluence
3 1 (1.89%) CICS
3 1 (1.89%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 19 (35.85%) Azure
2 12 (22.64%) SaaS
3 10 (18.87%) Entra ID
4 8 (15.09%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (11.32%) Azure Monitor
5 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (11.32%) OneDrive
5 6 (11.32%) Power Platform
6 4 (7.55%) PaaS
7 3 (5.66%) AWS
7 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (5.66%) IaaS
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (3.77%) Figma
8 2 (3.77%) OCI
9 1 (1.89%) ChatGPT
9 1 (1.89%) GCP
9 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) HTTP
1 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.77%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.77%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.89%) DB2
3 1 (1.89%) Hazelcast
Development Applications
1 8 (15.09%) JIRA
2 4 (7.55%) NUnit
3 3 (5.66%) Git
4 2 (3.77%) Bitbucket
4 2 (3.77%) MSTest
5 1 (1.89%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.89%) IntelliJ
5 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (22.64%) Finance
1 12 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Retail
3 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.66%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.77%) Aerospace
5 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.89%) Back Office
6 1 (1.89%) Games
6 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (28.30%) Developer
2 11 (20.75%) Project Manager
3 10 (18.87%) Senior
4 8 (15.09%) Senior Developer
5 7 (13.21%) C# Developer
5 7 (13.21%) Senior C# Developer
6 6 (11.32%) Platform Engineer
6 6 (11.32%) Software Manager
6 6 (11.32%) Software Project Manager
7 5 (9.43%) Architect
7 5 (9.43%) IT Manager
7 5 (9.43%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (7.55%) .NET Developer
9 3 (5.66%) Agile Delivery Manager
9 3 (5.66%) Azure Architect
9 3 (5.66%) Delivery Manager
9 3 (5.66%) Lead
9 3 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
10 2 (3.77%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (16.98%) .NET
2 6 (11.32%) AngularJS
3 5 (9.43%) RESTful
4 4 (7.55%) ASP.NET
4 4 (7.55%) ASP.NET Core
4 4 (7.55%) Entity Framework
5 2 (3.77%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.77%) .NET Framework
5 2 (3.77%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (3.77%) LINQ
5 2 (3.77%) Ninject
5 2 (3.77%) OpenAPI
5 2 (3.77%) React
5 2 (3.77%) RxJS
5 2 (3.77%) Spring.NET
5 2 (3.77%) Swagger
5 2 (3.77%) Unity DI Container
5 2 (3.77%) Vitest
5 2 (3.77%) Vue
5 2 (3.77%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) EPoS
2 5 (9.43%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.66%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.77%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.77%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.77%) Distributed Architecture
4 2 (3.77%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.77%) Social Network
5 1 (1.89%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.89%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (45.28%) Agile
2 19 (35.85%) DevOps
3 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (20.75%) Coaching
5 10 (18.87%) RBAC
6 9 (16.98%) AI
6 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (16.98%) Roadmaps
6 9 (16.98%) Waterfall
7 8 (15.09%) Cost Optimisation
7 8 (15.09%) Platform Engineering
7 8 (15.09%) User Experience
8 7 (13.21%) CRM
8 7 (13.21%) ERP
8 7 (13.21%) Mentoring
9 6 (11.32%) BPR
9 6 (11.32%) Change Management
9 6 (11.32%) Scrum
9 6 (11.32%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (22.64%) C#
2 7 (13.21%) SQL
3 4 (7.55%) Java
3 4 (7.55%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.77%) Bash
4 2 (3.77%) Bicep
4 2 (3.77%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.77%) Python
5 1 (1.89%) C++
5 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (11.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.32%) New Relic
2 6 (11.32%) Oracle
2 6 (11.32%) Splunk
3 5 (9.43%) SAP
3 5 (9.43%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.66%) BiZZdesign
5 2 (3.77%) CyberArk
5 2 (3.77%) DevExpress
5 2 (3.77%) Facebook
6 1 (1.89%) iManage
6 1 (1.89%) Pega