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 24 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 199 126
Rank change year-on-year +47 -73 +110
Permanent jobs citing Enterprise Software 32 17 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.52% 0.32% 1.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.14% 1.02% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 13 16 53
10th Percentile - £57,597 £43,794
25th Percentile £26,500 £60,337 £54,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.62% -1.85% +35.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £79,313 £90,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £82,500 £100,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,783 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.50% -16.29% +11.94%

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 2,801 1,660 1,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 45.81% 31.36% 36.89%
Number of salaries quoted 909 829 962
10th Percentile £26,710 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% -3.85%

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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 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
Manchester +35 20 £55,000 -18.52% 22
Lancashire +10 6 £32,400 -48.39% 10
Merseyside - 5 £27,000 - 7
Cheshire -8 1 £42,500 -44.26% 9
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 12 (37.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.13%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (59.38%) Azure
3 14 (43.75%) SaaS
4 12 (37.50%) Entra ID
5 8 (25.00%) PaaS
6 7 (21.88%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (21.88%) IaaS
6 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (21.88%) OneDrive
6 7 (21.88%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.13%) ChatGPT
7 1 (3.13%) Google Gemini
7 1 (3.13%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) DHCP
1 5 (15.63%) DNS
1 5 (15.63%) Remote Desktop
1 5 (15.63%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.25%) Relational Database
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 9 (28.13%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (18.75%) Finance
5 5 (15.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (6.25%) German Language
6 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.13%) Law
7 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Analyst
2 11 (34.38%) Support Analyst
3 7 (21.88%) Architect
3 7 (21.88%) IT Analyst
3 7 (21.88%) Platform Engineer
4 6 (18.75%) Azure Architect
4 6 (18.75%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (15.63%) IT Support
5 5 (15.63%) IT Support Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Junior
5 5 (15.63%) Junior Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Junior IT Support
5 5 (15.63%) Junior IT Support Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Junior Support Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Applications Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Lead
6 2 (6.25%) Lead Software Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.13%) Desktop Support
7 1 (3.13%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.25%) .NET
1 2 (6.25%) AngularJS
1 2 (6.25%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.13%) CCTV
2 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
2 1 (3.13%) IoT
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (31.25%) Agile
3 9 (28.13%) DevOps
4 8 (25.00%) AI
4 8 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 8 (25.00%) Software Engineering
5 7 (21.88%) BPR
5 7 (21.88%) Change Management
5 7 (21.88%) Cost Optimisation
5 7 (21.88%) E-Discovery
5 7 (21.88%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (21.88%) Incident Response
5 7 (21.88%) Observability
5 7 (21.88%) Platform Engineering
5 7 (21.88%) Proactive Monitoring
5 7 (21.88%) RBAC
5 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (21.88%) User Experience
6 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
6 6 (18.75%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) SQL
2 2 (6.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (6.25%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (56.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (21.88%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (21.88%) Terraform
3 2 (6.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) New Relic
2 7 (21.88%) Splunk
3 6 (18.75%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (3.13%) Genesys
4 1 (3.13%) Oracle
4 1 (3.13%) Siebel