Reverse Engineering Job Trends in the North West

Reverse Engineering
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Reverse Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 225 287
Rank change year-on-year -10 +62 -31
Permanent jobs citing Reverse Engineering 2 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.019% 0.021% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.022% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £48,000 - £53,500
25th Percentile £52,500 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £63,750
90th Percentile £72,000 - £72,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -24.00% +3.45%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

Reverse 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,456 4,463 8,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 69.33% 94.80% 78.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,703 2,026 6,570
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,560 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.24% +4.65% -12.00%

Reverse Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Reverse Engineering job vacancy trend in the North West

Reverse Engineering
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Reverse Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Reverse Engineering

Reverse Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Reverse Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Reverse Engineering in the North West

Reverse Engineering
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 Reverse Engineering within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 June 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 - 2 £60,000 - 4
Reverse Engineering
England

Reverse Engineering
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Facebook
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle