Software Assurance Job Trends in the North West

Software Assurance
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Software Assurance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 227 186
Rank change year-on-year +45 -41 +134
Permanent jobs citing Software Assurance 1 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.020% 0.063% 0.082%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.074% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,683 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.83% -36.42% +70.45%
England median annual salary £60,000 £47,683 £62,500
% change year-on-year +25.83% -23.71% +10.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Software Assurance 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 4,148 5,433 3,462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.29% 85.04% 94.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,383 2,736 2,636
10th Percentile £27,650 £32,000 £31,125
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% +3.77%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Software Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Software Assurance job vacancy trend in the North West

Software Assurance
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

Software Assurance
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 Software Assurance within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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 - 1 £60,000 - 4
Software Assurance
England