Software Developer Jobs in the North West

Software Developer
England > North West

The median Software Developer salary in the North West is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 July 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 118 211
Rank change year-on-year +61 +93 -113
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 409 220 77
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.25% 1.97% 1.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.78% 2.06% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 29 188 68
10th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £66,563
90th Percentile £63,800 £70,000 £89,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £53,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.82% -6.96% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 7,073 10,662 6,271
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 95.31% 89.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,791 7,887 3,942
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,138
25th Percentile £37,750 £37,275 £40,569
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
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 Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 July 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
Lancashire +46 312 £40,000 - 36
Manchester +1 37 £59,500 +13.33% 59
Cheshire -13 34 £50,000 -4.76% 11
Merseyside +19 25 £47,000 +17.50% 8
Cumbria -69 1 - - 3
Software Developer
England

Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 3 July 2025, 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 North West region featuring Software Developer in the job title.

1 388 (94.87%) Agile
2 381 (93.15%) Linux
3 380 (92.91%) C++
3 380 (92.91%) Python
3 380 (92.91%) Docker
3 380 (92.91%) Line Management
3 380 (92.91%) Analytical Skills
4 379 (92.67%) Cyberattack
4 379 (92.67%) Android Development
4 379 (92.67%) Ansible
4 379 (92.67%) Go
4 379 (92.67%) VPN
4 379 (92.67%) DNS
4 379 (92.67%) Finance
4 379 (92.67%) Java
4 379 (92.67%) OOP
4 379 (92.67%) OO
4 379 (92.67%) Mathematics
4 379 (92.67%) DV Cleared
4 379 (92.67%) Security Cleared
4 379 (92.67%) Android
4 379 (92.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 379 (92.67%) Design Patterns
5 17 (4.16%) C#
5 17 (4.16%) .NET
6 15 (3.67%) SQL
7 14 (3.42%) Microsoft
7 14 (3.42%) Azure
8 11 (2.69%) SQL Server
9 8 (1.96%) ASP.NET

Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (0.24%) CMS
1 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
1 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 14 (3.42%) Azure
2 8 (1.96%) SaaS
3 4 (0.98%) AWS
3 4 (0.98%) Power Platform
4 3 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (0.73%) GitHub
5 1 (0.24%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.24%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.24%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.24%) Contentful
5 1 (0.24%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 379 (92.67%) DNS
1 379 (92.67%) VPN
2 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (0.98%) Power BI
3 3 (0.73%) MySQL
3 3 (0.73%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (1.22%) Git
2 2 (0.49%) JIRA
3 1 (0.24%) Subversion
3 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 380 (92.91%) Analytical Skills
2 379 (92.67%) Finance
2 379 (92.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (1.22%) Social Skills
4 2 (0.49%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (0.24%) Automotive
5 1 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.16%) .NET
2 8 (1.96%) ASP.NET
3 7 (1.71%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.22%) .NET Core
4 5 (1.22%) CSS
4 5 (1.22%) HTML
4 5 (1.22%) React
5 4 (0.98%) Vue
6 3 (0.73%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.73%) Entity Framework
6 3 (0.73%) Laravel
7 2 (0.49%) Blazor
7 2 (0.49%) JSON
8 1 (0.24%) EDI
8 1 (0.24%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.24%) Jest
8 1 (0.24%) Middleware
8 1 (0.24%) Next.js
8 1 (0.24%) React Native
8 1 (0.24%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 379 (92.67%) Cyberattack
2 3 (0.73%) Mobile App
3 2 (0.49%) Client/Server
3 2 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (0.49%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.24%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.24%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 381 (93.15%) Linux
2 379 (92.67%) Android
3 2 (0.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 388 (94.87%) Agile
2 380 (92.91%) Line Management
3 379 (92.67%) Android Development
3 379 (92.67%) Design Patterns
3 379 (92.67%) Mathematics
3 379 (92.67%) OO
3 379 (92.67%) OOP
4 7 (1.71%) Full-Stack Development
5 6 (1.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (1.22%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (0.98%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (0.98%) CI/CD
7 4 (0.98%) CRM
7 4 (0.98%) DevOps
7 4 (0.98%) Mentoring
7 4 (0.98%) RAD
7 4 (0.98%) SDLC
7 4 (0.98%) Software Engineering
8 3 (0.73%) Computer Science
8 3 (0.73%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 380 (92.91%) C++
1 380 (92.91%) Python
2 379 (92.67%) Go
2 379 (92.67%) Java
3 17 (4.16%) C#
4 15 (3.67%) SQL
5 5 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 4 (0.98%) PHP
7 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 379 (92.67%) DV Cleared
1 379 (92.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (1.71%) Degree
3 3 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.24%) QA
System Software
1 380 (92.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 379 (92.67%) Ansible
Vendors
1 14 (3.42%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.24%) SAP