Software Engineer Jobs in Oldham

Software Engineer
Manchester > Oldham

The median Software Engineer salary in Oldham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 9 45
Rank change year-on-year +3 +36 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 5 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oldham 16.13% 14.29% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.52% 15.63% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile £43,500 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £67,500 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +1.74% -3.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oldham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oldham. 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 Oldham with a recognized job title 27 32 142
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.10% 91.43% 78.45%
Number of salaries quoted 25 25 39
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% -21.74%
75th Percentile £47,500 £49,500 £56,875
90th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £61,419
Manchester median annual salary £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Oldham

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oldham.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Oldham

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Oldham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in Oldham.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Oldham

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Oldham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Oldham over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Oldham

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oldham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Software Engineer 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 Oldham region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) C
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (80.00%) Android
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Secure Coding
2 4 (80.00%) Cryptocurrency
2 4 (80.00%) EMV
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Qt

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oldham 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (80.00%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Cryptocurrency
2 4 (80.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) C
2 4 (80.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) Embedded C