Software Engineering Job Trends in Warrington

Software Engineering
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Software Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 23 41
Rank change year-on-year -6 +18 -24
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 8 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington 2.19% 3.87% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% 4.38% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 7
10th Percentile £50,000 - £54,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -25.00% +40.00%
75th Percentile - £53,750 £90,000
90th Percentile - - £95,000
Cheshire median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -19.23% +1.96%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Warrington

Software 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 Warrington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 280 137 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington 76.50% 88.39% 91.13%
Number of salaries quoted 143 68 200
10th Percentile £27,600 £30,250 £24,807
25th Percentile £30,000 £39,438 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £47,500 £48,007
Median % change year-on-year +3.11% -1.06% +20.02%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £78,200 £78,750
Cheshire median annual salary £48,720 £48,306 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.86% +1.70% -

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Software Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Software Engineering job vacancy trend in Warrington

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Warrington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Software Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Software Engineering

Software Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington 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:

Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Java Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Java Software Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Software Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Software Engineering
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Open Source
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Java
1 5 (62.50%) SQL