Software Engineer Jobs in Cheshire

Software Engineer
North West > Cheshire

The median Software Engineer salary in Cheshire is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 70 52
Rank change year-on-year +44 -18 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 109 17 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.50% 1.99% 4.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.75% 2.25% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 91 13 12
10th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £32,626
25th Percentile £52,500 £61,500 £39,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% +26.09% +35.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £91,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,250 £72,250
North West median annual salary £57,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.35% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,615 755 1,116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.36% 88.30% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,203 464 582
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,250 £23,888
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £59,750 £65,313 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £88,750 £71,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in Cheshire

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineer in Cheshire

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in Cheshire

Software Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Chester +29 29 £60,000 - 5
Warrington - 16 £60,000 - 5
Knutsford -4 8 £97,500 +25.81%
Winsford - 6 £47,500 -
Northwich - 2 £50,000 -
Macclesfield -7 1 £70,000 -
Ellesmere Port - 1 £55,000 - 1
Runcorn - 1 - -
Software Engineer
North West

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Cheshire region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 101 (92.66%) Software Engineering
2 35 (32.11%) C#
3 33 (30.28%) .NET
4 27 (24.77%) Degree
5 20 (18.35%) Azure
5 20 (18.35%) C++
5 20 (18.35%) Full Stack Development
6 19 (17.43%) Linux
6 19 (17.43%) Agile
7 18 (16.51%) Java
8 17 (15.60%) Windows
8 17 (15.60%) AWS
8 17 (15.60%) SDLC
9 16 (14.68%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (12.84%) SQL
10 14 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (11.93%) JavaScript
11 13 (11.93%) Git
12 12 (11.01%) JIRA
13 11 (10.09%) Multithreading
13 11 (10.09%) Docker
13 11 (10.09%) SQL Server
13 11 (10.09%) Microsoft
13 11 (10.09%) CI/CD
14 10 (9.17%) C
14 10 (9.17%) OO
14 10 (9.17%) Python
14 10 (9.17%) Mentoring
14 10 (9.17%) Computer Science
15 9 (8.26%) Embedded Software Development

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 2 (1.83%) CMS
2 1 (0.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.83%) Sketch
2 1 (0.92%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.35%) Azure
2 17 (15.60%) AWS
3 8 (7.34%) Serverless
4 5 (4.59%) GitHub
5 3 (2.75%) GCP
6 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.83%) Datadog
6 2 (1.83%) Figma
7 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) MQTT
2 5 (4.59%) RS-232
3 1 (0.92%) Internet
3 1 (0.92%) RS-485
3 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.09%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.34%) MySQL
2 8 (7.34%) NoSQL
3 5 (4.59%) MS Access
4 4 (3.67%) Big Data
5 2 (1.83%) DocumentDB
5 2 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (11.93%) Git
2 12 (11.01%) JIRA
3 5 (4.59%) InstallShield
3 5 (4.59%) Subversion
4 3 (2.75%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.83%) GitLab
6 1 (0.92%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.92%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.92%) JUnit
6 1 (0.92%) Mockito
6 1 (0.92%) webpack
General
1 9 (8.26%) Manufacturing
2 7 (6.42%) Social Skills
3 6 (5.50%) Electronics
4 5 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.67%) Finance
6 3 (2.75%) Legal
7 1 (0.92%) Banking
7 1 (0.92%) Marketing
7 1 (0.92%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.92%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (30.28%) .NET
2 8 (7.34%) Node.js
3 7 (6.42%) .NET Core
4 6 (5.50%) REST
5 5 (4.59%) Apache Thrift
6 4 (3.67%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.67%) Spring
6 4 (3.67%) Swing
6 4 (3.67%) Web Services
7 3 (2.75%) Qt
7 3 (2.75%) Spring Boot
8 2 (1.83%) AWS CDK
8 2 (1.83%) CSS
8 2 (1.83%) HTML
8 2 (1.83%) Kafka
8 2 (1.83%) WinForms
8 2 (1.83%) WPF
9 1 (0.92%) Ajax
9 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.92%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.42%) Algorithms
2 5 (4.59%) IoT
2 5 (4.59%) Life Science
2 5 (4.59%) Smart Energy
3 4 (3.67%) Embedded Systems
3 4 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (2.75%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.75%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.75%) SCADA
5 2 (1.83%) Blog
5 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.83%) FMCG
6 1 (0.92%) ARM Cortex
6 1 (0.92%) EPoS
6 1 (0.92%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 19 (17.43%) Linux
2 17 (15.60%) Windows
3 8 (7.34%) Unix
4 6 (5.50%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (4.59%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (92.66%) Software Engineering
2 20 (18.35%) Full Stack Development
3 19 (17.43%) Agile
4 17 (15.60%) SDLC
5 16 (14.68%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (10.09%) CI/CD
7 11 (10.09%) Multithreading
8 10 (9.17%) Computer Science
8 10 (9.17%) Mentoring
8 10 (9.17%) OO
9 9 (8.26%) Embedded Software Development
10 8 (7.34%) OOP
10 8 (7.34%) Software Testing
11 7 (6.42%) DevOps
12 6 (5.50%) Linux Kernel Development
12 6 (5.50%) Microservices
12 6 (5.50%) OOD
12 6 (5.50%) Risk Register
12 6 (5.50%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 35 (32.11%) C#
2 20 (18.35%) C++
3 18 (16.51%) Java
4 14 (12.84%) SQL
5 13 (11.93%) JavaScript
6 10 (9.17%) C
6 10 (9.17%) Python
7 6 (5.50%) Perl
7 6 (5.50%) PowerShell
7 6 (5.50%) Ruby
8 5 (4.59%) Embedded C
8 5 (4.59%) R
8 5 (4.59%) VB
9 2 (1.83%) Bash
9 2 (1.83%) PHP
10 1 (0.92%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 27 (24.77%) Degree
2 6 (5.50%) AWS Certification
2 6 (5.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.59%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.42%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.92%) GDPR
2 1 (0.92%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 11 (10.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (8.26%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.59%) Terraform
3 2 (1.83%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 11 (10.09%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.50%) Facebook
3 2 (1.83%) Adobe
4 1 (0.92%) Atmel
4 1 (0.92%) Google
4 1 (0.92%) SAP