Software Engineering Jobs in Cheshire

Software Engineering
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Software Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Software Engineering over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 52 21
Rank change year-on-year +34 -31 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 137 43 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 8.74% 4.75% 9.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% 5.06% 10.52%
Number of salaries quoted 125 21 30
10th Percentile £37,250 £52,500 £35,897
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £41,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.58% +40.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £91,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £79,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £62,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.38% +9.13% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Software Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,233 850 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 78.64% 93.82% 92.19%
Number of salaries quoted 929 454 530
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,420 £26,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £89,625 £71,375
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Cheshire

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Cheshire

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Cheshire over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Cheshire

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 May 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 +21 28 £60,000 - 9
Knutsford -4 17 £80,000 -5.88% 1
Warrington -17 16 £60,000 +20.00% 11
Crewe +16 12 £66,250 +20.45%
Winsford - 10 £52,500 - 2
Alderley Edge - 7 £45,000 -
Ellesmere Port +7 1 £55,000 - 1
Macclesfield -8 1 £70,000 -
Nantwich - 1 £95,000 -
Runcorn - 1 - -
Software Engineering
North West

Software Engineering
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 (1.46%) CMS
2 1 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Adobe XD
1 2 (1.46%) Sketch
2 1 (0.73%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 20 (14.60%) Azure
2 8 (5.84%) AWS
3 6 (4.38%) GitHub
4 5 (3.65%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (2.19%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.19%) PowerApps
6 2 (1.46%) Datadog
6 2 (1.46%) Figma
6 2 (1.46%) GCP
6 2 (1.46%) SaaS
6 2 (1.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.11%) MQTT
2 4 (2.92%) RS-232
3 1 (0.73%) Internet
3 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.38%) OLAP
1 6 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.65%) MS Access
3 4 (2.92%) Big Data
3 4 (2.92%) MySQL
4 3 (2.19%) Power BI
5 2 (1.46%) DocumentDB
5 2 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (8.76%) Git
2 8 (5.84%) JIRA
3 5 (3.65%) InstallShield
4 4 (2.92%) Subversion
5 3 (2.19%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.46%) GitLab
7 1 (0.73%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.73%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.73%) JUnit
7 1 (0.73%) Mockito
7 1 (0.73%) webpack
General
1 14 (10.22%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (7.30%) Manufacturing
4 9 (6.57%) Law
5 7 (5.11%) Health Technology
6 6 (4.38%) Electronics
7 5 (3.65%) Finance
8 3 (2.19%) Legal
9 1 (0.73%) Banking
9 1 (0.73%) Marketing
9 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 90 (65.69%) Software Engineer
2 40 (29.20%) Senior
3 32 (23.36%) Developer
4 27 (19.71%) Senior Software Engineer
5 19 (13.87%) Embedded Engineer
5 19 (13.87%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 13 (9.49%) Senior Embedded Engineer
6 13 (9.49%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
7 10 (7.30%) Applications Engineer
8 9 (6.57%) Full Stack Engineer
8 9 (6.57%) Full Stack Software Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) .NET Developer
9 8 (5.84%) C++ Software Engineer
9 8 (5.84%) PHP Developer
9 8 (5.84%) Software Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Analyst
10 7 (5.11%) Business Analyst
10 7 (5.11%) C# Developer
10 7 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
10 7 (5.11%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (34.31%) .NET
2 14 (10.22%) .NET Core
3 12 (8.76%) REST
4 11 (8.03%) React
5 8 (5.84%) Vue
6 6 (4.38%) ASP.NET
7 5 (3.65%) AngularJS
7 5 (3.65%) Apache Thrift
8 4 (2.92%) .NET Framework
8 4 (2.92%) Spring
8 4 (2.92%) Swing
8 4 (2.92%) Web Services
9 3 (2.19%) CSS
9 3 (2.19%) HTML
9 3 (2.19%) Laravel
9 3 (2.19%) Spring Boot
10 2 (1.46%) AWS CDK
10 2 (1.46%) Kafka
10 2 (1.46%) Tailwind CSS
10 2 (1.46%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.57%) Algorithms
2 6 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (4.38%) IoT
3 5 (3.65%) Client/Server
3 5 (3.65%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.65%) Life Science
3 5 (3.65%) Smart Energy
4 4 (2.92%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.19%) SCADA
6 2 (1.46%) Blog
6 2 (1.46%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.46%) FMCG
6 2 (1.46%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.73%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.41%) Windows
2 12 (8.76%) Linux
3 6 (4.38%) Embedded Linux
4 4 (2.92%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.47%) Agile
2 24 (17.52%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (13.87%) Computer Science
3 19 (13.87%) SDLC
4 13 (9.49%) Software Testing
5 12 (8.76%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (8.76%) Full Stack Development
6 11 (8.03%) Multithreading
6 11 (8.03%) TDD
7 10 (7.30%) DevOps
7 10 (7.30%) OO
7 10 (7.30%) OOP
8 9 (6.57%) Design Patterns
8 9 (6.57%) Embedded Software Development
9 8 (5.84%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (5.11%) Decision-Making
10 7 (5.11%) Fintech
11 6 (4.38%) Architectural Design
11 6 (4.38%) Customer Service
11 6 (4.38%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 49 (35.77%) C#
2 28 (20.44%) JavaScript
2 28 (20.44%) SQL
3 19 (13.87%) Java
4 17 (12.41%) C++
5 9 (6.57%) C
5 9 (6.57%) PHP
6 5 (3.65%) VB
7 4 (2.92%) Embedded C
7 4 (2.92%) R
8 2 (1.46%) Bash
8 2 (1.46%) Python
9 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (21.90%) Degree
2 7 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.38%) PhD
4 5 (3.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.11%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.73%) GDPR
2 1 (0.73%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 7 (5.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.30%) Kubernetes
1 10 (7.30%) Terraform
2 2 (1.46%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 11 (8.03%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.11%) F5
3 2 (1.46%) Adobe
3 2 (1.46%) Twitter
4 1 (0.73%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.73%) Atmel
4 1 (0.73%) Avaloq
4 1 (0.73%) SAP