Software Engineering Jobs in Chester

Software Engineering
Cheshire > Chester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 30 21
Rank change year-on-year +26 -9 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 37 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 13.21% 3.70% 5.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.59% 3.77% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 32 2 2
10th Percentile £55,000 - -
25th Percentile £59,375 £55,000 £54,684
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,456
Median % change year-on-year - +6.28% +36.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,228
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £60,000 £77,500 £56,456
% change year-on-year -22.58% +37.28% +12.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Chester

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 Chester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 199 212 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 71.07% 98.15% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 172 86 72
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,500 £28,325
25th Percentile £35,000 £25,420 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £43,400 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.21% -8.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,975 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,915 £73,750 £70,813
Cheshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Chester

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Chester

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Chester

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Chester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Chester over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Chester

Software Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 2 (5.41%) Datadog
3 2 (5.41%) Serverless
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.70%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) MQTT
1 2 (5.41%) RS-232
1 2 (5.41%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) DocumentDB
1 2 (5.41%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (5.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Git
1 2 (5.41%) GitLab
1 2 (5.41%) Subversion
2 1 (2.70%) webpack
General
1 8 (21.62%) Manufacturing
2 3 (8.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Banking
3 1 (2.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 32 (86.49%) Software Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Principal Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Principal Software Engineer
2 6 (16.22%) Senior
2 6 (16.22%) Senior Software Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Backend Developer
3 5 (13.51%) Developer
4 3 (8.11%) Control Systems Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Embedded Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) AWS Software Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) .NET Software Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) C# Software Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) Lead
6 1 (2.70%) Lead Software Engineer
6 1 (2.70%) SaaS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (35.14%) .NET
2 3 (8.11%) Spring
2 3 (8.11%) Spring Boot
3 2 (5.41%) AWS CDK
3 2 (5.41%) Kafka
4 1 (2.70%) CSS
4 1 (2.70%) HTML
4 1 (2.70%) React
4 1 (2.70%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (8.11%) SCADA
3 2 (5.41%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (5.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (5.41%) FMCG
4 1 (2.70%) EPoS
4 1 (2.70%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.41%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (13.51%) Agile
1 5 (13.51%) DevOps
1 5 (13.51%) Microservices
1 5 (13.51%) Software Testing
2 3 (8.11%) Clean Code
2 3 (8.11%) Mentoring
2 3 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (8.11%) TDD
3 2 (5.41%) API Development
3 2 (5.41%) CI/CD
3 2 (5.41%) Full Stack Development
3 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (5.41%) Observability
3 2 (5.41%) Software Delivery
4 1 (2.70%) BDD
4 1 (2.70%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.70%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (2.70%) Pair Programming
4 1 (2.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 14 (37.84%) C#
2 5 (13.51%) Python
3 4 (10.81%) C
3 4 (10.81%) Java
4 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.41%) Bash
5 2 (5.41%) C++
5 2 (5.41%) Embedded C
5 2 (5.41%) Embedded C++
5 2 (5.41%) R
6 1 (2.70%) PHP
6 1 (2.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.70%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (5.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) Terraform
2 3 (8.11%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) Google