Developer Jobs in Manchester

Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Developer salary in Manchester is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 13 2
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Developer 992 702 1,326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 18.34% 15.02% 23.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.39% 16.31% 23.94%
Number of salaries quoted 838 559 991
10th Percentile £37,896 £42,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £44,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,115 4,304 5,539
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 92.06% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,925 2,573 3,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,588
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,874 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,159 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,150 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Developer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Developer in Manchester

Developer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 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
Altrincham +8 27 £55,000 +22.22% 6
Stockport +40 25 £49,000 +3.16% 11
Bolton +25 22 £47,500 +26.67% 4
Salford +23 19 £58,750 +17.50% 7
Rochdale - 8 - - 2
Bury - 3 £45,000 -
Oldham +25 1 £48,000 +1.05%
Cheadle - 1 £43,865 -
Developer
North West

Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Developer 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 Manchester region featuring Developer in the job title.

1 318 (32.06%) JavaScript
2 302 (30.44%) C#
3 300 (30.24%) Agile
4 297 (29.94%) .NET
5 286 (28.83%) Azure
6 231 (23.29%) Full Stack Development
7 217 (21.88%) React
8 197 (19.86%) SQL
9 191 (19.25%) HTML
10 189 (19.05%) AWS
11 175 (17.64%) DevOps
12 162 (16.33%) CSS
12 162 (16.33%) Social Skills
13 159 (16.03%) SQL Server
14 153 (15.42%) AngularJS
15 152 (15.32%) TDD
16 151 (15.22%) MVC
17 139 (14.01%) Microsoft
18 137 (13.81%) Node.js
19 125 (12.60%) ASP.NET
20 124 (12.50%) PHP
20 124 (12.50%) TypeScript
21 113 (11.39%) Software Engineering
22 112 (11.29%) Java
23 109 (10.99%) Vue
24 108 (10.89%) .NET Core
25 107 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
26 105 (10.58%) Microservices
27 104 (10.48%) User Experience
28 103 (10.38%) REST

Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 27 (2.72%) CMS
2 18 (1.81%) Apache
3 17 (1.71%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.41%) WordPress
5 13 (1.31%) OpenEdge
6 9 (0.91%) Apache Solr
7 5 (0.50%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.50%) Confluence
7 5 (0.50%) IIS
8 4 (0.40%) SAS
8 4 (0.40%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.20%) Drupal
9 2 (0.20%) nginx
9 2 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.10%) Jetty
10 1 (0.10%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.71%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.40%) Maya
4 2 (0.20%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 25 (2.52%) Magento
2 10 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (0.81%) Shopify
4 6 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
5 5 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.20%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.10%) Sage 200
8 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 286 (28.83%) Azure
2 189 (19.05%) AWS
3 78 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
4 66 (6.65%) Power Platform
5 61 (6.15%) Serverless
6 59 (5.95%) SaaS
7 47 (4.74%) Azure Logic Apps
8 44 (4.44%) Azure Functions
9 42 (4.23%) Azure Service Bus
10 40 (4.03%) Azure API Management
11 36 (3.63%) IBM Cloud
12 34 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
13 21 (2.12%) Power Automate
14 20 (2.02%) GCP
15 19 (1.92%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.81%) Google Play
17 16 (1.61%) Cloud Computing
18 15 (1.51%) Azure Data Factory
19 14 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
20 11 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.52%) Internet
2 4 (0.40%) Wireless
3 3 (0.30%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.20%) Broadband
4 2 (0.20%) Mobile Broadband
4 2 (0.20%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.10%) DNS
5 1 (0.10%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.10%) Firewall
5 1 (0.10%) HTTP
5 1 (0.10%) RS-232
5 1 (0.10%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.10%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 159 (16.03%) SQL Server
2 94 (9.48%) MySQL
3 79 (7.96%) PostgreSQL
4 77 (7.76%) MongoDB
5 68 (6.85%) NoSQL
6 54 (5.44%) Relational Database
7 47 (4.74%) Power BI
8 37 (3.73%) DB2
9 22 (2.22%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (2.12%) Tableau
11 20 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.31%) Power Query
12 13 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 11 (1.11%) Redis
14 10 (1.01%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.91%) GIS
15 9 (0.91%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.91%) Oracle Database 11g
16 8 (0.81%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 83 (8.37%) Git
2 18 (1.81%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.51%) GitLab
4 12 (1.21%) Appium
4 12 (1.21%) JIRA
5 10 (1.01%) Jasmine
6 9 (0.91%) NUnit
7 8 (0.81%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.60%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 5 (0.50%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.40%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.40%) Karma Test Runner
10 4 (0.40%) MSTest
10 4 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
10 4 (0.40%) Xcode
11 2 (0.20%) GDB
11 2 (0.20%) LabVIEW
11 2 (0.20%) Maven
11 2 (0.20%) PHPUnit
11 2 (0.20%) Storybook
General
1 162 (16.33%) Social Skills
2 88 (8.87%) Finance
3 56 (5.65%) Public Sector
4 40 (4.03%) Law
5 39 (3.93%) Games
6 38 (3.83%) Retail
7 30 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
8 29 (2.92%) Marketing
9 21 (2.12%) Automotive
10 20 (2.02%) Legal
11 19 (1.92%) Health Technology
11 19 (1.92%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 11 (1.11%) Tech for Good
14 10 (1.01%) Telecoms
15 8 (0.81%) Banking
15 8 (0.81%) Military
16 7 (0.71%) Back Office
16 7 (0.71%) Music Industry
17 6 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 297 (29.94%) .NET
2 217 (21.88%) React
3 191 (19.25%) HTML
4 162 (16.33%) CSS
5 153 (15.42%) AngularJS
6 137 (13.81%) Node.js
7 125 (12.60%) ASP.NET
8 109 (10.99%) Vue
9 108 (10.89%) .NET Core
10 103 (10.38%) REST
11 89 (8.97%) Laravel
12 83 (8.37%) .NET Framework
13 71 (7.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 66 (6.65%) Web Services
15 64 (6.45%) ASP.NET Web API
16 62 (6.25%) jQuery
17 60 (6.05%) Entity Framework
18 59 (5.95%) ASP.NET MVC
19 54 (5.44%) RESTful
20 46 (4.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 49 (4.94%) Greenfield Project
2 38 (3.83%) Algorithms
2 38 (3.83%) Product Ownership
3 37 (3.73%) Blockchain
4 36 (3.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 36 (3.63%) Mobile App
5 35 (3.53%) Data Structures
6 19 (1.92%) Video\Live Streaming
7 17 (1.71%) Cloud Native
7 17 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
8 12 (1.21%) PropTech
9 11 (1.11%) Private Cloud
10 9 (0.91%) IoT
10 9 (0.91%) iPhone
11 7 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.71%) Social Media
11 7 (0.71%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.60%) BBC
13 5 (0.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 91 (9.17%) Linux
2 84 (8.47%) Windows
3 68 (6.85%) Apple iOS
4 66 (6.65%) Android
5 13 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.50%) Unix
7 4 (0.40%) VMS
8 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.20%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.10%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (30.24%) Agile
2 231 (23.29%) Full Stack Development
3 175 (17.64%) DevOps
4 152 (15.32%) TDD
5 151 (15.22%) MVC
6 113 (11.39%) Software Engineering
7 107 (10.79%) Problem-Solving
8 105 (10.58%) Microservices
9 104 (10.48%) User Experience
10 101 (10.18%) Design Patterns
11 97 (9.78%) Scrum
12 83 (8.37%) Mentoring
13 77 (7.76%) OOP
14 74 (7.46%) Web Development
15 72 (7.26%) CI/CD
16 63 (6.35%) Front End Development
16 63 (6.35%) MVVM
17 59 (5.95%) Business Intelligence
17 59 (5.95%) OO
18 58 (5.85%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 318 (32.06%) JavaScript
2 302 (30.44%) C#
3 197 (19.86%) SQL
4 124 (12.50%) PHP
4 124 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 112 (11.29%) Java
6 85 (8.57%) Python
7 46 (4.64%) C++
8 33 (3.33%) T-SQL
9 19 (1.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 19 (1.92%) Go
10 16 (1.61%) Swift
11 15 (1.51%) C
12 13 (1.31%) Delphi
12 13 (1.31%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.11%) Objective-C
13 11 (1.11%) Ruby
14 9 (0.91%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.81%) PowerShell
16 5 (0.50%) Scala
Qualifications
1 83 (8.37%) Degree
2 41 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (2.72%) Security Cleared
4 22 (2.22%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.01%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.60%) HND
8 4 (0.40%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.20%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.20%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.20%) PhD
11 1 (0.10%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.10%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.54%) QA
2 8 (0.81%) GDPR
3 6 (0.60%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 66 (6.65%) Docker
2 3 (0.30%) Firmware
3 2 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 39 (3.93%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.73%) Terraform
3 4 (0.40%) Ansible
4 1 (0.10%) Kiali
4 1 (0.10%) Kibana
4 1 (0.10%) Plesk
Vendors
1 139 (14.01%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.13%) IBM
3 36 (3.63%) Red Hat
4 33 (3.33%) Oracle
5 28 (2.82%) Google
6 18 (1.81%) Facebook
7 17 (1.71%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.61%) Adobe
9 13 (1.31%) MuleSoft
10 7 (0.71%) Apple
10 7 (0.71%) Progress
11 6 (0.60%) Actuate
11 6 (0.60%) Civica
11 6 (0.60%) Intapp
11 6 (0.60%) Sony
11 6 (0.60%) Twitter
11 6 (0.60%) Yahoo!
12 5 (0.50%) Salesforce
12 5 (0.50%) Sitecore
12 5 (0.50%) YouTube