Software Developer Jobs in Manchester

Software Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Software Developer salary in Manchester is £52,500 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 129 177 100
Rank change year-on-year +48 -77 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 94 56 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.68% 1.23% 3.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 1.34% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 75 49 107
10th Percentile £38,850 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £45,000 £38,937
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

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 5,318 4,194 5,551
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.85% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,022 2,562 3,594
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,526
25th Percentile £40,988 £43,563 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,392 £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%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in Manchester

Software Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in Manchester

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Software Developer in Manchester

Software 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 Software Developer within the Manchester 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
Altrincham - 14 £55,000 - 1
Stockport +19 3 £50,000 - 5
Bolton - 3 £47,500 -
Salford +14 2 £60,000 +9.09%
Software Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 50 (53.19%) C#
2 37 (39.36%) Agile
3 34 (36.17%) .NET
4 28 (29.79%) Software Engineering
5 26 (27.66%) SQL
6 25 (26.60%) JavaScript
7 23 (24.47%) TDD
8 22 (23.40%) Azure
9 19 (20.21%) Python
9 19 (20.21%) DevOps
10 18 (19.15%) Mentoring
10 18 (19.15%) Full Stack Development
11 17 (18.09%) Java
12 16 (17.02%) Test Automation
13 15 (15.96%) MVC
13 15 (15.96%) Design Patterns
13 15 (15.96%) .NET Core
14 14 (14.89%) HTML
14 14 (14.89%) Node.js
14 14 (14.89%) REST
14 14 (14.89%) AWS
15 13 (13.83%) .NET Framework
15 13 (13.83%) AngularJS
15 13 (13.83%) NoSQL
15 13 (13.83%) Social Skills
16 12 (12.77%) SQL Server
16 12 (12.77%) Degree
17 11 (11.70%) Computer Science
17 11 (11.70%) Relational Database
17 11 (11.70%) Git

Software 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 5 (5.32%) ArcGIS
1 5 (5.32%) Confluence
2 1 (1.06%) Mendix
Cloud Services
1 22 (23.40%) Azure
2 14 (14.89%) AWS
3 4 (4.26%) SaaS
4 3 (3.19%) PaaS
5 2 (2.13%) IBM Cloud
5 2 (2.13%) Serverless
6 1 (1.06%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (1.06%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.19%) Wireless
2 1 (1.06%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.06%) Internet
2 1 (1.06%) RS-232
2 1 (1.06%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.83%) NoSQL
2 12 (12.77%) SQL Server
3 11 (11.70%) Relational Database
4 10 (10.64%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (8.51%) GIS
5 8 (8.51%) MySQL
6 6 (6.38%) MongoDB
7 5 (5.32%) Geospatial Data
7 5 (5.32%) Redis
8 1 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (11.70%) Git
2 5 (5.32%) JIRA
3 2 (2.13%) GDB
4 1 (1.06%) GitLab
4 1 (1.06%) Maven
4 1 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (1.06%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (13.83%) Social Skills
2 9 (9.57%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.32%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.26%) Finance
4 4 (4.26%) Tech for Good
5 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.19%) Retail
6 2 (2.13%) Electronics
6 2 (2.13%) Marketing
7 1 (1.06%) Automotive
7 1 (1.06%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (36.17%) .NET
2 15 (15.96%) .NET Core
3 14 (14.89%) HTML
3 14 (14.89%) Node.js
3 14 (14.89%) REST
4 13 (13.83%) .NET Framework
4 13 (13.83%) AngularJS
5 11 (11.70%) RESTful
6 9 (9.57%) ASP.NET
6 9 (9.57%) CSS
6 9 (9.57%) React
7 8 (8.51%) Vue
8 7 (7.45%) HTML5
9 6 (6.38%) Blazor
9 6 (6.38%) Entity Framework
10 5 (5.32%) JSON
10 5 (5.32%) PostGIS
10 5 (5.32%) Svelte
10 5 (5.32%) XML
11 4 (4.26%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.32%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.19%) Blog
2 3 (3.19%) NHS
2 3 (3.19%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.19%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.19%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.13%) Blockchain
3 2 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.13%) IoT
3 2 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.06%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.06%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.51%) Linux
2 7 (7.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (39.36%) Agile
2 28 (29.79%) Software Engineering
3 23 (24.47%) TDD
4 19 (20.21%) DevOps
5 18 (19.15%) Full Stack Development
5 18 (19.15%) Mentoring
6 16 (17.02%) Test Automation
7 15 (15.96%) Design Patterns
7 15 (15.96%) MVC
8 11 (11.70%) Computer Science
9 10 (10.64%) Web Development
10 9 (9.57%) Microservices
10 9 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (9.57%) Scrum
11 8 (8.51%) Continuous Deployment
11 8 (8.51%) Dependency Injection
11 8 (8.51%) Fintech
11 8 (8.51%) SOLID
12 7 (7.45%) Continuous Integration
12 7 (7.45%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 50 (53.19%) C#
2 26 (27.66%) SQL
3 25 (26.60%) JavaScript
4 19 (20.21%) Python
5 17 (18.09%) Java
6 8 (8.51%) Go
7 6 (6.38%) C++
8 5 (5.32%) C
8 5 (5.32%) PowerShell
8 5 (5.32%) Ruby
9 4 (4.26%) PHP
9 4 (4.26%) TypeScript
10 1 (1.06%) Bash
Qualifications
1 12 (12.77%) Degree
2 6 (6.38%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.19%) BC Cleared
5 2 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 5 (5.32%) Docker
2 1 (1.06%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (4.26%) Terraform
2 3 (3.19%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.06%) Ansible
3 1 (1.06%) Kiali
3 1 (1.06%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (5.32%) ESRI
1 5 (5.32%) Oracle
2 3 (3.19%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.13%) IBM
3 2 (2.13%) Red Hat
3 2 (2.13%) YouTube