Software Engineering Jobs in Manchester

Software Engineering
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 21 13
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 655 508 808
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.46% 10.62% 14.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.49% 11.00% 14.92%
Number of salaries quoted 501 330 512
10th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £39,905
25th Percentile £49,750 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,763
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.58% +8.66%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £85,450
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
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,520 4,619 5,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 86.00% 96.55% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,441 2,494 3,531
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,759 £32,275
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £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 £68,857 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £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 Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in Manchester

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in Manchester

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in Manchester over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in Manchester

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 18 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
Salford +15 10 £70,000 +7.69% 3
Altrincham - 8 £55,000 - 5
Stockport +28 6 £51,250 - 9
Oldham +26 5 £52,500 - 1
Bury - 5 £45,000 -
Software Engineering
North West

Software Engineering
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 42 (6.41%) ArcGIS
2 28 (4.27%) GeoServer
3 22 (3.36%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.98%) Apache
5 6 (0.92%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.46%) Captiva
6 3 (0.46%) FileNet
6 3 (0.46%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.31%) Confluence
7 2 (0.31%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.15%) JBoss
8 1 (0.15%) Jetty
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
Business Applications
1 9 (1.37%) Magento
2 6 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.31%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 211 (32.21%) AWS
2 183 (27.94%) Azure
3 49 (7.48%) GCP
4 34 (5.19%) Serverless
5 30 (4.58%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (4.43%) SaaS
7 24 (3.66%) GitHub
8 21 (3.21%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (2.29%) OpenShift
11 14 (2.14%) Amazon Kinesis
12 13 (1.98%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (1.68%) PaaS
14 9 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (1.37%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (1.37%) IaaS
15 8 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (1.07%) Amazon S3
16 7 (1.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.68%) AMQP
1 11 (1.68%) Ethernet
2 10 (1.53%) RS-232
3 7 (1.07%) Firewall
4 6 (0.92%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.46%) HTTP
5 3 (0.46%) Network Security
6 2 (0.31%) DSL
6 2 (0.31%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.15%) LTE
7 1 (0.15%) MQTT
7 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (10.23%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (7.18%) GIS
3 44 (6.72%) MySQL
4 33 (5.04%) NoSQL
5 30 (4.58%) SQL Server
6 28 (4.27%) QGIS
7 26 (3.97%) Relational Database
8 22 (3.36%) Big Data
9 20 (3.05%) MongoDB
10 17 (2.60%) DynamoDB
10 17 (2.60%) Geospatial Data
11 15 (2.29%) Hadoop
12 14 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
13 13 (1.98%) Redis
14 11 (1.68%) Cloudera CDH
14 11 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
15 9 (1.37%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.76%) OLAP
17 4 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
17 4 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 63 (9.62%) Git
2 31 (4.73%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.60%) GitLab
4 15 (2.29%) JIRA
5 13 (1.98%) Visual Studio
6 12 (1.83%) LabVIEW
7 8 (1.22%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.22%) Postman
8 7 (1.07%) Spinnaker
8 7 (1.07%) Subversion
8 7 (1.07%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (0.92%) Gatling
9 6 (0.92%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.76%) Clang
10 5 (0.76%) IntelliJ
10 5 (0.76%) webpack
11 4 (0.61%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.61%) JUnit
11 4 (0.61%) Mockito
11 4 (0.61%) Selenium
General
1 96 (14.66%) Social Skills
2 46 (7.02%) Finance
3 32 (4.89%) Retail
4 29 (4.43%) Automotive
5 22 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (2.90%) Electronics
7 17 (2.60%) Banking
8 14 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 13 (1.98%) Public Sector
10 12 (1.83%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.83%) Tech for Good
11 11 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.53%) Legal
13 9 (1.37%) Health Technology
13 9 (1.37%) Law
14 7 (1.07%) Games
15 6 (0.92%) Billing
16 5 (0.76%) Retail Finance
17 4 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 392 (59.85%) Software Engineer
2 198 (30.23%) Senior
3 133 (20.31%) Senior Software Engineer
4 106 (16.18%) Developer
5 83 (12.67%) Lead
6 36 (5.50%) Java Engineer
7 35 (5.34%) Embedded Engineer
7 35 (5.34%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 34 (5.19%) Lead Software Engineer
9 33 (5.04%) Architect
10 29 (4.43%) Java Software Engineer
11 26 (3.97%) Senior Developer
11 26 (3.97%) Software Developer
11 26 (3.97%) Software Manager
12 23 (3.51%) .NET Developer
12 23 (3.51%) Technical Leader
13 20 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.90%) Engineering Manager
15 18 (2.75%) Software Engineering Manager
16 16 (2.44%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (20.61%) .NET
2 123 (18.78%) React
3 75 (11.45%) CSS
4 72 (10.99%) Node.js
5 55 (8.40%) .NET Core
6 52 (7.94%) HTML
7 43 (6.56%) AngularJS
8 39 (5.95%) Spring
9 38 (5.80%) RESTful
10 36 (5.50%) PostGIS
11 35 (5.34%) REST
12 32 (4.89%) Leaflet
12 32 (4.89%) OpenLayers
13 27 (4.12%) Spring Boot
14 23 (3.51%) GraphQL
14 23 (3.51%) Web Services
15 22 (3.36%) Kafka
16 21 (3.21%) JSON
17 19 (2.90%) RabbitMQ
18 18 (2.75%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.73%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.27%) Greenfield Project
3 24 (3.66%) IoT
4 18 (2.75%) Embedded Systems
5 16 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
5 16 (2.44%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.68%) Blog
6 11 (1.68%) Private Cloud
7 10 (1.53%) Device Driver
7 10 (1.53%) Media Streaming
7 10 (1.53%) Virtual Team
8 6 (0.92%) FMCG
8 6 (0.92%) NHS
8 6 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (0.76%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.61%) Algorithms
10 4 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (17.10%) Linux
2 23 (3.51%) Windows
3 20 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (2.29%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.68%) CentOS
5 11 (1.68%) Debian
6 9 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.22%) Mac OS
8 7 (1.07%) Unix
9 5 (0.76%) Android
10 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.46%) VMS
12 2 (0.31%) FreeBSD
12 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.15%) HPUX
13 1 (0.15%) Solaris
13 1 (0.15%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (39.69%) Agile
2 185 (28.24%) DevOps
3 87 (13.28%) Open Source
4 82 (12.52%) Computer Science
5 81 (12.37%) Problem-Solving
6 75 (11.45%) CI/CD
6 75 (11.45%) Microservices
7 72 (10.99%) Mentoring
8 71 (10.84%) Full Stack Development
9 70 (10.69%) TDD
10 57 (8.70%) Continuous Integration
11 52 (7.94%) Scrum
12 43 (6.56%) Actionable Insight
12 43 (6.56%) Coaching
12 43 (6.56%) Web Development
13 42 (6.41%) Test Automation
14 41 (6.26%) Infrastructure as Code
15 37 (5.65%) Containerisation
16 35 (5.34%) Code Quality
16 35 (5.34%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 177 (27.02%) Python
2 160 (24.43%) Java
2 160 (24.43%) JavaScript
3 148 (22.60%) C#
4 78 (11.91%) SQL
5 76 (11.60%) TypeScript
6 74 (11.30%) C
7 45 (6.87%) C++
8 27 (4.12%) Go
9 21 (3.21%) Rust
10 19 (2.90%) PHP
11 13 (1.98%) Scala
12 11 (1.68%) Embedded C
13 9 (1.37%) Bash
14 7 (1.07%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.76%) Fortran
15 5 (0.76%) Perl
16 4 (0.61%) COBOL
16 4 (0.61%) Ruby
16 4 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 108 (16.49%) Degree
2 78 (11.91%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.83%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.76%) PhD
8 4 (0.61%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.46%) Azure Certification
9 3 (0.46%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.31%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.31%) OCP
10 2 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) MBA
11 1 (0.15%) MCSE
11 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.68%) QA
2 8 (1.22%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.61%) PMO
4 3 (0.46%) GDPR
4 3 (0.46%) SLA
5 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 49 (7.48%) Docker
2 21 (3.21%) Firmware
3 10 (1.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 57 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 52 (7.94%) Terraform
3 27 (4.12%) Ansible
4 11 (1.68%) Puppet
5 8 (1.22%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.46%) Podman
7 1 (0.15%) Kiali
7 1 (0.15%) Kibana
7 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 36 (5.50%) ESRI
2 28 (4.27%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.66%) Oracle
4 21 (3.21%) Red Hat
5 15 (2.29%) Google
6 11 (1.68%) SaltStack
7 7 (1.07%) Confluent
7 7 (1.07%) F5
8 5 (0.76%) Atlassian
8 5 (0.76%) IBM
9 4 (0.61%) Cadence
9 4 (0.61%) EMC
9 4 (0.61%) Micro Focus
9 4 (0.61%) Synopsys
10 3 (0.46%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.46%) Kofax
10 3 (0.46%) Pega
10 3 (0.46%) SAP
10 3 (0.46%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.46%) Xamarin