Software Engineer Jobs in the North West

Software Engineer
England > North West

The median Software Engineer salary in the North West is £57,000 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 26 102 40
Rank change year-on-year +76 -62 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 641 249 717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.01% 3.37% 7.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.33% 3.78% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 430 143 310
10th Percentile £38,066 £42,500 £39,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £83,425
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 10,124 6,596 9,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.24% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,670 3,972 5,398
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,791 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,525 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineer in the North West.

Salary trend for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineer in the North West

Software Engineer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineer within the North West 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
Manchester +59 421 £57,500 - 86
Cheshire +44 109 £60,000 -17.24% 11
Lancashire +33 64 £45,000 -47.06% 6
Merseyside +24 46 £65,000 +18.18% 3
Cumbria -10 1 £45,000 - 2
Software Engineer
England

Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Software Engineer 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 North West region featuring Software Engineer in the job title.

1 633 (98.75%) Software Engineering
2 227 (35.41%) Agile
3 189 (29.49%) AWS
4 161 (25.12%) Python
5 158 (24.65%) C#
6 155 (24.18%) Azure
7 150 (23.40%) JavaScript
8 144 (22.46%) .NET
9 137 (21.37%) DevOps
10 133 (20.75%) Java
11 118 (18.41%) Linux
12 113 (17.63%) Degree
13 102 (15.91%) React
13 102 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
14 101 (15.76%) PostgreSQL
15 85 (13.26%) Mentoring
16 83 (12.95%) CSS
17 82 (12.79%) Security Cleared
17 82 (12.79%) Social Skills
18 81 (12.64%) C
19 80 (12.48%) Open Source
20 77 (12.01%) Computer Science
21 75 (11.70%) SC Cleared
21 75 (11.70%) GIS
22 73 (11.39%) .NET Core
23 70 (10.92%) ArcGIS
24 68 (10.61%) Actionable Insight
25 64 (9.98%) PostGIS
25 64 (9.98%) Web Development
25 64 (9.98%) ESRI

Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 70 (10.92%) ArcGIS
2 57 (8.89%) GeoServer
3 18 (2.81%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.72%) Apache
5 2 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.31%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.16%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (0.62%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.31%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.31%) Sketch
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (0.94%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 189 (29.49%) AWS
2 155 (24.18%) Azure
3 32 (4.99%) GCP
3 32 (4.99%) Serverless
4 21 (3.28%) Amazon Kinesis
5 16 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (2.34%) GitHub
7 14 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (1.87%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (1.72%) OpenShift
9 11 (1.72%) SaaS
10 7 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.62%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (0.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (0.47%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.47%) Datadog
14 2 (0.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 2 (0.31%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.50%) RS-232
2 11 (1.72%) AMQP
3 10 (1.56%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.40%) MQTT
5 6 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.78%) ZigBee
7 4 (0.62%) Firewall
7 4 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.62%) Wireless
8 3 (0.47%) Network Security
8 3 (0.47%) RS-485
9 2 (0.31%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.16%) HTTP
10 1 (0.16%) Internet
10 1 (0.16%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (15.76%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (11.70%) GIS
3 57 (8.89%) QGIS
4 42 (6.55%) NoSQL
5 37 (5.77%) MySQL
6 35 (5.46%) SQL Server
7 24 (3.74%) DynamoDB
8 21 (3.28%) Amazon Aurora
9 18 (2.81%) Big Data
9 18 (2.81%) Redis
10 16 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
11 14 (2.18%) Hadoop
11 14 (2.18%) Relational Database
12 13 (2.03%) MongoDB
13 11 (1.72%) Cloudera CDH
14 6 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.78%) MS Access
16 4 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
17 3 (0.47%) DocumentDB
17 3 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 54 (8.42%) Git
2 20 (3.12%) JIRA
3 17 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.18%) Subversion
5 13 (2.03%) GitLab
6 12 (1.87%) Gatling
7 6 (0.94%) Maven
7 6 (0.94%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.78%) Clang
8 5 (0.78%) InstallShield
8 5 (0.78%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.78%) JUnit
8 5 (0.78%) Mockito
8 5 (0.78%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.62%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.62%) Spinnaker
10 3 (0.47%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.47%) GCC
10 3 (0.47%) GDB
10 3 (0.47%) Rational DOORS
General
1 82 (12.79%) Social Skills
2 42 (6.55%) Electronics
3 38 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 31 (4.84%) Finance
5 24 (3.74%) Manufacturing
6 17 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (2.50%) Automotive
7 16 (2.50%) Tech for Good
8 15 (2.34%) Retail
9 13 (2.03%) Aerospace
10 12 (1.87%) Billing
11 9 (1.40%) Health Technology
11 9 (1.40%) Legal
12 8 (1.25%) Banking
12 8 (1.25%) Public Sector
13 6 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.78%) Retail Finance
15 4 (0.62%) Games
15 4 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.47%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (22.46%) .NET
2 102 (15.91%) React
3 83 (12.95%) CSS
4 73 (11.39%) .NET Core
5 64 (9.98%) PostGIS
6 61 (9.52%) Leaflet
6 61 (9.52%) OpenLayers
7 50 (7.80%) Node.js
8 39 (6.08%) REST
9 34 (5.30%) HTML
10 33 (5.15%) Spring
11 32 (4.99%) AngularJS
12 31 (4.84%) Web Services
13 26 (4.06%) Spring Boot
14 24 (3.74%) GraphQL
15 22 (3.43%) RESTful
16 21 (3.28%) http4s
16 21 (3.28%) Lambda Expressions
16 21 (3.28%) Scalaz
17 18 (2.81%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 42 (6.55%) IoT
2 30 (4.68%) Cyberattack
3 24 (3.74%) Embedded Systems
4 23 (3.59%) Blog
5 21 (3.28%) Media Streaming
6 20 (3.12%) Greenfield Project
7 17 (2.65%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.56%) Device Driver
11 7 (1.09%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.78%) Life Science
12 5 (0.78%) NHS
12 5 (0.78%) Smart Energy
13 4 (0.62%) SCADA
14 3 (0.47%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.47%) Client/Server
14 3 (0.47%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.47%) Virtual Team
15 2 (0.31%) ARM Cortex
Operating Systems
1 118 (18.41%) Linux
2 29 (4.52%) Windows
3 19 (2.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (2.96%) Ubuntu
4 15 (2.34%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (1.72%) CentOS
5 11 (1.72%) Debian
6 10 (1.56%) Unix
7 7 (1.09%) Android
8 6 (0.94%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.62%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.47%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.47%) VMS
11 2 (0.31%) FreeBSD
11 2 (0.31%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.16%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (98.75%) Software Engineering
2 227 (35.41%) Agile
3 137 (21.37%) DevOps
4 102 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
5 85 (13.26%) Mentoring
6 80 (12.48%) Open Source
7 77 (12.01%) Computer Science
8 68 (10.61%) Actionable Insight
9 64 (9.98%) Web Development
10 59 (9.20%) Full Stack Development
11 52 (8.11%) Microservices
12 46 (7.18%) Continuous Integration
13 45 (7.02%) TDD
14 42 (6.55%) CI/CD
15 38 (5.93%) User Experience
16 36 (5.62%) Machine Learning
16 36 (5.62%) Unit Testing
17 33 (5.15%) Data Engineering
17 33 (5.15%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 31 (4.84%) OO
Programming Languages
1 161 (25.12%) Python
2 158 (24.65%) C#
3 150 (23.40%) JavaScript
4 133 (20.75%) Java
5 81 (12.64%) C
6 55 (8.58%) SQL
7 50 (7.80%) C++
8 37 (5.77%) TypeScript
9 24 (3.74%) Scala
10 20 (3.12%) Embedded C
11 19 (2.96%) Rust
12 17 (2.65%) Go
13 10 (1.56%) PHP
14 8 (1.25%) Bash
14 8 (1.25%) Perl
14 8 (1.25%) PowerShell
15 6 (0.94%) Ruby
16 5 (0.78%) Fortran
16 5 (0.78%) R
16 5 (0.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 113 (17.63%) Degree
2 82 (12.79%) Security Cleared
3 75 (11.70%) SC Cleared
4 39 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.50%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.09%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.78%) HND
7 5 (0.78%) PhD
8 4 (0.62%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.31%) HNC
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.09%) ISO 9000
2 4 (0.62%) PMO
3 1 (0.16%) GDPR
3 1 (0.16%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 26 (4.06%) Docker
2 21 (3.28%) Firmware
3 11 (1.72%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 28 (4.37%) Terraform
3 24 (3.74%) Ansible
4 12 (1.87%) Puppet
5 11 (1.72%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.47%) Podman
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (9.98%) ESRI
2 19 (2.96%) Microsoft
2 19 (2.96%) Red Hat
3 17 (2.65%) Google
4 14 (2.18%) Oracle
5 11 (1.72%) SaltStack
6 7 (1.09%) F5
7 6 (0.94%) Facebook
8 4 (0.62%) Allen-Bradley
8 4 (0.62%) Cadence
8 4 (0.62%) Confluent
8 4 (0.62%) Synopsys
9 3 (0.47%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.47%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.47%) EMC
9 3 (0.47%) Xamarin
10 2 (0.31%) Adobe
10 2 (0.31%) Siemens
11 1 (0.16%) Atmel
11 1 (0.16%) SAP