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 20 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
20 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 949 713 1,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 18.08% 14.85% 23.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 19.15% 16.09% 23.99%
Number of salaries quoted 799 566 994
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £44,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +13.40%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,700 £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 4,955 4,432 5,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 92.29% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,811 2,607 3,611
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £40,875
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 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,101 £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 20 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 20 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 +9 26 £55,000 +22.22% 7
Stockport +39 23 £50,000 +5.26% 9
Bolton +23 22 £47,500 +26.67% 4
Salford +23 19 £58,750 +17.50% 9
Rochdale - 8 - -
Bury - 3 £45,000 - 1
Oldham +24 1 £48,000 +1.05%
Cheadle - 1 £43,865 - 1
Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 309 (32.56%) JavaScript
2 298 (31.40%) C#
3 293 (30.87%) .NET
4 291 (30.66%) Agile
5 278 (29.29%) Azure
6 226 (23.81%) Full Stack Development
7 209 (22.02%) React
8 194 (20.44%) SQL
9 190 (20.02%) HTML
10 177 (18.65%) AWS
11 169 (17.81%) DevOps
12 161 (16.97%) CSS
13 158 (16.65%) SQL Server
14 157 (16.54%) Social Skills
15 150 (15.81%) AngularJS
16 149 (15.70%) MVC
17 147 (15.49%) TDD
18 137 (14.44%) Microsoft
19 135 (14.23%) Node.js
20 126 (13.28%) ASP.NET
21 120 (12.64%) TypeScript
22 117 (12.33%) PHP
23 108 (11.38%) Software Engineering
23 108 (11.38%) .NET Core
24 107 (11.28%) Java
24 107 (11.28%) Microservices
25 106 (11.17%) Vue
26 104 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
27 102 (10.75%) User Experience
28 101 (10.64%) Design Patterns

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 28 (2.95%) CMS
2 18 (1.90%) Apache
3 17 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.37%) OpenEdge
4 13 (1.37%) WordPress
5 8 (0.84%) Apache Solr
6 6 (0.63%) Confluence
7 5 (0.53%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.53%) IIS
8 4 (0.42%) SAS
8 4 (0.42%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.21%) nginx
10 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.11%) Drupal
11 1 (0.11%) Jetty
11 1 (0.11%) Kentico
11 1 (0.11%) Mendix
Applications
1 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.74%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.42%) Maya
4 2 (0.21%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 22 (2.32%) Magento
2 10 (1.05%) Shopify
3 8 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
7 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.21%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
9 1 (0.11%) Sage 200
9 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 278 (29.29%) Azure
2 177 (18.65%) AWS
3 76 (8.01%) Azure DevOps
4 64 (6.74%) Power Platform
5 62 (6.53%) Serverless
6 59 (6.22%) SaaS
7 47 (4.95%) Azure Logic Apps
8 44 (4.64%) Azure Functions
9 43 (4.53%) Azure Service Bus
10 40 (4.21%) Azure API Management
11 36 (3.79%) IBM Cloud
12 31 (3.27%) Dynamics 365
13 20 (2.11%) GCP
13 20 (2.11%) Power Automate
14 18 (1.90%) Google Play
15 17 (1.79%) PowerApps
16 16 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
17 15 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
18 14 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 12 (1.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.53%) Internet
2 4 (0.42%) Wireless
3 3 (0.32%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.21%) Broadband
4 2 (0.21%) Mobile Broadband
4 2 (0.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.11%) DNS
5 1 (0.11%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.11%) Firewall
5 1 (0.11%) HTTP
5 1 (0.11%) RS-232
5 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (16.65%) SQL Server
2 88 (9.27%) MySQL
3 80 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
4 77 (8.11%) MongoDB
5 68 (7.17%) NoSQL
6 55 (5.80%) Relational Database
7 46 (4.85%) Power BI
8 37 (3.90%) DB2
9 22 (2.32%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (2.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 21 (2.21%) Tableau
11 20 (2.11%) Data Warehouse
12 13 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 12 (1.26%) Power Query
14 11 (1.16%) Redis
15 9 (0.95%) Data Lake
15 9 (0.95%) Oracle Database
15 9 (0.95%) Oracle Database 11g
16 8 (0.84%) DynamoDB
16 8 (0.84%) GIS
Development Applications
1 83 (8.75%) Git
2 18 (1.90%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.48%) GitLab
4 13 (1.37%) JIRA
5 12 (1.26%) Appium
6 11 (1.16%) Jasmine
7 9 (0.95%) NUnit
8 8 (0.84%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.53%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.53%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.42%) Karma Test Runner
11 4 (0.42%) MSTest
11 4 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.42%) Xcode
12 2 (0.21%) GDB
12 2 (0.21%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.21%) Maven
12 2 (0.21%) PHPUnit
12 2 (0.21%) Storybook
General
1 157 (16.54%) Social Skills
2 84 (8.85%) Finance
3 57 (6.01%) Public Sector
4 38 (4.00%) Games
5 37 (3.90%) Retail
6 36 (3.79%) Law
7 30 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
8 26 (2.74%) Marketing
9 20 (2.11%) Automotive
10 19 (2.00%) Manufacturing
11 18 (1.90%) Legal
12 17 (1.79%) Health Technology
13 14 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.05%) Tech for Good
15 9 (0.95%) Telecoms
16 8 (0.84%) Military
17 7 (0.74%) Back Office
17 7 (0.74%) Banking
17 7 (0.74%) Music Industry
18 6 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 293 (30.87%) .NET
2 209 (22.02%) React
3 190 (20.02%) HTML
4 161 (16.97%) CSS
5 150 (15.81%) AngularJS
6 135 (14.23%) Node.js
7 126 (13.28%) ASP.NET
8 108 (11.38%) .NET Core
9 106 (11.17%) Vue
10 100 (10.54%) REST
11 86 (9.06%) Laravel
12 79 (8.32%) .NET Framework
13 71 (7.48%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 63 (6.64%) ASP.NET Web API
14 63 (6.64%) Web Services
15 61 (6.43%) jQuery
16 59 (6.22%) ASP.NET MVC
17 58 (6.11%) Entity Framework
18 54 (5.69%) RESTful
19 46 (4.85%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 53 (5.58%) Greenfield Project
2 38 (4.00%) Algorithms
3 37 (3.90%) Blockchain
4 36 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 36 (3.79%) Product Ownership
5 35 (3.69%) Data Structures
6 33 (3.48%) Mobile App
7 21 (2.21%) Video\Live Streaming
8 17 (1.79%) Cloud Native
8 17 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
9 12 (1.26%) PropTech
10 11 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.05%) Private Cloud
12 9 (0.95%) IoT
12 9 (0.95%) iPhone
13 7 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (0.74%) Virtual Team
14 6 (0.63%) BBC
14 6 (0.63%) Social Media
15 5 (0.53%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 91 (9.59%) Linux
2 83 (8.75%) Windows
3 67 (7.06%) Android
4 65 (6.85%) Apple iOS
5 13 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.53%) Unix
7 4 (0.42%) VMS
8 3 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.21%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.21%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (30.66%) Agile
2 226 (23.81%) Full Stack Development
3 169 (17.81%) DevOps
4 149 (15.70%) MVC
5 147 (15.49%) TDD
6 108 (11.38%) Software Engineering
7 107 (11.28%) Microservices
8 104 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (10.75%) User Experience
10 101 (10.64%) Design Patterns
11 94 (9.91%) Scrum
12 80 (8.43%) Mentoring
13 79 (8.32%) OOP
14 75 (7.90%) Web Development
15 69 (7.27%) CI/CD
16 64 (6.74%) Front End Development
17 62 (6.53%) MVVM
18 58 (6.11%) Business Intelligence
18 58 (6.11%) OO
19 57 (6.01%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 309 (32.56%) JavaScript
2 298 (31.40%) C#
3 194 (20.44%) SQL
4 120 (12.64%) TypeScript
5 117 (12.33%) PHP
6 107 (11.28%) Java
7 85 (8.96%) Python
8 43 (4.53%) C++
9 33 (3.48%) T-SQL
10 19 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 19 (2.00%) Go
11 14 (1.48%) C
11 14 (1.48%) Swift
12 13 (1.37%) Delphi
12 13 (1.37%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.05%) Objective-C
13 10 (1.05%) Ruby
14 9 (0.95%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.84%) PowerShell
16 5 (0.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 81 (8.54%) Degree
2 39 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (2.74%) Security Cleared
4 21 (2.21%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.05%) AWS Certification
6 9 (0.95%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.63%) HND
8 4 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.32%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.21%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.21%) PhD
11 1 (0.11%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.11%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (4.74%) QA
2 8 (0.84%) GDPR
3 6 (0.63%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 67 (7.06%) Docker
2 3 (0.32%) Firmware
3 2 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (4.32%) Kubernetes
2 37 (3.90%) Terraform
3 4 (0.42%) Ansible
4 1 (0.11%) Kiali
4 1 (0.11%) Kibana
4 1 (0.11%) Plesk
Vendors
1 137 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.32%) IBM
3 36 (3.79%) Red Hat
4 33 (3.48%) Oracle
5 28 (2.95%) Google
6 18 (1.90%) Facebook
7 16 (1.69%) Adobe
8 13 (1.37%) MuleSoft
8 13 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.74%) Apple
9 7 (0.74%) Progress
10 6 (0.63%) Actuate
10 6 (0.63%) Civica
10 6 (0.63%) Intapp
10 6 (0.63%) Sony
10 6 (0.63%) Twitter
10 6 (0.63%) Yahoo!
11 5 (0.53%) ESRI
11 5 (0.53%) Sitecore
11 5 (0.53%) YouTube