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 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 22 12
Rank change year-on-year +12 -10 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 660 493 826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.40% 10.34% 14.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.52% 10.73% 15.04%
Number of salaries quoted 499 316 518
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £39,905
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,687 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.04% +8.18%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +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 4,544 4,594 5,492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 85.37% 96.39% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,457 2,482 3,577
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £32,097
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £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% +9.03%

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 24 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 24 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 - 9 £55,000 - 3
Stockport +32 7 £50,000 - 12
Oldham +26 5 £52,500 - 2
Bury - 5 £45,000 - 1
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 (6.36%) ArcGIS
2 28 (4.24%) GeoServer
3 21 (3.18%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.97%) Apache
5 6 (0.91%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.30%) Captiva
6 2 (0.30%) Confluence
6 2 (0.30%) FileNet
6 2 (0.30%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.15%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.15%) JBoss
7 1 (0.15%) Jetty
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
Business Applications
1 9 (1.36%) Magento
2 6 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.30%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 212 (32.12%) AWS
2 180 (27.27%) Azure
3 47 (7.12%) GCP
4 32 (4.85%) Serverless
5 31 (4.70%) SaaS
6 29 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (3.33%) GitHub
8 21 (3.18%) Amazon Kinesis
8 21 (3.18%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (1.67%) OpenShift
12 11 (1.67%) PaaS
13 10 (1.52%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (1.36%) Amazon ECS
14 9 (1.36%) IaaS
15 8 (1.21%) Amazon S3
15 8 (1.21%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.67%) AMQP
1 11 (1.67%) Ethernet
2 10 (1.52%) RS-232
3 6 (0.91%) Firewall
3 6 (0.91%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.45%) HTTP
4 3 (0.45%) Network Security
5 2 (0.30%) DSL
5 2 (0.30%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.15%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.15%) LTE
6 1 (0.15%) MQTT
6 1 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (11.21%) PostgreSQL
2 47 (7.12%) GIS
3 44 (6.67%) MySQL
4 41 (6.21%) NoSQL
5 29 (4.39%) SQL Server
6 28 (4.24%) QGIS
7 24 (3.64%) DynamoDB
8 23 (3.48%) Relational Database
9 22 (3.33%) Big Data
10 21 (3.18%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (2.58%) Geospatial Data
11 17 (2.58%) MongoDB
12 16 (2.42%) Redis
13 15 (2.27%) Hadoop
14 11 (1.67%) Cloudera CDH
14 11 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (1.06%) RDBMS
16 5 (0.76%) OLAP
17 4 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
17 4 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 63 (9.55%) Git
2 26 (3.94%) Jenkins
3 18 (2.73%) GitLab
4 14 (2.12%) JIRA
5 13 (1.97%) Visual Studio
6 12 (1.82%) LabVIEW
7 9 (1.36%) Gatling
8 8 (1.21%) Postman
9 7 (1.06%) Subversion
9 7 (1.06%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.91%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.91%) Spinnaker
11 5 (0.76%) Clang
11 5 (0.76%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.76%) webpack
12 4 (0.61%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.61%) JUnit
12 4 (0.61%) Mockito
13 3 (0.45%) GCC
13 3 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 102 (15.45%) Social Skills
2 45 (6.82%) Finance
3 30 (4.55%) Automotive
3 30 (4.55%) Retail
4 23 (3.48%) Electronics
5 22 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (2.27%) Banking
6 15 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 12 (1.82%) Aerospace
7 12 (1.82%) Public Sector
7 12 (1.82%) Tech for Good
8 10 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.52%) Legal
9 9 (1.36%) Billing
9 9 (1.36%) Health Technology
9 9 (1.36%) Law
10 7 (1.06%) Games
11 5 (0.76%) Retail Finance
12 4 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 395 (59.85%) Software Engineer
2 198 (30.00%) Senior
3 132 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 111 (16.82%) Developer
5 86 (13.03%) Lead
6 37 (5.61%) Java Engineer
6 37 (5.61%) Lead Software Engineer
7 35 (5.30%) Embedded Engineer
7 35 (5.30%) Embedded Software Engineer
8 33 (5.00%) Architect
9 30 (4.55%) Java Software Engineer
9 30 (4.55%) Senior Developer
10 27 (4.09%) Software Developer
10 27 (4.09%) Technical Leader
11 26 (3.94%) Software Manager
12 25 (3.79%) .NET Developer
13 20 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
14 19 (2.88%) Engineering Manager
15 18 (2.73%) Software Engineering Manager
16 16 (2.42%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 137 (20.76%) .NET
2 122 (18.48%) React
3 75 (11.36%) CSS
4 73 (11.06%) Node.js
5 56 (8.48%) .NET Core
6 52 (7.88%) HTML
7 43 (6.52%) AngularJS
7 43 (6.52%) REST
8 38 (5.76%) RESTful
8 38 (5.76%) Spring
9 36 (5.45%) PostGIS
10 32 (4.85%) Leaflet
10 32 (4.85%) OpenLayers
11 31 (4.70%) GraphQL
12 30 (4.55%) Web Services
13 26 (3.94%) Spring Boot
14 21 (3.18%) JSON
14 21 (3.18%) Kafka
15 19 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
16 18 (2.73%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.70%) Cloud Native
2 28 (4.24%) Greenfield Project
3 24 (3.64%) IoT
4 20 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (2.73%) Blog
5 18 (2.73%) Embedded Systems
6 17 (2.58%) Media Streaming
7 15 (2.27%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.82%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.52%) Device Driver
9 10 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (1.52%) Virtual Team
10 6 (0.91%) FMCG
10 6 (0.91%) NHS
11 5 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (0.76%) Management Information System
12 4 (0.61%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (16.82%) Linux
2 23 (3.48%) Windows
3 20 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (2.27%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.67%) CentOS
5 11 (1.67%) Debian
6 9 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.21%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.91%) Unix
9 5 (0.76%) Android
10 4 (0.61%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.45%) VMS
12 2 (0.30%) FreeBSD
12 2 (0.30%) 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
1 257 (38.94%) Agile
2 185 (28.03%) DevOps
3 95 (14.39%) Open Source
4 85 (12.88%) Computer Science
5 80 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (11.97%) Mentoring
7 78 (11.82%) Microservices
8 75 (11.36%) CI/CD
9 73 (11.06%) Full Stack Development
10 68 (10.30%) TDD
11 62 (9.39%) Continuous Integration
12 53 (8.03%) Scrum
13 46 (6.97%) Coaching
14 42 (6.36%) Actionable Insight
14 42 (6.36%) Test Automation
14 42 (6.36%) Web Development
15 41 (6.21%) Infrastructure as Code
16 37 (5.61%) Containerisation
17 35 (5.30%) Collaborative Working
18 34 (5.15%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 171 (25.91%) Python
2 156 (23.64%) Java
2 156 (23.64%) JavaScript
3 148 (22.42%) C#
4 77 (11.67%) TypeScript
5 76 (11.52%) SQL
6 74 (11.21%) C
7 40 (6.06%) C++
8 27 (4.09%) Go
9 21 (3.18%) Rust
10 20 (3.03%) Scala
11 19 (2.88%) PHP
12 11 (1.67%) Embedded C
13 7 (1.06%) Bash
13 7 (1.06%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.76%) Fortran
15 4 (0.61%) COBOL
15 4 (0.61%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 4 (0.61%) Perl
15 4 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (16.67%) Degree
2 77 (11.67%) Security Cleared
3 64 (9.70%) SC Cleared
4 41 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.58%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.76%) PhD
8 4 (0.61%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.45%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.30%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.30%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.30%) BC Cleared
10 2 (0.30%) OCP
10 2 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (1.52%) QA
2 8 (1.21%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.61%) PMO
4 3 (0.45%) SLA
5 2 (0.30%) GDPR
6 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
System Software
1 44 (6.67%) Docker
2 21 (3.18%) Firmware
3 10 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 53 (8.03%) Kubernetes
2 50 (7.58%) Terraform
3 26 (3.94%) Ansible
4 11 (1.67%) Puppet
5 8 (1.21%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.45%) 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 (5.45%) ESRI
2 29 (4.39%) Microsoft
3 22 (3.33%) Oracle
4 21 (3.18%) Red Hat
5 15 (2.27%) Google
6 11 (1.67%) SaltStack
7 7 (1.06%) F5
8 6 (0.91%) Confluent
9 5 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.76%) EMC
10 4 (0.61%) Cadence
10 4 (0.61%) IBM
10 4 (0.61%) Micro Focus
10 4 (0.61%) Synopsys
11 3 (0.45%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.45%) Xamarin
12 2 (0.30%) Kofax
12 2 (0.30%) Pega
12 2 (0.30%) SAP
12 2 (0.30%) ServiceNow