Software Engineer Jobs in the North West

Software Engineer
England > North West

The median Software Engineer salary in the North West is £57,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 92 41
Rank change year-on-year +63 -51 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 593 280 711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.80% 3.67% 7.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.13% 4.11% 7.73%
Number of salaries quoted 418 151 315
10th Percentile £38,066 £41,250 £39,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,750 £80,000 £84,300
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 9,681 6,813 9,199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.33% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,427 4,029 5,422
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,086 £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 £78,500 £80,100 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +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 27 May 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 27 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
Manchester +57 397 £57,500 - 83
Cheshire +44 103 £60,000 -17.24% 16
Lancashire +20 46 £45,000 -47.06% 14
Merseyside +11 46 £60,000 +9.09% 4
Cumbria -11 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 27 May 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.

1 585 (98.65%) Software Engineering
2 197 (33.22%) Agile
3 183 (30.86%) AWS
4 161 (27.15%) Python
5 152 (25.63%) JavaScript
6 151 (25.46%) Azure
7 150 (25.30%) C#
8 140 (23.61%) .NET
9 138 (23.27%) DevOps
10 137 (23.10%) Java
11 117 (19.73%) Linux
12 111 (18.72%) Degree
13 103 (17.37%) React
14 99 (16.69%) PostgreSQL
15 83 (14.00%) Security Cleared
16 82 (13.83%) CSS
17 80 (13.49%) Open Source
17 80 (13.49%) Social Skills
18 79 (13.32%) Problem-Solving
19 77 (12.98%) C
20 76 (12.82%) SC Cleared
21 75 (12.65%) Computer Science
21 75 (12.65%) GIS
22 74 (12.48%) Actionable Insight
23 72 (12.14%) .NET Core
24 70 (11.80%) ArcGIS
25 64 (10.79%) ESRI
25 64 (10.79%) Web Development
25 64 (10.79%) PostGIS
26 61 (10.29%) Leaflet

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 (11.80%) ArcGIS
2 57 (9.61%) GeoServer
3 19 (3.20%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.85%) Apache
5 2 (0.34%) CMS
5 2 (0.34%) JBoss
5 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
5 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.17%) Captiva
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) FileNet
6 1 (0.17%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.34%) Sketch
2 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.01%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 183 (30.86%) AWS
2 151 (25.46%) Azure
3 36 (6.07%) Serverless
4 31 (5.23%) GCP
5 19 (3.20%) Amazon Kinesis
6 16 (2.70%) GitHub
7 14 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
7 14 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (1.85%) OpenShift
10 10 (1.69%) SaaS
11 7 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (0.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 4 (0.67%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.51%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.51%) Datadog
15 2 (0.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 2 (0.34%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.53%) RS-232
2 11 (1.85%) AMQP
3 10 (1.69%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.52%) MQTT
5 6 (1.01%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.84%) Firewall
6 5 (0.84%) ZigBee
7 4 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.51%) Network Security
8 3 (0.51%) Wireless
9 2 (0.34%) Bluetooth
9 2 (0.34%) RS-485
10 1 (0.17%) HTTP
10 1 (0.17%) Internet
10 1 (0.17%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (16.69%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (12.65%) GIS
3 57 (9.61%) QGIS
4 40 (6.75%) NoSQL
5 37 (6.24%) MySQL
6 35 (5.90%) SQL Server
7 22 (3.71%) DynamoDB
8 19 (3.20%) Amazon Aurora
9 18 (3.04%) Big Data
9 18 (3.04%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.87%) Redis
11 16 (2.70%) Geospatial Data
12 14 (2.36%) Hadoop
13 13 (2.19%) MongoDB
14 11 (1.85%) Cloudera CDH
15 6 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
16 5 (0.84%) MS Access
17 4 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
17 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database
17 4 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 57 (9.61%) Git
2 21 (3.54%) JIRA
3 18 (3.04%) Jenkins
4 13 (2.19%) Subversion
5 12 (2.02%) GitLab
6 11 (1.85%) Gatling
7 7 (1.18%) IntelliJ
8 6 (1.01%) Maven
8 6 (1.01%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.84%) Clang
9 5 (0.84%) InstallShield
9 5 (0.84%) JUnit
9 5 (0.84%) Mockito
9 5 (0.84%) Spinnaker
9 5 (0.84%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.67%) JDeveloper
10 4 (0.67%) LabVIEW
11 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.51%) GCC
11 3 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
General
1 80 (13.49%) Social Skills
2 41 (6.91%) Electronics
3 33 (5.56%) Finance
4 21 (3.54%) Manufacturing
5 17 (2.87%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.70%) Tech for Good
7 15 (2.53%) Automotive
8 14 (2.36%) Retail
9 12 (2.02%) Aerospace
10 11 (1.85%) Billing
11 10 (1.69%) Banking
11 10 (1.69%) Legal
11 10 (1.69%) Public Sector
12 9 (1.52%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (0.84%) Retail Finance
15 4 (0.67%) Games
15 4 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.51%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 140 (23.61%) .NET
2 103 (17.37%) React
3 82 (13.83%) CSS
4 72 (12.14%) .NET Core
5 64 (10.79%) PostGIS
6 61 (10.29%) Leaflet
6 61 (10.29%) OpenLayers
7 51 (8.60%) Node.js
8 39 (6.58%) REST
9 35 (5.90%) Spring
10 33 (5.56%) AngularJS
10 33 (5.56%) HTML
11 31 (5.23%) Web Services
12 26 (4.38%) Spring Boot
13 24 (4.05%) RESTful
14 22 (3.71%) GraphQL
15 19 (3.20%) http4s
15 19 (3.20%) Lambda Expressions
15 19 (3.20%) Scalaz
16 18 (3.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.08%) IoT
2 22 (3.71%) Embedded Systems
3 21 (3.54%) Blog
4 20 (3.37%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (3.20%) Media Streaming
6 17 (2.87%) Cloud Native
7 13 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.69%) Device Driver
8 10 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.18%) Algorithms
10 5 (0.84%) Life Science
10 5 (0.84%) NHS
10 5 (0.84%) Smart Energy
11 4 (0.67%) SCADA
12 3 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.51%) Client/Server
12 3 (0.51%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.51%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.34%) Analogue Electronics
13 2 (0.34%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (19.73%) Linux
2 29 (4.89%) Windows
3 19 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (3.20%) Ubuntu
4 15 (2.53%) Embedded Linux
5 11 (1.85%) CentOS
5 11 (1.85%) Debian
5 11 (1.85%) Unix
6 6 (1.01%) Android
7 5 (0.84%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.67%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.51%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.51%) VMS
10 2 (0.34%) FreeBSD
10 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (98.65%) Software Engineering
2 197 (33.22%) Agile
3 138 (23.27%) DevOps
4 80 (13.49%) Open Source
5 79 (13.32%) Problem-Solving
6 75 (12.65%) Computer Science
7 74 (12.48%) Actionable Insight
8 64 (10.79%) Web Development
9 57 (9.61%) Full Stack Development
10 54 (9.11%) Mentoring
10 54 (9.11%) Microservices
11 47 (7.93%) Continuous Integration
12 43 (7.25%) TDD
13 40 (6.75%) CI/CD
14 37 (6.24%) Unit Testing
15 34 (5.73%) Code Quality
16 30 (5.06%) OO
17 27 (4.55%) Coaching
18 26 (4.38%) Cybersecurity
18 26 (4.38%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 161 (27.15%) Python
2 152 (25.63%) JavaScript
3 150 (25.30%) C#
4 137 (23.10%) Java
5 77 (12.98%) C
6 54 (9.11%) SQL
7 45 (7.59%) C++
8 34 (5.73%) TypeScript
9 22 (3.71%) Scala
10 21 (3.54%) Go
11 19 (3.20%) Embedded C
12 17 (2.87%) Rust
13 12 (2.02%) Bash
13 12 (2.02%) Perl
14 10 (1.69%) Ruby
15 9 (1.52%) PHP
16 8 (1.35%) PowerShell
17 5 (0.84%) Fortran
17 5 (0.84%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.84%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (18.72%) Degree
2 83 (14.00%) Security Cleared
3 76 (12.82%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.18%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.84%) HND
7 5 (0.84%) PhD
8 4 (0.67%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.34%) HNC
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.18%) ISO 9000
2 4 (0.67%) PMO
2 4 (0.67%) QA
3 2 (0.34%) GDPR
4 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 25 (4.22%) Docker
2 20 (3.37%) Firmware
3 10 (1.69%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 44 (7.42%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.55%) Terraform
3 23 (3.88%) Ansible
4 11 (1.85%) Puppet
5 10 (1.69%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.51%) Podman
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (10.79%) ESRI
2 19 (3.20%) Microsoft
2 19 (3.20%) Oracle
2 19 (3.20%) Red Hat
3 15 (2.53%) Google
4 11 (1.85%) SaltStack
5 7 (1.18%) F5
6 6 (1.01%) Facebook
7 5 (0.84%) Confluent
8 4 (0.67%) Cadence
8 4 (0.67%) Synopsys
9 3 (0.51%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.51%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.51%) EMC
9 3 (0.51%) Xamarin
10 2 (0.34%) Adobe
10 2 (0.34%) Allen-Bradley
10 2 (0.34%) SAP
10 2 (0.34%) Siemens
11 1 (0.17%) IBM