Software Engineering Jobs in the North West

Software Engineering
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 23 13
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 +3
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 927 741 1,170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 9.40% 9.46% 12.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.35% 9.90% 13.12%
Number of salaries quoted 723 414 621
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,150 £36,637
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,396 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -13.79% +3.57% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,165 7,487 8,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.81% 95.62% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6,197 3,913 5,267
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,831 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
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 £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Software Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Engineering in the North West

Software Engineering
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Software Engineering in the North West

Software Engineering
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Engineering in the North West

Software Engineering
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 Engineering within the North West region over the 6 months to 11 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 +9 644 £60,000 -4.00% 128
Cheshire +36 135 £60,000 -22.58% 22
Lancashire +16 77 £50,000 -9.09% 17
Merseyside -1 68 £60,000 -27.27% 7
Cumbria -25 2 £65,000 +85.71% 5
Software Engineering
England

Software Engineering
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 71 (7.66%) ArcGIS
2 57 (6.15%) GeoServer
3 22 (2.37%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.29%) Apache
5 6 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.43%) Captiva
6 4 (0.43%) FileNet
6 4 (0.43%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.22%) CMS
7 2 (0.22%) Confluence
7 2 (0.22%) JBoss
7 2 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.11%) Jetty
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.22%) Sketch
2 1 (0.11%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.97%) Magento
2 3 (0.32%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.22%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 254 (27.40%) AWS
2 240 (25.89%) Azure
3 53 (5.72%) GCP
4 42 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (4.53%) Serverless
5 36 (3.88%) SaaS
6 33 (3.56%) Dynamics 365
7 32 (3.45%) GitHub
8 21 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (1.83%) Amazon Kinesis
10 16 (1.73%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (1.62%) OpenShift
11 15 (1.62%) Power Platform
12 13 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (1.29%) PaaS
14 10 (1.08%) IaaS
15 9 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (0.97%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.73%) RS-232
2 11 (1.19%) AMQP
2 11 (1.19%) Ethernet
2 11 (1.19%) MQTT
3 7 (0.76%) Firewall
3 7 (0.76%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.65%) HTTP
5 5 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (0.54%) ZigBee
6 3 (0.32%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.32%) Network Security
6 3 (0.32%) Wireless
7 2 (0.22%) DSL
7 2 (0.22%) RS-485
8 1 (0.11%) Internet
8 1 (0.11%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (9.71%) PostgreSQL
2 76 (8.20%) GIS
3 57 (6.15%) MySQL
3 57 (6.15%) QGIS
4 39 (4.21%) Relational Database
5 36 (3.88%) SQL Server
6 28 (3.02%) NoSQL
7 26 (2.80%) Big Data
8 21 (2.27%) RDBMS
9 20 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
9 20 (2.16%) MongoDB
10 17 (1.83%) Geospatial Data
11 15 (1.62%) Hadoop
12 13 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
12 13 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.19%) Cloudera CDH
13 11 (1.19%) DynamoDB
13 11 (1.19%) OLAP
14 9 (0.97%) Redis
15 8 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 96 (10.36%) Git
2 30 (3.24%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.59%) JIRA
4 19 (2.05%) GitLab
5 17 (1.83%) Postman
6 14 (1.51%) Subversion
6 14 (1.51%) Visual Studio
7 12 (1.29%) LabVIEW
8 9 (0.97%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.97%) Maven
9 8 (0.86%) JUnit
9 8 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
10 7 (0.76%) IntelliJ
10 7 (0.76%) Spinnaker
11 6 (0.65%) JDeveloper
11 6 (0.65%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.65%) webpack
12 5 (0.54%) Clang
12 5 (0.54%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.54%) Selenium
General
1 108 (11.65%) Social Skills
2 59 (6.36%) Finance
3 37 (3.99%) Electronics
4 34 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (3.34%) Retail
6 29 (3.13%) Automotive
7 23 (2.48%) Manufacturing
8 20 (2.16%) Tech for Good
9 19 (2.05%) Banking
9 19 (2.05%) Law
10 16 (1.73%) Health Technology
11 14 (1.51%) Legal
12 13 (1.40%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.29%) Aerospace
14 11 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 8 (0.86%) Games
15 8 (0.86%) Marketing
16 5 (0.54%) Retail Finance
17 4 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
18 3 (0.32%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 555 (59.87%) Software Engineer
2 279 (30.10%) Senior
3 192 (20.71%) Senior Software Engineer
4 163 (17.58%) Developer
5 99 (10.68%) Lead
6 72 (7.77%) Embedded Engineer
6 72 (7.77%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 45 (4.85%) Java Engineer
8 38 (4.10%) Java Software Engineer
8 38 (4.10%) Software Developer
9 36 (3.88%) Architect
9 36 (3.88%) Technical Leader
10 32 (3.45%) .NET Developer
10 32 (3.45%) Senior Developer
11 31 (3.34%) Lead Software Engineer
11 31 (3.34%) Software Manager
12 30 (3.24%) Full Stack Engineer
13 29 (3.13%) Senior Embedded Engineer
13 29 (3.13%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
14 22 (2.37%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (22.87%) .NET
2 169 (18.23%) React
3 109 (11.76%) CSS
4 95 (10.25%) .NET Core
5 77 (8.31%) Node.js
6 65 (7.01%) PostGIS
7 62 (6.69%) HTML
7 62 (6.69%) Spring
8 61 (6.58%) Leaflet
8 61 (6.58%) OpenLayers
9 48 (5.18%) AngularJS
10 44 (4.75%) Spring Boot
11 41 (4.42%) REST
12 40 (4.31%) RESTful
13 31 (3.34%) JSON
14 24 (2.59%) Kafka
14 24 (2.59%) Vue
15 23 (2.48%) ASP.NET
16 22 (2.37%) Web Services
17 20 (2.16%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 49 (5.29%) IoT
2 42 (4.53%) Cloud Native
3 33 (3.56%) Greenfield Project
4 22 (2.37%) Embedded Systems
5 20 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (1.73%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.51%) Management Information System
8 12 (1.29%) Algorithms
8 12 (1.29%) Private Cloud
9 10 (1.08%) Device Driver
9 10 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 8 (0.86%) FMCG
11 7 (0.76%) Blog
12 6 (0.65%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.65%) NHS
12 6 (0.65%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.54%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (0.54%) Life Science
13 5 (0.54%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 138 (14.89%) Linux
2 41 (4.42%) Windows
3 20 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 19 (2.05%) Ubuntu
5 16 (1.73%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (1.19%) CentOS
6 11 (1.19%) Debian
7 8 (0.86%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.86%) Unix
8 5 (0.54%) Android
8 5 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.32%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.32%) VMS
10 2 (0.22%) FreeBSD
10 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.11%) HPUX
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
11 1 (0.11%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (39.27%) Agile
2 239 (25.78%) DevOps
3 121 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (12.19%) Computer Science
5 97 (10.46%) CI/CD
6 94 (10.14%) Full Stack Development
7 92 (9.92%) Mentoring
8 90 (9.71%) Open Source
9 86 (9.28%) TDD
10 85 (9.17%) Microservices
11 76 (8.20%) Actionable Insight
12 75 (8.09%) Web Development
13 61 (6.58%) Scrum
14 59 (6.36%) Continuous Integration
15 56 (6.04%) Design Patterns
16 53 (5.72%) Coaching
17 52 (5.61%) Infrastructure as Code
18 48 (5.18%) SDLC
19 47 (5.07%) Code Quality
20 46 (4.96%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 226 (24.38%) JavaScript
2 224 (24.16%) C#
3 220 (23.73%) Python
4 203 (21.90%) Java
5 119 (12.84%) SQL
6 96 (10.36%) C
7 79 (8.52%) TypeScript
8 66 (7.12%) C++
9 42 (4.53%) PHP
10 31 (3.34%) Go
11 21 (2.27%) Rust
12 20 (2.16%) Embedded C
13 14 (1.51%) Bash
14 10 (1.08%) COBOL
14 10 (1.08%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 8 (0.86%) Perl
15 8 (0.86%) Ruby
16 7 (0.76%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.76%) Scala
17 5 (0.54%) R
Qualifications
1 153 (16.50%) Degree
2 113 (12.19%) Security Cleared
3 97 (10.46%) SC Cleared
4 50 (5.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 11 (1.19%) Master's Degree
6 11 (1.19%) PhD
7 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.54%) HND
9 4 (0.43%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.32%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.32%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.32%) OCP
10 3 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.22%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.22%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.22%) HNC
11 2 (0.22%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.11%) OSCE
12 1 (0.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (1.51%) QA
2 10 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 7 (0.76%) ISO 9000
4 5 (0.54%) GDPR
5 4 (0.43%) PMO
6 3 (0.32%) SLA
7 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.11%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 55 (5.93%) Docker
2 25 (2.70%) Firmware
3 11 (1.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.22%) IAG
5 1 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (7.66%) Kubernetes
2 70 (7.55%) Terraform
3 26 (2.80%) Ansible
4 11 (1.19%) Puppet
5 10 (1.08%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.32%) Podman
7 1 (0.11%) Kiali
7 1 (0.11%) Kibana
7 1 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (7.01%) ESRI
2 50 (5.39%) Microsoft
3 27 (2.91%) Oracle
4 21 (2.27%) Red Hat
5 17 (1.83%) Google
6 14 (1.51%) F5
7 11 (1.19%) SaltStack
8 10 (1.08%) Micro Focus
9 7 (0.76%) Confluent
10 6 (0.65%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.65%) EMC
10 6 (0.65%) IBM
11 5 (0.54%) SAP
12 4 (0.43%) Cadence
12 4 (0.43%) Kofax
12 4 (0.43%) Pega
12 4 (0.43%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.43%) Synopsys
13 3 (0.32%) Autodesk
13 3 (0.32%) Xamarin