Software Engineer Jobs in the North West

Software Engineer
England > North West

The median Software Engineer salary in the North West is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 89 42
Rank change year-on-year +60 -47 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineer 582 296 686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.83% 3.83% 7.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.17% 4.28% 7.56%
Number of salaries quoted 415 163 308
10th Percentile £38,084 £41,250 £39,905
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,875 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,543 £85,000
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 9,439 6,920 9,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.53% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 7,250 4,044 5,351
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £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 £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +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 19 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 19 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 +54 394 £58,500 +1.74% 80
Cheshire +44 98 £60,000 -17.24% 13
Lancashire +23 45 £42,500 -50.00% 14
Merseyside +13 44 £55,000 - 3
Cumbria -8 1 £45,000 - 1
Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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.

1 574 (98.63%) Software Engineering
2 197 (33.85%) Agile
3 182 (31.27%) AWS
4 167 (28.69%) Python
5 157 (26.98%) JavaScript
5 157 (26.98%) Azure
6 148 (25.43%) C#
7 142 (24.40%) Java
8 140 (24.05%) DevOps
9 138 (23.71%) .NET
10 119 (20.45%) Linux
11 107 (18.38%) Degree
12 106 (18.21%) React
13 92 (15.81%) PostgreSQL
14 85 (14.60%) Security Cleared
15 81 (13.92%) CSS
15 81 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
16 77 (13.23%) C
17 76 (13.06%) SC Cleared
17 76 (13.06%) Actionable Insight
18 75 (12.89%) GIS
19 74 (12.71%) Open Source
20 72 (12.37%) .NET Core
20 72 (12.37%) Social Skills
21 71 (12.20%) Computer Science
22 70 (12.03%) ArcGIS
23 64 (11.00%) ESRI
23 64 (11.00%) Web Development
23 64 (11.00%) PostGIS
24 61 (10.48%) 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 (12.03%) ArcGIS
2 57 (9.79%) GeoServer
3 21 (3.61%) Apache Spark
4 11 (1.89%) Apache
5 3 (0.52%) Captiva
5 3 (0.52%) FileNet
5 3 (0.52%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.34%) CMS
6 2 (0.34%) JBoss
6 2 (0.34%) NServiceBus
6 2 (0.34%) Red Hat Fuse
7 1 (0.17%) Confluence
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 (1.03%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 182 (31.27%) AWS
2 157 (26.98%) Azure
3 38 (6.53%) Serverless
4 35 (6.01%) GCP
5 20 (3.44%) GitHub
6 15 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (2.58%) OpenShift
7 14 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.06%) Amazon Kinesis
8 12 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (1.55%) SaaS
11 7 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 5 (0.86%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (0.69%) Amazon SQS
14 3 (0.52%) Amazon S3
15 2 (0.34%) CloudFront
15 2 (0.34%) Figma
15 2 (0.34%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.58%) RS-232
2 11 (1.89%) AMQP
3 10 (1.72%) Ethernet
4 8 (1.37%) MQTT
5 7 (1.20%) Firewall
6 6 (1.03%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.86%) ZigBee
8 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.52%) Network Security
9 3 (0.52%) Wireless
10 2 (0.34%) Bluetooth
10 2 (0.34%) RS-485
11 1 (0.17%) HTTP
11 1 (0.17%) Internet
11 1 (0.17%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (15.81%) PostgreSQL
2 75 (12.89%) GIS
3 57 (9.79%) QGIS
4 37 (6.36%) MySQL
5 35 (6.01%) SQL Server
6 32 (5.50%) NoSQL
7 20 (3.44%) Relational Database
8 18 (3.09%) Big Data
9 17 (2.92%) MongoDB
10 16 (2.75%) Geospatial Data
11 15 (2.58%) DynamoDB
12 14 (2.41%) Hadoop
13 13 (2.23%) Redis
14 12 (2.06%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (1.89%) Cloudera CDH
16 6 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (1.03%) Oracle Database
16 6 (1.03%) RDBMS
17 5 (0.86%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 59 (10.14%) Git
2 24 (4.12%) Jenkins
3 23 (3.95%) JIRA
4 13 (2.23%) Subversion
5 11 (1.89%) GitLab
6 7 (1.20%) Gatling
6 7 (1.20%) IntelliJ
6 7 (1.20%) Spinnaker
7 6 (1.03%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.03%) JDeveloper
7 6 (1.03%) Maven
7 6 (1.03%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.86%) Clang
8 5 (0.86%) InstallShield
8 5 (0.86%) JUnit
8 5 (0.86%) Mockito
8 5 (0.86%) Visual Studio
9 4 (0.69%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.69%) LabVIEW
9 4 (0.69%) Selenium
General
1 72 (12.37%) Social Skills
2 37 (6.36%) Electronics
2 37 (6.36%) Finance
3 18 (3.09%) Manufacturing
4 17 (2.92%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (2.58%) Automotive
5 15 (2.58%) Retail
5 15 (2.58%) Tech for Good
6 14 (2.41%) Banking
7 12 (2.06%) Aerospace
8 11 (1.89%) Public Sector
9 10 (1.72%) Legal
10 9 (1.55%) Health Technology
10 9 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.20%) Billing
12 5 (0.86%) Retail Finance
13 4 (0.69%) Games
13 4 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.52%) Advertising
14 3 (0.52%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 138 (23.71%) .NET
2 106 (18.21%) React
3 81 (13.92%) CSS
4 72 (12.37%) .NET Core
5 64 (11.00%) PostGIS
6 61 (10.48%) Leaflet
6 61 (10.48%) OpenLayers
7 54 (9.28%) Node.js
8 35 (6.01%) Spring
9 33 (5.67%) AngularJS
10 32 (5.50%) HTML
10 32 (5.50%) REST
11 26 (4.47%) Spring Boot
12 24 (4.12%) RESTful
12 24 (4.12%) Web Services
13 18 (3.09%) RabbitMQ
14 17 (2.92%) Kafka
15 16 (2.75%) Vue
16 15 (2.58%) GraphQL
17 14 (2.41%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 42 (7.22%) IoT
2 22 (3.78%) Embedded Systems
3 19 (3.26%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (2.75%) Cloud Native
5 14 (2.41%) Blog
6 12 (2.06%) Media Streaming
7 10 (1.72%) Device Driver
7 10 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (1.20%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (0.86%) Life Science
9 5 (0.86%) NHS
9 5 (0.86%) Smart Energy
10 4 (0.69%) SCADA
11 3 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (0.52%) Client/Server
11 3 (0.52%) Data Structures
11 3 (0.52%) DataPower
11 3 (0.52%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 119 (20.45%) Linux
2 29 (4.98%) Windows
3 19 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 19 (3.26%) Ubuntu
4 15 (2.58%) Embedded Linux
5 13 (2.23%) Unix
6 11 (1.89%) CentOS
6 11 (1.89%) Debian
7 6 (1.03%) Android
8 5 (0.86%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.69%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.52%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.52%) VMS
11 2 (0.34%) FreeBSD
11 2 (0.34%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.17%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (98.63%) Software Engineering
2 197 (33.85%) Agile
3 140 (24.05%) DevOps
4 81 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (13.06%) Actionable Insight
6 74 (12.71%) Open Source
7 71 (12.20%) Computer Science
8 64 (11.00%) Web Development
9 57 (9.79%) Full Stack Development
10 51 (8.76%) Microservices
11 48 (8.25%) Mentoring
12 44 (7.56%) Continuous Integration
13 42 (7.22%) TDD
14 40 (6.87%) CI/CD
15 35 (6.01%) Code Quality
16 31 (5.33%) Unit Testing
17 30 (5.15%) OO
18 26 (4.47%) Coaching
18 26 (4.47%) Collaborative Working
18 26 (4.47%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 167 (28.69%) Python
2 157 (26.98%) JavaScript
3 148 (25.43%) C#
4 142 (24.40%) Java
5 77 (13.23%) C
6 60 (10.31%) SQL
7 49 (8.42%) C++
8 33 (5.67%) TypeScript
9 22 (3.78%) Go
10 19 (3.26%) Embedded C
11 17 (2.92%) Rust
12 15 (2.58%) Scala
13 14 (2.41%) Perl
14 13 (2.23%) Bash
15 12 (2.06%) Ruby
16 11 (1.89%) PHP
17 8 (1.37%) PowerShell
18 6 (1.03%) Kotlin
19 5 (0.86%) Fortran
19 5 (0.86%) VB
Qualifications
1 107 (18.38%) Degree
2 85 (14.60%) Security Cleared
3 76 (13.06%) SC Cleared
4 33 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.09%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.20%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.20%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.86%) HND
7 5 (0.86%) PhD
8 4 (0.69%) 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 (1.20%) ISO 9000
2 6 (1.03%) QA
3 4 (0.69%) GDPR
3 4 (0.69%) PMO
4 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 28 (4.81%) Docker
2 20 (3.44%) Firmware
3 10 (1.72%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (8.25%) Kubernetes
2 27 (4.64%) Terraform
3 24 (4.12%) Ansible
4 11 (1.89%) Puppet
5 10 (1.72%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.52%) Podman
7 1 (0.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 64 (11.00%) ESRI
2 23 (3.95%) Oracle
3 19 (3.26%) Microsoft
3 19 (3.26%) Red Hat
4 15 (2.58%) Google
5 11 (1.89%) SaltStack
6 7 (1.20%) Confluent
6 7 (1.20%) F5
7 6 (1.03%) Facebook
8 4 (0.69%) Cadence
8 4 (0.69%) SAP
8 4 (0.69%) Synopsys
9 3 (0.52%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.52%) Autodesk
9 3 (0.52%) EMC
9 3 (0.52%) IBM
9 3 (0.52%) Kofax
9 3 (0.52%) Pega
9 3 (0.52%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.52%) Xamarin