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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 28 11
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,079 616 1,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.07% 8.36% 13.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.50% 8.75% 13.93%
Number of salaries quoted 747 354 628
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +7.14% +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 8,635 7,040 9,179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.63% 95.51% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6,406 3,845 5,293
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.03%
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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +11 723 £60,000 -5.88% 180
Cheshire +30 148 £60,000 -22.58% 18
Lancashire +29 132 £50,000 -9.09% 14
Merseyside +6 74 £60,000 -27.27% 9
Cumbria -22 2 £65,000 +85.71% 2
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 (6.58%) ArcGIS
2 57 (5.28%) GeoServer
3 19 (1.76%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.20%) Apache
5 6 (0.56%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.28%) Confluence
7 2 (0.19%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.093%) Jetty
8 1 (0.093%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (0.37%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.19%) Sketch
3 1 (0.093%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.093%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.83%) Magento
2 3 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.19%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 274 (25.39%) AWS
2 243 (22.52%) Azure
3 48 (4.45%) GCP
4 44 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (3.80%) SaaS
6 36 (3.34%) Serverless
7 35 (3.24%) Amazon Kinesis
8 33 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (2.41%) GitHub
10 21 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.58%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (1.39%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.30%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (1.02%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.93%) Amazon SQS
15 10 (0.93%) PaaS
16 9 (0.83%) Amazon ECS
17 8 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.58%) RS-232
2 12 (1.11%) MQTT
3 11 (1.02%) AMQP
3 11 (1.02%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.65%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.56%) HTTP
6 5 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.46%) ZigBee
7 4 (0.37%) Firewall
7 4 (0.37%) Wireless
8 3 (0.28%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.28%) Network Security
8 3 (0.28%) RS-485
9 2 (0.19%) DSL
10 1 (0.093%) Internet
10 1 (0.093%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (10.29%) PostgreSQL
2 76 (7.04%) GIS
3 59 (5.47%) MySQL
4 57 (5.28%) QGIS
5 53 (4.91%) NoSQL
6 34 (3.15%) SQL Server
7 31 (2.87%) DynamoDB
8 29 (2.69%) Relational Database
9 28 (2.59%) Amazon Aurora
10 26 (2.41%) Big Data
11 20 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (1.85%) MongoDB
11 20 (1.85%) Redis
12 17 (1.58%) Geospatial Data
13 15 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (1.39%) Hadoop
14 13 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (1.20%) RDBMS
15 11 (1.02%) Cloudera CDH
16 9 (0.83%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 97 (8.99%) Git
2 24 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 22 (2.04%) GitLab
4 21 (1.95%) JIRA
5 17 (1.58%) Postman
6 15 (1.39%) Subversion
7 14 (1.30%) Visual Studio
8 13 (1.20%) Gatling
8 13 (1.20%) JUnit
9 12 (1.11%) LabVIEW
10 8 (0.74%) Maven
10 8 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.56%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.56%) webpack
12 5 (0.46%) Clang
12 5 (0.46%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.46%) IntelliJ
12 5 (0.46%) Mockito
13 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.37%) Spinnaker
General
1 130 (12.05%) Social Skills
2 104 (9.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 52 (4.82%) Finance
4 51 (4.73%) Electronics
5 38 (3.52%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (2.97%) Manufacturing
7 31 (2.87%) Automotive
7 31 (2.87%) Retail
8 22 (2.04%) Tech for Good
9 16 (1.48%) Health Technology
9 16 (1.48%) Law
10 13 (1.20%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.20%) Banking
10 13 (1.20%) Billing
11 12 (1.11%) Legal
11 12 (1.11%) Public Sector
12 8 (0.74%) Games
12 8 (0.74%) Marketing
13 6 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.46%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 634 (58.76%) Software Engineer
2 291 (26.97%) Senior
3 201 (18.63%) Senior Software Engineer
4 177 (16.40%) Developer
5 141 (13.07%) Lead
6 74 (6.86%) Embedded Engineer
6 74 (6.86%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 68 (6.30%) Lead Software Engineer
8 65 (6.02%) Architect
9 44 (4.08%) Java Engineer
10 42 (3.89%) Technical Leader
11 40 (3.71%) Software Developer
12 39 (3.61%) Senior Developer
13 38 (3.52%) .NET Developer
14 37 (3.43%) Java Software Engineer
14 37 (3.43%) Software Architect
15 32 (2.97%) Programmer
15 32 (2.97%) Software Programmer
16 30 (2.78%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 30 (2.78%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (21.22%) .NET
2 166 (15.38%) React
3 116 (10.75%) CSS
4 98 (9.08%) .NET Core
5 77 (7.14%) Node.js
6 68 (6.30%) HTML
7 65 (6.02%) PostGIS
7 65 (6.02%) Spring
8 61 (5.65%) Leaflet
8 61 (5.65%) OpenLayers
8 61 (5.65%) REST
9 47 (4.36%) AngularJS
10 45 (4.17%) Spring Boot
11 39 (3.61%) RESTful
12 38 (3.52%) Web Services
13 36 (3.34%) GraphQL
14 29 (2.69%) JSON
15 26 (2.41%) ASP.NET
16 24 (2.22%) Vue
17 22 (2.04%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 94 (8.71%) Cyberattack
2 49 (4.54%) IoT
3 43 (3.99%) Cloud Native
4 33 (3.06%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (2.32%) Blog
5 25 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (2.32%) Embedded Systems
6 22 (2.04%) Media Streaming
7 15 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.30%) Algorithms
9 13 (1.20%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.02%) Private Cloud
10 11 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (0.93%) Device Driver
11 10 (0.93%) Virtual Team
12 8 (0.74%) FMCG
13 6 (0.56%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.56%) NHS
14 5 (0.46%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 139 (12.88%) Linux
2 41 (3.80%) Windows
3 21 (1.95%) Ubuntu
4 20 (1.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.48%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (1.02%) CentOS
6 11 (1.02%) Debian
7 10 (0.93%) Android
8 8 (0.74%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.46%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.37%) Unix
12 3 (0.28%) VMS
13 2 (0.19%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.19%) FreeBSD
13 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.093%) HPUX
14 1 (0.093%) Solaris
14 1 (0.093%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (43.37%) Agile
2 251 (23.26%) DevOps
3 208 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
4 195 (18.07%) Mentoring
5 128 (11.86%) Computer Science
6 122 (11.31%) User Experience
7 109 (10.10%) Machine Learning
8 107 (9.92%) Open Source
9 102 (9.45%) Full Stack Development
10 100 (9.27%) Data Engineering
10 100 (9.27%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 99 (9.18%) CI/CD
12 94 (8.71%) Creative Thinking
13 92 (8.53%) TDD
14 91 (8.43%) Microservices
15 73 (6.77%) Continuous Integration
16 72 (6.67%) Web Development
17 68 (6.30%) Actionable Insight
18 62 (5.75%) Scrum
19 55 (5.10%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 243 (22.52%) C#
2 225 (20.85%) JavaScript
3 217 (20.11%) Python
4 208 (19.28%) Java
5 123 (11.40%) SQL
6 100 (9.27%) C
7 83 (7.69%) TypeScript
8 70 (6.49%) C++
9 41 (3.80%) PHP
10 26 (2.41%) Go
11 25 (2.32%) Scala
12 23 (2.13%) Rust
13 21 (1.95%) Embedded C
14 10 (0.93%) COBOL
14 10 (0.93%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 8 (0.74%) Bash
16 6 (0.56%) R
17 5 (0.46%) Fortran
17 5 (0.46%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 174 (16.13%) Degree
2 115 (10.66%) Security Cleared
3 98 (9.08%) SC Cleared
4 66 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.67%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.11%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.02%) PhD
8 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.46%) HND
10 4 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.28%) BC Cleared
11 3 (0.28%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.19%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.19%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.19%) HNC
12 2 (0.19%) OCP
12 2 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
13 1 (0.093%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.093%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.93%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.83%) QA
3 7 (0.65%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.37%) PMO
5 3 (0.28%) SLA
6 1 (0.093%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.093%) GDPR
6 1 (0.093%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 53 (4.91%) Docker
2 26 (2.41%) Firmware
3 12 (1.11%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.19%) IAG
4 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 73 (6.77%) Terraform
2 68 (6.30%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.50%) Ansible
4 12 (1.11%) Puppet
5 11 (1.02%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.28%) Podman
7 1 (0.093%) Kiali
7 1 (0.093%) Kibana
7 1 (0.093%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (6.02%) ESRI
2 51 (4.73%) Microsoft
3 21 (1.95%) Red Hat
4 20 (1.85%) Google
5 18 (1.67%) Oracle
6 14 (1.30%) F5
7 11 (1.02%) SaltStack
8 10 (0.93%) Micro Focus
9 7 (0.65%) EMC
10 6 (0.56%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.37%) Allen-Bradley
11 4 (0.37%) Cadence
11 4 (0.37%) Confluent
11 4 (0.37%) Synopsys
12 3 (0.28%) Autodesk
12 3 (0.28%) Xamarin
13 2 (0.19%) Adobe
13 2 (0.19%) IBM
13 2 (0.19%) Siemens
13 2 (0.19%) Twitter