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

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 22 12
Rank change year-on-year +13 -10 0
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 792 445 878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 13.48% 9.85% 15.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.09% 10.23% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 506 285 532
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £39,905
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +9.24% +4.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £64,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +11.30% +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 4,922 4,348 5,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 83.78% 96.22% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,570 2,480 3,570
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £32,421
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 £81,250 £83,750 £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 9 June 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 9 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
Salford +18 21 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Stockport +34 17 £50,000 - 11
Oldham +27 17 £52,500 - 2
Ashton-under-Lyne - 14 - -
Sale +1 12 - - 1
Altrincham - 11 £56,250 - 2
Dukinfield - 11 - -
Bury - 5 £45,000 -
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 41 (5.18%) ArcGIS
2 27 (3.41%) GeoServer
3 20 (2.53%) Apache Spark
4 15 (1.89%) Apache
5 6 (0.76%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.38%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.25%) Confluence
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.13%) Jetty
8 1 (0.13%) nginx
Business Applications
1 9 (1.14%) Magento
2 6 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.25%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 231 (29.17%) AWS
2 182 (22.98%) Azure
3 45 (5.68%) GCP
4 33 (4.17%) Serverless
5 31 (3.91%) Amazon Kinesis
6 30 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
6 30 (3.79%) SaaS
7 23 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
8 19 (2.40%) GitHub
9 18 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
11 11 (1.39%) OpenShift
12 10 (1.26%) Amazon ECS
13 9 (1.14%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.14%) PaaS
14 8 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
15 7 (0.88%) Amazon EventBridge
16 6 (0.76%) Amazon MSK
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.39%) AMQP
1 11 (1.39%) Ethernet
2 10 (1.26%) RS-232
3 6 (0.76%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.38%) Firewall
4 3 (0.38%) HTTP
4 3 (0.38%) Network Security
5 2 (0.25%) DSL
5 2 (0.25%) MQTT
5 2 (0.25%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.13%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.13%) LTE
6 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (10.98%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (6.82%) NoSQL
3 48 (6.06%) MySQL
4 46 (5.81%) GIS
5 38 (4.80%) DynamoDB
6 31 (3.91%) Amazon Aurora
7 29 (3.66%) SQL Server
8 27 (3.41%) QGIS
9 24 (3.03%) Big Data
9 24 (3.03%) Redis
10 20 (2.53%) MongoDB
10 20 (2.53%) Relational Database
11 17 (2.15%) Geospatial Data
12 15 (1.89%) Hadoop
13 11 (1.39%) Cloudera CDH
13 11 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
14 8 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
15 5 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
15 5 (0.63%) DocumentDB
15 5 (0.63%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 61 (7.70%) Git
2 23 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 21 (2.65%) GitLab
4 16 (2.02%) Gatling
5 13 (1.64%) Visual Studio
6 12 (1.52%) JIRA
6 12 (1.52%) LabVIEW
7 9 (1.14%) Postman
8 8 (1.01%) Team Foundation Server
9 7 (0.88%) Subversion
10 6 (0.76%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.63%) Clang
11 5 (0.63%) webpack
12 4 (0.51%) IntelliJ
12 4 (0.51%) JUnit
12 4 (0.51%) Mockito
13 3 (0.38%) CMake
13 3 (0.38%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.38%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
General
1 113 (14.27%) Social Skills
2 112 (14.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 41 (5.18%) Finance
4 31 (3.91%) Automotive
4 31 (3.91%) Electronics
4 31 (3.91%) Retail
5 22 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (2.02%) Billing
7 15 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 12 (1.52%) Aerospace
8 12 (1.52%) Tech for Good
9 11 (1.39%) Public Sector
10 10 (1.26%) Banking
11 9 (1.14%) Health Technology
11 9 (1.14%) Law
12 8 (1.01%) Games
12 8 (1.01%) Legal
13 5 (0.63%) Retail Finance
14 4 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.51%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 460 (58.08%) Software Engineer
2 209 (26.39%) Senior
3 141 (17.80%) Senior Software Engineer
4 121 (15.28%) Lead
5 116 (14.65%) Developer
6 72 (9.09%) Lead Software Engineer
7 64 (8.08%) Architect
8 39 (4.92%) Software Architect
9 38 (4.80%) Embedded Engineer
9 38 (4.80%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 37 (4.67%) Java Engineer
11 34 (4.29%) Programmer
11 34 (4.29%) Software Programmer
12 32 (4.04%) Senior Developer
13 30 (3.79%) Java Software Engineer
14 29 (3.66%) Technical Leader
15 28 (3.54%) Software Developer
16 27 (3.41%) .NET Developer
17 26 (3.28%) Software Manager
18 19 (2.40%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (17.93%) .NET
2 125 (15.78%) React
3 79 (9.97%) CSS
4 74 (9.34%) Node.js
5 57 (7.20%) .NET Core
6 56 (7.07%) HTML
7 54 (6.82%) REST
8 44 (5.56%) AngularJS
9 40 (5.05%) GraphQL
10 39 (4.92%) Spring
10 39 (4.92%) Web Services
11 37 (4.67%) RESTful
12 35 (4.42%) PostGIS
13 31 (3.91%) Leaflet
13 31 (3.91%) OpenLayers
14 28 (3.54%) Spring Boot
15 26 (3.28%) Lambda Expressions
16 25 (3.16%) http4s
16 25 (3.16%) Scalaz
17 20 (2.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 102 (12.88%) Cyberattack
2 33 (4.17%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.54%) Blog
4 27 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
4 27 (3.41%) Media Streaming
5 24 (3.03%) IoT
6 23 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (2.40%) Embedded Systems
8 15 (1.89%) Product Ownership
9 13 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (1.39%) Private Cloud
11 10 (1.26%) Device Driver
11 10 (1.26%) Virtual Team
12 6 (0.76%) FMCG
12 6 (0.76%) NHS
13 4 (0.51%) Algorithms
13 4 (0.51%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.38%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (0.38%) Hybrid Cloud
14 3 (0.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 112 (14.14%) Linux
2 23 (2.90%) Windows
3 20 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.02%) Ubuntu
5 11 (1.39%) CentOS
5 11 (1.39%) Debian
6 9 (1.14%) Embedded Linux
7 8 (1.01%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.88%) Android
9 6 (0.76%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.51%) Unix
11 3 (0.38%) VMS
12 2 (0.25%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.25%) FreeBSD
12 2 (0.25%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
13 1 (0.13%) HPUX
13 1 (0.13%) Solaris
13 1 (0.13%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (46.09%) Agile
2 195 (24.62%) DevOps
3 185 (23.36%) Mentoring
4 174 (21.97%) Problem-Solving
5 128 (16.16%) User Experience
6 117 (14.77%) Machine Learning
7 108 (13.64%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 107 (13.51%) Open Source
9 106 (13.38%) Data Engineering
10 102 (12.88%) Creative Thinking
11 95 (11.99%) Computer Science
12 85 (10.73%) Microservices
13 78 (9.85%) Full Stack Development
14 77 (9.72%) CI/CD
15 75 (9.47%) TDD
16 73 (9.22%) Continuous Integration
17 55 (6.94%) Scrum
18 48 (6.06%) Coaching
19 45 (5.68%) Infrastructure as Code
20 43 (5.43%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 177 (22.35%) Python
2 163 (20.58%) Java
3 158 (19.95%) JavaScript
4 155 (19.57%) C#
5 84 (10.61%) TypeScript
6 81 (10.23%) SQL
7 77 (9.72%) C
8 43 (5.43%) C++
9 30 (3.79%) Scala
10 27 (3.41%) Go
11 23 (2.90%) Rust
12 19 (2.40%) PHP
13 12 (1.52%) Embedded C
14 7 (0.88%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.76%) Bash
16 5 (0.63%) Fortran
17 4 (0.51%) COBOL
17 4 (0.51%) Micro Focus COBOL
17 4 (0.51%) SystemVerilog
17 4 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 122 (15.40%) Degree
2 77 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 63 (7.95%) SC Cleared
4 52 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.63%) PhD
8 4 (0.51%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (0.38%) BC Cleared
9 3 (0.38%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.25%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.25%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.25%) OCP
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.13%) MBA
11 1 (0.13%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (1.01%) Accessibility
1 8 (1.01%) QA
2 4 (0.51%) PMO
3 3 (0.38%) SLA
4 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.13%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 46 (5.81%) Docker
2 22 (2.78%) Firmware
3 11 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 56 (7.07%) Terraform
2 54 (6.82%) Kubernetes
3 27 (3.41%) Ansible
4 12 (1.52%) Puppet
5 9 (1.14%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.38%) Podman
7 1 (0.13%) Kiali
7 1 (0.13%) Kibana
7 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (4.42%) ESRI
2 29 (3.66%) Microsoft
3 21 (2.65%) Red Hat
4 18 (2.27%) Oracle
5 17 (2.15%) Google
6 11 (1.39%) SaltStack
7 7 (0.88%) F5
8 5 (0.63%) Atlassian
8 5 (0.63%) EMC
9 4 (0.51%) Cadence
9 4 (0.51%) Micro Focus
9 4 (0.51%) Synopsys
10 3 (0.38%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.38%) Confluent
10 3 (0.38%) Xamarin
11 2 (0.25%) Databricks
11 2 (0.25%) IBM
12 1 (0.13%) HP
12 1 (0.13%) Sun
12 1 (0.13%) Unisys