Software Developer Jobs in the North West

Software Developer
England > North West

The median Software Developer salary in the North West is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 201 99
Rank change year-on-year +93 -102 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Developer 228 90 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.03% 1.23% 3.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.14% 1.38% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 193 76 154
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,313 £58,563
90th Percentile £70,000 £79,375 £65,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%

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 10,650 6,543 9,448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.51% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 7,955 3,993 5,440
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,834 £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 £78,650 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Developer in the North West

Software Developer
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 Developer within the North West 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
Manchester +43 95 £52,500 -2.33% 29
Cheshire +10 60 £52,500 -4.55% 10
Merseyside +48 42 £41,250 -25.00% 4
Lancashire -1 22 £40,000 -20.00% 6
Cumbria - 9 £35,000 -
Software Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Software Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 134 (58.77%) C#
2 112 (49.12%) .NET
3 68 (29.82%) JavaScript
4 66 (28.95%) Agile
5 65 (28.51%) SQL
6 54 (23.68%) Full Stack Development
7 40 (17.54%) Software Engineering
8 39 (17.11%) Java
9 37 (16.23%) Azure
10 32 (14.04%) AWS
10 32 (14.04%) .NET Framework
11 30 (13.16%) Unit Testing
11 30 (13.16%) CSS
11 30 (13.16%) .NET Core
12 29 (12.72%) TDD
13 28 (12.28%) Degree
13 28 (12.28%) React
14 27 (11.84%) RESTful
14 27 (11.84%) AngularJS
14 27 (11.84%) MySQL
14 27 (11.84%) Design Patterns
15 26 (11.40%) Python
15 26 (11.40%) Node.js
16 25 (10.96%) Vue
16 25 (10.96%) Mentoring
17 24 (10.53%) DevOps
18 23 (10.09%) Git
18 23 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
18 23 (10.09%) HTML
19 22 (9.65%) REST

Software Developer 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 5 (2.19%) ArcGIS
1 5 (2.19%) Confluence
2 4 (1.75%) IIS
3 2 (0.88%) Mendix
4 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 7 (3.07%) BPCS
Cloud Services
1 37 (16.23%) Azure
2 32 (14.04%) AWS
3 16 (7.02%) GitHub
4 11 (4.82%) Serverless
5 6 (2.63%) SaaS
6 5 (2.19%) NuGet
7 4 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.32%) PaaS
9 2 (0.88%) IBM Cloud
10 1 (0.44%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.44%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.44%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.75%) Internet
2 2 (0.88%) Wireless
3 1 (0.44%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.44%) RS-232
3 1 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.84%) MySQL
2 21 (9.21%) NoSQL
2 21 (9.21%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (9.21%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.70%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.51%) GIS
5 6 (2.63%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.19%) Geospatial Data
6 5 (2.19%) Redis
7 1 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 23 (10.09%) Git
2 16 (7.02%) Visual Studio
3 13 (5.70%) JIRA
4 10 (4.39%) TeamCity
5 9 (3.95%) Bitbucket
5 9 (3.95%) PHPUnit
6 5 (2.19%) JetBrains Rider
7 4 (1.75%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.44%) GDB
8 1 (0.44%) GitLab
8 1 (0.44%) Maven
8 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (8.77%) Social Skills
2 17 (7.46%) Finance
3 10 (4.39%) Manufacturing
4 9 (3.95%) Public Sector
5 7 (3.07%) Legal
6 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.75%) Tech for Good
7 3 (1.32%) Retail
8 2 (0.88%) Banking
8 2 (0.88%) Electronics
8 2 (0.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.44%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (49.12%) .NET
2 32 (14.04%) .NET Framework
3 30 (13.16%) .NET Core
3 30 (13.16%) CSS
4 28 (12.28%) React
5 27 (11.84%) AngularJS
5 27 (11.84%) RESTful
6 26 (11.40%) Node.js
7 25 (10.96%) Vue
8 23 (10.09%) HTML
9 22 (9.65%) REST
10 21 (9.21%) ASP.NET
11 15 (6.58%) Laravel
12 11 (4.82%) WPF
13 10 (4.39%) Entity Framework
13 10 (4.39%) Sass
14 9 (3.95%) Tailwind CSS
14 9 (3.95%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 8 (3.51%) SOAP
16 7 (3.07%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.07%) iSeries
2 6 (2.63%) Greenfield Project
3 5 (2.19%) Cloud Native
4 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.32%) Blog
5 3 (1.32%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.32%) NHS
5 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.32%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.32%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.88%) Blockchain
6 2 (0.88%) e-Health
6 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.88%) IoT
6 2 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.44%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.44%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.44%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.89%) Linux
2 11 (4.82%) Unix
3 8 (3.51%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.95%) Agile
2 54 (23.68%) Full Stack Development
3 40 (17.54%) Software Engineering
4 30 (13.16%) Unit Testing
5 29 (12.72%) TDD
6 27 (11.84%) Design Patterns
7 25 (10.96%) Mentoring
8 24 (10.53%) DevOps
9 23 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (9.21%) MVC
11 20 (8.77%) Test Automation
12 18 (7.89%) Use Case
13 17 (7.46%) Web Development
14 16 (7.02%) Clean Code
15 15 (6.58%) CI/CD
15 15 (6.58%) Computer Science
16 14 (6.14%) Architectural Patterns
16 14 (6.14%) Continuous Improvement
16 14 (6.14%) Fintech
16 14 (6.14%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 134 (58.77%) C#
2 68 (29.82%) JavaScript
3 65 (28.51%) SQL
4 39 (17.11%) Java
5 26 (11.40%) Python
6 14 (6.14%) PowerShell
7 13 (5.70%) Ruby
8 12 (5.26%) C++
9 11 (4.82%) VB.NET
10 8 (3.51%) Go
10 8 (3.51%) Perl
11 7 (3.07%) RPG
11 7 (3.07%) RPG IV
12 6 (2.63%) PHP
13 5 (2.19%) TypeScript
14 4 (1.75%) C
15 1 (0.44%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (12.28%) Degree
2 10 (4.39%) Security Cleared
3 8 (3.51%) AWS Certification
4 6 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.63%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.32%) BC Cleared
6 2 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.75%) QA
2 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.44%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 19 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (7.46%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.39%) Terraform
3 1 (0.44%) Ansible
3 1 (0.44%) Kiali
3 1 (0.44%) Kibana
Vendors
1 12 (5.26%) Facebook
1 12 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.95%) IBM
2 9 (3.95%) Oracle
3 6 (2.63%) Google
4 5 (2.19%) ESRI
5 2 (0.88%) Peregrine
5 2 (0.88%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.88%) Twitter
5 2 (0.88%) YouTube