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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 30 11
Rank change year-on-year +18 -19 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,075 615 1,275
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.07% 8.32% 13.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.48% 8.73% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 747 353 628
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £74,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.11% +6.43% +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 8,616 7,048 9,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.75% 95.36% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,399 3,818 5,301
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
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% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £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 1 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 1 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 +10 719 £60,000 -4.00% 163
Cheshire +33 148 £60,000 -22.58% 18
Lancashire +29 132 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Merseyside +8 74 £60,000 -27.27% 9
Cumbria -26 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 (6.60%) ArcGIS
2 57 (5.30%) GeoServer
3 19 (1.77%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.21%) 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 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.84%) Magento
2 3 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.19%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 273 (25.40%) AWS
2 243 (22.60%) Azure
3 48 (4.47%) GCP
4 44 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (3.81%) SaaS
6 36 (3.35%) Serverless
7 34 (3.16%) Amazon Kinesis
8 33 (3.07%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (2.42%) GitHub
10 21 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
11 17 (1.58%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (1.40%) 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 (0.84%) Amazon ECS
17 8 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.58%) RS-232
2 12 (1.12%) MQTT
3 11 (1.02%) AMQP
3 11 (1.02%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.65%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.56%) HTTP
6 5 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.47%) 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
1 110 (10.23%) PostgreSQL
2 76 (7.07%) GIS
3 59 (5.49%) MySQL
4 57 (5.30%) QGIS
5 52 (4.84%) NoSQL
6 34 (3.16%) SQL Server
7 30 (2.79%) DynamoDB
8 29 (2.70%) Relational Database
9 27 (2.51%) Amazon Aurora
10 26 (2.42%) Big Data
11 20 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (1.86%) MongoDB
12 19 (1.77%) Redis
13 17 (1.58%) Geospatial Data
14 15 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
14 15 (1.40%) Hadoop
15 13 (1.21%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (1.21%) RDBMS
16 11 (1.02%) Cloudera CDH
17 9 (0.84%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 97 (9.02%) Git
2 24 (2.23%) Jenkins
3 22 (2.05%) GitLab
4 21 (1.95%) JIRA
5 17 (1.58%) Postman
6 15 (1.40%) Subversion
7 14 (1.30%) Visual Studio
8 13 (1.21%) JUnit
9 12 (1.12%) Gatling
9 12 (1.12%) 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 (0.47%) Clang
12 5 (0.47%) InstallShield
12 5 (0.47%) IntelliJ
12 5 (0.47%) Mockito
13 4 (0.37%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.37%) Spinnaker
General
1 129 (12.00%) Social Skills
2 101 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 52 (4.84%) Finance
4 50 (4.65%) Electronics
5 38 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (2.98%) Manufacturing
7 31 (2.88%) Automotive
7 31 (2.88%) Retail
8 22 (2.05%) Tech for Good
9 16 (1.49%) Health Technology
9 16 (1.49%) Law
10 13 (1.21%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.21%) Banking
11 12 (1.12%) Billing
11 12 (1.12%) Legal
11 12 (1.12%) Public Sector
12 8 (0.74%) Games
12 8 (0.74%) Marketing
13 6 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.47%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 633 (58.88%) Software Engineer
2 291 (27.07%) Senior
3 201 (18.70%) Senior Software Engineer
4 177 (16.47%) Developer
5 141 (13.12%) Lead
6 74 (6.88%) Embedded Engineer
6 74 (6.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
7 68 (6.33%) Lead Software Engineer
8 64 (5.95%) Architect
9 44 (4.09%) Java Engineer
10 42 (3.91%) Technical Leader
11 40 (3.72%) Software Developer
12 39 (3.63%) Senior Developer
13 38 (3.53%) .NET Developer
14 37 (3.44%) Java Software Engineer
15 36 (3.35%) Software Architect
16 30 (2.79%) Programmer
16 30 (2.79%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 30 (2.79%) Software Manager
16 30 (2.79%) Software Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (21.30%) .NET
2 166 (15.44%) React
3 116 (10.79%) CSS
4 98 (9.12%) .NET Core
5 77 (7.16%) Node.js
6 68 (6.33%) HTML
7 65 (6.05%) PostGIS
7 65 (6.05%) Spring
8 61 (5.67%) Leaflet
8 61 (5.67%) OpenLayers
9 60 (5.58%) REST
10 47 (4.37%) AngularJS
11 45 (4.19%) Spring Boot
12 39 (3.63%) RESTful
13 37 (3.44%) Web Services
14 35 (3.26%) GraphQL
15 29 (2.70%) JSON
16 26 (2.42%) ASP.NET
17 24 (2.23%) Vue
18 22 (2.05%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.47%) Cyberattack
2 49 (4.56%) IoT
3 43 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 33 (3.07%) Greenfield Project
5 25 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
6 24 (2.23%) Blog
7 21 (1.95%) Media Streaming
8 15 (1.40%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.30%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.21%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.02%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.02%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.93%) Device Driver
12 10 (0.93%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.74%) FMCG
14 6 (0.56%) Data Structures
14 6 (0.56%) NHS
15 5 (0.47%) Client/Server
15 5 (0.47%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 139 (12.93%) Linux
2 41 (3.81%) Windows
3 21 (1.95%) Ubuntu
4 20 (1.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.49%) 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 (0.47%) 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
1 464 (43.16%) Agile
2 250 (23.26%) DevOps
3 205 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
4 192 (17.86%) Mentoring
5 127 (11.81%) Computer Science
6 119 (11.07%) User Experience
7 106 (9.86%) Machine Learning
7 106 (9.86%) Open Source
8 102 (9.49%) Full Stack Development
9 99 (9.21%) CI/CD
10 97 (9.02%) Data Engineering
10 97 (9.02%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 92 (8.56%) TDD
12 91 (8.47%) Creative Thinking
13 90 (8.37%) Microservices
14 72 (6.70%) Continuous Integration
14 72 (6.70%) Web Development
15 68 (6.33%) Actionable Insight
16 62 (5.77%) Scrum
17 55 (5.12%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 243 (22.60%) C#
2 225 (20.93%) JavaScript
3 217 (20.19%) Python
4 207 (19.26%) Java
5 123 (11.44%) SQL
6 100 (9.30%) C
7 83 (7.72%) TypeScript
8 70 (6.51%) C++
9 41 (3.81%) PHP
10 26 (2.42%) Go
11 24 (2.23%) Scala
12 23 (2.14%) 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 (0.47%) Fortran
17 5 (0.47%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 173 (16.09%) Degree
2 115 (10.70%) Security Cleared
3 98 (9.12%) SC Cleared
4 65 (6.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.67%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.12%) Master's Degree
7 11 (1.02%) PhD
8 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.47%) 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%) MBA
13 1 (0.093%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.93%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.84%) 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 (4.93%) Docker
2 26 (2.42%) Firmware
3 12 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.19%) IAG
4 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 73 (6.79%) Terraform
2 68 (6.33%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.51%) Ansible
4 12 (1.12%) 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 (6.05%) ESRI
2 51 (4.74%) Microsoft
3 21 (1.95%) Red Hat
4 20 (1.86%) 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