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

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 28 11
Rank change year-on-year +17 -17 +4
Permanent jobs citing Software Engineering 1,179 606 1,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 10.77% 8.34% 13.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.37% 8.73% 13.97%
Number of salaries quoted 750 344 630
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £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 8,815 6,941 9,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.52% 95.57% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,443 3,798 5,306
10th Percentile £27,750 £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% +8.25%
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 5 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 5 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 +14 777 £60,000 -7.69% 146
Lancashire +30 177 £50,000 -9.09% 9
Cheshire +26 148 £60,000 -22.58% 22
Merseyside +7 75 £60,000 -27.27% 12
Cumbria -29 2 £65,000 +85.71%
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 (6.02%) ArcGIS
2 57 (4.83%) GeoServer
3 19 (1.61%) Apache Spark
4 13 (1.10%) Apache
5 6 (0.51%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.25%) Confluence
6 3 (0.25%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.17%) CMS
8 1 (0.085%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.085%) Jetty
8 1 (0.085%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (0.42%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
2 2 (0.17%) Simulink
2 2 (0.17%) Sketch
3 1 (0.085%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (0.76%) Magento
2 3 (0.25%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.17%) Infor M3
4 1 (0.085%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 275 (23.32%) AWS
2 245 (20.78%) Azure
3 48 (4.07%) GCP
4 44 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (3.48%) SaaS
6 37 (3.14%) Serverless
7 36 (3.05%) Amazon Kinesis
8 33 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (2.21%) GitHub
10 22 (1.87%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (1.53%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
12 15 (1.27%) Power Platform
13 14 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
14 11 (0.93%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (0.93%) OpenShift
15 10 (0.85%) PaaS
16 9 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
17 8 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.44%) RS-232
2 12 (1.02%) MQTT
3 11 (0.93%) AMQP
3 11 (0.93%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.59%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.51%) HTTP
6 5 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.42%) ZigBee
7 4 (0.34%) Firewall
7 4 (0.34%) Wireless
8 3 (0.25%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.25%) Network Security
8 3 (0.25%) RS-485
9 2 (0.17%) DSL
10 1 (0.085%) Internet
10 1 (0.085%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (9.58%) PostgreSQL
2 76 (6.45%) GIS
3 59 (5.00%) MySQL
4 57 (4.83%) QGIS
5 54 (4.58%) NoSQL
6 34 (2.88%) SQL Server
7 33 (2.80%) DynamoDB
8 29 (2.46%) Amazon Aurora
8 29 (2.46%) Relational Database
9 26 (2.21%) Big Data
10 21 (1.78%) Redis
11 20 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (1.70%) MongoDB
12 17 (1.44%) Geospatial Data
13 15 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (1.27%) Hadoop
14 13 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (1.10%) RDBMS
15 11 (0.93%) Cloudera CDH
16 9 (0.76%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 99 (8.40%) Git
2 24 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.87%) GitLab
4 20 (1.70%) JIRA
5 18 (1.53%) Postman
6 15 (1.27%) Subversion
7 14 (1.19%) Gatling
7 14 (1.19%) JUnit
7 14 (1.19%) Visual Studio
8 12 (1.02%) LabVIEW
9 8 (0.68%) Maven
9 8 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.51%) webpack
11 5 (0.42%) Clang
11 5 (0.42%) InstallShield
11 5 (0.42%) IntelliJ
11 5 (0.42%) Mockito
12 4 (0.34%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.34%) Spinnaker
General
1 196 (16.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 133 (11.28%) Social Skills
3 53 (4.50%) Finance
4 52 (4.41%) Electronics
5 39 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
6 32 (2.71%) Manufacturing
7 31 (2.63%) Automotive
7 31 (2.63%) Retail
8 22 (1.87%) Tech for Good
9 16 (1.36%) Health Technology
9 16 (1.36%) Law
10 14 (1.19%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.19%) Billing
11 13 (1.10%) Banking
12 12 (1.02%) Legal
12 12 (1.02%) Public Sector
13 8 (0.68%) Games
13 8 (0.68%) Marketing
14 6 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.42%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 670 (56.83%) Software Engineer
2 292 (24.77%) Senior
3 202 (17.13%) Senior Software Engineer
4 180 (15.27%) Developer
5 172 (14.59%) Lead
6 98 (8.31%) Lead Software Engineer
7 95 (8.06%) Architect
8 74 (6.28%) Embedded Engineer
8 74 (6.28%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 67 (5.68%) Software Architect
10 62 (5.26%) Programmer
10 62 (5.26%) Software Programmer
11 44 (3.73%) Java Engineer
12 42 (3.56%) Technical Leader
13 40 (3.39%) Software Developer
14 39 (3.31%) .NET Developer
14 39 (3.31%) Senior Developer
15 37 (3.14%) Java Software Engineer
16 30 (2.54%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
16 30 (2.54%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 231 (19.59%) .NET
2 167 (14.16%) React
3 117 (9.92%) CSS
4 98 (8.31%) .NET Core
5 77 (6.53%) Node.js
6 69 (5.85%) HTML
7 66 (5.60%) Spring
8 65 (5.51%) PostGIS
9 62 (5.26%) REST
10 61 (5.17%) Leaflet
10 61 (5.17%) OpenLayers
11 48 (4.07%) AngularJS
12 45 (3.82%) Spring Boot
13 39 (3.31%) RESTful
13 39 (3.31%) Web Services
14 37 (3.14%) GraphQL
15 29 (2.46%) JSON
16 27 (2.29%) ASP.NET
17 25 (2.12%) Vue
18 24 (2.04%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 186 (15.78%) Cyberattack
2 49 (4.16%) IoT
3 43 (3.65%) Cloud Native
4 33 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (2.21%) Blog
6 25 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
6 25 (2.12%) Embedded Systems
7 23 (1.95%) Media Streaming
8 15 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.19%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.10%) Management Information System
11 11 (0.93%) Private Cloud
11 11 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.85%) Device Driver
12 10 (0.85%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.68%) FMCG
14 6 (0.51%) Data Structures
15 5 (0.42%) Mobile App
15 5 (0.42%) Public Cloud
15 5 (0.42%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 139 (11.79%) Linux
2 41 (3.48%) Windows
3 21 (1.78%) Ubuntu
4 20 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
6 11 (0.93%) Android
6 11 (0.93%) CentOS
6 11 (0.93%) Debian
7 8 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.51%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.51%) FreeRTOS
9 4 (0.34%) Unix
10 3 (0.25%) VMS
11 2 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
11 2 (0.17%) FreeBSD
11 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.085%) HPUX
12 1 (0.085%) Solaris
12 1 (0.085%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 562 (47.67%) Agile
2 300 (25.45%) Problem-Solving
3 288 (24.43%) Mentoring
4 253 (21.46%) DevOps
5 214 (18.15%) User Experience
6 201 (17.05%) Machine Learning
7 192 (16.28%) Data Engineering
7 192 (16.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 186 (15.78%) Creative Thinking
9 130 (11.03%) Computer Science
10 108 (9.16%) Open Source
11 102 (8.65%) Full Stack Development
12 100 (8.48%) CI/CD
13 94 (7.97%) TDD
14 92 (7.80%) Microservices
15 74 (6.28%) Continuous Integration
16 72 (6.11%) Web Development
17 68 (5.77%) Actionable Insight
18 62 (5.26%) Scrum
19 56 (4.75%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 245 (20.78%) C#
2 227 (19.25%) JavaScript
3 219 (18.58%) Python
4 209 (17.73%) Java
5 124 (10.52%) SQL
6 100 (8.48%) C
7 83 (7.04%) TypeScript
8 70 (5.94%) C++
9 41 (3.48%) PHP
10 27 (2.29%) Go
11 26 (2.21%) Scala
12 23 (1.95%) Rust
13 21 (1.78%) Embedded C
14 10 (0.85%) COBOL
14 10 (0.85%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 8 (0.68%) Bash
16 6 (0.51%) R
17 5 (0.42%) Fortran
17 5 (0.42%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 178 (15.10%) Degree
2 115 (9.75%) Security Cleared
3 98 (8.31%) SC Cleared
4 68 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (1.53%) DV Cleared
6 13 (1.10%) Master's Degree
7 11 (0.93%) PhD
8 6 (0.51%) HND
8 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.25%) BC Cleared
10 3 (0.25%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.25%) HNC
11 2 (0.17%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.17%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.17%) OCP
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (0.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.085%) AWS Certified Developer
12 1 (0.085%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (0.85%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.76%) QA
3 7 (0.59%) ISO 9000
4 4 (0.34%) PMO
5 3 (0.25%) SLA
6 1 (0.085%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.085%) GDPR
6 1 (0.085%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 53 (4.50%) Docker
2 26 (2.21%) Firmware
3 12 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) IAG
4 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 73 (6.19%) Terraform
2 69 (5.85%) Kubernetes
3 27 (2.29%) Ansible
4 12 (1.02%) Puppet
5 11 (0.93%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.25%) Podman
7 1 (0.085%) Kiali
7 1 (0.085%) Kibana
7 1 (0.085%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (5.51%) ESRI
2 51 (4.33%) Microsoft
3 21 (1.78%) Red Hat
4 20 (1.70%) Google
5 18 (1.53%) Oracle
6 14 (1.19%) F5
7 11 (0.93%) SaltStack
8 10 (0.85%) Micro Focus
9 7 (0.59%) EMC
10 5 (0.42%) Allen-Bradley
10 5 (0.42%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.34%) Cadence
11 4 (0.34%) Confluent
11 4 (0.34%) Synopsys
12 3 (0.25%) Autodesk
12 3 (0.25%) Xamarin
13 2 (0.17%) Adobe
13 2 (0.17%) IBM
13 2 (0.17%) Siemens
13 2 (0.17%) Twitter