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Software Engineer Jobs in Manchester
Manchester is the UK's second tech hub, with strong concentrations in fintech (Co-op Bank, AutoTrader), media (BBC, ITV) and gaming. Pay sits at roughly 80–85% of London for equivalent roles, with a meaningfully lower cost of living that often makes the take-home better.
Software engineering is the largest single hiring category across UK and EU job boards, with London, Manchester, Berlin and Amsterdam leading demand. Roles span product, platform, infra and ML — the right title can be hard to spot from the listing alone, so KeyStep ranks every live opening against your actual skills rather than keyword-matching the title.
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Live software engineer roles in Manchester
See allTitle: Software Engineer (React &Node.JS) Location: Manchester, 3 days on site, 2 days from home. Salary: £50,000-£60,000 Who we are: intera…
PLC Software Engineer Manchester £60-70k DOE + benefits Do you have previous hands-on experience programming PLCs (e.g Siemens, Allen Bra…
Salary: £100,000 - 150,000 per year Requirements: Significant senior leadership experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (cir…
Salary: £140,358 - 140,358 per year Requirements: Proven experience as a Software Engineer in a military or defense environment within the l…
Software Engineer
Salary: £49,000 - 89,000 per year Requirements: Proven experience in software engineering, with a focus on AI, mobile, and SaaS solutions St…
Salary: £36,000 - 76,000 per year Requirements: Experience in designing, developing, and certifying test solutions Familiarity with TRR (Tec…
Senior Software Engineer
Salary: £50,354 - 60,036 per year Requirements: Proven experience in modern software frameworks and languages such as Golang, Java, JavaScri…
Lead Software Engineer
Salary: £70,000 - 80,000 per year Requirements: Strong commercial experience as a developer, focusing on Node.js development Confident desig…
Senior Software Engineer
Salary: £50,354 - 60,036 per year Requirements: Strong experience with modern software frameworks Proficiency in programming languages such…
Salary: £24,000 - 24,000 per year Requirements: 5 years experience in automated software testing within agile and DevOps environments Strong…
Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year Requirements: Proven experience developing software using Go Experience with AWS serverless architecture C…
Salary: £50,000 - 75,000 per year Requirements: Proven experience developing software using Go. Experience with AWS serverless architecture.…
Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year Requirements: Proven experience as a Principal Software Engineer Strong skills in TypeScript, Node, React…
Senior Software Engineer
Salary: £106,528 - 106,528 per year Requirements: Strong Python development experience Solid software engineering fundamentals: version cont…
Salary: £120,000 - 120,000 per year Requirements: We’re looking for a Software Engineering Manager who is a hands-on leader with deep techni…
Software Engineering Manager My client, a progressive and ambitious organisation, is seeking an exceptional Software Engineering Managerto l…
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer Gloucestershire or Manchester - Hybrid, 3 days a week. Security Cleared (Eligibility Required) A global company, we…
Software Engineering Manager My client, a progressive and ambitious organisation, is seeking an exceptional Software Engineering Manager to…
Software Engineering Manager My client, a progressive and ambitious organisation, is seeking an exceptional Software Engineering Manager to…
Software Engineer
Hamiltonian Dynamics is a growing technology company working across Defence and Cyber Security, delivering software solutions that support c…
Software Engineering Manager My client, a progressive and ambitious organisation, is seeking an exceptional Software Engineering Manager t…
AI Software Engineer
AI Software Engineer - SC / DV Cleared Location: UK (Fully Remote, occasional client site visits) Salary: £45,000 - £80,000 DOE Company Bonu…
Software Engineer - eDV Cleared New permanent opportunity in Manchester for a Full Stack Software Engineer with eDV Clearance to work on Nat…
Software Engineer - eDV Cleared New Opportunity in Manchester for Backend Developers who want to work on mission-critical, operational proje…