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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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See allThe Role In the European Client Identity team, we are building and operating Vanguard's authentication and MFA platform used by hundreds of…
Lead Software Engineer
Role: Lead Software Engineer Salary/Rate: £650-750 per day inside IR35 Location: Hybrid, 2 days per week - multiple locations available Cont…
Software Engineer - C++
Salary: £36,000 - 76,000 per year Requirements: SC Clearance required (or eligibility to gain it before starting) Understanding of military…
Role: Lead Software Engineer Salary/Rate: £650-750 per day inside IR35 Location: Hybrid, 2 days per week - multiple locations available Con…
Head of Software Engineering (Scala) Manchester (Hybrid) | Permanent Up to £140,000 20% Bonus Lead the Future of AI Engineering An exciting…
Senior Software Engineer - SC Cleared Location: Manchester (Hybrid) Salary: Up to £80,000 Clearance: Active SC Clearance and eligibility for…
Software Engineer
As a Software Engineer you will be a key contributor within a cross-functional engineering squad, responsible for building secure, scalable,…
Golang Software Engineer
Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year Requirements: Commercial experience developing applications using Golang. Experience building APIs, micros…
Golang Software Engineer
Salary: £55,000 - 80,000 per year Requirements: Commercial experience developing applications using Golang. Experience building APIs, micros…
Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year Requirements: Strong background in software engineering, such as C#/.NET or similar backend technologies E…
Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year Requirements: We require strong TypeScript experience across both frontend and backend systems. We require…
Salary: £40,000 - 60,000 per year Requirements: Commercial experience with TypeScript across frontend and backend development Experience wit…
Software Engineer C++
Salary: £51,000 - 91,000 per year Requirements: We need a strong background in software engineering. We require proven experience developing…
Lead Software Engineer
Salary: £100,000 - 100,000 per year Requirements: Strong hands-on software engineering background Experience building and shipping real prod…
Senior Software Engineer
Salary: £106,528 - 106,528 per year Requirements: Strong Python development experience Solid software engineering fundamentals: version cont…
Senior Software Engineer Location: Manchester, Gloucester or London Salary: £65,000 Type: Permanent, Full-Time (Hybrid) Security Clearance:…
Golang Software Engineers (Mid-Level to Senior) £60,000 - £80,000 Benefits Location:Greater Manchester (Hybrid Working) Our client, a rapidl…
Golang Software Engineers (Mid-Level to Senior) – £60,000 - £80,000 Benefits Location: Greater Manchester (Hybrid Working) Our client, a rap…
Golang Software Engineers (Mid-Level to Senior) – £60,000 - £80,000 Benefits Location: Greater Manchester (Hybrid Working) Our client, a rap…
Job Description As a Production Database Automation Engineer, you will deliver solutions to complex automation, remediation, monitoring and…
Senior Software Engineer (Java / Kotlin) Manchester (Hybrid - 2 days onsite per week) Contract until end of 2026 £731.25/day Umbrella A glob…
At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and…
Golang Software Engineers (Mid-Level to Senior) – £60,000 - £80,000 + Benefits Location: Greater Manchester (Hybrid Working) Our client,…
Senior Software Engineer (Java / Kotlin) Manchester (Hybrid - 2 days onsite per week) Contract until end of 2026 £731.25/day Umbrella A…