The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 92 47 44
Rank change year-on-year
-45 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 34 97 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.906% 4.845% 5.310%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.991% 5.068% 5.640%
Number of salaries quoted 29 90 81
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £43,500 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1708 1914 1578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.74% 95.60% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1355 1680 1344
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Developer
North West

Senior Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Senior Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cheshire Senior Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Macclesfield -5 10 £35,000 +7.69%
Crewe -1 6 £45,000 +20.00%
Chester -26 5 £40,000 +6.66%
Wilmslow -7 4 £37,500 +15.38%
Warrington -19 4 £41,250 +17.85%
Senior Developer
North West

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Senior Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Developer in their job title.

1 71 (61.74%) .NET
2 64 (55.65%) JavaScript
3 62 (53.91%) C#
4 58 (50.43%) SQL
5 53 (46.09%) HTML
6 50 (43.48%) SQL Server
7 48 (41.74%) ASP.NET
7 48 (41.74%) jQuery
8 43 (37.39%) MVC
9 38 (33.04%) CSS
10 36 (31.30%) Web Services
11 32 (27.83%) HTML5
12 31 (26.96%) E-Commerce
13 29 (25.22%) XML
13 29 (25.22%) OO
14 28 (24.35%) .NET Framework
15 25 (21.74%) PHP
15 25 (21.74%) WCF
16 23 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
16 23 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
16 23 (20.00%) Java
17 22 (19.13%) Web Development
18 21 (18.26%) Microsoft
19 17 (14.78%) Agile Software Development
19 17 (14.78%) TDD
19 17 (14.78%) Ajax
19 17 (14.78%) CSS3
20 16 (13.91%) Unit Testing
20 16 (13.91%) Internet
20 16 (13.91%) MySQL

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Senior Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 71 (61.74%) .NET
2 53 (46.09%) HTML
3 48 (41.74%) ASP.NET
3 48 (41.74%) jQuery
4 38 (33.04%) CSS
5 36 (31.30%) Web Services
6 32 (27.83%) HTML5
7 29 (25.22%) XML
8 28 (24.35%) .NET Framework
9 25 (21.74%) WCF
10 23 (20.00%) ASP.NET MVC
11 17 (14.78%) Ajax
11 17 (14.78%) CSS3
12 15 (13.04%) JSON
13 11 (9.565%) Spring
13 11 (9.565%) SOAP
13 11 (9.565%) XHTML
14 10 (8.696%) LINQ
15 9 (7.826%) ASP.NET MVC 3
15 9 (7.826%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 7 (6.087%) Magento
1 7 (6.087%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.609%) ExpressionEngine
2 3 (2.609%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.739%) CMS
3 2 (1.739%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.870%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.870%) WordPress
4 1 (0.870%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 10 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.087%) Photoshop
3 4 (3.478%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.870%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.91%) Internet
2 6 (5.217%) HTTP
3 5 (4.348%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (43.48%) SQL Server
2 23 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (13.91%) MySQL
4 15 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (5.217%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.739%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.739%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.870%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.870%) DB2
8 1 (0.870%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.870%) DTS
8 1 (0.870%) MS Access
8 1 (0.870%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.870%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.826%) Team Foundation Server
1 9 (7.826%) Visual Studio
2 7 (6.087%) Ant
3 6 (5.217%) Synon
3 6 (5.217%) Subversion
4 1 (0.870%) PHPUnit
4 1 (0.870%) JUnit
4 1 (0.870%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.870%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.870%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.870%) NUnit
General
1 7 (6.087%) Marketing
1 7 (6.087%) Finance
2 4 (3.478%) Automotive
3 2 (1.739%) Back Office
3 2 (1.739%) Retail
3 2 (1.739%) Multimedia
4 1 (0.870%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.565%) W3C
2 6 (5.217%) iSeries
2 6 (5.217%) Mobile App
2 6 (5.217%) Derivative
3 4 (3.478%) Open Source
4 3 (2.609%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.739%) Device Driver
5 2 (1.739%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.870%) Mathematics
6 1 (0.870%) New Media
6 1 (0.870%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.217%) Linux
2 4 (3.478%) UNIX
2 4 (3.478%) Windows
3 2 (1.739%) Windows CE
4 1 (0.870%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.870%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (37.39%) MVC
2 31 (26.96%) E-Commerce
3 29 (25.22%) OO
4 22 (19.13%) Web Development
5 17 (14.78%) Agile Software Development
5 17 (14.78%) TDD
6 16 (13.91%) Unit Testing
7 15 (13.04%) Scrum
8 11 (9.565%) Configuration Management
9 10 (8.696%) Integration Testing
10 6 (5.217%) Project Management
10 6 (5.217%) Continuous Integration
11 5 (4.348%) SOA
11 5 (4.348%) E-business
12 4 (3.478%) Business Analysis
12 4 (3.478%) Data Management
12 4 (3.478%) Refactoring
13 3 (2.609%) Content Management
13 3 (2.609%) MVVM
13 3 (2.609%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 64 (55.65%) JavaScript
2 62 (53.91%) C#
3 58 (50.43%) SQL
4 25 (21.74%) PHP
5 23 (20.00%) Java
6 13 (11.30%) T-SQL
7 12 (10.43%) VB
8 11 (9.565%) Python
9 9 (7.826%) Perl
10 7 (6.087%) VB.NET
11 6 (5.217%) RPG
11 6 (5.217%) VBA
11 6 (5.217%) RPG/400
11 6 (5.217%) RPG IV
12 4 (3.478%) PL/SQL
13 2 (1.739%) PHP5
14 1 (0.870%) VB6
14 1 (0.870%) Ruby
14 1 (0.870%) Groovy
14 1 (0.870%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (5.217%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (5.217%) MCTS
2 5 (4.348%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.478%) Degree
Vendors
1 21 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.696%) IBM
3 9 (7.826%) Oracle
4 6 (5.217%) JD Edwards
5 5 (4.348%) Zend
6 3 (2.609%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.870%) hybris
7 1 (0.870%) DevExpress
7 1 (0.870%) Business Objects
7 1 (0.870%) SAP
7 1 (0.870%) Chordiant
7 1 (0.870%) Apple
7 1 (0.870%) Infragistics
Chester, North West
My Client are a SharePoint consultancy based close to Chester, they are currently looking for a senior developer / technical lead to lead a team of C# developers on...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Chester, North West
The company produces EPoS systems for a range of companies in the Leisure and Hospitality sector in the UK and after the successful launch of their core product.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
A Senior C#.Net Developer with skills in ASP.Net and SQL is required to join an innovative and successful organisation based in Warrington. The C#.Net Developer...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £33000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Key Skills: - Java / J2EE- Spring- Agile- Javascript / JQuery- Web Service Desirable Skills: - GIT and JIRA- Struts- Hibernate- Oracle- Eclipse- Tomcat The role itself: * Design and development of new...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Senior Java Developer -Chester- £40,000 - £45,000 - fantastic benefits package and pension scheme A strong java J2EE developer is required to join a market leader within the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013