The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 20 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Developer
Rank 44 39 46
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 214 206 158
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 5.294% 5.650% 4.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.544% 5.854% 4.213%
Number of salaries quoted 197 199 153
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £33,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £47,200
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3860 3519 3750
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.50% 96.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3344 3138 3430
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £56,000 £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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Senior Developer Salary Trend

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Developer across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 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
Stockport -8 7 £40,000 +6.66%
Bolton -6 5 £36,500 +2.81%
Cheadle - 5 £37,500 -
Altrincham -6 4 £38,750 +10.71%
Sale - 2 £36,750 -
Oldham - 1 £39,246 -
Senior Developer
North West

Senior Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 310 (59.85%) .NET
2 295 (56.95%) C#
3 278 (53.67%) SQL
4 259 (50.00%) ASP.NET
5 210 (40.54%) SQL Server
6 157 (30.31%) JavaScript
7 142 (27.41%) MVC
8 139 (26.83%) HTML
9 130 (25.10%) TDD
10 128 (24.71%) CSS
11 127 (24.52%) WCF
12 113 (21.81%) Agile Software Development
13 109 (21.04%) Java
14 96 (18.53%) VB.NET
15 95 (18.34%) Degree
16 91 (17.57%) OO
17 89 (17.18%) Web Services
18 78 (15.06%) .NET Framework
19 77 (14.86%) jQuery
20 76 (14.67%) Microsoft
21 69 (13.32%) E-Commerce
21 69 (13.32%) OOP
22 68 (13.13%) Spring
23 67 (12.93%) PHP
24 65 (12.55%) T-SQL
25 64 (12.36%) MySQL
26 61 (11.78%) Scrum
27 56 (10.81%) XML
28 54 (10.42%) SQL Server 2005
29 52 (10.04%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

Senior Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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
1 310 (59.85%) .NET
2 259 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 139 (26.83%) HTML
4 128 (24.71%) CSS
5 127 (24.52%) WCF
6 89 (17.18%) Web Services
7 78 (15.06%) .NET Framework
8 77 (14.86%) jQuery
9 68 (13.13%) Spring
10 56 (10.81%) XML
11 52 (10.04%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 51 (9.846%) Ajax
13 48 (9.266%) Hibernate
14 45 (8.687%) J2EE
15 40 (7.722%) ASP.NET MVC
16 29 (5.598%) HTML5
17 26 (5.019%) JSP
18 24 (4.633%) LINQ
18 24 (4.633%) CSS3
19 19 (3.668%) REST
Application Platforms
1 47 (9.073%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.440%) CMS
3 16 (3.089%) Drupal
3 16 (3.089%) IIS
4 13 (2.510%) Magento
4 13 (2.510%) SharePoint 2010
5 11 (2.124%) Apache
5 11 (2.124%) Tomcat
6 9 (1.737%) BizTalk Server
6 9 (1.737%) Windows Azure
7 7 (1.351%) WordPress
7 7 (1.351%) Joomla!
8 6 (1.158%) MSMQ
9 5 (0.965%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.386%) nginx
10 2 (0.386%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.386%) MS Exchange
10 2 (0.386%) SAS
10 2 (0.386%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.193%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 40 (7.722%) MS Excel
2 5 (0.965%) MS Office
3 4 (0.772%) Fireworks
3 4 (0.772%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.772%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.772%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.931%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.544%) Dynamics AX
3 4 (0.772%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.386%) Cognos Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.193%) Google Analytics
5 1 (0.193%) Bond Adapt
5 1 (0.193%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.737%) HTTP
2 5 (0.965%) Intranet
3 3 (0.579%) Internet
3 3 (0.579%) NAS
3 3 (0.579%) SAN
4 2 (0.386%) FTP
4 2 (0.386%) Firewall
5 1 (0.193%) SSL
5 1 (0.193%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.193%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 210 (40.54%) SQL Server
2 64 (12.36%) MySQL
3 54 (10.42%) SQL Server 2005
4 31 (5.985%) SQL Server 2008
5 28 (5.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 28 (5.405%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 22 (4.247%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.931%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (1.158%) Oracle 9i
9 5 (0.965%) Oracle 8/8i
9 5 (0.965%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.965%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.579%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.386%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.386%) MS Access
11 2 (0.386%) OLAP
11 2 (0.386%) SAP Data Services
11 2 (0.386%) SQL Server 2012
11 2 (0.386%) QlikView
12 1 (0.193%) Redis
Development Applications
1 36 (6.950%) Visual Studio
2 22 (4.247%) Subversion
3 15 (2.896%) Eclipse
4 10 (1.931%) JUnit
5 8 (1.544%) NetBeans
6 7 (1.351%) Maven
7 6 (1.158%) Git (software)
7 6 (1.158%) Appcelerator Titanium
8 4 (0.772%) Basecamp
9 3 (0.579%) Gradle
9 3 (0.579%) NUnit
10 2 (0.386%) VisualSVN
10 2 (0.386%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.386%) PEAR
10 2 (0.386%) TortoiseSVN
10 2 (0.386%) Selenium
10 2 (0.386%) Xcode
10 2 (0.386%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.193%) Visual Studio Team System
11 1 (0.193%) MSBuild
General
1 49 (9.459%) Finance
2 26 (5.019%) Retail
3 15 (2.896%) Games
4 11 (2.124%) Back Office
5 8 (1.544%) Law
6 6 (1.158%) Telecoms
6 6 (1.158%) Marketing
7 5 (0.965%) Advertising
8 3 (0.579%) Automotive
9 2 (0.386%) Legal
10 1 (0.193%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.193%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.494%) Computer Science
2 29 (5.598%) Mobile App
3 20 (3.861%) Enterprise Software
4 17 (3.282%) Blackberry
5 10 (1.931%) iPad
5 10 (1.931%) iPhone
6 7 (1.351%) Open Source
7 6 (1.158%) Embedded Systems
7 6 (1.158%) N-Tier
8 3 (0.579%) EPoS
8 3 (0.579%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.579%) Social Media
9 2 (0.386%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.386%) Mobile Payment
9 2 (0.386%) Handset
9 2 (0.386%) W3C
9 2 (0.386%) Smartcard
10 1 (0.193%) Replication
10 1 (0.193%) PKI
10 1 (0.193%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 51 (9.846%) Windows
2 50 (9.653%) Linux
3 38 (7.336%) Android
4 37 (7.143%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.965%) Windows Phone
6 4 (0.772%) UNIX
7 2 (0.386%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.386%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (27.41%) MVC
2 130 (25.10%) TDD
3 113 (21.81%) Agile Software Development
4 91 (17.57%) OO
5 69 (13.32%) OOP
5 69 (13.32%) E-Commerce
6 61 (11.78%) Scrum
7 51 (9.846%) Unit Testing
8 47 (9.073%) Project Management
9 38 (7.336%) Web Development
10 33 (6.371%) Web Application Development
11 25 (4.826%) Software Engineering
12 21 (4.054%) CRM
13 16 (3.089%) SEO
14 15 (2.896%) Software Architecture
15 14 (2.703%) Waterfall
15 14 (2.703%) ETL
16 13 (2.510%) Business Intelligence
17 10 (1.931%) OOD
17 10 (1.931%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 295 (56.95%) C#
2 278 (53.67%) SQL
3 157 (30.31%) JavaScript
4 109 (21.04%) Java
5 96 (18.53%) VB.NET
6 67 (12.93%) PHP
7 65 (12.55%) T-SQL
8 33 (6.371%) PHP5
9 29 (5.598%) C
10 16 (3.089%) C++
11 12 (2.317%) PL/SQL
11 12 (2.317%) Lua
12 10 (1.931%) VBA
12 10 (1.931%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.351%) VB
14 6 (1.158%) Ruby
14 6 (1.158%) X++
14 6 (1.158%) VBScript
15 5 (0.965%) Python
15 5 (0.965%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 95 (18.34%) Degree
2 15 (2.896%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (1.351%) MCTS
4 4 (0.772%) MCPD
4 4 (0.772%) MCSD
5 2 (0.386%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.193%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.193%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.193%) MCAD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.317%) QA
2 2 (0.386%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (0.579%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 76 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 41 (7.915%) Oracle
3 21 (4.054%) Google
4 19 (3.668%) Zend
5 8 (1.544%) VMware
5 8 (1.544%) JBoss
6 6 (1.158%) SAP
6 6 (1.158%) EPiServer
6 6 (1.158%) Appcelerator
7 5 (0.965%) TIBCO
8 4 (0.772%) Apple
8 4 (0.772%) Cognos
9 2 (0.386%) Business Objects
9 2 (0.386%) QNX
9 2 (0.386%) Netezza
9 2 (0.386%) Twitter
10 1 (0.193%) Infragistics
10 1 (0.193%) ION Trading
10 1 (0.193%) Facebook
10 1 (0.193%) Epicor
Stockport, North West
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Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You will be able to point to significant experience of delivering high quality, robust solutions and should be able to demonstrate a record of high achievement and success...
JAM
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
As a Senior .Net Developer (VB.Net, C#.Net, ASP.Net) you will play a key role in the development of web based systems and software applications right...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
To be considered at this organisation you will need the following core technical skills; ASP.Net / VB.net or C# / SQL Server, along with other web programming and...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
A skilled SQL Server expert is required for my private sector, city centre client. Any candidate with strong T-SQL and excellent communication skills will be considered for...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + flexible working, bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
C# ASP.NET MVC TDD CI AGILE XP JQuery JavaScript XML CSS HTML A leading blue chip client based in central Manchester requires a Senior Web Developer to...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £45000 - £52000 per annum + Pension,Medical,Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stockport, North West
They have just moved into a posh new building and they are looking to expand the development team and push the businesses offering further. They are in a...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
We are currently seeking an exceptional and enthusiastic Senior C# Developer/Technical Lead to join one of Manchester flagship companies. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stockport, North West
They are growing at an impressive rate and need someone to join their team, provide them with new and innovative ideas and be very proactive in their role...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for a number of Senior Developer's with excellent development skills in .NET (VB.NET or C#) and SQL...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for a Senior Developer / Team Leader with excellent development skills in .NET (VB.NET or C#) SQL Server and...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for a Senior Developer / Team Leader with excellent development skills in .NET (VB.NET or C#) SQL Server and...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our growing client based in Manchester is currently looking for a number of Senior Developer's with excellent development skills in .NET (VB.NET or C#) and SQL...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Sale, North West
Skills: -C#, ASP.Net MVC, SQL Server-HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery-Agile (Scrum / Kanban) Alongside working with these technologies you must also have strong working knowledge of developing...
Mint
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
There is a high amount of bespoke application development so experience of hands-on, core development using C# experience is essential.This role requires excellent customer and business...
Sand Resources
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, North West
They are looking for an enthusiastic and personable C# Developer with experience in C#, WPF/WCF. The successful candidate will have a degree in a computer or science...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Senior C#.Net Developer - (ASP.NET,SQL Server) - Manchester - £30,000 - £45,000Interquest is working with a well established digital agency and consultancy recruiting for Senior C#.Net...
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Manchester, North West
Rapidly expanding technology business in Central Manchester is looking to increase their development team by adding a Senior Java Developer. High levels of innovation and a very unique...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will have solid understanding of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Web Services, ASP.Net and C#... HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT. ASP.Net (C#), C#.NET 4.0,...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our award winning and technically advanced client is seeking talented Java developers (J2EE, Spring, MVC, Hibernate, SQL, CSS and XHTML) to join their fast growing team, working on...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
C# ASP.NET Developer required with skills in Database design & builds, C#, ASP.NET, Javascript, HTML / XML / XSLT, OO,AJAX , PHP, SQL, CRM and Umbraco for an Online...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Skills Required: - Java, J2SE, J2EE - Javascript and/or J Query - Spring - Hibernate - Servlets - JBoss - SQL You will be: An experienced, highly technical and enthusiastic developer with strong Java...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
C# SQL 2005/2008/2012. MVC. WCF. Entity Framework. Unit Testing... Agile Methodologies. If would be advantageous for the Senior ASP.Net C# Developers to have a degree...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 50,000 plus a bonus scheme of up to 15% of base salary.
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
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Amoria Bond
Salary: £36000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Personal or commercial experience in Open Source Projects - Windows 8 experience - Windows Azure - Windows phone experience - Windows phone 8 experience This is a fantastic opportunity for a .NET...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills: C# , ASP.NET MVC , WCF , SQL Server , Entity Framework , LINQ , Azure This Senior C# Developer role is for someone who has ideas, who wants to lead a ...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Pertemps IT
Salary: £45000
Posted: 15 May 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
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Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + benefits, car, insurance
Posted: 2 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Outsourcery Hosting Ltd
Salary: Up to £48,000 per annum Bonus+Pension+Life Assurance+Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
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Outsourcery
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oldham, North West
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Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000 plus benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
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Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
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TEKsystems
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Urgently seeking an experienced MI professional with an expert knowledge of business objects to join my clients large business intelligence team... Utilising their Business Objects Enterprise platform and...
Computer Futures
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