The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Programmer
Rank 180 168 167
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Programmer 1 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.024% 0.244% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.253% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 2
Average salary £31,000 £37,500 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.33% +4.89%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +12.50%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3925 3555 3731
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.59% 96.45% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3408 3171 3415
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £56,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Programmer
North West

Senior Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Senior Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Senior Programmer Salary Trend

Senior Programmer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Senior Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (87.50%) Degree
2 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
2 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
2 7 (87.50%) IIS
2 7 (87.50%) VMware
3 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
4 2 (25.00%) C#
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) SAN
4 2 (25.00%) NAS
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Web Development
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

Senior Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Senior Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) .NET
1 8 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) IIS
2 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) SAN
1 2 (25.00%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft