The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software 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 Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 183 152 152
Rank change year-on-year
-31 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 9 21 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.220% 0.579% 0.455%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.230% 0.601% 0.475%
Number of salaries quoted 9 21 17
Average salary £37,500 £36,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,700 £34,000 £32,400
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £40,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+9.87% +1.25%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3913 3494 3793
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.56% 96.41% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3384 3103 3469
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 £56,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Developer
North West

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Senior Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Senior Software Developer Salary Trend

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester Senior Software Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheadle - 1 £37,500 -
Stockport - 1 £36,000 -
Senior Software Developer
North West

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Senior Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 26 (83.87%) .NET
2 24 (77.42%) C#
3 20 (64.52%) ASP.NET
4 17 (54.84%) SQL Server
5 13 (41.94%) SQL
5 13 (41.94%) TDD
6 12 (38.71%) .NET Framework
7 11 (35.48%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 8 (25.81%) Web Services
9 7 (22.58%) XML
9 7 (22.58%) Visual Studio
9 7 (22.58%) WinForms
9 7 (22.58%) Degree
9 7 (22.58%) WCF
9 7 (22.58%) LINQ
10 6 (19.35%) HTML5
11 5 (16.13%) Unit Testing
11 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2008
11 5 (16.13%) JSON
11 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
11 5 (16.13%) Scrum
11 5 (16.13%) SOAP
11 5 (16.13%) MS Excel
11 5 (16.13%) OOD
11 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
11 5 (16.13%) HTML
11 5 (16.13%) OO
12 4 (12.90%) IIS
12 4 (12.90%) CSS
12 4 (12.90%) C++

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Senior Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (83.87%) .NET
2 20 (64.52%) ASP.NET
3 12 (38.71%) .NET Framework
4 11 (35.48%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 8 (25.81%) Web Services
6 7 (22.58%) XML
6 7 (22.58%) WinForms
6 7 (22.58%) WCF
6 7 (22.58%) LINQ
7 6 (19.35%) HTML5
8 5 (16.13%) JSON
8 5 (16.13%) SOAP
8 5 (16.13%) HTML
9 4 (12.90%) CSS
9 4 (12.90%) NHibernate
9 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (12.90%) CSS3
9 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 2 (6.452%) XSLT
10 2 (6.452%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) IIS
2 2 (6.452%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.452%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (16.13%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.226%) NAS
1 1 (3.226%) Internet
1 1 (3.226%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (54.84%) SQL Server
2 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (16.13%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (6.452%) MySQL
3 2 (6.452%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (22.58%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.452%) JUnit
3 1 (3.226%) Xcode
General
1 3 (9.677%) Finance
2 2 (6.452%) Games
2 2 (6.452%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Computer Science
2 3 (9.677%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.226%) EPoS
3 1 (3.226%) NHS
3 1 (3.226%) N-Tier
3 1 (3.226%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) Android
1 1 (3.226%) UNIX
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
1 1 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) TDD
2 5 (16.13%) Unit Testing
2 5 (16.13%) Scrum
2 5 (16.13%) OOD
2 5 (16.13%) OO
3 4 (12.90%) MVC
3 4 (12.90%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (9.677%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (6.452%) UML
5 2 (6.452%) Migration
5 2 (6.452%) ERP
5 2 (6.452%) Automated Testing
5 2 (6.452%) Software Engineering
5 2 (6.452%) Web Development
5 2 (6.452%) Software Architecture
5 2 (6.452%) Multithreading
6 1 (3.226%) Information Assurance
6 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2
6 1 (3.226%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 24 (77.42%) C#
2 13 (41.94%) SQL
3 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.90%) C++
4 4 (12.90%) VB.NET
5 3 (9.677%) C
5 3 (9.677%) Java
6 2 (6.452%) Lua
Qualifications
1 7 (22.58%) Degree
2 1 (3.226%) MCPD
2 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.226%) MCSD
System Software
1 1 (3.226%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (6.452%) SAP
1 2 (6.452%) Oracle
1 2 (6.452%) Epicor
2 1 (3.226%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.226%) VMware
2 1 (3.226%) JBoss
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
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, Lancashire
IT, SAP Business One, Epicor, .Net, develop, consultant, C#, VB.Net, SQL... - Experience developing with client-side languages: Javascript,Ajax, HTML, XML/XSLT... - Possesses a high degree of...
Computer People
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013