Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Senior Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Manchester is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 184 125
Rank change year-on-year +94 -59 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 133 56 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.56% 1.15% 2.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.72% 1.24% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 95 44 71
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £54,938 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £71,991 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,875 £80,000 £76,385
North West median annual salary £60,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.23% +7.83% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 4,890 4,498 5,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 92.04% 96.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,775 2,646 3,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,967 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,700 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Manchester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Manchester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Manchester

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Salford - 4 - -
Senior Software Engineer
North West

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 133 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 55 (41.35%) AWS
3 54 (40.60%) Agile
4 45 (33.83%) Azure
5 39 (29.32%) JavaScript
6 38 (28.57%) Python
7 35 (26.32%) DevOps
8 34 (25.56%) C#
9 28 (21.05%) .NET
9 28 (21.05%) React
10 26 (19.55%) Java
10 26 (19.55%) CSS
11 25 (18.80%) Security Cleared
12 24 (18.05%) TypeScript
12 24 (18.05%) PostgreSQL
13 23 (17.29%) SQL
14 22 (16.54%) SC Cleared
15 20 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
16 19 (14.29%) Social Skills
16 19 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
16 19 (14.29%) Degree
16 19 (14.29%) Computer Science
16 19 (14.29%) Open Source
17 18 (13.53%) Web Development
17 18 (13.53%) Leaflet
17 18 (13.53%) PostGIS
17 18 (13.53%) GIS
17 18 (13.53%) ESRI
17 18 (13.53%) ArcGIS
17 18 (13.53%) QGIS

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (13.53%) ArcGIS
1 18 (13.53%) GeoServer
2 3 (2.26%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.75%) JBoss
3 1 (0.75%) Red Hat Fuse
Business Applications
1 6 (4.51%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 55 (41.35%) AWS
2 45 (33.83%) Azure
3 7 (5.26%) Serverless
4 5 (3.76%) Amazon ECS
4 5 (3.76%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.26%) GCP
6 2 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.75%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.75%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.01%) Ethernet
1 4 (3.01%) RS-232
1 4 (3.01%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (18.05%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (13.53%) GIS
2 18 (13.53%) QGIS
3 11 (8.27%) MySQL
4 7 (5.26%) MongoDB
5 6 (4.51%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.51%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.26%) Big Data
6 3 (2.26%) Hadoop
6 3 (2.26%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 11 (8.27%) Git
2 5 (3.76%) GitLab
2 5 (3.76%) SonarQube
3 4 (3.01%) Subversion
4 3 (2.26%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.50%) webpack
6 1 (0.75%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.75%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.75%) Selenium
General
1 19 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 13 (9.77%) Retail
3 10 (7.52%) Finance
4 8 (6.02%) Health Technology
4 8 (6.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.51%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.76%) Automotive
7 5 (3.76%) Legal
7 5 (3.76%) Retail Finance
8 3 (2.26%) Games
8 3 (2.26%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.50%) Banking
9 2 (1.50%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.75%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.75%) Electronics
10 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (21.05%) .NET
1 28 (21.05%) React
2 26 (19.55%) CSS
3 18 (13.53%) Leaflet
3 18 (13.53%) OpenLayers
3 18 (13.53%) PostGIS
4 16 (12.03%) .NET Core
5 12 (9.02%) HTML
5 12 (9.02%) RESTful
6 9 (6.77%) AngularJS
6 9 (6.77%) Node.js
7 8 (6.02%) Kafka
8 7 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (5.26%) Jest
8 7 (5.26%) Web Services
9 6 (4.51%) JSON
10 5 (3.76%) ASP.NET
10 5 (3.76%) Lambda Expressions
10 5 (3.76%) Serverless Framework
10 5 (3.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.02%) Greenfield Project
2 5 (3.76%) IoT
3 3 (2.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.26%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.75%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.78%) Linux
2 4 (3.01%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.75%) Android
3 1 (0.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 54 (40.60%) Agile
3 35 (26.32%) DevOps
4 20 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 19 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 19 (14.29%) Open Source
6 18 (13.53%) Web Development
7 16 (12.03%) Microservices
8 15 (11.28%) TDD
9 14 (10.53%) CI/CD
10 12 (9.02%) Mentoring
11 11 (8.27%) Full Stack Development
12 10 (7.52%) Software Architecture
13 9 (6.77%) Continuous Deployment
13 9 (6.77%) Continuous Integration
13 9 (6.77%) Test Automation
14 8 (6.02%) Coaching
14 8 (6.02%) Collaborative Working
15 7 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 39 (29.32%) JavaScript
2 38 (28.57%) Python
3 34 (25.56%) C#
4 26 (19.55%) Java
5 24 (18.05%) TypeScript
6 23 (17.29%) SQL
7 10 (7.52%) C
8 5 (3.76%) C++
9 3 (2.26%) PHP
9 3 (2.26%) Rust
9 3 (2.26%) Scala
10 2 (1.50%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.75%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.75%) Go
Qualifications
1 25 (18.80%) Security Cleared
2 22 (16.54%) SC Cleared
3 19 (14.29%) Degree
4 9 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (5.26%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.01%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.50%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.01%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (4.51%) Firmware
2 4 (3.01%) Docker
3 1 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (6.02%) Terraform
2 4 (3.01%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (13.53%) ESRI
2 6 (4.51%) F5
3 3 (2.26%) Autodesk
4 1 (0.75%) Xamarin