Senior Software Developer Jobs in the North of England

Senior Software Developer
England > North of England

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 400 311
Rank change year-on-year +59 -89 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 50 42 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.29% 0.24% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.27% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 38 35 78
10th Percentile £50,875 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,125 £53,125 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £61,063
90th Percentile £112,500 £78,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +21.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,395 15,661 17,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 89.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,676 8,279 11,110
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,649 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Senior Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the North of England

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in the North of England

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the North of England

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Yorkshire +104 25 £60,000 -22.58% 5
North West +7 18 £70,000 +27.27% 3
North East 0 7 £65,000 - 3
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior Software Developer 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 North of England region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 25 (50.00%) C#
2 21 (42.00%) .NET
3 13 (26.00%) SQL
4 12 (24.00%) JavaScript
5 11 (22.00%) Java
5 11 (22.00%) Agile
5 11 (22.00%) AWS
6 10 (20.00%) Docker
6 10 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 9 (18.00%) .NET Framework
8 8 (16.00%) Web Services
8 8 (16.00%) ASP.NET Web API
8 8 (16.00%) Azure
9 7 (14.00%) REST
9 7 (14.00%) Microsoft
9 7 (14.00%) Software Engineering
10 6 (12.00%) TeamCity
10 6 (12.00%) Python
10 6 (12.00%) ASP.NET
10 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
11 5 (10.00%) JetBrains Rider
11 5 (10.00%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 5 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (10.00%) GDPR
11 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (10.00%) OSGi
11 5 (10.00%) DevOps
11 5 (10.00%) Mentoring
11 5 (10.00%) NuGet

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (6.00%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.00%) AWS
2 8 (16.00%) Azure
3 5 (10.00%) NuGet
4 4 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.00%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) HTTP
2 1 (2.00%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (6.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (6.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) TeamCity
2 5 (10.00%) Eclipse
2 5 (10.00%) Git
2 5 (10.00%) JetBrains Rider
3 2 (4.00%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
4 1 (2.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (4.00%) Law
3 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (42.00%) .NET
2 9 (18.00%) .NET Framework
3 8 (16.00%) ASP.NET Web API
3 8 (16.00%) Web Services
4 7 (14.00%) REST
5 6 (12.00%) ASP.NET
6 5 (10.00%) CSS
6 5 (10.00%) EDI
6 5 (10.00%) HTML
6 5 (10.00%) OSGi
6 5 (10.00%) Spring
7 4 (8.00%) AngularJS
7 4 (8.00%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (8.00%) Entity Framework
7 4 (8.00%) JSON
7 4 (8.00%) RESTful
8 3 (6.00%) Blazor
8 3 (6.00%) React
9 2 (4.00%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (4.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Podcast
2 3 (6.00%) Tandem
2 3 (6.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (2.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (22.00%) Agile
2 7 (14.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (12.00%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (10.00%) DevOps
4 5 (10.00%) Front End Development
4 5 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (10.00%) Time Management
5 4 (8.00%) Bioinformatics
5 4 (8.00%) Data Science
5 4 (8.00%) Domain-Driven Design
5 4 (8.00%) Informatics
5 4 (8.00%) Microservices
5 4 (8.00%) MVC
5 4 (8.00%) Product Requirements
5 4 (8.00%) TDD
6 3 (6.00%) Full Stack Development
6 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 25 (50.00%) C#
2 13 (26.00%) SQL
3 12 (24.00%) JavaScript
4 11 (22.00%) Java
5 6 (12.00%) Python
6 5 (10.00%) COBOL
6 5 (10.00%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 3 (6.00%) Go
7 3 (6.00%) PHP
7 3 (6.00%) T-SQL
8 2 (4.00%) TypeScript
9 1 (2.00%) C++
9 1 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 1 (2.00%) Rust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 10 (20.00%) Docker
2 1 (2.00%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (2.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (6.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.00%) Google
2 5 (10.00%) Micro Focus
3 3 (6.00%) Xamarin
4 2 (4.00%) Quadient