Senior Developer Jobs in the North West

Senior Developer
England > North West

The median Senior Developer salary in the North West is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 100 75
Rank change year-on-year +33 -25 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 318 273 387
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.27% 3.44% 4.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.46% 3.87% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 243 187 274
10th Percentile £43,381 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,938
90th Percentile £76,000 £86,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +16.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,202 7,058 9,062
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.05% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 7,076 4,102 5,496
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,625 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +17 197 £60,000 -7.69% 36
Merseyside +43 61 £55,000 -4.35% 3
Cheshire 0 40 £51,000 -23.02% 11
Cumbria - 10 £60,000 -
Lancashire -10 9 £50,000 -11.11% 4
Senior Developer
England

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Senior 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 West region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 98 (30.82%) Agile
2 87 (27.36%) AWS
3 83 (26.10%) JavaScript
4 73 (22.96%) C#
5 70 (22.01%) .NET
6 64 (20.13%) Azure
7 60 (18.87%) PHP
7 60 (18.87%) React
8 59 (18.55%) SQL
9 51 (16.04%) Full Stack Development
10 50 (15.72%) Finance
11 44 (13.84%) Laravel
11 44 (13.84%) DevOps
12 43 (13.52%) TDD
13 42 (13.21%) Clean Code
14 41 (12.89%) MySQL
14 41 (12.89%) Node.js
15 39 (12.26%) Unit Testing
16 38 (11.95%) Design Patterns
17 34 (10.69%) CSS
17 34 (10.69%) Degree
18 32 (10.06%) Java
18 32 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (9.75%) Software Engineering
20 30 (9.43%) Docker
20 30 (9.43%) Vue
21 29 (9.12%) Social Skills
21 29 (9.12%) CI/CD
21 29 (9.12%) SaaS
21 29 (9.12%) AngularJS

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 9 (2.83%) CMS
2 2 (0.63%) Apache
2 2 (0.63%) Apache Solr
2 2 (0.63%) Confluence
2 2 (0.63%) nginx
2 2 (0.63%) SAS
2 2 (0.63%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.31%) Jetty
3 1 (0.31%) Kentico
3 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.26%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (1.57%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.63%) Magento
2 2 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 87 (27.36%) AWS
2 64 (20.13%) Azure
3 29 (9.12%) SaaS
4 16 (5.03%) GCP
4 16 (5.03%) GitHub
5 14 (4.40%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
8 10 (3.14%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (3.14%) Google Play
9 8 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
9 8 (2.52%) Serverless
10 7 (2.20%) Power Automate
10 7 (2.20%) PowerApps
11 6 (1.89%) Azure API Management
11 6 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.57%) NuGet
12 5 (1.57%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (12.89%) MySQL
2 28 (8.81%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.03%) Oracle Database
3 16 (5.03%) Oracle Database 11g
4 11 (3.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (3.14%) MongoDB
6 8 (2.52%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.20%) Power BI
7 7 (2.20%) SQL Server
8 6 (1.89%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.26%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.26%) DocumentDB
10 3 (0.94%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
11 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.63%) Tableau
12 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 25 (7.86%) Git
2 13 (4.09%) PHPUnit
3 10 (3.14%) Appium
4 6 (1.89%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.57%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.57%) JetBrains Rider
6 3 (0.94%) GitLab
6 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.94%) JIRA
7 1 (0.31%) Maven
7 1 (0.31%) Storybook
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 50 (15.72%) Finance
2 29 (9.12%) Social Skills
3 16 (5.03%) Banking
4 12 (3.77%) Retail
5 10 (3.14%) Health Technology
6 8 (2.52%) Marketing
7 7 (2.20%) Games
7 7 (2.20%) Legal
8 5 (1.57%) Law
9 4 (1.26%) Publishing
10 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.94%) Police
11 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.31%) Automotive
12 1 (0.31%) Back Office
12 1 (0.31%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.31%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.31%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (22.01%) .NET
2 60 (18.87%) React
3 44 (13.84%) Laravel
4 41 (12.89%) Node.js
5 34 (10.69%) CSS
6 30 (9.43%) Vue
7 29 (9.12%) AngularJS
8 28 (8.81%) REST
9 26 (8.18%) HTML
10 19 (5.97%) .NET Core
11 18 (5.66%) Kafka
11 18 (5.66%) RESTful
12 16 (5.03%) JSON
12 16 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (4.09%) .NET Framework
13 13 (4.09%) Symfony
14 10 (3.14%) Android SDK
14 10 (3.14%) ASP.NET
14 10 (3.14%) jQuery
14 10 (3.14%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.40%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.09%) Greenfield Project
3 11 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
3 11 (3.46%) Mobile App
3 11 (3.46%) PropTech
3 11 (3.46%) Video\Live Streaming
4 8 (2.52%) IoT
5 7 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.89%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.57%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.26%) N-Tier
8 4 (1.26%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.94%) Hackathon
9 3 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.63%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.63%) Clustering
10 2 (0.63%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (6.29%) Linux
2 18 (5.66%) Android
3 14 (4.40%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.94%) Windows
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (30.82%) Agile
2 51 (16.04%) Full Stack Development
3 44 (13.84%) DevOps
4 43 (13.52%) TDD
5 42 (13.21%) Clean Code
6 39 (12.26%) Unit Testing
7 38 (11.95%) Design Patterns
8 32 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (9.75%) Software Engineering
10 29 (9.12%) CI/CD
11 28 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (8.81%) Mentoring
11 28 (8.81%) Scrum
11 28 (8.81%) Secure Coding
12 27 (8.49%) Actionable Insight
12 27 (8.49%) Front End Development
12 27 (8.49%) OOP
13 26 (8.18%) MVC
14 23 (7.23%) Software Testing
14 23 (7.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 83 (26.10%) JavaScript
2 73 (22.96%) C#
3 60 (18.87%) PHP
4 59 (18.55%) SQL
5 32 (10.06%) Java
6 25 (7.86%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.03%) PL/SQL
8 14 (4.40%) Python
9 12 (3.77%) T-SQL
10 10 (3.14%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.57%) Go
12 2 (0.63%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.63%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.63%) R
12 2 (0.63%) Ruby
12 2 (0.63%) Swift
13 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (10.69%) Degree
2 14 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.77%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.46%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.29%) QA
2 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 30 (9.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (5.35%) Kubernetes
1 17 (5.35%) Terraform
2 1 (0.31%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (7.55%) Google
2 20 (6.29%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.97%) Oracle
4 10 (3.14%) MuleSoft
5 5 (1.57%) PayPal
5 5 (1.57%) WorldPay
6 2 (0.63%) Adobe
6 2 (0.63%) Coremetrics
6 2 (0.63%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.63%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.31%) Atlassian