The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 17 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Developer
Rank 235 205 203
Rank change year-on-year
-30 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 13 46 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.182% 0.652% 0.554%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.191% 0.680% 0.579%
Number of salaries quoted 13 38 36
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+9.75% +2.50%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester -35 7 £37,500 +4.16%
Lancashire +4 4 £37,500 -21.05%
Merseyside +12 2 £38,250 -4.37%
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 43 (76.79%) .NET
2 42 (75.00%) C#
3 38 (67.86%) SQL Server
4 37 (66.07%) ASP.NET
5 22 (39.29%) TDD
6 21 (37.50%) SQL
7 20 (35.71%) .NET Framework
8 16 (28.57%) Degree
8 16 (28.57%) WCF
9 15 (26.79%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
9 15 (26.79%) HTML
9 15 (26.79%) CSS
10 14 (25.00%) Web Services
10 14 (25.00%) JavaScript
10 14 (25.00%) jQuery
11 13 (23.21%) HTML5
12 12 (21.43%) Oracle
12 12 (21.43%) Scrum
13 11 (19.64%) Visual Studio
14 10 (17.86%) Java
14 10 (17.86%) MVC
14 10 (17.86%) SQL Server 2008
14 10 (17.86%) Retail
15 9 (16.07%) WinForms
15 9 (16.07%) LINQ
15 9 (16.07%) XML
16 8 (14.29%) UNIX
16 8 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
16 8 (14.29%) CSS3
16 8 (14.29%) JSON

Senior Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 43 (76.79%) .NET
2 37 (66.07%) ASP.NET
3 20 (35.71%) .NET Framework
4 16 (28.57%) WCF
5 15 (26.79%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 15 (26.79%) HTML
5 15 (26.79%) CSS
6 14 (25.00%) Web Services
6 14 (25.00%) jQuery
7 13 (23.21%) HTML5
8 9 (16.07%) LINQ
8 9 (16.07%) XML
8 9 (16.07%) WinForms
9 8 (14.29%) Spring
9 8 (14.29%) JSON
9 8 (14.29%) ASP.NET MVC
9 8 (14.29%) CSS3
10 7 (12.50%) Hibernate
11 6 (10.71%) Swing
11 6 (10.71%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.357%) IIS
2 2 (3.571%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.786%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (10.71%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.786%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.786%) SAN
1 1 (1.786%) Internet
1 1 (1.786%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (67.86%) SQL Server
2 10 (17.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (8.929%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (3.571%) MySQL
6 1 (1.786%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (19.64%) Visual Studio
2 5 (8.929%) JIRA
3 2 (3.571%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (3.571%) Xcode
4 1 (1.786%) Subversion
4 1 (1.786%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.786%) JUnit
General
1 10 (17.86%) Retail
2 2 (3.571%) Back Office
2 2 (3.571%) Finance
2 2 (3.571%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Computer Science
2 4 (7.143%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (3.571%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.786%) Replication
4 1 (1.786%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.786%) EPoS
4 1 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.29%) UNIX
2 3 (5.357%) Windows
2 3 (5.357%) Linux
3 2 (3.571%) Windows CE
3 2 (3.571%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) TDD
2 12 (21.43%) Scrum
3 10 (17.86%) MVC
4 7 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (12.50%) Unit Testing
5 6 (10.71%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (10.71%) OOD
6 5 (8.929%) Use Case
6 5 (8.929%) BDD
6 5 (8.929%) OO
7 4 (7.143%) E-Commerce
8 2 (3.571%) Migration
8 2 (3.571%) Multithreading
8 2 (3.571%) Software Engineering
8 2 (3.571%) Business Analysis
8 2 (3.571%) Web Development
8 2 (3.571%) Software Architecture
8 2 (3.571%) MVVM
9 1 (1.786%) Data Analysis
9 1 (1.786%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 42 (75.00%) C#
2 21 (37.50%) SQL
3 14 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 10 (17.86%) Java
5 7 (12.50%) C++
6 4 (7.143%) C
7 3 (5.357%) VB.NET
8 2 (3.571%) Lua
8 2 (3.571%) PHP
8 2 (3.571%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.786%) VB
9 1 (1.786%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 16 (28.57%) Degree
2 5 (8.929%) HND
3 3 (5.357%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (5.357%) MCPD
3 3 (5.357%) MCSD
System Software
1 1 (1.786%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (21.43%) Oracle
2 3 (5.357%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.786%) Epicor
3 1 (1.786%) VMware
3 1 (1.786%) SAP
3 1 (1.786%) 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
Lancashire
Skills: C#, WCF, Asp.net, SQL Server, CSS, HTML5, Oracle, Silverlight... Skills in C#, Asp.net and SQL Server are imperative. Any WCF, Silverlight or GUI experience would...
Sanderson
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
UK North West
To work for a company who have gained a reputation in the United Kingdom for being one of the most technically able agencies in the Magento ecosystem you...
Premier Group
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013