The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer 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 Engineer 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Rank 221 225 210
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 22 22 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.306% 0.310% 0.349%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.321% 0.323% 0.366%
Number of salaries quoted 20 21 17
Average salary £43,250 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £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 Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

North West Senior Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

North West Senior Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the North West 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
Manchester -26 13 £45,000 -
Cheshire +12 8 £37,500 -11.76%
Lancashire - 1 £44,000 -
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 27 (47.37%) Linux
2 22 (38.60%) C++
3 21 (36.84%) C
4 20 (35.09%) Java
5 18 (31.58%) Web Services
6 17 (29.82%) SQL
7 15 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
8 14 (24.56%) JavaScript
8 14 (24.56%) XML
9 13 (22.81%) .NET
9 13 (22.81%) TCP/IP
9 13 (22.81%) Embedded C
9 13 (22.81%) Games
10 12 (21.05%) Finance
11 11 (19.30%) Embedded C++
11 11 (19.30%) C#
11 11 (19.30%) Visual Studio
12 10 (17.54%) SQL Server
12 10 (17.54%) OO
12 10 (17.54%) Apache
12 10 (17.54%) Embedded Linux
13 9 (15.79%) Ruby
13 9 (15.79%) SOA
13 9 (15.79%) MySQL
13 9 (15.79%) ASP.NET
14 8 (14.04%) SOAP
14 8 (14.04%) J2EE
14 8 (14.04%) PHP
14 8 (14.04%) ActionScript
14 8 (14.04%) UML

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 18 (31.58%) Web Services
2 14 (24.56%) XML
3 13 (22.81%) .NET
4 9 (15.79%) ASP.NET
5 8 (14.04%) SOAP
5 8 (14.04%) J2EE
5 8 (14.04%) LAMP
5 8 (14.04%) REST
6 7 (12.28%) Hibernate
6 7 (12.28%) Spring
7 6 (10.53%) JSON
8 4 (7.018%) Ajax
8 4 (7.018%) HTML
8 4 (7.018%) OpenGL
9 3 (5.263%) CSS
9 3 (5.263%) JSP
9 3 (5.263%) WCF
10 2 (3.509%) Servlets
10 2 (3.509%) DirectX
11 1 (1.754%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 10 (17.54%) Apache
2 1 (1.754%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.754%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.263%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.81%) TCP/IP
2 6 (10.53%) Ethernet
3 2 (3.509%) IGMP
3 2 (3.509%) VoIP
3 2 (3.509%) WAN
4 1 (1.754%) SAN
4 1 (1.754%) Internet
4 1 (1.754%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (1.754%) NAS
4 1 (1.754%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) SQL Server
2 9 (15.79%) MySQL
3 5 (8.772%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (8.772%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.754%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.754%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Visual Studio
2 6 (10.53%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 6 (10.53%) Subversion
3 4 (7.018%) NUnit
4 3 (5.263%) JIRA
5 2 (3.509%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.754%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (1.754%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.754%) JUnit
6 1 (1.754%) Redmine
6 1 (1.754%) Git (software)
General
1 13 (22.81%) Games
2 12 (21.05%) Finance
3 4 (7.018%) Military
3 4 (7.018%) Music
3 4 (7.018%) Music Industry
4 2 (3.509%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.509%) Electronics
5 1 (1.754%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) BBC
1 8 (14.04%) Ontologies
1 8 (14.04%) Social Network
1 8 (14.04%) Semantic Web
2 7 (12.28%) STB
3 6 (10.53%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
4 5 (8.772%) Computer Science
5 4 (7.018%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (7.018%) SCADA
6 1 (1.754%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.754%) ASIC
6 1 (1.754%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.754%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.754%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (47.37%) Linux
2 10 (17.54%) Embedded Linux
3 7 (12.28%) pSOS
4 3 (5.263%) UNIX
4 3 (5.263%) Windows
5 2 (3.509%) Android
5 2 (3.509%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.754%) AIX
6 1 (1.754%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (26.32%) Agile Software Development
2 10 (17.54%) OO
3 9 (15.79%) SOA
4 8 (14.04%) UML
4 8 (14.04%) OOD
4 8 (14.04%) Software Engineering
4 8 (14.04%) SEO
4 8 (14.04%) Scrum
4 8 (14.04%) Multithreading
4 8 (14.04%) Game Development
4 8 (14.04%) Analytics
5 6 (10.53%) Data Modelling
6 4 (7.018%) CRM
7 3 (5.263%) Web Development
7 3 (5.263%) Automation Testing
7 3 (5.263%) Test Automation
7 3 (5.263%) Integration Testing
7 3 (5.263%) Manual Testing
8 2 (3.509%) Software Architecture
8 2 (3.509%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (38.60%) C++
2 21 (36.84%) C
3 20 (35.09%) Java
4 17 (29.82%) SQL
5 14 (24.56%) JavaScript
6 13 (22.81%) Embedded C
7 11 (19.30%) Embedded C++
7 11 (19.30%) C#
8 9 (15.79%) Ruby
9 8 (14.04%) PHP
9 8 (14.04%) ActionScript
10 3 (5.263%) Perl
10 3 (5.263%) T-SQL
11 2 (3.509%) Bash shell
11 2 (3.509%) VB.NET
11 2 (3.509%) Python
12 1 (1.754%) Shell Script
12 1 (1.754%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (7.018%) HND
2 3 (5.263%) Degree
2 3 (5.263%) BC Cleared
2 3 (5.263%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.754%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.754%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.754%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 3 (5.263%) Oracle
2 2 (3.509%) Apple
3 1 (1.754%) Chordiant
3 1 (1.754%) HP
3 1 (1.754%) VMware
3 1 (1.754%) Google
3 1 (1.754%) Twitter
Quay House, Manchester, United Kingdom
Responsibilities: - Handle all software aspects of the design, development, and continuous improvement of state of the art professional digital audio systems for the live performance arena - Liaise with...
Music Group UK
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, North West
This is varied role giving a senior java developer the opportunity to have a say in the technologies and progression moving forward along with working on the most...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
This is varied role giving a senior java developer the opportunity to have a say in the technologies and progression moving forward along with working on the most...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
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