Senior Jobs in the North West

Senior
England > North West

The median Senior salary in the North West is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 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
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 14 13
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,535 954 1,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.75% 12.70% 12.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.56% 14.21% 13.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,068 578 738
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,759 £38,947
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,375
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

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 9,862 6,714 9,187
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.39% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,544 3,983 5,391
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,028 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,150 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North West

Senior
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Senior in the North West

Senior
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the North West

Senior
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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 +9 941 £60,000 -7.69% 215
Merseyside +23 204 £62,500 +8.70% 24
Lancashire +17 175 £57,965 +11.47% 54
Cheshire +6 161 £57,500 -5.58% 52
Cumbria -4 51 £45,000 -18.18% 20
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2024, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 436 (28.40%) Agile
2 327 (21.30%) AWS
3 301 (19.61%) Mentoring
4 288 (18.76%) Software Engineering
5 278 (18.11%) Azure
6 264 (17.20%) Coaching
7 227 (14.79%) Social Skills
8 219 (14.27%) DevOps
9 209 (13.62%) Finance
10 191 (12.44%) SQL
10 191 (12.44%) Degree
11 169 (11.01%) JavaScript
12 167 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
13 160 (10.42%) Python
14 148 (9.64%) Microsoft
15 135 (8.79%) C#
16 134 (8.73%) React
17 132 (8.60%) .NET
18 121 (7.88%) Public Sector
19 113 (7.36%) Terraform
20 112 (7.30%) Linux
21 110 (7.17%) Analytics
22 107 (6.97%) Actionable Insight
23 104 (6.78%) Security Cleared
24 102 (6.64%) Java
25 99 (6.45%) CI/CD
26 98 (6.38%) Project Management
27 95 (6.19%) SC Cleared
28 94 (6.12%) Roadmaps
29 92 (5.99%) Kubernetes

Senior 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 41 (2.67%) ArcGIS
2 37 (2.41%) GeoServer
3 20 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.24%) SharePoint
5 16 (1.04%) SAS
6 12 (0.78%) Tuxedo
7 11 (0.72%) CMS
8 8 (0.52%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.46%) Confluence
10 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.20%) WordPress
11 2 (0.13%) Apache
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 1 (0.065%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.065%) Jetty
12 1 (0.065%) Kentico
12 1 (0.065%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.065%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.72%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.52%) Sketch
4 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.26%) Maya
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.13%) Revit
9 1 (0.065%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.065%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.65%) Magento
2 9 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.065%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.065%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.065%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.065%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.065%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.065%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.065%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.065%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 327 (21.30%) AWS
2 278 (18.11%) Azure
3 54 (3.52%) GCP
4 52 (3.39%) SaaS
5 49 (3.19%) Amazon S3
6 46 (3.00%) Power Platform
7 43 (2.80%) Amazon EKS
8 39 (2.54%) Entra ID
9 37 (2.41%) IBM Cloud
10 36 (2.35%) Amazon ECR
10 36 (2.35%) OCI
10 36 (2.35%) Route 53
11 35 (2.28%) GitHub
12 34 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
13 31 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
15 22 (1.43%) Serverless
16 15 (0.98%) OneDrive
17 14 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
17 14 (0.91%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.54%) WAN
2 35 (2.28%) DNS
3 30 (1.95%) Firewall
4 29 (1.89%) Network Security
5 25 (1.63%) LAN
6 23 (1.50%) PPP
6 23 (1.50%) SD-WAN
7 20 (1.30%) DHCP
8 18 (1.17%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.98%) Wireless
10 13 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.59%) HTTP
11 9 (0.59%) MQTT
11 9 (0.59%) VPN
11 9 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.52%) TETRA
13 7 (0.46%) SSL
13 7 (0.46%) VoIP
13 7 (0.46%) WLAN
14 6 (0.39%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.84%) MySQL
3 45 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
4 42 (2.74%) NoSQL
4 42 (2.74%) SQL Server
5 38 (2.48%) GIS
6 37 (2.41%) QGIS
7 24 (1.56%) Power BI
8 21 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (1.30%) MongoDB
10 19 (1.24%) Oracle Database
11 18 (1.17%) Big Data
11 18 (1.17%) Data Lake
11 18 (1.17%) DynamoDB
11 18 (1.17%) Relational Database
12 14 (0.91%) Oracle Database 11g
13 12 (0.78%) Amazon Aurora
14 11 (0.72%) Metadata
14 11 (0.72%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (5.54%) Git
2 26 (1.69%) JIRA
3 24 (1.56%) GitLab
3 24 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.85%) PHPUnit
5 12 (0.78%) Appium
6 10 (0.65%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.52%) LabVIEW
7 8 (0.52%) Maven
8 7 (0.46%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.46%) Gatling
8 7 (0.46%) Gradle
9 6 (0.39%) Selenium
10 5 (0.33%) JetBrains Rider
10 5 (0.33%) JMeter
10 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.33%) webpack
11 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 227 (14.79%) Social Skills
2 209 (13.62%) Finance
3 121 (7.88%) Public Sector
4 87 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (4.76%) Retail
6 68 (4.43%) Banking
7 62 (4.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 57 (3.71%) Legal
9 32 (2.08%) Law
10 31 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 28 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (1.69%) Health Technology
13 25 (1.63%) Marketing
14 20 (1.30%) Publishing
14 20 (1.30%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.24%) Electronics
16 18 (1.17%) Games
17 13 (0.85%) Automotive
18 12 (0.78%) Local Government
18 12 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (8.73%) React
2 132 (8.60%) .NET
3 88 (5.73%) CSS
4 74 (4.82%) Node.js
5 59 (3.84%) HTML
6 55 (3.58%) .NET Core
6 55 (3.58%) RESTful
7 46 (3.00%) Laravel
8 45 (2.93%) AngularJS
9 43 (2.80%) REST
10 37 (2.41%) Leaflet
10 37 (2.41%) OpenLayers
10 37 (2.41%) PostGIS
11 36 (2.35%) Vue
12 30 (1.95%) Kafka
13 24 (1.56%) Spring
14 22 (1.43%) JSON
15 21 (1.37%) Web Services
16 20 (1.30%) PySpark
17 18 (1.17%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 59 (3.84%) Public Cloud
2 57 (3.71%) Management Information System
3 56 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 53 (3.45%) Data Centre
5 45 (2.93%) Blockchain
5 45 (2.93%) Product Ownership
6 37 (2.41%) e-Learning
7 33 (2.15%) Greenfield Project
8 28 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 23 (1.50%) IoT
10 22 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
12 20 (1.30%) Blog
12 20 (1.30%) Driving Licence
12 20 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.17%) Reinsurance
14 16 (1.04%) Algorithms
15 15 (0.98%) Mobile App
16 13 (0.85%) Cyberattack
16 13 (0.85%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.30%) Linux
2 84 (5.47%) Windows
3 31 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.24%) Android
5 15 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.91%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.72%) Unix
8 6 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.33%) VMS
9 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.20%) VME
11 1 (0.065%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 436 (28.40%) Agile
2 301 (19.61%) Mentoring
3 288 (18.76%) Software Engineering
4 264 (17.20%) Coaching
5 219 (14.27%) DevOps
6 167 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
7 110 (7.17%) Analytics
8 107 (6.97%) Actionable Insight
9 99 (6.45%) CI/CD
10 98 (6.38%) Project Management
11 94 (6.12%) Roadmaps
12 85 (5.54%) Cybersecurity
12 85 (5.54%) TDD
13 83 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence
14 77 (5.02%) Full Stack Development
15 75 (4.89%) Design Patterns
16 74 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 73 (4.76%) Computer Science
18 71 (4.63%) Test Automation
19 64 (4.17%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 191 (12.44%) SQL
2 169 (11.01%) JavaScript
3 160 (10.42%) Python
4 135 (8.79%) C#
5 102 (6.64%) Java
6 69 (4.50%) PHP
7 68 (4.43%) TypeScript
8 33 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 28 (1.82%) C
10 23 (1.50%) C++
11 22 (1.43%) T-SQL
12 20 (1.30%) PL/SQL
13 15 (0.98%) COBOL
13 15 (0.98%) Micro Focus COBOL
14 11 (0.72%) Go
14 11 (0.72%) Scala
15 10 (0.65%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.52%) R
16 8 (0.52%) Ruby
17 7 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 191 (12.44%) Degree
2 104 (6.78%) Security Cleared
3 95 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 46 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (1.76%) CCNP
7 24 (1.56%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.43%) AWS Certification
9 20 (1.30%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.24%) PMI Certification
11 17 (1.11%) JNCIP
12 15 (0.98%) CCNA
13 14 (0.91%) JNCIA
14 10 (0.65%) CISSP
14 10 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 9 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (0.59%) CREST Certified
15 9 (0.59%) GIAC
15 9 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (0.52%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (2.93%) Accessibility
2 42 (2.74%) QA
3 31 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 23 (1.50%) GDPR
5 22 (1.43%) WCAG
6 18 (1.17%) NIST
7 14 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.78%) SLA
9 10 (0.65%) PMO
10 9 (0.59%) GMP
11 8 (0.52%) IFRS
11 8 (0.52%) IFRS 9
11 8 (0.52%) ISO 9000
11 8 (0.52%) NCSC
12 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.065%) NIST 800
System Software
1 70 (4.56%) Docker
2 62 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.15%) Firmware
4 17 (1.11%) Embedded Firmware
5 14 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (0.85%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.65%) RACF
8 6 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.33%) vSphere
10 2 (0.13%) IAG
11 1 (0.065%) Lustre
11 1 (0.065%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.065%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.065%) XenApp
11 1 (0.065%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 113 (7.36%) Terraform
2 92 (5.99%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.35%) Prometheus
4 21 (1.37%) Ansible
5 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.59%) Stealthwatch
8 8 (0.52%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.33%) CASB
11 5 (0.33%) WSUS
12 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.13%) Puppet
12 2 (0.13%) SCCM
13 1 (0.065%) Functional Safety
13 1 (0.065%) Graylog
13 1 (0.065%) Icinga
13 1 (0.065%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 148 (9.64%) Microsoft
2 58 (3.78%) Oracle
3 54 (3.52%) Cisco
4 48 (3.13%) IBM
5 44 (2.87%) Google
6 37 (2.41%) ESRI
6 37 (2.41%) Red Hat
7 36 (2.35%) Dynatrace
8 26 (1.69%) VMware
9 25 (1.63%) ServiceNow
10 23 (1.50%) Fortinet
11 21 (1.37%) Informatica
11 21 (1.37%) Juniper
12 20 (1.30%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.24%) Databricks
14 17 (1.11%) CA
14 17 (1.11%) CyberArk
15 16 (1.04%) Adobe
16 15 (0.98%) Micro Focus
16 15 (0.98%) SAP