Senior Software Developer Job Trends in Altrincham

Senior Software Developer
Manchester > Altrincham

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Altrincham is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Altrincham 5.48% - 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.06% - 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £62,500
75th Percentile £70,000 - £66,250
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £70,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.53% +7.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Altrincham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Altrincham. 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 Altrincham with a recognized job title 66 13 60
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 100.00% 98.36%
Number of salaries quoted 51 11 60
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £22,850
25th Percentile £28,000 £35,625 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £56,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £85,000 - £65,125
Manchester median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Altrincham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Altrincham.

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in Altrincham

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Altrincham

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Altrincham.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Altrincham

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Altrincham

For the 6 months to 23 March 2026, Senior Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Altrincham region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Docker
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Serverless
2 2 (50.00%) Spring
2 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 2 (50.00%) Terraform
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Altrincham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Serverless
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform