Senior Software Developer Job Trends in Cheshire

Senior Software Developer
North West > Cheshire

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Cheshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 69 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.11% 0.11% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.12% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
North West median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 751 850 450
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.35% 93.00% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 408 485 341
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £23,850
25th Percentile £33,464 £36,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £67,070
90th Percentile £76,450 £65,000 £77,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Cheshire

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
Crewe - 1 £50,000 - 1
Senior Software Developer
North West

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 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 Cheshire region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft