Senior Software Engineer
North West > Cheshire
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Cheshire is £74,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 66 | 81 | 84 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +15 | +3 | -6 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer | 4 | 26 | 8 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.58% | 1.70% | 0.86% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.80% | 1.75% | 0.96% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 25 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £53,750 | £53,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £64,750 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £74,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +24.17% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £84,250 | £65,000 | £91,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | £65,000 | £60,000 | £61,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -2.44% | +6.96% |
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 | 498 | 1,482 | 833 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 71.97% | 96.93% | 89.47% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 274 | 1,117 | 483 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £25,000 | £25,284 |
| 25th Percentile | £23,504 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £47,500 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.05% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,625 | £72,500 | £88,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £54,882 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -8.90% | +4.54% |
Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Cheshire.
Senior Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 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 |
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| Knutsford | +18 | 2 | £74,500 | -9.70% | |
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Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire
For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Senior Software Engineer 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 Cheshire region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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: