Senior Job Trends in Cheshire

Senior
North West > Cheshire

The median Senior salary in Cheshire is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 6 27
Rank change year-on-year -12 +21 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 102 84 44
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 7.83% 14.81% 7.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.66% 16.47% 7.60%
Number of salaries quoted 73 39 37
10th Percentile £40,250 £43,116 £48,000
25th Percentile £45,974 £45,000 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -15.38% +18.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £84,056
North West median annual salary £62,500 £57,560 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.58% -4.07% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,056 510 579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 81.11% 89.95% 98.14%
Number of salaries quoted 493 286 472
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,813 £32,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £46,824
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.44% +4.05%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £63,783
90th Percentile £74,750 £68,125 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,369 £50,146
% change year-on-year -2.67% +2.44% -6.27%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Senior
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Cheshire

Senior
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Cheshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in Cheshire

Senior
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 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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 +5 21 £50,000 -35.48% 1
Northwich - 21 £60,000 - 1
Warrington -11 20 £48,979 -10.95% 8
Chester +1 13 £60,000 +11.63% 25
Widnes - 11 - -
Congleton - 5 £45,000 - 1
Knutsford -11 4 £100,000 +34.23% 2
Wilmslow - 1 - -
Senior
North West

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 28 (27.45%) Mentoring
2 24 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 22 (21.57%) Test Automation
4 21 (20.59%) Salesforce
5 20 (19.61%) Business Analysis
5 20 (19.61%) DBS Check
5 20 (19.61%) Process Improvement
5 20 (19.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 19 (18.63%) Business Transformation
7 17 (16.67%) Agile
7 17 (16.67%) Azure
8 14 (13.73%) SQL Server
9 13 (12.75%) .NET
9 13 (12.75%) .NET Core
9 13 (12.75%) C#
10 12 (11.76%) ASP.NET
11 11 (10.78%) SAP
12 10 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (9.80%) SQL
13 8 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (7.84%) Software Engineering
14 7 (6.86%) AWS
14 7 (6.86%) DevOps
14 7 (6.86%) Microsoft
14 7 (6.86%) Project Delivery
14 7 (6.86%) QA
15 6 (5.88%) .NET Framework
15 6 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
15 6 (5.88%) Product Roadmap

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.61%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 17 (16.67%) Azure
3 7 (6.86%) AWS
4 5 (4.90%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.94%) GitHub
6 2 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.96%) GCP
6 2 (1.96%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.96%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.90%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.90%) Tableau
3 3 (2.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.94%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (21.57%) Marketing
2 11 (10.78%) Finance
3 8 (7.84%) Social Skills
4 7 (6.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (4.90%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.92%) Banking
7 4 (3.92%) Games
8 1 (0.98%) Advertising
8 1 (0.98%) Electronics
8 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.75%) .NET
1 13 (12.75%) .NET Core
2 12 (11.76%) ASP.NET
3 6 (5.88%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.96%) Jest
4 2 (1.96%) React
4 2 (1.96%) RESTful
4 2 (1.96%) Spring
4 2 (1.96%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.98%) Blazor
5 1 (0.98%) CSS
5 1 (0.98%) CSS3
5 1 (0.98%) HTML
5 1 (0.98%) HTML5
5 1 (0.98%) Node.js
5 1 (0.98%) Playwright
5 1 (0.98%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.90%) IoT
1 5 (4.90%) SCADA
2 4 (3.92%) Driving Licence
2 4 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.96%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.98%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (0.98%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.98%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.98%) Online Banking
4 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.96%) VMS
2 1 (0.98%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (27.45%) Mentoring
2 24 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 22 (21.57%) Test Automation
4 20 (19.61%) Business Analysis
4 20 (19.61%) Process Improvement
5 19 (18.63%) Business Transformation
6 17 (16.67%) Agile
7 10 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
7 10 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (7.84%) Software Engineering
9 7 (6.86%) DevOps
9 7 (6.86%) Project Delivery
10 6 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
10 6 (5.88%) Product Roadmap
10 6 (5.88%) RAD
10 6 (5.88%) Roadmaps
11 5 (4.90%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (4.90%) CI/CD
11 5 (4.90%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.75%) C#
2 10 (9.80%) SQL
3 5 (4.90%) Elixir
3 5 (4.90%) Go
3 5 (4.90%) Ruby
4 3 (2.94%) Python
5 2 (1.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.96%) Java
5 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.96%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.98%) C
6 1 (0.98%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 20 (19.61%) DBS Check
2 4 (3.92%) HNC
2 4 (3.92%) NVQ Level 4
3 3 (2.94%) Degree
4 2 (1.96%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.96%) PMP
5 1 (0.98%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.98%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.94%) Docker
2 2 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.98%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.98%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.98%) Grafana
2 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (20.59%) Salesforce
2 11 (10.78%) SAP
3 7 (6.86%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.92%) EXASOL
5 1 (0.98%) Alteryx
5 1 (0.98%) Databricks
5 1 (0.98%) Google