Senior Software Engineer
Cheshire > Chester
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Chester is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
19 |
18 |
26 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-1 |
+8 |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
2 |
5 |
2 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester |
1.71% |
2.63% |
1.49% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.89% |
2.98% |
1.65% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
4 |
2 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£65,000 |
- |
£55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£70,000 |
£55,000 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+27.27% |
-8.33% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£75,000 |
- |
£65,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Cheshire median annual salary |
£72,250 |
£60,000 |
£60,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+20.42% |
- |
-14.29% |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title |
106 |
168 |
121 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
90.60% |
88.42% |
90.30% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
52 |
128 |
74 |
| 10th Percentile |
£28,000 |
£25,000 |
£25,250 |
| 25th Percentile |
£37,500 |
£35,000 |
£37,585 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£45,750 |
£60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+20.22% |
-23.75% |
+33.33% |
| 75th Percentile |
£71,250 |
£60,000 |
£67,070 |
| 90th Percentile |
£100,000 |
£69,699 |
£78,500 |
| Cheshire median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£47,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-5.26% |
+5.56% |
