Senior Java Developer Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Java Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Java Developer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 162 153
Rank change year-on-year +27 -9 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 15 11 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.66% 0.29% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.31% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 4
10th Percentile - £57,000 £61,625
25th Percentile £62,500 - £62,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% -20.59%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £74,375
90th Percentile £70,600 £75,000 £77,750
North West median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -20.59%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,098 3,571 2,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 94.65% 96.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,305 1,843 1,985
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,900 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,600 £84,056
North West median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Senior Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Senior Java Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Senior Java Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Java Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Senior Java Developer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Altrincham - 11 £65,000 -
Senior Java Developer
North West

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Senior Java 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 Manchester region featuring Senior Java Developer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Agile
1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 14 (93.33%) Clean Code
3 11 (73.33%) AWS
3 11 (73.33%) DevOps
3 11 (73.33%) Docker
3 11 (73.33%) Kubernetes
4 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (60.00%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (60.00%) React
5 9 (60.00%) Serverless
5 9 (60.00%) TDD
5 9 (60.00%) Terraform
5 9 (60.00%) TypeScript
5 9 (60.00%) User Experience
5 9 (60.00%) UX Design
6 8 (53.33%) Amazon Corretto
6 8 (53.33%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (53.33%) DynamoDB
6 8 (53.33%) Front End Development
6 8 (53.33%) Pair Programming
6 8 (53.33%) Performance Monitoring
6 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
7 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (20.00%) Spring
7 3 (20.00%) Spring Boot
8 2 (13.33%) Azure
8 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
8 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making

Senior Java Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 11 (73.33%) AWS
2 9 (60.00%) AWS Lambda
2 9 (60.00%) Serverless
3 2 (13.33%) Azure
3 2 (13.33%) GCP
4 1 (6.67%) GitHub
4 1 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) DynamoDB
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Games
2 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (60.00%) React
2 8 (53.33%) Amazon Corretto
3 3 (20.00%) Spring
3 3 (20.00%) Spring Boot
4 2 (13.33%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) e-Learning
2 2 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (13.33%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Agile
2 14 (93.33%) Clean Code
3 11 (73.33%) DevOps
4 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (60.00%) TDD
5 9 (60.00%) User Experience
5 9 (60.00%) UX Design
6 8 (53.33%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (53.33%) Front End Development
6 8 (53.33%) Pair Programming
6 8 (53.33%) Performance Monitoring
6 8 (53.33%) Test Automation
7 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (13.33%) Containerisation
8 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
8 2 (13.33%) Microservices
8 2 (13.33%) Performance Optimisation
8 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
8 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (60.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (73.33%) Kubernetes
2 9 (60.00%) Terraform
3 1 (6.67%) Progress Chef