Senior Java Developer Job Trends in Manchester

Senior Java Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Java Developer salary in Manchester is £70,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 155 146
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 5 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.18% 0.15% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.16% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £64,750 £52,750 £60,050
25th Percentile £68,125 £53,125 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.61% -11.54% -23.53%
75th Percentile £71,000 £63,125 £72,500
90th Percentile - £64,250 £77,000
North West median annual salary £70,500 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +22.61% -11.54% -23.53%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 2,481 2,542 2,230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.12% 93.90% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,581 1,222 1,793
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,375 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -1.17%

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, 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 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Clean Code
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Docker
2 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (80.00%) Spring
2 4 (80.00%) Spring Boot
3 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) GCP
3 3 (60.00%) Hibernate
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) Open Source
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) GitHub
5 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring

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 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) GCP
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub
3 1 (20.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (20.00%) Serverless
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Spring
1 4 (80.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (60.00%) Hibernate
3 1 (20.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Clean Code
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Microservices
3 3 (60.00%) Open Source
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Scrum
5 1 (20.00%) TDD
5 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (20.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (20.00%) Terraform