Senior Java Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Senior Java Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Java Engineer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 135 198 235
Rank change year-on-year +63 +37 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Engineer 9 17 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.42% 0.33% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.35% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 6
10th Percentile - - £59,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,938 £64,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,465 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% -3.02% -3.57%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £70,625
90th Percentile - - £80,625
North West median annual salary £65,000 £65,465 £67,500
% change year-on-year -0.71% -3.02% -3.57%

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 1,928 4,842 4,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.70% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 3,750 2,671
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,143 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,164 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Senior Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Senior Java Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Java Engineer in Manchester

Senior Java Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Java Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Senior Java Engineer in Manchester

Senior Java Engineer
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 Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bolton - 1 - - 4
Rochdale - 1 - -
Salford - 1 - -
Stockport - 1 - - 4
Senior Java Engineer
North West

Senior Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Java 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 Manchester region featuring Senior Java Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Java
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Design Patterns
2 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Git
2 5 (55.56%) Dependency Injection
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 5 (55.56%) Coaching
2 5 (55.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (55.56%) SDLC
2 5 (55.56%) Performance Optimisation
2 5 (55.56%) SOLID
2 5 (55.56%) Blockchain
2 5 (55.56%) IBM Cloud
2 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 5 (55.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 5 (55.56%) TDD
2 5 (55.56%) Maven
2 5 (55.56%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) e-Learning
2 5 (55.56%) OO
2 5 (55.56%) OOD
2 5 (55.56%) IBM
2 5 (55.56%) Red Hat
3 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 4 (44.44%) CSS
3 4 (44.44%) XML
3 4 (44.44%) Agile

Senior Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) IBM Cloud
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Git
1 5 (55.56%) Maven
General
1 5 (55.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) CSS
1 4 (44.44%) HTML
1 4 (44.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Blockchain
1 5 (55.56%) e-Learning
1 5 (55.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (55.56%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Coaching
2 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 5 (55.56%) Dependency Injection
2 5 (55.56%) Design Patterns
2 5 (55.56%) DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 5 (55.56%) OO
2 5 (55.56%) OOD
2 5 (55.56%) Performance Optimisation
2 5 (55.56%) SDLC
2 5 (55.56%) SOLID
2 5 (55.56%) TDD
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) IBM
1 5 (55.56%) Red Hat