Senior Software Developer
North West > Manchester
The median Senior Software Developer salary in Manchester is £59,000 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 | 139 | 204 | 227 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +65 | +23 | -17 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer | 5 | 11 | 14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.23% | 0.22% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.26% | 0.23% | 0.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £54,500 | £55,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £59,000 | £62,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.60% | +8.70% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £64,250 | £68,125 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £64,700 | £70,000 | £69,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £59,000 | £70,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.71% | +27.27% | -4.35% |
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 Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings that featured Senior Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in Manchester.
Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Software Developer 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 Software Developer in the job title.
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Senior Software Developer 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: