Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Senior Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 91 183
Rank change year-on-year -1 +92 -60
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 57 137 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.65% 2.68% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.94% 2.83% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 55 97 45
10th Percentile £55,500 £50,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £54,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% - +8.40%
75th Percentile £82,625 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £82,779 £80,000
North West median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -2.44% +6.96%

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 1,941 4,840 4,549
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.62% 91.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,282 3,745 2,661
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,107 £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 £91,925 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +0.11% -8.90% +4.54%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Manchester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Manchester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Manchester

Senior Software 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 Software Engineer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 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
Rochdale - 1 £55,000 - 3
Senior Software Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 57 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 33 (57.89%) AWS
3 30 (52.63%) TypeScript
3 30 (52.63%) React
4 27 (47.37%) JavaScript
5 24 (42.11%) Agile
6 23 (40.35%) Python
7 21 (36.84%) Finance
8 20 (35.09%) Node.js
9 19 (33.33%) Azure
9 19 (33.33%) Java
10 18 (31.58%) RESTful
11 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (28.07%) CI/CD
12 16 (28.07%) Analytical Skills
12 16 (28.07%) Docker
12 16 (28.07%) Mentoring
12 16 (28.07%) TDD
13 15 (26.32%) .NET
14 14 (24.56%) GCP
14 14 (24.56%) Kubernetes
15 13 (22.81%) Spring Boot
15 13 (22.81%) Machine Learning
15 13 (22.81%) Test Automation
15 13 (22.81%) Git
15 13 (22.81%) Banking
16 12 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
17 11 (19.30%) Linux
17 11 (19.30%) Continuous Deployment
17 11 (19.30%) Deployment Automation

Senior Software 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.75%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 33 (57.89%) AWS
2 19 (33.33%) Azure
3 14 (24.56%) GCP
4 10 (17.54%) Azure Machine Learning
5 5 (8.77%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (5.26%) Apigee
6 3 (5.26%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 2 (3.51%) AWS Fargate
7 2 (3.51%) Serverless
8 1 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.75%) AWS IoT
8 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.53%) Wireless
2 2 (3.51%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (1.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (17.54%) Cloud Spanner
2 8 (14.04%) SQL Server
3 7 (12.28%) MySQL
4 4 (7.02%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.75%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.75%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.75%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 13 (22.81%) Git
2 9 (15.79%) Jenkins
3 3 (5.26%) JUnit
3 3 (5.26%) Maven
3 3 (5.26%) SonarQube
3 3 (5.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (3.51%) JIRA
5 1 (1.75%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.75%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.75%) Storybook
5 1 (1.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (36.84%) Finance
2 16 (28.07%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (22.81%) Banking
4 7 (12.28%) Aerospace
5 6 (10.53%) Electronics
5 6 (10.53%) Retail
5 6 (10.53%) Telecoms
6 5 (8.77%) Social Skills
7 4 (7.02%) Manufacturing
8 3 (5.26%) Automotive
9 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.75%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (52.63%) React
2 20 (35.09%) Node.js
3 18 (31.58%) RESTful
4 15 (26.32%) .NET
5 13 (22.81%) Spring Boot
6 9 (15.79%) AngularJS
6 9 (15.79%) CSS
6 9 (15.79%) HTML
6 9 (15.79%) REST
6 9 (15.79%) Web Services
7 7 (12.28%) Vue
8 5 (8.77%) Laravel
9 4 (7.02%) .NET Core
9 4 (7.02%) .NET Framework
9 4 (7.02%) XML
10 3 (5.26%) Hibernate
10 3 (5.26%) NestJS
10 3 (5.26%) Spring
11 2 (3.51%) ASP.NET
11 2 (3.51%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.54%) Public Cloud
2 8 (14.04%) Algorithms
3 6 (10.53%) Device Driver
3 6 (10.53%) IoT
4 3 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (5.26%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.75%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.75%) Cyberattack
6 1 (1.75%) Housing Association
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.75%) NHS
6 1 (1.75%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.30%) Linux
2 5 (8.77%) Android
2 5 (8.77%) Apple iOS
3 3 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 24 (42.11%) Agile
3 17 (29.82%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (28.07%) CI/CD
4 16 (28.07%) Mentoring
4 16 (28.07%) TDD
5 13 (22.81%) Machine Learning
5 13 (22.81%) Test Automation
6 12 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
7 11 (19.30%) Continuous Deployment
7 11 (19.30%) Deployment Automation
8 10 (17.54%) Cloud Security
8 10 (17.54%) Coaching
9 9 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
10 8 (14.04%) BDD
10 8 (14.04%) Data Science
11 7 (12.28%) Code Quality
11 7 (12.28%) Microservices
12 6 (10.53%) DevOps
12 6 (10.53%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 30 (52.63%) TypeScript
2 27 (47.37%) JavaScript
3 23 (40.35%) Python
4 19 (33.33%) Java
5 10 (17.54%) C#
6 9 (15.79%) C++
7 8 (14.04%) C
8 6 (10.53%) PHP
9 4 (7.02%) SQL
10 3 (5.26%) Go
11 2 (3.51%) Rust
12 1 (1.75%) Ruby
12 1 (1.75%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 6 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.51%) QA
System Software
1 16 (28.07%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (24.56%) Kubernetes
2 4 (7.02%) Terraform
3 3 (5.26%) Istio
Vendors
1 10 (17.54%) Google
2 7 (12.28%) Ping Identity
3 1 (1.75%) CheckPoint