Senior Jobs in Manchester

Senior
North West > Manchester

The median Senior salary in Manchester is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +9 -3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 899 721 864
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 17.63% 14.33% 15.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.59% 15.62% 15.74%
Number of salaries quoted 628 475 609
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £38,947
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £71,250 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £87,500
North West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,836 4,616 5,488
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 91.77% 97.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,745 2,696 3,707
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Manchester

Senior
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Senior in Manchester

Senior
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Manchester

Senior
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 within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Salford +38 44 £45,000 -33.33% 6
Stockport +38 21 £50,000 +5.26% 4
Bolton - 8 £30,150 - 1
Altrincham +3 7 £67,500 +55.54% 2
Rochdale - 7 £32,500 - 2
Bury - 2 £67,500 -
Wigan +9 1 - -
Cheadle - 1 - - 2
Senior
North West

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 292 (32.48%) Agile
2 232 (25.81%) AWS
3 198 (22.02%) Software Engineering
4 183 (20.36%) Mentoring
5 179 (19.91%) Azure
6 154 (17.13%) Coaching
7 147 (16.35%) DevOps
8 142 (15.80%) Social Skills
9 136 (15.13%) Finance
10 123 (13.68%) SQL
11 119 (13.24%) Degree
12 107 (11.90%) Python
13 100 (11.12%) JavaScript
14 96 (10.68%) React
15 94 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
16 93 (10.34%) Terraform
17 91 (10.12%) C#
18 86 (9.57%) Microsoft
19 85 (9.45%) .NET
19 85 (9.45%) CI/CD
20 82 (9.12%) Java
21 79 (8.79%) Kubernetes
21 79 (8.79%) Public Sector
22 78 (8.68%) Analytics
23 76 (8.45%) TDD
24 69 (7.68%) Actionable Insight
25 67 (7.45%) Linux
26 63 (7.01%) Project Management
26 63 (7.01%) Security Cleared
26 63 (7.01%) Analytical Skills

Senior 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 22 (2.45%) ArcGIS
2 18 (2.00%) GeoServer
3 15 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (1.22%) SAS
6 9 (1.00%) CMS
7 8 (0.89%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.67%) Tuxedo
9 5 (0.56%) Confluence
10 3 (0.33%) JBoss
10 3 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
10 3 (0.33%) WordPress
11 2 (0.22%) Apache
11 2 (0.22%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.22%) nginx
12 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.11%) Jetty
12 1 (0.11%) Kentico
12 1 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.00%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.56%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.44%) Maya
4 4 (0.44%) Sketch
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.89%) Magento
3 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.22%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 232 (25.81%) AWS
2 179 (19.91%) Azure
3 43 (4.78%) Amazon S3
3 43 (4.78%) GCP
4 39 (4.34%) Power Platform
5 37 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
6 36 (4.00%) SaaS
7 31 (3.45%) IBM Cloud
8 30 (3.34%) Amazon ECR
8 30 (3.34%) OCI
8 30 (3.34%) Route 53
9 28 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (2.67%) GitHub
11 20 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (2.22%) Serverless
12 16 (1.78%) Entra ID
13 12 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (1.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 23 (2.56%) Network Security
2 20 (2.22%) WAN
3 18 (2.00%) DNS
4 16 (1.78%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.33%) Firewall
6 10 (1.11%) LAN
7 8 (0.89%) DHCP
7 8 (0.89%) SSL
7 8 (0.89%) VPN
8 7 (0.78%) WLAN
9 6 (0.67%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.67%) IPsec
9 6 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.67%) TETRA
9 6 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.56%) Cisco Firepower
11 4 (0.44%) HTTP
11 4 (0.44%) RS-232
11 4 (0.44%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
2 37 (4.12%) MySQL
3 34 (3.78%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (2.78%) NoSQL
5 23 (2.56%) SQL Server
6 21 (2.34%) Power BI
7 20 (2.22%) MongoDB
7 20 (2.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (2.11%) GIS
9 18 (2.00%) Big Data
9 18 (2.00%) QGIS
10 17 (1.89%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.56%) Oracle Database
12 10 (1.11%) Data Lake
12 10 (1.11%) DynamoDB
13 9 (1.00%) Oracle Database 11g
14 8 (0.89%) Metadata
15 7 (0.78%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 57 (6.34%) Git
2 27 (3.00%) Jenkins
3 15 (1.67%) GitLab
4 11 (1.22%) Appium
4 11 (1.22%) JIRA
5 7 (0.78%) Gradle
6 6 (0.67%) LabVIEW
7 5 (0.56%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.56%) webpack
8 4 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.44%) Subversion
9 3 (0.33%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.33%) IBM UrbanCode
9 3 (0.33%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.33%) Maven
9 3 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.33%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.22%) PHPUnit
10 2 (0.22%) Spinnaker
General
1 142 (15.80%) Social Skills
2 136 (15.13%) Finance
3 79 (8.79%) Public Sector
4 63 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (6.34%) Retail
6 36 (4.00%) Banking
7 24 (2.67%) Law
8 19 (2.11%) Legal
9 18 (2.00%) Health Technology
10 16 (1.78%) Games
10 16 (1.78%) Marketing
11 14 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.11%) Automotive
12 10 (1.11%) Local Government
12 10 (1.11%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.00%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.89%) Electronics
14 8 (0.89%) Publishing
15 6 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (10.68%) React
2 85 (9.45%) .NET
3 48 (5.34%) CSS
4 41 (4.56%) Node.js
5 40 (4.45%) HTML
6 38 (4.23%) RESTful
7 30 (3.34%) .NET Core
7 30 (3.34%) Kafka
8 28 (3.11%) AngularJS
9 25 (2.78%) Laravel
10 23 (2.56%) JSON
10 23 (2.56%) REST
11 22 (2.45%) Spring
12 18 (2.00%) Leaflet
12 18 (2.00%) OpenLayers
12 18 (2.00%) PostGIS
13 16 (1.78%) RabbitMQ
14 14 (1.56%) ASP.NET
15 13 (1.45%) Web Services
16 11 (1.22%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.23%) Data Centre
1 38 (4.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 36 (4.00%) Blockchain
3 32 (3.56%) Product Ownership
4 31 (3.45%) e-Learning
5 29 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
6 28 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 27 (3.00%) Public Cloud
8 23 (2.56%) Driving Licence
9 21 (2.34%) Onboarding
10 16 (1.78%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.56%) Video\Live Streaming
13 13 (1.45%) Blog
14 12 (1.33%) Algorithms
14 12 (1.33%) Cloud Native
14 12 (1.33%) Renewable Energy
15 10 (1.11%) PropTech
16 9 (1.00%) IoT
16 9 (1.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 67 (7.45%) Linux
2 43 (4.78%) Windows
3 16 (1.78%) Android
4 13 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.33%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.67%) Unix
7 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.44%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (32.48%) Agile
2 198 (22.02%) Software Engineering
3 183 (20.36%) Mentoring
4 154 (17.13%) Coaching
5 147 (16.35%) DevOps
6 94 (10.46%) Problem-Solving
7 85 (9.45%) CI/CD
8 78 (8.68%) Analytics
9 76 (8.45%) TDD
10 69 (7.68%) Actionable Insight
11 63 (7.01%) Project Management
12 61 (6.79%) Test Automation
13 60 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
14 59 (6.56%) Computer Science
15 56 (6.23%) Roadmaps
16 53 (5.90%) Design Patterns
17 51 (5.67%) Full Stack Development
18 50 (5.56%) Containerisation
19 46 (5.12%) Infrastructure as Code
19 46 (5.12%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 123 (13.68%) SQL
2 107 (11.90%) Python
3 100 (11.12%) JavaScript
4 91 (10.12%) C#
5 82 (9.12%) Java
6 60 (6.67%) TypeScript
7 38 (4.23%) PHP
8 26 (2.89%) T-SQL
9 18 (2.00%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.78%) PL/SQL
11 15 (1.67%) C
12 10 (1.11%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.00%) Go
14 7 (0.78%) R
14 7 (0.78%) Rust
15 6 (0.67%) COBOL
15 6 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.67%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 5 (0.56%) Bash
16 5 (0.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 119 (13.24%) Degree
2 63 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 47 (5.23%) SC Cleared
4 33 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.45%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (2.34%) Master's Degree
7 19 (2.11%) CCNP
8 14 (1.56%) JNCIA
8 14 (1.56%) JNCIP
9 13 (1.45%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.22%) CCNA
11 10 (1.11%) PMI Certification
12 9 (1.00%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.00%) Postgraduate
13 8 (0.89%) CCIE
14 7 (0.78%) CISSP
15 6 (0.67%) ACCA
15 6 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
15 6 (0.67%) CISA
15 6 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 27 (3.00%) QA
3 14 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 13 (1.45%) WCAG
5 11 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.22%) NIST
6 7 (0.78%) PMO
7 6 (0.67%) GDPR
8 5 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.56%) SLA
9 4 (0.44%) IFRS
9 4 (0.44%) IFRS 9
10 3 (0.33%) NCSC
11 2 (0.22%) GMP
System Software
1 51 (5.67%) Docker
2 25 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.78%) Firmware
4 7 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
5 6 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.11%) RACF
Systems Management
1 93 (10.34%) Terraform
2 79 (8.79%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.45%) Prometheus
4 14 (1.56%) Ansible
4 14 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (0.67%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.67%) WSUS
7 5 (0.56%) CASB
7 5 (0.56%) Stealthwatch
8 3 (0.33%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.11%) Grafana
9 1 (0.11%) Icinga
9 1 (0.11%) Nagios
9 1 (0.11%) Puppet
9 1 (0.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.34%) IBM
3 37 (4.12%) Cisco
4 31 (3.45%) Google
4 31 (3.45%) Oracle
4 31 (3.45%) Red Hat
5 30 (3.34%) Dynatrace
6 19 (2.11%) Fortinet
7 18 (2.00%) ESRI
8 16 (1.78%) Juniper
9 15 (1.67%) Palo Alto
10 12 (1.33%) Adobe
10 12 (1.33%) CA
11 11 (1.22%) Databricks
11 11 (1.22%) VMware
12 10 (1.11%) Apple
12 10 (1.11%) Meraki
12 10 (1.11%) MuleSoft
12 10 (1.11%) SAP
12 10 (1.11%) ServiceNow