Senior Developer Job Trends in the North West

Senior Developer
England > North West

The median Senior Developer salary in the North West is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 May 2026.

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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 151 60
Rank change year-on-year +87 -91 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 251 80 321
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.29% 1.78% 3.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 2.00% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 214 74 268
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,688 £43,381
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -2.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,625 £71,250 £76,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 10,097 4,002 9,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 88.80% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,048 1,946 7,352
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,025
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,501
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -13.65%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in the North West

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the North West

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 May 2026. 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
Manchester +38 151 £65,000 +8.33% 15
Cheshire +46 67 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Merseyside -2 19 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Lancashire +29 14 £70,000 +37.55% 9
Senior Developer
England

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, Senior 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 North West region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 69 (27.49%) Azure
2 54 (21.51%) CI/CD
3 50 (19.92%) DevOps
4 49 (19.52%) C#
5 47 (18.73%) Agile
6 41 (16.33%) .NET
6 41 (16.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 40 (15.94%) AWS
7 40 (15.94%) SQL
8 34 (13.55%) Mentoring
9 30 (11.95%) Microsoft
10 29 (11.55%) Java
10 29 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (10.76%) Software Engineering
12 26 (10.36%) TDD
13 24 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (9.16%) REST
15 22 (8.76%) GitHub
15 22 (8.76%) Test Automation
16 21 (8.37%) Roadmaps
17 20 (7.97%) Azure DevOps
18 19 (7.57%) Git
18 19 (7.57%) SQL Server
19 18 (7.17%) JavaScript
19 18 (7.17%) Middleware
19 18 (7.17%) TypeScript
20 17 (6.77%) .NET Core
20 17 (6.77%) API Integration
20 17 (6.77%) ASP.NET
20 17 (6.77%) B2B

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (3.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.59%) IIS
3 2 (0.80%) Confluence
3 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 10 (3.98%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.80%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 69 (27.49%) Azure
2 40 (15.94%) AWS
3 22 (8.76%) GitHub
4 20 (7.97%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (6.77%) Power Platform
6 16 (6.37%) Serverless
7 15 (5.98%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (4.78%) Boomi
9 10 (3.98%) SaaS
10 8 (3.19%) GCP
11 6 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (2.39%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (2.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (1.99%) ChatGPT
12 5 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.59%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.59%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.59%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.20%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.80%) HTTP
2 2 (0.80%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.57%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.18%) Power BI
3 12 (4.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.39%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.99%) MySQL
5 5 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.80%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (7.57%) Git
2 15 (5.98%) JIRA
3 5 (1.99%) GitLab
4 4 (1.59%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.80%) JUnit
5 2 (0.80%) Spock
5 2 (0.80%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.80%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.40%) fastlane
6 1 (0.40%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.40%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.40%) NUnit
6 1 (0.40%) Postman
6 1 (0.40%) Selenium
6 1 (0.40%) YouTrack
General
1 20 (7.97%) Banking
2 19 (7.57%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.17%) Finance
4 17 (6.77%) Marketing
5 15 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.58%) Retail
7 10 (3.98%) Law
8 6 (2.39%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.20%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.40%) Back Office
10 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.40%) Games
10 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.40%) Legal
10 1 (0.40%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (16.33%) .NET
2 23 (9.16%) REST
3 18 (7.17%) Middleware
4 17 (6.77%) .NET Core
4 17 (6.77%) ASP.NET
5 16 (6.37%) JSON
6 15 (5.98%) SOAP
7 14 (5.58%) Spring
8 13 (5.18%) Node.js
8 13 (5.18%) React
8 13 (5.18%) XML
9 12 (4.78%) CSS
9 12 (4.78%) EDI
9 12 (4.78%) Spring Boot
10 11 (4.38%) HTML
11 9 (3.59%) .NET Framework
12 6 (2.39%) SwiftUI
13 5 (1.99%) ASP.NET Web API
13 5 (1.99%) RESTful
14 4 (1.59%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.17%) Mobile App
2 16 (6.37%) Enterprise Cloud
3 11 (4.38%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.19%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.39%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.20%) IoT
7 2 (0.80%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.80%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.80%) NHS
7 2 (0.80%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.40%) EPoS
8 1 (0.40%) Lidar
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.98%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.99%) Android
3 2 (0.80%) Windows
4 1 (0.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (21.51%) CI/CD
2 50 (19.92%) DevOps
3 47 (18.73%) Agile
4 41 (16.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 34 (13.55%) Mentoring
6 29 (11.55%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (10.76%) Software Engineering
8 26 (10.36%) TDD
9 24 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (8.76%) Test Automation
11 21 (8.37%) Roadmaps
12 17 (6.77%) API Integration
12 17 (6.77%) B2B
12 17 (6.77%) Collaborative Working
13 16 (6.37%) Clean Code
13 16 (6.37%) CRM
14 15 (5.98%) Release Management
15 14 (5.58%) API Development
16 13 (5.18%) AI
17 12 (4.78%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 49 (19.52%) C#
2 40 (15.94%) SQL
3 29 (11.55%) Java
4 18 (7.17%) JavaScript
4 18 (7.17%) TypeScript
5 8 (3.19%) C++
5 8 (3.19%) Python
6 7 (2.79%) Swift
7 5 (1.99%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.99%) PHP
8 4 (1.59%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.59%) SOQL
9 3 (1.20%) Ruby
9 3 (1.20%) SOSL
10 2 (0.80%) Bicep
10 2 (0.80%) Groovy
11 1 (0.40%) Scala
11 1 (0.40%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (1.99%) SC Cleared
1 5 (1.99%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.59%) DBS Check
3 2 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (0.80%) HND
4 1 (0.40%) Degree
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.78%) TickIT
2 5 (1.99%) QA
3 3 (1.20%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (6.77%) Docker
2 9 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (4.78%) Terraform
2 11 (4.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 30 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.59%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.39%) Splunk
4 2 (0.80%) AppDynamics
4 2 (0.80%) Cognos
4 2 (0.80%) IBM
4 2 (0.80%) Oracle
5 1 (0.40%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.40%) DevExpress
5 1 (0.40%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.40%) Google
5 1 (0.40%) Pega
5 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow