Senior Developer Job Trends in the North West

Senior Developer
England > North West

The median Senior Developer salary in the North West is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 February 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 95 59
Rank change year-on-year +4 -36 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 117 103 250
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.56% 2.30% 3.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.79% 2.54% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 111 79 209
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £43,204
25th Percentile £55,625 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% -1.67% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,375 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% -6.90%

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 6,532 4,058 6,408
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.95% 90.64% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,862 2,211 5,272
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +4 75 £65,000 +8.33% 32
Cheshire +11 34 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Merseyside -17 7 £60,000 -20.00% 1
Lancashire -10 1 £55,000 +7.34% 7
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 February 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 45 (38.46%) Azure
2 40 (34.19%) .NET
3 35 (29.91%) C#
4 30 (25.64%) Agile
5 22 (18.80%) .NET Core
6 21 (17.95%) CI/CD
6 21 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (17.95%) Test Automation
7 19 (16.24%) Mentoring
7 19 (16.24%) SQL Server
8 17 (14.53%) CSS
8 17 (14.53%) HTML
8 17 (14.53%) JavaScript
8 17 (14.53%) Microsoft
9 16 (13.68%) Clean Code
9 16 (13.68%) SQL
10 15 (12.82%) ASP.NET
11 14 (11.97%) AWS
11 14 (11.97%) Git
12 13 (11.11%) Business Analysis
12 13 (11.11%) Business Transformation
12 13 (11.11%) DBS Check
12 13 (11.11%) Process Improvement
12 13 (11.11%) Salesforce
12 13 (11.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 12 (10.26%) DevOps
13 12 (10.26%) Full-Stack Development
13 12 (10.26%) React
13 12 (10.26%) TDD
14 11 (9.40%) Collaborative Culture

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 3 (2.56%) WordPress
2 1 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.85%) CMS
2 1 (0.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) IIS
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.46%) Azure
2 14 (11.97%) AWS
3 13 (11.11%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 9 (7.69%) GCP
4 9 (7.69%) SaaS
5 4 (3.42%) GitHub
6 2 (1.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (1.71%) Azure Functions
6 2 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (1.71%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (1.71%) ChatGPT
6 2 (1.71%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (1.71%) GitHub Copilot
6 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
6 2 (1.71%) Serverless
7 1 (0.85%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.85%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (0.85%) npm
7 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.42%) HTTP
2 3 (2.56%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.85%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.24%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.42%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.56%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.85%) MySQL
4 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (11.97%) Git
2 3 (2.56%) Cypress.io
2 3 (2.56%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.71%) JIRA
4 1 (0.85%) JUnit
4 1 (0.85%) Maven
4 1 (0.85%) Protractor
4 1 (0.85%) Selenium
4 1 (0.85%) XCUITest
General
1 19 (16.24%) Marketing
2 7 (5.98%) Law
2 7 (5.98%) Social Skills
3 4 (3.42%) Finance
4 3 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (0.85%) Automotive
5 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.85%) Publishing
5 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (34.19%) .NET
2 22 (18.80%) .NET Core
3 17 (14.53%) CSS
3 17 (14.53%) HTML
4 15 (12.82%) ASP.NET
5 12 (10.26%) React
6 6 (5.13%) .NET Framework
6 6 (5.13%) RESTful
6 6 (5.13%) Spring
6 6 (5.13%) Spring Boot
7 5 (4.27%) ASP.NET Web API
7 5 (4.27%) Laravel
8 4 (3.42%) Hibernate
9 3 (2.56%) Akka
9 3 (2.56%) QML
9 3 (2.56%) Qt
9 3 (2.56%) Razor View Engine
9 3 (2.56%) REST
9 3 (2.56%) Sass
9 3 (2.56%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.40%) Mobile App
2 7 (5.98%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (5.13%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.42%) NHS
5 3 (2.56%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.71%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Life Science
7 1 (0.85%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.85%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.56%) Apple iOS
1 3 (2.56%) Windows
2 2 (1.71%) Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.64%) Agile
2 21 (17.95%) CI/CD
2 21 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 21 (17.95%) Test Automation
3 19 (16.24%) Mentoring
4 16 (13.68%) Clean Code
5 13 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 13 (11.11%) Business Transformation
5 13 (11.11%) Process Improvement
6 12 (10.26%) DevOps
6 12 (10.26%) Full-Stack Development
6 12 (10.26%) TDD
7 11 (9.40%) Collaborative Culture
7 11 (9.40%) Containerisation
7 11 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (9.40%) Microservices
7 11 (9.40%) Software Engineering
8 8 (6.84%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (6.84%) Fintech
8 8 (6.84%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 35 (29.91%) C#
2 17 (14.53%) JavaScript
3 16 (13.68%) SQL
4 7 (5.98%) Java
4 7 (5.98%) PHP
5 3 (2.56%) C++
5 3 (2.56%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.71%) Erlang
6 2 (1.71%) Python
6 2 (1.71%) Swift
7 1 (0.85%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.85%) Scala
7 1 (0.85%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 2 (1.71%) Degree
3 1 (0.85%) PhD
3 1 (0.85%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.27%) QA
System Software
1 10 (8.55%) Docker
2 7 (5.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (6.84%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.56%) cPanel
2 3 (2.56%) Plesk
Vendors
1 17 (14.53%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.85%) Adobe
3 1 (0.85%) Google
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle