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 20 April 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 116 62
Rank change year-on-year +43 -54 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 194 81 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.95% 1.99% 3.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.16% 2.26% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 171 72 250
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,774 £43,381
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £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 8,973 3,582 8,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.23% 88.05% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 5,750 2,207 6,948
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,065 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.74%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 +19 122 £65,000 +8.33% 23
Cheshire +16 60 £65,000 +8.33% 5
Merseyside -8 9 £60,000 -7.69% 5
Lancashire -5 3 £58,749 +15.44% 10
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 April 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 67 (34.54%) Azure
2 41 (21.13%) .NET
2 41 (21.13%) C#
3 39 (20.10%) Agile
4 36 (18.56%) CI/CD
5 34 (17.53%) DevOps
6 33 (17.01%) SQL
7 30 (15.46%) Full-Stack Development
8 29 (14.95%) Microsoft
9 28 (14.43%) AWS
10 23 (11.86%) Mentoring
11 22 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (9.79%) JavaScript
13 18 (9.28%) .NET Core
13 18 (9.28%) Git
13 18 (9.28%) React
13 18 (9.28%) TDD
14 17 (8.76%) Clean Code
14 17 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (8.76%) Software Engineering
15 16 (8.25%) ASP.NET
15 16 (8.25%) Collaborative Working
15 16 (8.25%) GitHub
15 16 (8.25%) SQL Server
16 15 (7.73%) Java
17 14 (7.22%) B2B
17 14 (7.22%) CSS
17 14 (7.22%) HTML
17 14 (7.22%) REST
18 13 (6.70%) Roadmaps

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 6 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.55%) WordPress
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.52%) IIS
3 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (5.15%) Visualfiles
2 2 (1.03%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 67 (34.54%) Azure
2 28 (14.43%) AWS
3 16 (8.25%) GitHub
4 12 (6.19%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.67%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (5.15%) GCP
7 9 (4.64%) Boomi
7 9 (4.64%) SaaS
8 8 (4.12%) Serverless
9 5 (2.58%) ChatGPT
9 5 (2.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 4 (2.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (2.06%) Azure Functions
10 4 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (2.06%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (1.55%) GitHub Copilot
12 2 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.55%) HTTP
1 3 (1.55%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.25%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.15%) Power BI
3 9 (4.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (4.12%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 18 (9.28%) Git
2 10 (5.15%) JIRA
3 3 (1.55%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.55%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.03%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.52%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.52%) fastlane
5 1 (0.52%) NUnit
General
1 19 (9.79%) Marketing
2 16 (8.25%) Finance
2 16 (8.25%) Social Skills
3 10 (5.15%) Banking
3 10 (5.15%) Law
3 10 (5.15%) Retail
4 9 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.09%) Retail Banking
6 4 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.52%) Legal
7 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (21.13%) .NET
2 18 (9.28%) .NET Core
2 18 (9.28%) React
3 16 (8.25%) ASP.NET
4 14 (7.22%) CSS
4 14 (7.22%) HTML
4 14 (7.22%) REST
5 10 (5.15%) JSON
5 10 (5.15%) XML
6 9 (4.64%) EDI
6 9 (4.64%) Middleware
6 9 (4.64%) Node.js
6 9 (4.64%) SOAP
7 7 (3.61%) .NET Framework
7 7 (3.61%) Spring
7 7 (3.61%) Spring Boot
8 6 (3.09%) Laravel
8 6 (3.09%) SwiftUI
9 5 (2.58%) RESTful
10 3 (1.55%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.70%) Enterprise Cloud
1 13 (6.70%) Mobile App
2 7 (3.61%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (3.09%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.06%) NHS
6 3 (1.55%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.03%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.52%) Lidar
8 1 (0.52%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.15%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.58%) Android
3 3 (1.55%) Windows
4 1 (0.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.10%) Agile
2 36 (18.56%) CI/CD
3 34 (17.53%) DevOps
4 30 (15.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 23 (11.86%) Mentoring
6 22 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (9.28%) TDD
8 17 (8.76%) Clean Code
8 17 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (8.76%) Software Engineering
9 16 (8.25%) Collaborative Working
10 14 (7.22%) B2B
11 13 (6.70%) Roadmaps
11 13 (6.70%) Test Automation
12 11 (5.67%) Collaborative Culture
12 11 (5.67%) CRM
13 10 (5.15%) API Integration
13 10 (5.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 9 (4.64%) Customer Insight
14 9 (4.64%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 41 (21.13%) C#
2 33 (17.01%) SQL
3 19 (9.79%) JavaScript
4 15 (7.73%) Java
5 12 (6.19%) TypeScript
6 8 (4.12%) PHP
7 7 (3.61%) Swift
8 5 (2.58%) Python
9 4 (2.06%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.55%) C++
11 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.52%) Bicep
11 1 (0.52%) Scala
11 1 (0.52%) SOQL
11 1 (0.52%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (2.58%) DBS Check
2 2 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (1.03%) Degree
2 2 (1.03%) HND
2 2 (1.03%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.64%) TickIT
2 4 (2.06%) QA
3 2 (1.03%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.64%) Docker
1 9 (4.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.12%) Terraform
2 7 (3.61%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.55%) cPanel
3 3 (1.55%) Plesk
Vendors
1 29 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.12%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.03%) Cognos
3 2 (1.03%) IBM
4 1 (0.52%) Blue Prism
4 1 (0.52%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.52%) Google
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle
4 1 (0.52%) Pega