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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 160 65
Rank change year-on-year +95 -95 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 245 84 307
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.29% 1.81% 3.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.48% 2.04% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 210 77 253
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% - -3.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,750 £77,250
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 9,861 4,120 9,005
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 88.55% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 6,836 2,114 7,182
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £84,355 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +7.48% -12.01%

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 21 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 21 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 +44 147 £65,000 +8.33% 18
Cheshire +45 66 £65,000 +8.33% 4
Merseyside -1 18 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Lancashire +27 14 £70,000 +37.55% 10
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 21 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 68 (27.76%) Azure
2 51 (20.82%) C#
2 51 (20.82%) CI/CD
3 50 (20.41%) DevOps
4 47 (19.18%) Agile
5 42 (17.14%) .NET
6 40 (16.33%) Full-Stack Development
7 39 (15.92%) SQL
8 37 (15.10%) AWS
9 33 (13.47%) Mentoring
10 29 (11.84%) Microsoft
11 28 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (11.02%) Java
13 25 (10.20%) Software Engineering
13 25 (10.20%) TDD
14 23 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (9.39%) REST
15 21 (8.57%) GitHub
16 19 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (7.76%) Git
16 19 (7.76%) Test Automation
17 18 (7.35%) .NET Core
17 18 (7.35%) ASP.NET
17 18 (7.35%) JavaScript
17 18 (7.35%) Middleware
17 18 (7.35%) Roadmaps
17 18 (7.35%) SQL Server
18 17 (6.94%) B2B
18 17 (6.94%) Collaborative Working
18 17 (6.94%) Docker

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 (3.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.63%) IIS
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 10 (4.08%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.82%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (27.76%) Azure
2 37 (15.10%) AWS
3 21 (8.57%) GitHub
4 19 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.12%) Power Platform
6 14 (5.71%) Dynamics 365
6 14 (5.71%) Serverless
7 12 (4.90%) Boomi
8 10 (4.08%) SaaS
9 7 (2.86%) GCP
10 6 (2.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.04%) ChatGPT
12 4 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (1.63%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.63%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (1.63%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (1.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.22%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.82%) HTTP
2 2 (0.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.35%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.31%) Power BI
3 12 (4.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (2.86%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.04%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.63%) MySQL
7 2 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.82%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (7.76%) Git
2 14 (5.71%) JIRA
3 5 (2.04%) GitLab
4 4 (1.63%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.82%) JUnit
5 2 (0.82%) Spock
5 2 (0.82%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.82%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.41%) fastlane
6 1 (0.41%) NUnit
General
1 20 (8.16%) Banking
2 19 (7.76%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.35%) Finance
4 17 (6.94%) Marketing
5 15 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.71%) Retail
7 10 (4.08%) Law
8 6 (2.45%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.22%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.41%) Back Office
10 1 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.41%) Games
10 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.41%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (17.14%) .NET
2 23 (9.39%) REST
3 18 (7.35%) .NET Core
3 18 (7.35%) ASP.NET
3 18 (7.35%) Middleware
4 16 (6.53%) JSON
5 15 (6.12%) SOAP
6 13 (5.31%) Node.js
6 13 (5.31%) React
6 13 (5.31%) Spring
6 13 (5.31%) XML
7 12 (4.90%) CSS
7 12 (4.90%) EDI
8 11 (4.49%) HTML
8 11 (4.49%) Spring Boot
9 9 (3.67%) .NET Framework
10 6 (2.45%) ASP.NET Web API
10 6 (2.45%) SwiftUI
11 5 (2.04%) RESTful
12 4 (1.63%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.53%) Enterprise Cloud
1 16 (6.53%) Mobile App
2 10 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (2.45%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.22%) IoT
7 2 (0.82%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.82%) NHS
7 2 (0.82%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.41%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.41%) EPoS
8 1 (0.41%) Lidar
8 1 (0.41%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.08%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.04%) Android
3 2 (0.82%) Windows
4 1 (0.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (20.82%) CI/CD
2 50 (20.41%) DevOps
3 47 (19.18%) Agile
4 40 (16.33%) Full-Stack Development
5 33 (13.47%) Mentoring
6 28 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (10.20%) Software Engineering
7 25 (10.20%) TDD
8 23 (9.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (7.76%) Test Automation
10 18 (7.35%) Roadmaps
11 17 (6.94%) B2B
11 17 (6.94%) Collaborative Working
12 16 (6.53%) API Integration
12 16 (6.53%) Clean Code
13 15 (6.12%) API Development
13 15 (6.12%) Release Management
14 14 (5.71%) CRM
15 12 (4.90%) ERP
15 12 (4.90%) Issue Tracking
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.82%) C#
2 39 (15.92%) SQL
3 27 (11.02%) Java
4 18 (7.35%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.94%) TypeScript
6 7 (2.86%) C++
6 7 (2.86%) Python
6 7 (2.86%) Swift
7 5 (2.04%) PHP
8 4 (1.63%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.63%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.63%) SOQL
9 3 (1.22%) SOSL
10 2 (0.82%) Bicep
10 2 (0.82%) Groovy
10 2 (0.82%) Ruby
11 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (2.04%) SC Cleared
1 5 (2.04%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.22%) DBS Check
3 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (0.82%) HND
4 1 (0.41%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.90%) TickIT
2 5 (2.04%) QA
3 3 (1.22%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.82%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (6.94%) Docker
2 9 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (4.90%) Terraform
2 10 (4.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 29 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.67%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.04%) Splunk
4 2 (0.82%) AppDynamics
4 2 (0.82%) Cognos
4 2 (0.82%) IBM
5 1 (0.41%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.41%) DevExpress
5 1 (0.41%) Google
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle
5 1 (0.41%) Pega
5 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow