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 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 149 69
Rank change year-on-year +85 -80 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 237 83 300
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.31% 1.84% 3.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.52% 2.09% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 205 75 247
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,846 £43,381
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £72,000 £76,750
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 9,389 3,964 8,907
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 87.82% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 6,419 2,203 7,106
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,760 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.38% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,268 £84,370 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.78% +9.26% -11.18%

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 12 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 12 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 +39 143 £65,000 +8.33% 22
Cheshire +39 67 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Merseyside -3 16 £60,000 -7.69% 1
Lancashire +26 11 £70,000 +37.55% 11
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 71 (29.96%) Azure
2 49 (20.68%) C#
3 48 (20.25%) CI/CD
4 47 (19.83%) Agile
4 47 (19.83%) DevOps
5 44 (18.57%) .NET
6 39 (16.46%) SQL
7 38 (16.03%) Full-Stack Development
8 36 (15.19%) AWS
9 33 (13.92%) Mentoring
10 32 (13.50%) Microsoft
11 28 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
12 24 (10.13%) Java
12 24 (10.13%) TDD
13 23 (9.70%) Software Engineering
14 22 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (8.86%) GitHub
15 21 (8.86%) REST
16 20 (8.44%) Git
16 20 (8.44%) JavaScript
17 19 (8.02%) Collaborative Working
18 18 (7.59%) .NET Core
18 18 (7.59%) ASP.NET
18 18 (7.59%) SQL Server
18 18 (7.59%) Test Automation
19 17 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
19 17 (7.17%) B2B
19 17 (7.17%) Clean Code
19 17 (7.17%) Roadmaps
19 17 (7.17%) TypeScript

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 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.27%) IIS
3 2 (0.84%) WordPress
4 1 (0.42%) Confluence
4 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.22%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.84%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 71 (29.96%) Azure
2 36 (15.19%) AWS
3 21 (8.86%) GitHub
4 17 (7.17%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (6.33%) Power Platform
6 14 (5.91%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (5.49%) Serverless
8 12 (5.06%) Boomi
9 10 (4.22%) SaaS
10 9 (3.80%) GCP
11 6 (2.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (2.11%) ChatGPT
13 4 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Functions
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (1.69%) Azure Service Bus
13 4 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
14 3 (1.27%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.84%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.42%) HTTP
2 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.59%) SQL Server
2 13 (5.49%) Power BI
3 12 (5.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (2.95%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.69%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.27%) MySQL
7 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.84%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (8.44%) Git
2 13 (5.49%) JIRA
3 4 (1.69%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.69%) GitLab
4 2 (0.84%) JUnit
4 2 (0.84%) Spock
4 2 (0.84%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.42%) fastlane
5 1 (0.42%) NUnit
5 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (8.44%) Marketing
2 19 (8.02%) Social Skills
3 18 (7.59%) Finance
4 17 (7.17%) Banking
5 14 (5.91%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (5.49%) Retail
7 10 (4.22%) Law
8 6 (2.53%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.27%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.42%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.57%) .NET
2 21 (8.86%) REST
3 18 (7.59%) .NET Core
3 18 (7.59%) ASP.NET
4 16 (6.75%) Middleware
4 16 (6.75%) React
5 15 (6.33%) JSON
6 14 (5.91%) CSS
6 14 (5.91%) SOAP
7 13 (5.49%) HTML
7 13 (5.49%) Node.js
7 13 (5.49%) XML
8 12 (5.06%) EDI
8 12 (5.06%) Spring
9 10 (4.22%) Spring Boot
10 9 (3.80%) .NET Framework
11 6 (2.53%) SwiftUI
12 5 (2.11%) ASP.NET Web API
12 5 (2.11%) Laravel
12 5 (2.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.75%) Enterprise Cloud
2 15 (6.33%) Mobile App
3 9 (3.80%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.95%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.69%) NHS
7 3 (1.27%) IoT
7 3 (1.27%) Product Ownership
8 2 (0.84%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.42%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.42%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.42%) Lidar
9 1 (0.42%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.22%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.11%) Android
3 1 (0.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.25%) CI/CD
2 47 (19.83%) Agile
2 47 (19.83%) DevOps
3 38 (16.03%) Full-Stack Development
4 33 (13.92%) Mentoring
5 28 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (10.13%) TDD
7 23 (9.70%) Software Engineering
8 22 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (8.02%) Collaborative Working
10 18 (7.59%) Test Automation
11 17 (7.17%) B2B
11 17 (7.17%) Clean Code
11 17 (7.17%) Roadmaps
12 15 (6.33%) API Integration
13 14 (5.91%) CRM
13 14 (5.91%) Release Management
14 12 (5.06%) API Development
14 12 (5.06%) Customer Insight
14 12 (5.06%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.68%) C#
2 39 (16.46%) SQL
3 24 (10.13%) Java
4 20 (8.44%) JavaScript
5 17 (7.17%) TypeScript
6 7 (2.95%) PHP
6 7 (2.95%) Swift
7 6 (2.53%) Python
8 5 (2.11%) C++
9 4 (1.69%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.27%) Apex Code
10 3 (1.27%) SOQL
11 2 (0.84%) Bicep
11 2 (0.84%) Groovy
11 2 (0.84%) SOSL
12 1 (0.42%) Ruby
12 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (2.11%) SC Cleared
1 5 (2.11%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.69%) DBS Check
3 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (0.84%) Degree
3 2 (0.84%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.06%) TickIT
2 4 (1.69%) QA
3 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.33%) Docker
2 9 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (4.64%) Terraform
2 9 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.84%) cPanel
3 2 (0.84%) Plesk
Vendors
1 32 (13.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.80%) Salesforce
3 4 (1.69%) Splunk
4 2 (0.84%) AppDynamics
4 2 (0.84%) Cognos
4 2 (0.84%) IBM
5 1 (0.42%) Blue Prism
5 1 (0.42%) DevExpress
5 1 (0.42%) Google
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle
5 1 (0.42%) Pega