Senior Developer Job Trends in the North West

Senior Developer
England > North West

The median Senior Developer salary in the North West is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 October 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 147 61
Rank change year-on-year +72 -86 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 254 105 237
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.98% 2.00% 3.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 2.28% 3.35%
Number of salaries quoted 213 90 192
10th Percentile £52,500 £52,475 £48,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

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 11,981 4,611 7,082
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 87.95% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 8,820 2,272 4,096
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,525 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.73% - -8.33%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 +22 156 £65,000 - 51
Cheshire +21 40 £71,750 +19.58% 5
Merseyside +10 28 £70,000 +7.69% 2
Lancashire +32 27 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 October 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 63 (24.80%) CI/CD
2 62 (24.41%) C#
3 58 (22.83%) Azure
4 53 (20.87%) Agile
5 47 (18.50%) DevOps
6 45 (17.72%) AWS
7 44 (17.32%) Mentoring
8 43 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (15.75%) Java
10 39 (15.35%) .NET
11 38 (14.96%) Microsoft
12 37 (14.57%) SQL
13 36 (14.17%) AI
13 36 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
13 36 (14.17%) Full-Stack Development
14 35 (13.78%) Software Engineering
15 34 (13.39%) JavaScript
16 32 (12.60%) TypeScript
17 28 (11.02%) Front End Development
18 26 (10.24%) Python
18 26 (10.24%) React
18 26 (10.24%) REST
19 24 (9.45%) HTML
20 22 (8.66%) Test Automation
21 21 (8.27%) CSS
21 21 (8.27%) TDD
21 21 (8.27%) Technical Leadership
22 20 (7.87%) Collaborative Working
22 20 (7.87%) Power Platform
23 18 (7.09%) API Development

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 11 (4.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.18%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.18%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.18%) IIS
4 2 (0.79%) CMS
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.39%) Kentico
5 1 (0.39%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) IBM Planning Analytics
Cloud Services
1 58 (22.83%) Azure
2 45 (17.72%) AWS
3 20 (7.87%) Power Platform
4 18 (7.09%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.09%) Serverless
5 17 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (6.30%) GitHub
7 11 (4.33%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (4.33%) Power Automate
8 10 (3.94%) Amazon S3
8 10 (3.94%) PowerApps
9 9 (3.54%) Microsoft Copilot
10 8 (3.15%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (3.15%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (2.76%) Boomi
11 7 (2.76%) GCP
12 6 (2.36%) SaaS
13 5 (1.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.97%) Amazon EventBridge
13 5 (1.97%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.57%) HTTP
2 3 (1.18%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.79%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.39%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.72%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.54%) MySQL
2 9 (3.54%) Power BI
3 8 (3.15%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.18%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.18%) Redis
7 2 (0.79%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.39%) Chroma
8 1 (0.39%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.39%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.39%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 18 (7.09%) Git
2 9 (3.54%) JIRA
3 7 (2.76%) GitLab
4 5 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.57%) Claude Code
5 4 (1.57%) Maven
6 3 (1.18%) Ant
6 3 (1.18%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.18%) Postman
6 3 (1.18%) Selenium
6 3 (1.18%) Storybook
7 2 (0.79%) Jasmine
7 2 (0.79%) JUnit
7 2 (0.79%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (0.79%) Spock
7 2 (0.79%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.79%) YouTrack
8 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.39%) Xcode
General
1 26 (10.24%) Social Skills
2 16 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (5.91%) Banking
3 15 (5.91%) Marketing
4 11 (4.33%) Finance
4 11 (4.33%) Public Sector
4 11 (4.33%) Retail
5 8 (3.15%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.36%) Legal
7 5 (1.97%) Publishing
8 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.79%) iGaming
8 2 (0.79%) Police
9 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.39%) Back Office
9 1 (0.39%) Games
9 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.39%) Law
9 1 (0.39%) Legal Technology
9 1 (0.39%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (15.35%) .NET
2 26 (10.24%) React
2 26 (10.24%) REST
3 24 (9.45%) HTML
4 21 (8.27%) CSS
5 16 (6.30%) Middleware
6 13 (5.12%) SOAP
6 13 (5.12%) Spring
7 12 (4.72%) AngularJS
7 12 (4.72%) Node.js
7 12 (4.72%) React Native
7 12 (4.72%) Terraform
8 11 (4.33%) Spring Boot
8 11 (4.33%) XML
9 10 (3.94%) EDI
9 10 (3.94%) JSON
9 10 (3.94%) Microsoft Graph
9 10 (3.94%) Vue
10 9 (3.54%) .NET Core
11 8 (3.15%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.09%) Cloud Native
2 15 (5.91%) Mobile App
3 12 (4.72%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.94%) Online Gambling
5 9 (3.54%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.76%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.36%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
8 5 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.57%) Derivative
10 3 (1.18%) IoT
10 3 (1.18%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (0.79%) N-Tier
11 2 (0.79%) Private Cloud
12 1 (0.39%) AI Agents
12 1 (0.39%) EPoS
12 1 (0.39%) Low-Code
12 1 (0.39%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.39%) PropTech
12 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.54%) Android
2 8 (3.15%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.79%) Linux
3 2 (0.79%) Windows
4 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (24.80%) CI/CD
2 53 (20.87%) Agile
3 47 (18.50%) DevOps
4 44 (17.32%) Mentoring
5 43 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (14.17%) AI
6 36 (14.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 36 (14.17%) Full-Stack Development
7 35 (13.78%) Software Engineering
8 28 (11.02%) Front End Development
9 22 (8.66%) Test Automation
10 21 (8.27%) TDD
10 21 (8.27%) Technical Leadership
11 20 (7.87%) Collaborative Working
12 18 (7.09%) API Development
12 18 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
12 18 (7.09%) Roadmaps
13 17 (6.69%) API Integration
13 17 (6.69%) Design Patterns
13 17 (6.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 62 (24.41%) C#
2 40 (15.75%) Java
3 37 (14.57%) SQL
4 34 (13.39%) JavaScript
5 32 (12.60%) TypeScript
6 26 (10.24%) Python
7 10 (3.94%) Kotlin
8 9 (3.54%) C++
9 6 (2.36%) Apex Code
9 6 (2.36%) PHP
10 5 (1.97%) C
11 3 (1.18%) DataWeave
11 3 (1.18%) Go
11 3 (1.18%) Ruby
11 3 (1.18%) Scala
11 3 (1.18%) SOQL
11 3 (1.18%) SOSL
11 3 (1.18%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.79%) Groovy
12 2 (0.79%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (1.57%) Degree
2 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
2 3 (1.18%) SC Cleared
2 3 (1.18%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.79%) DBS Check
3 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.94%) QA
2 7 (2.76%) TickIT
3 6 (2.36%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.97%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.57%) WCAG
6 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (7.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.72%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.79%) Packer
2 2 (0.79%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.51%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.54%) Splunk
4 4 (1.57%) NEC
5 3 (1.18%) Adobe
5 3 (1.18%) Dynatrace
5 3 (1.18%) MuleSoft
5 3 (1.18%) webMethods
6 2 (0.79%) AppDynamics
6 2 (0.79%) Apple
6 2 (0.79%) Google
6 2 (0.79%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.79%) Oracle
7 1 (0.39%) Cognos
7 1 (0.39%) IBM
7 1 (0.39%) Mistral
7 1 (0.39%) New Relic
7 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.39%) YouTube