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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 149 61
Rank change year-on-year +86 -88 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 256 93 340
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.34% 2.00% 3.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% 2.25% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 218 83 285
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,538 £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 £84,125 £71,250 £77,000
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 10,233 4,128 9,904
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 88.97% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,343 2,037 7,685
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £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 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.61% +9.52% -13.32%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +39 152 £65,000 +8.33% 16
Cheshire +41 68 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Merseyside +6 20 £60,000 -7.69% 2
Lancashire +28 16 £70,000 +37.55% 4
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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 66 (25.78%) Azure
2 52 (20.31%) CI/CD
3 50 (19.53%) DevOps
4 48 (18.75%) C#
5 44 (17.19%) Agile
6 43 (16.80%) Full-Stack Development
7 41 (16.02%) SQL
8 40 (15.63%) .NET
8 40 (15.63%) AWS
9 36 (14.06%) Mentoring
10 31 (12.11%) Microsoft
11 30 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
11 30 (11.72%) Software Engineering
12 29 (11.33%) Java
13 24 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (9.38%) TDD
14 23 (8.98%) REST
15 22 (8.59%) GitHub
16 21 (8.20%) TypeScript
17 20 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
17 20 (7.81%) Roadmaps
17 20 (7.81%) Test Automation
18 19 (7.42%) JavaScript
19 18 (7.03%) B2B
19 18 (7.03%) Git
19 18 (7.03%) Middleware
19 18 (7.03%) Power Platform
20 17 (6.64%) AI
20 17 (6.64%) Collaborative Working
21 16 (6.25%) API Integration

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 (3.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.56%) IIS
3 3 (1.17%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.39%) Confluence
4 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 10 (3.91%) Visualfiles
2 3 (1.17%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (25.78%) Azure
2 40 (15.63%) AWS
3 22 (8.59%) GitHub
4 20 (7.81%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (7.03%) Power Platform
6 16 (6.25%) Serverless
7 14 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
8 12 (4.69%) Boomi
9 10 (3.91%) SaaS
10 7 (2.73%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (2.73%) GCP
11 6 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 5 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
12 5 (1.95%) ChatGPT
13 4 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (1.56%) GitHub Copilot
13 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (1.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 3 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.17%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.39%) HTTP
2 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.47%) Power BI
3 12 (4.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (2.34%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.95%) MySQL
6 4 (1.56%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.78%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.39%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 18 (7.03%) Git
2 14 (5.47%) JIRA
3 5 (1.95%) GitLab
4 4 (1.56%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.78%) JUnit
5 2 (0.78%) Spock
5 2 (0.78%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.39%) fastlane
6 1 (0.39%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.39%) Karma Test Runner
6 1 (0.39%) NUnit
6 1 (0.39%) Postman
6 1 (0.39%) Selenium
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.39%) YouTrack
General
1 22 (8.59%) Finance
2 21 (8.20%) Banking
3 19 (7.42%) Social Skills
4 18 (7.03%) Marketing
5 16 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.47%) Retail
7 10 (3.91%) Law
8 6 (2.34%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.17%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.39%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.39%) Back Office
10 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Games
10 1 (0.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.39%) Legal
10 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.39%) Police
10 1 (0.39%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (15.63%) .NET
2 23 (8.98%) REST
3 18 (7.03%) Middleware
4 16 (6.25%) JSON
5 15 (5.86%) ASP.NET
5 15 (5.86%) React
5 15 (5.86%) SOAP
6 14 (5.47%) .NET Core
7 13 (5.08%) Node.js
7 13 (5.08%) Spring
7 13 (5.08%) XML
8 12 (4.69%) CSS
8 12 (4.69%) EDI
9 11 (4.30%) HTML
9 11 (4.30%) Spring Boot
10 8 (3.13%) .NET Framework
11 6 (2.34%) SwiftUI
12 4 (1.56%) ASP.NET Web API
12 4 (1.56%) OpenAPI
12 4 (1.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.03%) Mobile App
2 16 (6.25%) Enterprise Cloud
3 11 (4.30%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (1.17%) IoT
8 2 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.78%) NHS
8 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.39%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.39%) Derivative
9 1 (0.39%) EPoS
9 1 (0.39%) Lidar
9 1 (0.39%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.91%) Apple iOS
2 5 (1.95%) Android
3 1 (0.39%) Linux
3 1 (0.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (20.31%) CI/CD
2 50 (19.53%) DevOps
3 44 (17.19%) Agile
4 43 (16.80%) Full-Stack Development
5 36 (14.06%) Mentoring
6 30 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (11.72%) Software Engineering
7 24 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (9.38%) TDD
8 20 (7.81%) Roadmaps
8 20 (7.81%) Test Automation
9 18 (7.03%) B2B
10 17 (6.64%) AI
10 17 (6.64%) Collaborative Working
11 16 (6.25%) API Integration
12 15 (5.86%) CRM
12 15 (5.86%) Release Management
13 14 (5.47%) API Development
13 14 (5.47%) Clean Code
14 13 (5.08%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 48 (18.75%) C#
2 41 (16.02%) SQL
3 29 (11.33%) Java
4 21 (8.20%) TypeScript
5 19 (7.42%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.91%) Python
7 8 (3.13%) C++
8 7 (2.73%) Swift
9 5 (1.95%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.95%) PHP
10 4 (1.56%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.56%) SOQL
11 3 (1.17%) Ruby
11 3 (1.17%) SOSL
12 2 (0.78%) Bicep
12 2 (0.78%) Groovy
13 1 (0.39%) Scala
13 1 (0.39%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (1.95%) SC Cleared
1 5 (1.95%) Security Cleared
2 4 (1.56%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.78%) HND
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.69%) TickIT
2 4 (1.56%) QA
3 3 (1.17%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (5.47%) Docker
2 9 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (5.08%) Terraform
2 9 (3.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (12.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.52%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.34%) Splunk
4 3 (1.17%) Cognos
4 3 (1.17%) IBM
5 2 (0.78%) AppDynamics
6 1 (0.39%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.39%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.39%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.39%) Google
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle
6 1 (0.39%) Pega
6 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow