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 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 109 68
Rank change year-on-year +29 -41 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 155 83 282
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.82% 2.16% 3.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 2.40% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 138 71 233
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £43,381
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.17% -1.67% -2.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
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 7,577 3,461 7,919
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.99% 90.04% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,677 2,233 6,415
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,378 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £69,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,350 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.69%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 +16 103 £65,000 +8.33% 22
Cheshire +3 41 £60,000 +9.09% 10
Merseyside -12 8 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Lancashire -12 3 £58,749 +15.44% 4
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 March 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 53 (34.19%) Azure
2 45 (29.03%) .NET
3 36 (23.23%) Agile
3 36 (23.23%) C#
4 33 (21.29%) CI/CD
5 23 (14.84%) AWS
5 23 (14.84%) Full-Stack Development
6 22 (14.19%) DevOps
7 20 (12.90%) .NET Core
7 20 (12.90%) Clean Code
7 20 (12.90%) SQL
8 19 (12.26%) Mentoring
9 18 (11.61%) JavaScript
9 18 (11.61%) Microsoft
9 18 (11.61%) SQL Server
9 18 (11.61%) TDD
9 18 (11.61%) Test Automation
10 17 (10.97%) Software Engineering
10 17 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (10.32%) ASP.NET
12 15 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (9.68%) CSS
12 15 (9.68%) Git
12 15 (9.68%) HTML
13 14 (9.03%) Collaborative Culture
13 14 (9.03%) React
14 13 (8.39%) Java
15 11 (7.10%) Docker
15 11 (7.10%) GCP
16 10 (6.45%) Front End 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 3 (1.94%) WordPress
2 1 (0.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) IIS
2 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.45%) Visualfiles
2 2 (1.29%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (34.19%) Azure
2 23 (14.84%) AWS
3 11 (7.10%) GCP
4 9 (5.81%) SaaS
4 9 (5.81%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 7 (4.52%) Serverless
6 5 (3.23%) ChatGPT
6 5 (3.23%) GitHub
7 3 (1.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (1.94%) Azure Functions
7 3 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (1.94%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (1.94%) GitHub Copilot
7 3 (1.94%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.65%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.58%) HTTP
2 3 (1.94%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.61%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.52%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.29%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.65%) MySQL
4 1 (0.65%) Power BI
4 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (9.68%) Git
2 3 (1.94%) Visual Studio
3 2 (1.29%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.29%) XCUITest
4 1 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.65%) fastlane
4 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.65%) JIRA
4 1 (0.65%) NUnit
4 1 (0.65%) Protractor
General
1 14 (9.03%) Marketing
2 13 (8.39%) Finance
3 10 (6.45%) Law
4 7 (4.52%) Social Skills
5 4 (2.58%) Banking
6 3 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.94%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.65%) Automotive
7 1 (0.65%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (29.03%) .NET
2 20 (12.90%) .NET Core
3 16 (10.32%) ASP.NET
4 15 (9.68%) CSS
4 15 (9.68%) HTML
5 14 (9.03%) React
6 9 (5.81%) Spring
6 9 (5.81%) Spring Boot
7 7 (4.52%) .NET Framework
8 6 (3.87%) Laravel
8 6 (3.87%) RESTful
9 5 (3.23%) ASP.NET Web API
9 5 (3.23%) SwiftUI
10 4 (2.58%) Hibernate
10 4 (2.58%) Node.js
10 4 (2.58%) REST
11 3 (1.94%) QML
11 3 (1.94%) Qt
11 3 (1.94%) Razor View Engine
11 3 (1.94%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.10%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.52%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (3.87%) Enterprise Cloud
4 4 (2.58%) NHS
5 3 (1.94%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.29%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.65%) Lidar
7 1 (0.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.81%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.58%) Android
3 3 (1.94%) Windows
4 1 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (23.23%) Agile
2 33 (21.29%) CI/CD
3 23 (14.84%) Full-Stack Development
4 22 (14.19%) DevOps
5 20 (12.90%) Clean Code
6 19 (12.26%) Mentoring
7 18 (11.61%) TDD
7 18 (11.61%) Test Automation
8 17 (10.97%) Software Engineering
8 17 (10.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (9.03%) Collaborative Culture
11 10 (6.45%) Front End Development
11 10 (6.45%) Microservices
11 10 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (5.81%) Business Analysis
12 9 (5.81%) Business Transformation
12 9 (5.81%) Fintech
12 9 (5.81%) Process Improvement
12 9 (5.81%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 36 (23.23%) C#
2 20 (12.90%) SQL
3 18 (11.61%) JavaScript
4 13 (8.39%) Java
5 9 (5.81%) TypeScript
6 8 (5.16%) PHP
7 6 (3.87%) Swift
8 4 (2.58%) Python
9 3 (1.94%) C++
9 3 (1.94%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.29%) Erlang
11 1 (0.65%) Bicep
11 1 (0.65%) Scala
11 1 (0.65%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (5.81%) DBS Check
2 2 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (1.29%) Degree
2 2 (1.29%) HND
2 2 (1.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.23%) QA
2 2 (1.29%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (7.10%) Docker
2 8 (5.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (5.81%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.23%) Terraform
3 3 (1.94%) cPanel
3 3 (1.94%) Plesk
Vendors
1 18 (11.61%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.81%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.29%) Cognos
3 2 (1.29%) IBM
4 1 (0.65%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.65%) Google
4 1 (0.65%) Oracle