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 6 April 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 111 66
Rank change year-on-year +32 -45 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 174 78 292
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.89% 2.18% 3.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.11% 2.43% 3.54%
Number of salaries quoted 153 68 242
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,731 £43,381
25th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,200 £72,500 £77,375
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 8,250 3,206 8,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 89.60% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 5,246 2,197 6,652
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.72%

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 6 April 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 6 April 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 +22 113 £65,000 +8.33% 23
Cheshire 0 49 £62,500 +4.17% 12
Merseyside -14 9 £60,000 -2.04% 3
Lancashire -15 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 6 April 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 58 (33.33%) Azure
2 43 (24.71%) .NET
3 37 (21.26%) C#
4 36 (20.69%) Agile
5 32 (18.39%) CI/CD
6 27 (15.52%) DevOps
6 27 (15.52%) Full-Stack Development
7 25 (14.37%) SQL
8 23 (13.22%) AWS
8 23 (13.22%) Microsoft
9 20 (11.49%) JavaScript
9 20 (11.49%) Mentoring
10 19 (10.92%) .NET Core
11 18 (10.34%) Clean Code
11 18 (10.34%) TDD
12 17 (9.77%) Software Engineering
12 17 (9.77%) SQL Server
12 17 (9.77%) Test Automation
13 16 (9.20%) ASP.NET
14 15 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (8.62%) CSS
14 15 (8.62%) Git
14 15 (8.62%) HTML
14 15 (8.62%) React
14 15 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 14 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
16 13 (7.47%) Collaborative Culture
16 13 (7.47%) Java
17 10 (5.75%) Apple iOS
17 10 (5.75%) 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 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.72%) WordPress
3 1 (0.57%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) IIS
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (5.75%) Visualfiles
2 2 (1.15%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (33.33%) Azure
2 23 (13.22%) AWS
3 10 (5.75%) GCP
4 9 (5.17%) SaaS
5 8 (4.60%) GitHub
5 8 (4.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 7 (4.02%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.02%) Serverless
7 6 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.87%) ChatGPT
9 4 (2.30%) Boomi
10 3 (1.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (1.72%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.72%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.72%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.30%) HTTP
2 3 (1.72%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.77%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.60%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.87%) Power BI
4 4 (2.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.57%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.57%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.57%) MySQL
6 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (8.62%) Git
2 5 (2.87%) JIRA
3 3 (1.72%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.15%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.57%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.57%) fastlane
5 1 (0.57%) NUnit
5 1 (0.57%) Protractor
General
1 17 (9.77%) Marketing
2 16 (9.20%) Finance
3 11 (6.32%) Social Skills
4 10 (5.75%) Law
5 8 (4.60%) Banking
6 5 (2.87%) Retail
7 4 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.30%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.57%) Automotive
8 1 (0.57%) Legal
8 1 (0.57%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (24.71%) .NET
2 19 (10.92%) .NET Core
3 16 (9.20%) ASP.NET
4 15 (8.62%) CSS
4 15 (8.62%) HTML
4 15 (8.62%) React
5 8 (4.60%) REST
6 7 (4.02%) .NET Framework
6 7 (4.02%) Spring
6 7 (4.02%) Spring Boot
7 6 (3.45%) Laravel
7 6 (3.45%) Node.js
7 6 (3.45%) SwiftUI
8 5 (2.87%) JSON
8 5 (2.87%) RESTful
8 5 (2.87%) XML
9 4 (2.30%) ASP.NET Web API
9 4 (2.30%) EDI
9 4 (2.30%) Middleware
9 4 (2.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.90%) Mobile App
2 11 (6.32%) Enterprise Cloud
3 7 (4.02%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.30%) NHS
6 3 (1.72%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.15%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.57%) Lidar
8 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.75%) Apple iOS
2 5 (2.87%) Android
3 3 (1.72%) Windows
4 1 (0.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.69%) Agile
2 32 (18.39%) CI/CD
3 27 (15.52%) DevOps
3 27 (15.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 20 (11.49%) Mentoring
5 18 (10.34%) Clean Code
5 18 (10.34%) TDD
6 17 (9.77%) Software Engineering
6 17 (9.77%) Test Automation
7 15 (8.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (8.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (8.05%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (7.47%) Collaborative Culture
10 10 (5.75%) Front End Development
11 9 (5.17%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (5.17%) Fintech
11 9 (5.17%) iOS Development
11 9 (5.17%) SDLC
12 8 (4.60%) Business Analysis
12 8 (4.60%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 37 (21.26%) C#
2 25 (14.37%) SQL
3 20 (11.49%) JavaScript
4 13 (7.47%) Java
5 10 (5.75%) TypeScript
6 8 (4.60%) PHP
7 7 (4.02%) Swift
8 5 (2.87%) Python
9 4 (2.30%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.72%) C++
11 1 (0.57%) Bicep
11 1 (0.57%) Erlang
11 1 (0.57%) Scala
11 1 (0.57%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (4.60%) DBS Check
2 2 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (1.15%) Degree
2 2 (1.15%) HND
2 2 (1.15%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.87%) QA
2 4 (2.30%) TickIT
3 2 (1.15%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.17%) Docker
1 9 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.45%) Terraform
3 3 (1.72%) cPanel
3 3 (1.72%) Plesk
Vendors
1 23 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.60%) Salesforce
3 2 (1.15%) Cognos
3 2 (1.15%) IBM
4 1 (0.57%) Blue Prism
4 1 (0.57%) DevExpress
4 1 (0.57%) Google
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle
4 1 (0.57%) Pega