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 20 August 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 135 62
Rank change year-on-year +82 -73 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 282 113 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.35% 2.18% 3.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.47% 2.41% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 228 98 226
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,688 £48,875
25th Percentile £61,307 £55,000 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -10.34%

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 11,422 4,686 8,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 90.27% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 8,529 2,415 5,555
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 20 August 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 20 August 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 +42 178 £67,500 +3.85% 19
Cheshire +35 62 £70,000 +16.67%
Lancashire +31 21 £75,000 +41.18% 5
Merseyside +2 21 £67,500 +3.85% 1
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 73 (25.89%) Azure
2 72 (25.53%) CI/CD
3 65 (23.05%) DevOps
4 56 (19.86%) Agile
5 55 (19.50%) AWS
6 54 (19.15%) C#
7 47 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 46 (16.31%) Microsoft
9 45 (15.96%) Full-Stack Development
10 44 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
11 43 (15.25%) Java
12 41 (14.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (14.54%) SQL
13 34 (12.06%) TypeScript
14 33 (11.70%) AI
15 31 (10.99%) .NET
16 30 (10.64%) Software Engineering
17 28 (9.93%) REST
18 27 (9.57%) JavaScript
18 27 (9.57%) TDD
19 26 (9.22%) Power Platform
20 25 (8.87%) GitHub
21 23 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
21 23 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
21 23 (8.16%) Python
21 23 (8.16%) Test Automation
22 22 (7.80%) Roadmaps
23 21 (7.45%) B2B
23 21 (7.45%) Front End Development
23 21 (7.45%) HTML

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 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.06%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (1.06%) Anypoint
3 3 (1.06%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (1.06%) IIS
4 1 (0.35%) CMS
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 4 (1.42%) NEC Housing
2 3 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.06%) IBM Planning Analytics
2 3 (1.06%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 73 (25.89%) Azure
2 55 (19.50%) AWS
3 26 (9.22%) Power Platform
4 25 (8.87%) GitHub
5 23 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (7.09%) Serverless
7 17 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (4.61%) Dynamics 365
9 12 (4.26%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (4.26%) Boomi
9 12 (4.26%) GCP
10 11 (3.90%) Microsoft Copilot
10 11 (3.90%) Power Automate
11 10 (3.55%) PowerApps
12 8 (2.84%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.84%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (2.48%) SaaS
14 6 (2.13%) GitHub Copilot
15 5 (1.77%) Azure Monitor
15 5 (1.77%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.42%) HTTP
2 3 (1.06%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.71%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.35%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (5.32%) Power BI
2 12 (4.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 9 (3.19%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.48%) MySQL
4 7 (2.48%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.42%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.06%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.71%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.71%) Redis
9 1 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (6.38%) Git
2 14 (4.96%) JIRA
3 5 (1.77%) GitLab
4 4 (1.42%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.06%) Claude Code
5 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.06%) Maven
5 3 (1.06%) Postman
5 3 (1.06%) Selenium
5 3 (1.06%) Storybook
6 2 (0.71%) Ant
6 2 (0.71%) Jasmine
6 2 (0.71%) JUnit
6 2 (0.71%) Karma Test Runner
6 2 (0.71%) Spock
6 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.71%) XCUITest
6 2 (0.71%) YouTrack
7 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.35%) Gradle
General
1 30 (10.64%) Social Skills
2 25 (8.87%) Finance
3 23 (8.16%) Banking
4 19 (6.74%) Marketing
5 16 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.67%) Retail
6 7 (2.48%) Legal
7 6 (2.13%) Public Sector
7 6 (2.13%) Retail Banking
8 5 (1.77%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.77%) Publishing
9 4 (1.42%) Law
10 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.71%) Police
12 1 (0.35%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.35%) Back Office
12 1 (0.35%) Games
12 1 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.35%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.35%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.99%) .NET
2 28 (9.93%) REST
3 21 (7.45%) HTML
4 20 (7.09%) Middleware
5 18 (6.38%) CSS
6 17 (6.03%) Node.js
6 17 (6.03%) React
6 17 (6.03%) SOAP
7 16 (5.67%) Terraform
7 16 (5.67%) XML
8 15 (5.32%) EDI
8 15 (5.32%) JSON
8 15 (5.32%) Spring
9 13 (4.61%) Spring Boot
10 11 (3.90%) React Native
11 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Graph
12 9 (3.19%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.84%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (2.84%) RESTful
13 8 (2.84%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.03%) Cloud Native
1 17 (6.03%) Mobile App
2 16 (5.67%) Enterprise Cloud
3 12 (4.26%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (2.13%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.42%) Derivative
6 4 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.06%) IoT
7 3 (1.06%) Online Gambling
7 3 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
8 2 (0.71%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.35%) Animation
9 1 (0.35%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.35%) EPoS
9 1 (0.35%) Lidar
9 1 (0.35%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.35%) PropTech
9 1 (0.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.67%) Apple iOS
2 14 (4.96%) Android
3 1 (0.35%) Linux
3 1 (0.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (25.53%) CI/CD
2 65 (23.05%) DevOps
3 56 (19.86%) Agile
4 47 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 45 (15.96%) Full-Stack Development
6 44 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (14.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (11.70%) AI
9 30 (10.64%) Software Engineering
10 27 (9.57%) TDD
11 23 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
11 23 (8.16%) Test Automation
12 22 (7.80%) Roadmaps
13 21 (7.45%) B2B
13 21 (7.45%) Front End Development
14 20 (7.09%) CRM
14 20 (7.09%) Technical Leadership
15 19 (6.74%) API Development
15 19 (6.74%) Clean Code
15 19 (6.74%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 54 (19.15%) C#
2 43 (15.25%) Java
3 41 (14.54%) SQL
4 34 (12.06%) TypeScript
5 27 (9.57%) JavaScript
6 23 (8.16%) Python
7 11 (3.90%) Kotlin
8 9 (3.19%) C++
9 8 (2.84%) Swift
10 7 (2.48%) PHP
11 6 (2.13%) Apex Code
12 4 (1.42%) SOQL
13 3 (1.06%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.06%) Go
13 3 (1.06%) Ruby
13 3 (1.06%) Scala
13 3 (1.06%) SOSL
14 2 (0.71%) Bicep
14 2 (0.71%) C
14 2 (0.71%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 5 (1.77%) SC Cleared
1 5 (1.77%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.06%) Azure Certification
2 3 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (0.71%) DBS Check
3 2 (0.71%) HND
3 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.26%) TickIT
2 8 (2.84%) QA
3 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.06%) WCAG
6 2 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (5.67%) Docker
2 2 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (3.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 46 (16.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.19%) Salesforce
2 9 (3.19%) Splunk
3 4 (1.42%) NEC
4 3 (1.06%) Adobe
4 3 (1.06%) Cognos
4 3 (1.06%) Dynatrace
4 3 (1.06%) Google
4 3 (1.06%) IBM
4 3 (1.06%) MuleSoft
4 3 (1.06%) webMethods
5 2 (0.71%) AppDynamics
5 2 (0.71%) Apple
6 1 (0.35%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.35%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.35%) New Relic
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle
6 1 (0.35%) Pega
6 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow