Senior Software Developer Jobs in the North West

Senior Software Developer
England > North West

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the North West is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 273 236
Rank change year-on-year -2 -37 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 18 24 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.19% 0.30% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.33% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 47
10th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,313 £52,813 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £56,250 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.44% -2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £112,500 £65,313 £61,250
90th Percentile - £69,750 £65,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +21.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 9,135 7,168 9,076
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 89.18% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 7,031 4,138 5,506
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,650 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured Senior Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the North West

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in the North West

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the North West

Senior Software 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 Software Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +31 11 £62,500 +4.17%
Cheshire -6 7 £105,000 +90.91% 1
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Senior Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) C#
2 10 (55.56%) AWS
3 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 8 (44.44%) .NET
4 7 (38.89%) SQL
4 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
5 6 (33.33%) TeamCity
5 6 (33.33%) REST
5 6 (33.33%) Docker
6 5 (27.78%) NuGet
6 5 (27.78%) JetBrains Rider
6 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
6 5 (27.78%) Git
6 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
6 5 (27.78%) Google
6 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
6 5 (27.78%) Web Services
6 5 (27.78%) Finance
7 4 (22.22%) Java
7 4 (22.22%) Agile
7 4 (22.22%) TDD
7 4 (22.22%) Bioinformatics
7 4 (22.22%) Informatics
7 4 (22.22%) Data Science
8 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (16.67%) Go
8 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 3 (16.67%) Terraform
8 3 (16.67%) Virtual Team

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) AWS
2 5 (27.78%) NuGet
3 2 (11.11%) Azure
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (33.33%) TeamCity
2 5 (27.78%) Git
2 5 (27.78%) JetBrains Rider
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (44.44%) .NET
2 6 (33.33%) REST
3 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
3 5 (27.78%) Web Services
4 2 (11.11%) React
5 1 (5.56%) .NET Core
5 1 (5.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.56%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Software Engineering
2 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) Bioinformatics
3 4 (22.22%) Data Science
3 4 (22.22%) Informatics
3 4 (22.22%) TDD
4 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 3 (16.67%) Refactoring
4 3 (16.67%) Test Automation
5 2 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
6 1 (5.56%) B2B
6 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
6 1 (5.56%) OO
6 1 (5.56%) Scrum
6 1 (5.56%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (5.56%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (5.56%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) C#
2 8 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 7 (38.89%) SQL
4 4 (22.22%) Java
5 3 (16.67%) Go
5 3 (16.67%) Python
6 2 (11.11%) TypeScript
7 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Google
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft