Senior Jobs in the North West

Senior
England > North West

The median Senior salary in the North West is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 December 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 9 12
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,776 578 1,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 22.61% 14.10% 14.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 24.12% 14.65% 15.57%
Number of salaries quoted 759 374 824
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £52,500 £48,405
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,125 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 7,363 3,945 8,672
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.74% 96.22% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 3,908 2,683 5,156
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,500 £29,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,818 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,900 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,650 £83,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North West

Senior
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Senior in the North West

Senior
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North West over the 6 months to 6 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the North West

Senior
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 December 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
Cumbria +5 640 £40,000 -33.33% 17
Manchester +5 596 £61,206 -5.11% 148
Lancashire +18 344 £55,000 -8.33% 50
Cheshire +5 104 £55,000 -8.33% 32
Merseyside +7 88 £67,500 +17.39% 30
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 December 2024, Senior 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 in the job title.

1 850 (47.86%) Degree
2 299 (16.84%) Agile
3 291 (16.39%) Social Skills
4 262 (14.75%) Manufacturing
5 255 (14.36%) HND
6 194 (10.92%) Microsoft
7 190 (10.70%) Coaching
8 184 (10.36%) Mentoring
9 177 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
10 171 (9.63%) Finance
11 167 (9.40%) Mathcad
12 165 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
13 164 (9.23%) Master's Degree
14 162 (9.12%) BPSS Clearance
15 156 (8.78%) Software Engineering
16 155 (8.73%) AWS
17 153 (8.61%) HNC
18 150 (8.45%) Systems Engineering
19 143 (8.05%) Azure
20 135 (7.60%) Chartered Engineer
20 135 (7.60%) ISO 9001
21 132 (7.43%) DevOps
22 123 (6.93%) MATLAB
23 121 (6.81%) SQL
24 113 (6.36%) Resource Management
24 113 (6.36%) Workflow
25 111 (6.25%) Project Management
26 110 (6.19%) LabVIEW
27 109 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
28 108 (6.08%) Experiential Learning

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 34 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.46%) Apache
3 25 (1.41%) Confluence
4 19 (1.07%) nginx
5 15 (0.84%) SAS
6 9 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.34%) CMS
9 5 (0.28%) Mule
10 4 (0.23%) IIS
10 4 (0.23%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.17%) Headless CMS
12 2 (0.11%) Appian
12 2 (0.11%) Drupal
12 2 (0.11%) Tuxedo
13 1 (0.056%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.056%) Luigi
13 1 (0.056%) Strapi
13 1 (0.056%) WordPress
Applications
1 167 (9.40%) Mathcad
2 92 (5.18%) SOLIDWORKS
3 89 (5.01%) Abaqus
4 71 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
5 63 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
6 30 (1.69%) AutoCAD
7 27 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 27 (1.52%) Simulink
8 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
9 7 (0.39%) CATIA
9 7 (0.39%) Siemens NX
10 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.23%) EPLAN
12 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.11%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.11%) Revit
12 2 (0.11%) Sketch
12 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 52 (2.93%) Teamcenter
2 20 (1.13%) NEC Housing
3 9 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.34%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.056%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 155 (8.73%) AWS
2 143 (8.05%) Azure
3 60 (3.38%) Power Platform
4 40 (2.25%) GCP
5 38 (2.14%) IBM Cloud
5 38 (2.14%) OCI
6 37 (2.08%) Amazon S3
6 37 (2.08%) SaaS
7 36 (2.03%) Route 53
8 35 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
9 34 (1.91%) Amazon ECR
10 33 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
11 26 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (0.96%) Datadog
13 16 (0.90%) Amazon Kinesis
14 11 (0.62%) Serverless
15 10 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (0.51%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 33 (1.86%) PPP
2 30 (1.69%) Firewall
3 19 (1.07%) DNS
4 17 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.90%) WAN
6 15 (0.84%) MPLS
7 14 (0.79%) VPN
8 13 (0.73%) LAN
9 11 (0.62%) VLAN
10 10 (0.56%) DHCP
10 10 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.56%) Wireless
11 9 (0.51%) BGP
12 8 (0.45%) Ethernet
12 8 (0.45%) RS-422
13 7 (0.39%) Internet
14 6 (0.34%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.34%) VoIP
15 5 (0.28%) Network Security
16 4 (0.23%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (2.20%) NoSQL
3 38 (2.14%) MySQL
4 36 (2.03%) SQL Server
5 35 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
6 31 (1.75%) Power BI
7 20 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
7 20 (1.13%) Redis
7 20 (1.13%) Relational Database
8 18 (1.01%) DynamoDB
9 16 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
10 15 (0.84%) MongoDB
11 13 (0.73%) Data Lake
11 13 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
13 8 (0.45%) Data Mining
14 7 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.28%) Big Data
15 5 (0.28%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 110 (6.19%) LabVIEW
2 55 (3.10%) JIRA
3 27 (1.52%) Git
4 26 (1.46%) Rational DOORS
5 23 (1.30%) Rational Rhapsody
6 17 (0.96%) PHPUnit
7 16 (0.90%) Gatling
8 11 (0.62%) Jenkins
9 8 (0.45%) GitLab
9 8 (0.45%) Maven
9 8 (0.45%) Selenium
10 7 (0.39%) JMeter
11 5 (0.28%) JUnit
11 5 (0.28%) TestNG
12 4 (0.23%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.23%) Rational Statemate
12 4 (0.23%) Toad
13 3 (0.17%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.17%) Postman
General
1 291 (16.39%) Social Skills
2 262 (14.75%) Manufacturing
3 177 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
4 171 (9.63%) Finance
5 95 (5.35%) Public Sector
6 75 (4.22%) Legal
7 74 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 69 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
9 65 (3.66%) Retail
10 59 (3.32%) Aerospace
11 33 (1.86%) Automotive
12 32 (1.80%) Law
13 30 (1.69%) Electronics
14 29 (1.63%) Local Government
15 28 (1.58%) Banking
16 25 (1.41%) Police
17 24 (1.35%) Military
18 23 (1.30%) Avionics
19 19 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
20 18 (1.01%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (4.56%) .NET
1 81 (4.56%) React
2 57 (3.21%) HTML
3 53 (2.98%) CSS
4 36 (2.03%) AngularJS
5 35 (1.97%) Web Services
6 25 (1.41%) REST
7 24 (1.35%) RESTful
8 22 (1.24%) Node.js
9 20 (1.13%) GraphQL
9 20 (1.13%) Symfony
10 19 (1.07%) LEMP Stack
11 18 (1.01%) .NET Core
11 18 (1.01%) LAMP
12 16 (0.90%) .NET Framework
12 16 (0.90%) http4s
12 16 (0.90%) Scalaz
13 15 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
14 12 (0.68%) Ajax
14 12 (0.68%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 103 (5.80%) Management Information System
2 50 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 44 (2.48%) e-Learning
4 38 (2.14%) Blockchain
5 25 (1.41%) Driving Licence
6 22 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (1.07%) Onboarding
8 17 (0.96%) SCADA
9 16 (0.90%) Blog
9 16 (0.90%) Media Streaming
10 15 (0.84%) Mobile App
10 15 (0.84%) Product Ownership
11 14 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.73%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.73%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.73%) Social Media
13 12 (0.68%) Acoustics
14 11 (0.62%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.45%) Cyberattack
15 8 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 67 (3.77%) Windows
2 57 (3.21%) Linux
3 20 (1.13%) Solaris
4 17 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 12 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 11 (0.62%) Android
7 10 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 9 (0.51%) Windows Vista
9 8 (0.45%) VMS
10 6 (0.34%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
12 4 (0.23%) Unix
13 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (16.84%) Agile
2 190 (10.70%) Coaching
3 184 (10.36%) Mentoring
4 165 (9.29%) Problem-Solving
5 156 (8.78%) Software Engineering
6 150 (8.45%) Systems Engineering
7 132 (7.43%) DevOps
8 113 (6.36%) Resource Management
8 113 (6.36%) Workflow
9 111 (6.25%) Project Management
10 108 (6.08%) Experiential Learning
10 108 (6.08%) Workflow Management
11 98 (5.52%) CAD
11 98 (5.52%) Finite Element Analysis
12 96 (5.41%) Project Delivery
12 96 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
13 86 (4.84%) Risk Management
14 79 (4.45%) Physics
15 75 (4.22%) Roadmaps
15 75 (4.22%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 123 (6.93%) MATLAB
2 121 (6.81%) SQL
3 97 (5.46%) JavaScript
4 90 (5.07%) Python
5 72 (4.05%) C#
6 49 (2.76%) Java
7 34 (1.91%) TypeScript
8 32 (1.80%) PHP
9 30 (1.69%) C++
10 18 (1.01%) C
10 18 (1.01%) Scala
11 12 (0.68%) R
12 11 (0.62%) Ruby
13 9 (0.51%) Rust
14 8 (0.45%) Ada
14 8 (0.45%) PowerShell
15 7 (0.39%) Go
16 5 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.28%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.23%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 850 (47.86%) Degree
2 255 (14.36%) HND
3 164 (9.23%) Master's Degree
4 162 (9.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 153 (8.61%) HNC
6 135 (7.60%) Chartered Engineer
7 70 (3.94%) Security Cleared
8 54 (3.04%) CISM
9 51 (2.87%) CISA
10 46 (2.59%) SC Cleared
11 35 (1.97%) DBS Check
12 28 (1.58%) ACCA
13 26 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
14 22 (1.24%) Numerate Degree
15 21 (1.18%) DV Cleared
15 21 (1.18%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 19 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
17 16 (0.90%) CCNP
18 14 (0.79%) PMI Certification
18 14 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (7.60%) ISO 9001
2 109 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 56 (3.15%) GRC
4 39 (2.20%) QA
5 29 (1.63%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.13%) GAAP
6 20 (1.13%) IFRS
7 19 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (0.96%) Data Quality
9 16 (0.90%) SLA
10 9 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 9 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 9 (0.51%) PMO
11 7 (0.39%) Def Stans
11 7 (0.39%) GMP
12 6 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.34%) IEC 61508
13 5 (0.28%) NCSC
13 5 (0.28%) NIST
13 5 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 31 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 26 (1.46%) Docker
3 12 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.23%) Firmware
6 4 (0.23%) vSphere
7 3 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.056%) Shibboleth
8 1 (0.056%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 60 (3.38%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.04%) Terraform
3 33 (1.86%) Prometheus
4 14 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.68%) Ansible
6 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 4 (0.23%) Puppet
8 3 (0.17%) Packer
8 3 (0.17%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.17%) SCCM
8 3 (0.17%) WSUS
9 2 (0.11%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.11%) Stealthwatch
10 1 (0.056%) Grafana
10 1 (0.056%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.056%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 194 (10.92%) Microsoft
2 44 (2.48%) IBM
3 38 (2.14%) Red Hat
4 32 (1.80%) Dynatrace
5 29 (1.63%) SAP
6 26 (1.46%) ANSYS
6 26 (1.46%) Google
7 23 (1.30%) Siemens
8 22 (1.24%) NEC
9 21 (1.18%) Oracle
10 20 (1.13%) Citrix
11 19 (1.07%) JDA
11 19 (1.07%) VMware
12 18 (1.01%) Cisco
13 17 (0.96%) Apple
14 15 (0.84%) ServiceNow
15 14 (0.79%) IFS
16 13 (0.73%) Adobe
16 13 (0.73%) Informatica
17 12 (0.68%) Databricks