Senior Jobs in the North West

Senior
England > North West

The median Senior salary in the North West is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 9 12 11
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 584 1,345 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.14% 14.95% 12.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.68% 15.56% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 380 826 801
10th Percentile £43,000 £40,000 £38,386
25th Percentile £53,344 £48,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +8.00%

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 3,977 8,642 8,167
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 96.08% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,717 5,177 6,073
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +3 388 £65,000 +5.69% 289
Merseyside +17 86 £57,500 +4.07% 30
Cheshire +9 59 £60,237 +9.52% 73
Lancashire -12 23 £60,000 +33.33% 40
Cumbria +4 22 £60,000 +74.36% 7
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, 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.

1 215 (36.82%) Agile
2 142 (24.32%) Azure
2 142 (24.32%) SQL
3 133 (22.77%) AWS
4 128 (21.92%) Social Skills
5 119 (20.38%) Software Engineering
6 110 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (18.66%) Finance
8 94 (16.10%) Java
9 92 (15.75%) DevOps
10 89 (15.24%) Degree
11 85 (14.55%) Mentoring
12 80 (13.70%) .NET
13 78 (13.36%) Python
13 78 (13.36%) CI/CD
14 76 (13.01%) Security Cleared
15 69 (11.82%) JavaScript
16 66 (11.30%) C#
16 66 (11.30%) Scrum
17 64 (10.96%) Docker
17 64 (10.96%) Actionable Insight
18 63 (10.79%) Microservices
19 58 (9.93%) Project Delivery
19 58 (9.93%) Migration
20 56 (9.59%) React
21 55 (9.42%) Windows
22 54 (9.25%) Management Information System
23 51 (8.73%) Kubernetes
24 50 (8.56%) Linux
24 50 (8.56%) Banking

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 14 (2.40%) JBoss
1 14 (2.40%) Red Hat Fuse
2 7 (1.20%) Confluence
3 6 (1.03%) SAS
3 6 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.68%) CMS
5 3 (0.51%) MS Exchange
5 3 (0.51%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (2.91%) NetSuite
2 7 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.34%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.34%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 142 (24.32%) Azure
2 133 (22.77%) AWS
3 40 (6.85%) GCP
4 36 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (4.45%) Power Platform
5 26 (4.45%) Serverless
6 25 (4.28%) SaaS
7 24 (4.11%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (3.60%) OpenShift
9 19 (3.25%) PaaS
10 18 (3.08%) Entra ID
11 14 (2.40%) GitHub
12 12 (2.05%) IaaS
13 9 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (1.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 7 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
15 7 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
16 6 (1.03%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.74%) Firewall
1 16 (2.74%) WAN
2 13 (2.23%) LAN
2 13 (2.23%) PPP
3 12 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (1.88%) DNS
5 10 (1.71%) Wireless
6 7 (1.20%) Network Security
7 6 (1.03%) HTTP
8 5 (0.86%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 5 (0.86%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 5 (0.86%) Internet
9 4 (0.68%) NGFW
9 4 (0.68%) VPN
10 3 (0.51%) DHCP
10 3 (0.51%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.51%) SMTP
10 3 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (0.34%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.19%) SQL Server
2 22 (3.77%) Power BI
3 19 (3.25%) MongoDB
4 15 (2.57%) MySQL
4 15 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
4 15 (2.57%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 13 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (2.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (1.88%) Oracle Database
8 10 (1.71%) Oracle Database 11g
9 6 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.68%) Big Data
11 4 (0.68%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.68%) JasperReports
11 4 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.68%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.51%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 36 (6.16%) Git
1 36 (6.16%) Jenkins
2 14 (2.40%) IntelliJ
2 14 (2.40%) Selenium
3 10 (1.71%) Cypress.io
3 10 (1.71%) JIRA
4 9 (1.54%) Cucumber
5 7 (1.20%) Spinnaker
6 6 (1.03%) Maven
7 5 (0.86%) IBM UrbanCode
8 4 (0.68%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.51%) git-flow
10 2 (0.34%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.34%) GitLab
10 2 (0.34%) Gradle
10 2 (0.34%) Grunt
10 2 (0.34%) gulp
10 2 (0.34%) NUnit
10 2 (0.34%) webpack
11 1 (0.17%) JUnit
General
1 128 (21.92%) Social Skills
2 109 (18.66%) Finance
3 50 (8.56%) Banking
4 49 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (7.88%) Retail
6 36 (6.16%) Public Sector
7 34 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (2.74%) Law
9 11 (1.88%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.71%) Games
11 9 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.37%) Legal
12 8 (1.37%) Local Government
13 7 (1.20%) Advertising
13 7 (1.20%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.20%) Marketing
14 6 (1.03%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.86%) Automotive
15 5 (0.86%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (13.70%) .NET
2 56 (9.59%) React
3 31 (5.31%) REST
4 30 (5.14%) Node.js
5 28 (4.79%) .NET Core
5 28 (4.79%) Spring
6 25 (4.28%) XML
7 23 (3.94%) SOAP
8 21 (3.60%) CSS
8 21 (3.60%) Web Services
9 20 (3.42%) HTML
10 19 (3.25%) AngularJS
10 19 (3.25%) ASP.NET
10 19 (3.25%) RESTful
11 16 (2.74%) JSON
12 14 (2.40%) Hibernate
12 14 (2.40%) JPA
12 14 (2.40%) Kafka
12 14 (2.40%) XSD
13 13 (2.23%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 54 (9.25%) Management Information System
2 29 (4.97%) Product Ownership
2 29 (4.97%) Virtual Team
3 19 (3.25%) Driving Licence
3 19 (3.25%) Legacy Systems
4 18 (3.08%) Cloud Native
4 18 (3.08%) Cyberattack
5 15 (2.57%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (2.05%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.05%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.05%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (1.37%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (0.86%) Robotics
9 5 (0.86%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 55 (9.42%) Windows
2 50 (8.56%) Linux
3 27 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.91%) Windows 10
5 12 (2.05%) Unix
6 8 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.34%) Android
7 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (36.82%) Agile
2 119 (20.38%) Software Engineering
3 110 (18.84%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (15.75%) DevOps
5 85 (14.55%) Mentoring
6 78 (13.36%) CI/CD
7 66 (11.30%) Scrum
8 64 (10.96%) Actionable Insight
9 63 (10.79%) Microservices
10 58 (9.93%) Migration
10 58 (9.93%) Project Delivery
11 48 (8.22%) User Experience
12 47 (8.05%) Design Patterns
13 44 (7.53%) SDLC
13 44 (7.53%) TDD
14 39 (6.68%) Roadmaps
15 38 (6.51%) Infrastructure as Code
15 38 (6.51%) Unit Testing
16 37 (6.34%) Cybersecurity
16 37 (6.34%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 142 (24.32%) SQL
2 94 (16.10%) Java
3 78 (13.36%) Python
4 69 (11.82%) JavaScript
5 66 (11.30%) C#
6 41 (7.02%) PL/SQL
7 36 (6.16%) TypeScript
8 31 (5.31%) T-SQL
9 21 (3.60%) C++
10 17 (2.91%) PHP
11 14 (2.40%) PowerShell
12 11 (1.88%) C
13 10 (1.71%) Rust
14 8 (1.37%) Go
15 6 (1.03%) Apex Code
15 6 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 4 (0.68%) Bash
17 4 (0.68%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.34%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 89 (15.24%) Degree
2 76 (13.01%) Security Cleared
3 34 (5.82%) SC Cleared
4 30 (5.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (4.97%) DV Cleared
6 19 (3.25%) Postgraduate
7 13 (2.23%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.05%) CISM
8 12 (2.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 10 (1.71%) CISSP
9 10 (1.71%) SSCP
10 9 (1.54%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 8 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
11 8 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.37%) Chartered Engineer
11 8 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.03%) HND
13 5 (0.86%) MCSE
14 3 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (2.57%) GDPR
3 14 (2.40%) QA
4 9 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.68%) GRC
5 4 (0.68%) NIST
6 3 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.34%) WCAG
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.17%) NCSC
8 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 64 (10.96%) Docker
2 39 (6.68%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.20%) Firmware
4 6 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.34%) GPFS
6 2 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.34%) Lustre
7 1 (0.17%) RACF
7 1 (0.17%) Snort
7 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 51 (8.73%) Kubernetes
2 42 (7.19%) Terraform
3 13 (2.23%) Ansible
3 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.51%) MIIS
6 2 (0.34%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.34%) Grafana
6 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.17%) Icinga
7 1 (0.17%) Nagios
7 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (7.88%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.71%) NEC
3 24 (4.11%) Oracle
3 24 (4.11%) Salesforce
4 14 (2.40%) Google
5 11 (1.88%) Cisco
5 11 (1.88%) iManage
6 8 (1.37%) VMware
7 6 (1.03%) Fortinet
7 6 (1.03%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.03%) Splunk
8 5 (0.86%) CheckPoint
8 5 (0.86%) Databricks
8 5 (0.86%) F5
8 5 (0.86%) IBM
8 5 (0.86%) SAP
9 4 (0.68%) Veracode
10 3 (0.51%) Intel
10 3 (0.51%) Juniper
11 2 (0.34%) Atlassian