Senior Developer Jobs in the North West

Senior Developer
England > North West

The median Senior Developer salary in the North West is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 104 72
Rank change year-on-year +39 -32 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 318 276 386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 3.28% 3.46% 4.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% 3.88% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 244 189 276
10th Percentile £43,381 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +13.21%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £86,250 £95,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +16.00%

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 9,207 7,117 9,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 89.21% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 4,116 5,478
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,750
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 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the North West

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer 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 26 April 2024.

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 26 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 +21 197 £60,000 -7.69% 38
Merseyside +41 62 £55,000 -4.35% 2
Cheshire -1 39 £51,000 -23.02% 12
Cumbria - 10 £60,000 -
Lancashire -13 9 £50,000 -11.11% 6
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Senior 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 Developer in the job title.

1 97 (30.50%) Agile
2 87 (27.36%) AWS
3 82 (25.79%) JavaScript
4 75 (23.58%) C#
5 71 (22.33%) .NET
6 64 (20.13%) Azure
7 60 (18.87%) React
8 59 (18.55%) SQL
9 58 (18.24%) PHP
10 51 (16.04%) Full Stack Development
11 50 (15.72%) Finance
12 45 (14.15%) DevOps
13 43 (13.52%) TDD
14 42 (13.21%) Node.js
14 42 (13.21%) Laravel
15 41 (12.89%) Clean Code
16 39 (12.26%) MySQL
16 39 (12.26%) Unit Testing
17 38 (11.95%) Design Patterns
18 35 (11.01%) Degree
19 34 (10.69%) CSS
20 32 (10.06%) Java
20 32 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
21 31 (9.75%) Software Engineering
22 30 (9.43%) Vue
23 29 (9.12%) CI/CD
23 29 (9.12%) AngularJS
24 28 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
24 28 (8.81%) REST
24 28 (8.81%) SaaS

Senior 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.83%) CMS
2 2 (0.63%) Apache
2 2 (0.63%) Apache Solr
2 2 (0.63%) Confluence
2 2 (0.63%) nginx
2 2 (0.63%) SAS
2 2 (0.63%) Umbraco
3 1 (0.31%) Jetty
3 1 (0.31%) Kentico
3 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.26%) Maya
Business Applications
1 5 (1.57%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.63%) Magento
2 2 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 87 (27.36%) AWS
2 64 (20.13%) Azure
3 28 (8.81%) SaaS
4 15 (4.72%) GCP
4 15 (4.72%) GitHub
5 14 (4.40%) Power Platform
6 12 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (3.14%) Azure Logic Apps
7 10 (3.14%) Google Play
8 9 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (2.20%) Azure API Management
9 7 (2.20%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.20%) Power Automate
9 7 (2.20%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (1.89%) Serverless
11 5 (1.57%) NuGet
11 5 (1.57%) Stripe
12 4 (1.26%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (12.26%) MySQL
2 27 (8.49%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.03%) Oracle Database
3 16 (5.03%) Oracle Database 11g
4 11 (3.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (3.14%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.20%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.20%) Power BI
6 7 (2.20%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.57%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (0.94%) DocumentDB
8 3 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (0.63%) Tableau
10 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 25 (7.86%) Git
2 13 (4.09%) PHPUnit
3 10 (3.14%) Appium
4 6 (1.89%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.57%) Bitbucket
5 5 (1.57%) JetBrains Rider
6 3 (0.94%) GitLab
6 3 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.94%) JIRA
7 1 (0.31%) Maven
7 1 (0.31%) Storybook
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 50 (15.72%) Finance
2 27 (8.49%) Social Skills
3 16 (5.03%) Banking
4 14 (4.40%) Retail
5 10 (3.14%) Health Technology
6 8 (2.52%) Marketing
7 7 (2.20%) Games
7 7 (2.20%) Legal
8 5 (1.57%) Law
9 4 (1.26%) Publishing
10 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (0.94%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.94%) Police
11 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Analytical Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Automotive
12 1 (0.31%) Back Office
12 1 (0.31%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.31%) Fire and Rescue
12 1 (0.31%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (22.33%) .NET
2 60 (18.87%) React
3 42 (13.21%) Laravel
3 42 (13.21%) Node.js
4 34 (10.69%) CSS
5 30 (9.43%) Vue
6 29 (9.12%) AngularJS
7 28 (8.81%) REST
8 26 (8.18%) HTML
9 20 (6.29%) .NET Core
10 18 (5.66%) RESTful
11 17 (5.35%) Kafka
12 16 (5.03%) JSON
12 16 (5.03%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (4.09%) .NET Framework
13 13 (4.09%) Symfony
14 11 (3.46%) ASP.NET
14 11 (3.46%) React Native
15 10 (3.14%) Android SDK
15 10 (3.14%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.40%) Product Ownership
2 13 (4.09%) Greenfield Project
3 12 (3.77%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (3.46%) Video\Live Streaming
5 10 (3.14%) PropTech
6 8 (2.52%) IoT
7 7 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (1.89%) Cloud Native
9 5 (1.57%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.26%) N-Tier
10 4 (1.26%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.94%) Hackathon
11 3 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.63%) Algorithms
12 2 (0.63%) Clustering
12 2 (0.63%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.63%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.97%) Linux
2 18 (5.66%) Android
3 14 (4.40%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 3 (0.94%) Windows
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (30.50%) Agile
2 51 (16.04%) Full Stack Development
3 45 (14.15%) DevOps
4 43 (13.52%) TDD
5 41 (12.89%) Clean Code
6 39 (12.26%) Unit Testing
7 38 (11.95%) Design Patterns
8 32 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (9.75%) Software Engineering
10 29 (9.12%) CI/CD
11 28 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (8.81%) Front End Development
11 28 (8.81%) Mentoring
11 28 (8.81%) Scrum
11 28 (8.81%) Secure Coding
12 27 (8.49%) Actionable Insight
12 27 (8.49%) MVC
13 26 (8.18%) OOP
14 23 (7.23%) Software Testing
14 23 (7.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 82 (25.79%) JavaScript
2 75 (23.58%) C#
3 59 (18.55%) SQL
4 58 (18.24%) PHP
5 32 (10.06%) Java
6 26 (8.18%) TypeScript
7 16 (5.03%) PL/SQL
8 13 (4.09%) Python
9 12 (3.77%) T-SQL
10 10 (3.14%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.57%) Go
12 2 (0.63%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.63%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.63%) R
12 2 (0.63%) Ruby
12 2 (0.63%) Swift
13 1 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (11.01%) Degree
2 14 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (3.77%) Security Cleared
4 11 (3.46%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.31%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.31%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.29%) QA
2 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 28 (8.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (5.97%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.35%) Terraform
3 1 (0.31%) Ansible
Vendors
1 24 (7.55%) Google
2 20 (6.29%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.97%) Oracle
4 10 (3.14%) MuleSoft
5 5 (1.57%) PayPal
5 5 (1.57%) WorldPay
6 2 (0.63%) Adobe
6 2 (0.63%) Coremetrics
6 2 (0.63%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.63%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.31%) Atlassian