Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the North West

Senior Software Engineer
England > North West

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the North West is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 122 219 158
Rank change year-on-year +97 -61 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 193 76 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.94% 0.99% 2.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.05% 1.10% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 124 48 79
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £42,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +5.95% +0.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,125 £76,385
England median annual salary £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%

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 9,423 6,901 9,036
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 89.46% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,243 4,025 5,366
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
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 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the North West

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the North West

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the North West over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the North West

Senior Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 May 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 +91 133 £60,000 -4.00% 23
Cheshire +9 27 £60,000 - 4
Merseyside +21 24 - -
Lancashire -7 9 £50,000 - 3
Senior Software Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Senior Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 193 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 82 (42.49%) Agile
3 75 (38.86%) AWS
4 68 (35.23%) Azure
5 61 (31.61%) JavaScript
6 57 (29.53%) Python
7 56 (29.02%) DevOps
8 49 (25.39%) .NET
9 47 (24.35%) React
10 45 (23.32%) C#
10 45 (23.32%) Security Cleared
11 43 (22.28%) PostgreSQL
12 42 (21.76%) SC Cleared
13 41 (21.24%) CSS
14 39 (20.21%) Actionable Insight
15 37 (19.17%) QGIS
15 37 (19.17%) GeoServer
15 37 (19.17%) OpenLayers
15 37 (19.17%) PostGIS
15 37 (19.17%) Leaflet
15 37 (19.17%) GIS
15 37 (19.17%) ESRI
15 37 (19.17%) ArcGIS
15 37 (19.17%) Web Development
16 34 (17.62%) Java
17 31 (16.06%) .NET Core
18 30 (15.54%) SQL
19 28 (14.51%) Linux
20 26 (13.47%) Degree
21 24 (12.44%) TypeScript

Senior Software Engineer 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 37 (19.17%) ArcGIS
1 37 (19.17%) GeoServer
2 3 (1.55%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.04%) JBoss
3 2 (1.04%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (3.11%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 75 (38.86%) AWS
2 68 (35.23%) Azure
3 7 (3.63%) Serverless
4 5 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
4 5 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.55%) GCP
6 2 (1.04%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.52%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.52%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.59%) MQTT
2 4 (2.07%) Ethernet
2 4 (2.07%) RS-232
2 4 (2.07%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.55%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (22.28%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (19.17%) GIS
2 37 (19.17%) QGIS
3 11 (5.70%) MySQL
4 7 (3.63%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.11%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.55%) Big Data
6 3 (1.55%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (9.33%) Git
2 6 (3.11%) Maven
3 5 (2.59%) GitLab
3 5 (2.59%) SonarQube
4 4 (2.07%) Subversion
5 3 (1.55%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.04%) IntelliJ
6 2 (1.04%) webpack
7 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.52%) Selenium
7 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 20 (10.36%) Social Skills
2 13 (6.74%) Retail
3 11 (5.70%) Finance
4 9 (4.66%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.15%) Health Technology
5 8 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.11%) Legal
7 5 (2.59%) Automotive
7 5 (2.59%) Retail Finance
8 3 (1.55%) Games
8 3 (1.55%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.04%) Banking
9 2 (1.04%) Electronics
9 2 (1.04%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
10 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (25.39%) .NET
2 47 (24.35%) React
3 41 (21.24%) CSS
4 37 (19.17%) Leaflet
4 37 (19.17%) OpenLayers
4 37 (19.17%) PostGIS
5 31 (16.06%) .NET Core
6 13 (6.74%) RESTful
7 12 (6.22%) HTML
7 12 (6.22%) Spring
8 10 (5.18%) AngularJS
8 10 (5.18%) Spring Boot
9 9 (4.66%) Node.js
10 8 (4.15%) Django
10 8 (4.15%) Kafka
10 8 (4.15%) Web Services
11 7 (3.63%) ASP.NET Web API
11 7 (3.63%) Jest
11 7 (3.63%) JSON
12 5 (2.59%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.18%) Greenfield Project
1 10 (5.18%) IoT
2 3 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (1.55%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.04%) FMCG
3 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.52%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.52%) FPGA
4 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.51%) Linux
2 8 (4.15%) Ubuntu
3 6 (3.11%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (3.11%) Windows
4 1 (0.52%) Android
4 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 82 (42.49%) Agile
3 56 (29.02%) DevOps
4 39 (20.21%) Actionable Insight
5 37 (19.17%) Web Development
6 22 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (9.84%) Computer Science
7 19 (9.84%) Microservices
7 19 (9.84%) Open Source
8 15 (7.77%) Mentoring
8 15 (7.77%) TDD
9 14 (7.25%) CI/CD
10 12 (6.22%) Embedded Software Development
10 12 (6.22%) Full Stack Development
11 11 (5.70%) Multithreading
12 10 (5.18%) SDLC
12 10 (5.18%) Software Architecture
13 9 (4.66%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (4.66%) Continuous Integration
13 9 (4.66%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 61 (31.61%) JavaScript
2 57 (29.53%) Python
3 45 (23.32%) C#
4 34 (17.62%) Java
5 30 (15.54%) SQL
6 24 (12.44%) TypeScript
7 16 (8.29%) C++
8 12 (6.22%) C
9 3 (1.55%) PHP
9 3 (1.55%) Rust
9 3 (1.55%) Scala
10 2 (1.04%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.52%) Ada
11 1 (0.52%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 45 (23.32%) Security Cleared
2 42 (21.76%) SC Cleared
3 26 (13.47%) Degree
4 9 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.63%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.59%) HND
7 4 (2.07%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.04%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.63%) ISO 9000
2 4 (2.07%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.11%) Firmware
2 5 (2.59%) Docker
3 1 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (5.18%) Terraform
2 4 (2.07%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.04%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 37 (19.17%) ESRI
2 6 (3.11%) F5
3 3 (1.55%) Autodesk
3 3 (1.55%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.52%) SAP
4 1 (0.52%) Xamarin