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 leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 128 216 164
Rank change year-on-year +88 -52 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 203 74 200
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.78% 1.02% 2.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 1.14% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 136 43 79
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 -
25th Percentile £54,313 £55,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,250 £73,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,750 £75,000
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

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 10,836 6,498 9,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.52% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,080 3,977 5,427
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £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 £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +93 140 £60,000 -5.88% 26
Cheshire +4 29 £60,000 -15.79% 5
Merseyside +17 23 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Lancashire -9 11 £55,000 - 1
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 12 June 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.

1 203 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 75 (36.95%) Agile
3 73 (35.96%) AWS
4 67 (33.00%) Azure
5 58 (28.57%) JavaScript
6 56 (27.59%) .NET
7 52 (25.62%) C#
8 51 (25.12%) DevOps
9 50 (24.63%) Python
10 45 (22.17%) React
11 43 (21.18%) CSS
12 39 (19.21%) PostgreSQL
12 39 (19.21%) Security Cleared
13 36 (17.73%) SC Cleared
14 33 (16.26%) Web Development
14 33 (16.26%) GIS
14 33 (16.26%) ESRI
14 33 (16.26%) ArcGIS
14 33 (16.26%) PostGIS
14 33 (16.26%) Leaflet
14 33 (16.26%) QGIS
14 33 (16.26%) GeoServer
14 33 (16.26%) OpenLayers
14 33 (16.26%) Actionable Insight
15 32 (15.76%) .NET Core
15 32 (15.76%) Java
16 30 (14.78%) SQL
17 29 (14.29%) TypeScript
18 26 (12.81%) Degree
19 24 (11.82%) Linux

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 33 (16.26%) ArcGIS
1 33 (16.26%) GeoServer
2 3 (1.48%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.96%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 73 (35.96%) AWS
2 67 (33.00%) Azure
3 7 (3.45%) Serverless
4 6 (2.96%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.46%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.48%) GCP
7 2 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.49%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.46%) MQTT
2 4 (1.97%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.97%) RS-232
2 4 (1.97%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.48%) Network Security
4 2 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (19.21%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (16.26%) GIS
2 33 (16.26%) QGIS
3 11 (5.42%) MySQL
4 6 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.96%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.96%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.97%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.48%) Big Data
6 3 (1.48%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (8.87%) Git
2 6 (2.96%) Maven
3 5 (2.46%) GitLab
3 5 (2.46%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.97%) Subversion
5 2 (0.99%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.99%) webpack
6 1 (0.49%) TeamCity
General
1 18 (8.87%) Social Skills
2 14 (6.90%) Retail
3 9 (4.43%) Finance
4 8 (3.94%) Health Technology
4 8 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.96%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.46%) Automotive
7 5 (2.46%) Retail Finance
8 4 (1.97%) Legal
8 4 (1.97%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.48%) Games
9 3 (1.48%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.99%) Electronics
11 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.49%) Banking
11 1 (0.49%) Marketing
11 1 (0.49%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (27.59%) .NET
2 45 (22.17%) React
3 43 (21.18%) CSS
4 33 (16.26%) Leaflet
4 33 (16.26%) OpenLayers
4 33 (16.26%) PostGIS
5 32 (15.76%) .NET Core
6 14 (6.90%) HTML
7 11 (5.42%) Node.js
7 11 (5.42%) RESTful
8 10 (4.93%) Spring
8 10 (4.93%) Spring Boot
9 8 (3.94%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.94%) ASP.NET Web API
9 8 (3.94%) Kafka
10 7 (3.45%) Jest
10 7 (3.45%) Lambda Expressions
10 7 (3.45%) Vue
10 7 (3.45%) Web Services
11 6 (2.96%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.93%) Greenfield Project
1 10 (4.93%) IoT
2 3 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (1.48%) Cloud Native
2 3 (1.48%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (1.48%) FMCG
3 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.49%) FPGA
4 1 (0.49%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.82%) Linux
2 6 (2.96%) Embedded Linux
2 6 (2.96%) Windows
3 4 (1.97%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.99%) Android
5 1 (0.49%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 75 (36.95%) Agile
3 51 (25.12%) DevOps
4 33 (16.26%) Actionable Insight
4 33 (16.26%) Web Development
5 20 (9.85%) Microservices
6 19 (9.36%) Computer Science
6 19 (9.36%) Open Source
7 18 (8.87%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (8.37%) CI/CD
8 17 (8.37%) TDD
9 13 (6.40%) Full Stack Development
9 13 (6.40%) Mentoring
10 12 (5.91%) Embedded Software Development
10 12 (5.91%) Software Architecture
11 11 (5.42%) Multithreading
11 11 (5.42%) SDLC
12 9 (4.43%) Continuous Deployment
12 9 (4.43%) Test Automation
13 8 (3.94%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 58 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 52 (25.62%) C#
3 50 (24.63%) Python
4 32 (15.76%) Java
5 30 (14.78%) SQL
6 29 (14.29%) TypeScript
7 15 (7.39%) C++
8 14 (6.90%) C
9 3 (1.48%) Rust
9 3 (1.48%) Scala
10 2 (0.99%) PHP
10 2 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.49%) Ada
11 1 (0.49%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.49%) Go
Qualifications
1 39 (19.21%) Security Cleared
2 36 (17.73%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.81%) Degree
4 9 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.45%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.46%) HND
7 4 (1.97%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (0.99%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.45%) ISO 9000
2 4 (1.97%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (3.94%) Firmware
2 4 (1.97%) Docker
3 3 (1.48%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (4.93%) Terraform
2 3 (1.48%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.99%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 33 (16.26%) ESRI
2 6 (2.96%) F5
3 3 (1.48%) Autodesk
3 3 (1.48%) Microsoft
4 2 (0.99%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.49%) SAP