Senior Jobs in the North West

Senior
England > North West

The median Senior 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 6 15 12
Rank change year-on-year +9 -3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,470 975 1,208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.76% 12.64% 12.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.60% 14.13% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 607 750
10th Percentile £40,988 £43,750 £38,947
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,875 £69,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +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
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 17 May 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 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 +8 907 £60,000 -6.25% 206
Merseyside +28 194 £60,000 +4.35% 19
Lancashire +17 166 £57,965 +11.47% 51
Cheshire +6 155 £57,500 -5.43% 60
Cumbria -6 45 £45,000 -18.18% 23
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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.

1 431 (29.32%) Agile
2 321 (21.84%) AWS
3 293 (19.93%) Mentoring
4 281 (19.12%) Software Engineering
5 271 (18.44%) Azure
6 250 (17.01%) Coaching
7 226 (15.37%) Social Skills
8 219 (14.90%) DevOps
9 203 (13.81%) Finance
10 182 (12.38%) Degree
10 182 (12.38%) SQL
11 168 (11.43%) JavaScript
12 167 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
13 161 (10.95%) Python
14 138 (9.39%) Microsoft
15 133 (9.05%) C#
16 132 (8.98%) React
17 131 (8.91%) .NET
18 124 (8.44%) Public Sector
19 116 (7.89%) Terraform
20 114 (7.76%) Linux
21 110 (7.48%) Actionable Insight
22 104 (7.07%) Java
23 103 (7.01%) Security Cleared
23 103 (7.01%) Analytics
24 97 (6.60%) Project Management
24 97 (6.60%) Kubernetes
24 97 (6.60%) CI/CD
25 94 (6.39%) SC Cleared
26 89 (6.05%) Roadmaps

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 41 (2.79%) ArcGIS
2 37 (2.52%) GeoServer
3 20 (1.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.29%) SharePoint
5 16 (1.09%) SAS
6 12 (0.82%) Tuxedo
7 10 (0.68%) CMS
8 8 (0.54%) Apache Spark
8 8 (0.54%) Confluence
9 3 (0.20%) IIS
9 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.20%) WordPress
10 2 (0.14%) Apache
10 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.14%) JBoss
10 2 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.14%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.068%) Apache Airflow
11 1 (0.068%) Kentico
11 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.75%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.54%) Sketch
4 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.27%) Maya
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.14%) Revit
9 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.61%) Magento
3 5 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.14%) Shopify
5 2 (0.14%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.068%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.068%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.068%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.068%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.068%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.068%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.068%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.068%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 321 (21.84%) AWS
2 271 (18.44%) Azure
3 54 (3.67%) GCP
4 49 (3.33%) Amazon S3
5 48 (3.27%) SaaS
6 44 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
7 42 (2.86%) Power Platform
8 37 (2.52%) IBM Cloud
9 36 (2.45%) Amazon ECR
9 36 (2.45%) GitHub
9 36 (2.45%) OCI
9 36 (2.45%) Route 53
10 32 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
11 31 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (1.97%) Entra ID
13 24 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
13 24 (1.63%) Serverless
14 15 (1.02%) OneDrive
15 14 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.59%) WAN
2 37 (2.52%) DNS
3 30 (2.04%) Firewall
4 27 (1.84%) Network Security
5 25 (1.70%) LAN
6 22 (1.50%) PPP
6 22 (1.50%) SD-WAN
7 20 (1.36%) DHCP
8 19 (1.29%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.88%) Wireless
10 12 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.61%) HTTP
11 9 (0.61%) MQTT
11 9 (0.61%) VPN
11 9 (0.61%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.54%) SSL
12 8 (0.54%) TETRA
13 7 (0.48%) BGP
13 7 (0.48%) VoIP
13 7 (0.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (5.03%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (3.95%) MySQL
3 45 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (2.93%) Amazon RDS
5 42 (2.86%) SQL Server
6 38 (2.59%) GIS
7 37 (2.52%) QGIS
8 35 (2.38%) NoSQL
9 22 (1.50%) Power BI
10 21 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 20 (1.36%) MongoDB
12 19 (1.29%) Oracle Database
13 18 (1.22%) Big Data
13 18 (1.22%) Data Lake
13 18 (1.22%) Relational Database
14 14 (0.95%) Oracle Database 11g
15 12 (0.82%) DynamoDB
16 11 (0.75%) Metadata
17 9 (0.61%) Data Vault
17 9 (0.61%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 85 (5.78%) Git
2 27 (1.84%) Jenkins
2 27 (1.84%) JIRA
3 23 (1.56%) GitLab
4 13 (0.88%) PHPUnit
5 12 (0.82%) Appium
6 9 (0.61%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.54%) LabVIEW
7 8 (0.54%) Maven
8 7 (0.48%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.48%) Gradle
9 6 (0.41%) Selenium
10 5 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.34%) JetBrains Rider
10 5 (0.34%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.34%) webpack
11 4 (0.27%) JMeter
11 4 (0.27%) Subversion
12 3 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 226 (15.37%) Social Skills
2 203 (13.81%) Finance
3 124 (8.44%) Public Sector
4 85 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (4.90%) Retail
6 65 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 62 (4.22%) Banking
8 49 (3.33%) Legal
9 34 (2.31%) Law
10 29 (1.97%) Manufacturing
10 29 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (1.77%) Health Technology
12 25 (1.70%) Marketing
13 22 (1.50%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.36%) Publishing
15 18 (1.22%) Games
16 13 (0.88%) Electronics
17 12 (0.82%) Automotive
17 12 (0.82%) Local Government
17 12 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (8.98%) React
2 131 (8.91%) .NET
3 86 (5.85%) CSS
4 67 (4.56%) Node.js
5 57 (3.88%) HTML
5 57 (3.88%) RESTful
6 54 (3.67%) .NET Core
7 46 (3.13%) AngularJS
7 46 (3.13%) Laravel
8 37 (2.52%) Leaflet
8 37 (2.52%) OpenLayers
8 37 (2.52%) PostGIS
8 37 (2.52%) REST
9 36 (2.45%) Vue
10 31 (2.11%) Kafka
11 28 (1.90%) Spring
12 24 (1.63%) JSON
13 19 (1.29%) PySpark
14 18 (1.22%) .NET Framework
14 18 (1.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 60 (4.08%) Public Cloud
2 54 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 50 (3.40%) Product Ownership
4 49 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 47 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 44 (2.99%) Blockchain
7 37 (2.52%) e-Learning
8 35 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.84%) Onboarding
10 23 (1.56%) Driving Licence
10 23 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 23 (1.56%) IoT
11 22 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
13 17 (1.16%) Reinsurance
14 16 (1.09%) Algorithms
15 14 (0.95%) Blog
15 14 (0.95%) Mobile App
15 14 (0.95%) Video\Live Streaming
16 13 (0.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 114 (7.76%) Linux
2 81 (5.51%) Windows
3 30 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.36%) Android
5 16 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.95%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.75%) Unix
8 6 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.34%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.34%) VMS
9 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.20%) VME
11 1 (0.068%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.068%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 431 (29.32%) Agile
2 293 (19.93%) Mentoring
3 281 (19.12%) Software Engineering
4 250 (17.01%) Coaching
5 219 (14.90%) DevOps
6 167 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
7 110 (7.48%) Actionable Insight
8 103 (7.01%) Analytics
9 97 (6.60%) CI/CD
9 97 (6.60%) Project Management
10 89 (6.05%) Roadmaps
11 85 (5.78%) TDD
12 82 (5.58%) Artificial Intelligence
13 76 (5.17%) Design Patterns
13 76 (5.17%) Full Stack Development
14 72 (4.90%) Test Automation
15 71 (4.83%) Cybersecurity
15 71 (4.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 67 (4.56%) Computer Science
17 63 (4.29%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 182 (12.38%) SQL
2 168 (11.43%) JavaScript
3 161 (10.95%) Python
4 133 (9.05%) C#
5 104 (7.07%) Java
6 68 (4.63%) TypeScript
7 67 (4.56%) PHP
8 27 (1.84%) C
9 22 (1.50%) PowerShell
9 22 (1.50%) T-SQL
10 21 (1.43%) PL/SQL
11 18 (1.22%) C++
12 15 (1.02%) COBOL
12 15 (1.02%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 11 (0.75%) Go
14 10 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.54%) R
16 7 (0.48%) Rust
17 6 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 6 (0.41%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 182 (12.38%) Degree
2 103 (7.01%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.39%) SC Cleared
4 40 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (1.77%) CCNP
7 24 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.50%) AWS Certification
9 19 (1.29%) Azure Certification
9 19 (1.29%) PMI Certification
10 17 (1.16%) JNCIP
11 14 (0.95%) CCNA
11 14 (0.95%) JNCIA
12 10 (0.68%) CISSP
12 10 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 9 (0.61%) CREST Certified
13 9 (0.61%) GIAC
13 9 (0.61%) HND
14 8 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.54%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (2.99%) Accessibility
2 41 (2.79%) QA
3 31 (2.11%) Data Quality
4 23 (1.56%) GDPR
5 22 (1.50%) WCAG
6 18 (1.22%) NIST
7 14 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 11 (0.75%) SLA
9 9 (0.61%) GMP
9 9 (0.61%) PMO
10 8 (0.54%) IFRS
10 8 (0.54%) IFRS 9
10 8 (0.54%) ISO 9000
10 8 (0.54%) NCSC
11 5 (0.34%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.068%) NIST 800
System Software
1 76 (5.17%) Docker
2 50 (3.40%) Active Directory
3 31 (2.11%) Firmware
4 16 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
5 12 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
6 11 (0.75%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.20%) vSphere
9 2 (0.14%) IAG
10 1 (0.068%) Lustre
10 1 (0.068%) RACF
10 1 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.068%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 116 (7.89%) Terraform
2 97 (6.60%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.52%) Prometheus
4 21 (1.43%) Ansible
5 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.61%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.54%) Stealthwatch
9 7 (0.48%) CA Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.34%) CASB
11 5 (0.34%) WSUS
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.14%) Icinga
12 2 (0.14%) Puppet
12 2 (0.14%) SCCM
13 1 (0.068%) Grafana
13 1 (0.068%) Graylog
13 1 (0.068%) Nagios
13 1 (0.068%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 138 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.88%) Oracle
3 52 (3.54%) Cisco
4 48 (3.27%) IBM
5 44 (2.99%) Google
6 37 (2.52%) ESRI
6 37 (2.52%) Red Hat
7 36 (2.45%) Dynatrace
8 24 (1.63%) VMware
9 23 (1.56%) Fortinet
10 22 (1.50%) Juniper
11 21 (1.43%) ServiceNow
12 20 (1.36%) Databricks
12 20 (1.36%) Informatica
13 19 (1.29%) Palo Alto
14 17 (1.16%) CA
15 15 (1.02%) Adobe
15 15 (1.02%) Micro Focus
15 15 (1.02%) SAP
16 13 (0.88%) HP