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 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,516 956 1,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.76% 12.61% 12.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.58% 14.13% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,055 581 751
10th Percentile £40,000 £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 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
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 9,728 6,766 9,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.26% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,455 4,001 5,425
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,396 £40,250 £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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +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 28 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 28 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 +9 931 £60,000 -7.69% 232
Merseyside +23 202 £60,000 +4.35% 27
Lancashire +17 173 £57,965 +10.41% 49
Cheshire +5 158 £57,500 -5.58% 54
Cumbria -4 49 £45,000 -18.18% 21
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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.

1 437 (28.83%) Agile
2 325 (21.44%) AWS
3 300 (19.79%) Mentoring
4 282 (18.60%) Software Engineering
5 279 (18.40%) Azure
6 264 (17.41%) Coaching
7 228 (15.04%) Social Skills
8 221 (14.58%) DevOps
9 213 (14.05%) Finance
10 192 (12.66%) SQL
11 188 (12.40%) Degree
12 168 (11.08%) JavaScript
13 167 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
14 161 (10.62%) Python
15 148 (9.76%) Microsoft
16 135 (8.91%) C#
17 132 (8.71%) .NET
18 130 (8.58%) React
19 120 (7.92%) Public Sector
20 116 (7.65%) Terraform
21 113 (7.45%) Linux
22 109 (7.19%) Analytics
23 106 (6.99%) Actionable Insight
24 103 (6.79%) Security Cleared
25 102 (6.73%) Java
26 99 (6.53%) CI/CD
27 98 (6.46%) Project Management
28 95 (6.27%) Roadmaps
29 94 (6.20%) SC Cleared
29 94 (6.20%) Kubernetes

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 (2.70%) ArcGIS
2 37 (2.44%) GeoServer
3 20 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.25%) SharePoint
5 16 (1.06%) SAS
6 12 (0.79%) Tuxedo
7 10 (0.66%) CMS
8 8 (0.53%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.40%) Confluence
10 3 (0.20%) IIS
10 3 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.20%) WordPress
11 2 (0.13%) Apache
11 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
12 1 (0.066%) Apache Airflow
12 1 (0.066%) Jetty
12 1 (0.066%) Kentico
12 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.066%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.73%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.53%) Sketch
4 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.33%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.26%) Maya
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.13%) Revit
9 1 (0.066%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (0.66%) Magento
2 9 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.33%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
5 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.13%) Shopify
5 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.066%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.066%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.066%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.066%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.066%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.066%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.066%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.066%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 325 (21.44%) AWS
2 279 (18.40%) Azure
3 55 (3.63%) GCP
4 49 (3.23%) Amazon S3
4 49 (3.23%) SaaS
5 45 (2.97%) Power Platform
6 43 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
7 39 (2.57%) Entra ID
8 37 (2.44%) IBM Cloud
9 36 (2.37%) Amazon ECR
9 36 (2.37%) GitHub
9 36 (2.37%) OCI
9 36 (2.37%) Route 53
10 33 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
11 32 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.72%) Dynamics 365
13 22 (1.45%) Serverless
14 15 (0.99%) OneDrive
15 14 (0.92%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.57%) WAN
2 35 (2.31%) DNS
3 30 (1.98%) Firewall
4 29 (1.91%) Network Security
5 25 (1.65%) LAN
6 23 (1.52%) SD-WAN
7 22 (1.45%) PPP
8 20 (1.32%) DHCP
9 18 (1.19%) TCP/IP
10 13 (0.86%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (0.86%) Wireless
11 9 (0.59%) HTTP
11 9 (0.59%) MQTT
11 9 (0.59%) VPN
11 9 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.53%) TETRA
13 7 (0.46%) SSL
13 7 (0.46%) VoIP
13 7 (0.46%) WLAN
14 6 (0.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (5.21%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.89%) MySQL
3 45 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
4 42 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
4 42 (2.77%) SQL Server
5 41 (2.70%) NoSQL
6 38 (2.51%) GIS
7 37 (2.44%) QGIS
8 23 (1.52%) Power BI
9 21 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 20 (1.32%) MongoDB
11 19 (1.25%) Oracle Database
12 18 (1.19%) Big Data
12 18 (1.19%) Data Lake
12 18 (1.19%) Relational Database
13 17 (1.12%) DynamoDB
14 14 (0.92%) Oracle Database 11g
15 11 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
15 11 (0.73%) Metadata
16 10 (0.66%) Redis
Development Applications
1 85 (5.61%) Git
2 25 (1.65%) Jenkins
2 25 (1.65%) JIRA
3 24 (1.58%) GitLab
4 13 (0.86%) PHPUnit
5 12 (0.79%) Appium
6 10 (0.66%) TeamCity
7 8 (0.53%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.53%) LabVIEW
7 8 (0.53%) Maven
8 7 (0.46%) Artifactory
8 7 (0.46%) Gradle
9 6 (0.40%) Gatling
9 6 (0.40%) Selenium
10 5 (0.33%) JetBrains Rider
10 5 (0.33%) JMeter
10 5 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.33%) webpack
11 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.26%) Subversion
General
1 228 (15.04%) Social Skills
2 213 (14.05%) Finance
3 120 (7.92%) Public Sector
4 87 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (4.75%) Banking
5 72 (4.75%) Retail
6 62 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 58 (3.83%) Legal
8 31 (2.04%) Law
9 29 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 29 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
10 26 (1.72%) Health Technology
11 25 (1.65%) Marketing
12 20 (1.32%) Publishing
12 20 (1.32%) Telecoms
13 18 (1.19%) Electronics
13 18 (1.19%) Games
14 13 (0.86%) Automotive
15 12 (0.79%) Local Government
15 12 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (8.71%) .NET
2 130 (8.58%) React
3 87 (5.74%) CSS
4 71 (4.68%) Node.js
5 58 (3.83%) HTML
6 54 (3.56%) .NET Core
6 54 (3.56%) RESTful
7 46 (3.03%) Laravel
8 45 (2.97%) AngularJS
9 42 (2.77%) REST
10 37 (2.44%) Leaflet
10 37 (2.44%) OpenLayers
10 37 (2.44%) PostGIS
11 36 (2.37%) Vue
12 30 (1.98%) Kafka
13 24 (1.58%) Spring
14 22 (1.45%) JSON
15 20 (1.32%) PySpark
15 20 (1.32%) Web Services
16 18 (1.19%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 61 (4.02%) Public Cloud
2 57 (3.76%) Management Information System
3 56 (3.69%) Hybrid Cloud
4 51 (3.36%) Data Centre
5 46 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 45 (2.97%) Blockchain
7 37 (2.44%) e-Learning
8 33 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
9 28 (1.85%) Onboarding
10 23 (1.52%) IoT
11 22 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
13 20 (1.32%) Driving Licence
13 20 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
14 19 (1.25%) Blog
15 18 (1.19%) Reinsurance
16 16 (1.06%) Algorithms
17 14 (0.92%) Mobile App
18 13 (0.86%) Cyberattack
18 13 (0.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 113 (7.45%) Linux
2 84 (5.54%) Windows
3 31 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.25%) Android
5 15 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.92%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.73%) Unix
8 6 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.33%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.33%) VMS
9 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.20%) VME
11 1 (0.066%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.066%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (28.83%) Agile
2 300 (19.79%) Mentoring
3 282 (18.60%) Software Engineering
4 264 (17.41%) Coaching
5 221 (14.58%) DevOps
6 167 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
7 109 (7.19%) Analytics
8 106 (6.99%) Actionable Insight
9 99 (6.53%) CI/CD
10 98 (6.46%) Project Management
11 95 (6.27%) Roadmaps
12 85 (5.61%) Cybersecurity
13 83 (5.47%) Artificial Intelligence
13 83 (5.47%) TDD
14 75 (4.95%) Design Patterns
14 75 (4.95%) Full Stack Development
15 74 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 72 (4.75%) Computer Science
17 71 (4.68%) Test Automation
18 64 (4.22%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 192 (12.66%) SQL
2 168 (11.08%) JavaScript
3 161 (10.62%) Python
4 135 (8.91%) C#
5 102 (6.73%) Java
6 69 (4.55%) PHP
7 65 (4.29%) TypeScript
8 33 (2.18%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.78%) C
10 22 (1.45%) T-SQL
11 20 (1.32%) C++
11 20 (1.32%) PL/SQL
12 15 (0.99%) COBOL
12 15 (0.99%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 11 (0.73%) Go
14 10 (0.66%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.66%) Scala
15 8 (0.53%) R
16 7 (0.46%) Ruby
16 7 (0.46%) Rust
Qualifications
1 188 (12.40%) Degree
2 103 (6.79%) Security Cleared
3 94 (6.20%) SC Cleared
4 45 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (2.18%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (1.78%) CCNP
7 24 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 19 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 19 (1.25%) PMI Certification
10 17 (1.12%) JNCIP
11 15 (0.99%) CCNA
12 14 (0.92%) JNCIA
13 10 (0.66%) CISSP
13 10 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 9 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.59%) CREST Certified
14 9 (0.59%) GIAC
15 8 (0.53%) CCIE
15 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (2.97%) Accessibility
2 42 (2.77%) QA
3 31 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 23 (1.52%) GDPR
5 22 (1.45%) WCAG
6 18 (1.19%) NIST
7 14 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.79%) SLA
9 10 (0.66%) PMO
10 9 (0.59%) GMP
11 8 (0.53%) IFRS
11 8 (0.53%) IFRS 9
11 8 (0.53%) ISO 9000
11 8 (0.53%) NCSC
12 5 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.066%) NIST 800
System Software
1 72 (4.75%) Docker
2 61 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.11%) Firmware
4 16 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
5 13 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (0.79%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.66%) RACF
8 6 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.26%) vSphere
10 2 (0.13%) IAG
11 1 (0.066%) Lustre
11 1 (0.066%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.066%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 116 (7.65%) Terraform
2 94 (6.20%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.37%) Prometheus
4 22 (1.45%) Ansible
5 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.59%) Progress Chef
7 9 (0.59%) Stealthwatch
8 7 (0.46%) CA Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.33%) CASB
10 5 (0.33%) WSUS
11 2 (0.13%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.13%) Puppet
11 2 (0.13%) SCCM
12 1 (0.066%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.066%) Graylog
12 1 (0.066%) Icinga
12 1 (0.066%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 148 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 58 (3.83%) Oracle
3 53 (3.50%) Cisco
4 49 (3.23%) IBM
5 45 (2.97%) Google
6 37 (2.44%) ESRI
6 37 (2.44%) Red Hat
7 36 (2.37%) Dynatrace
8 25 (1.65%) ServiceNow
8 25 (1.65%) VMware
9 23 (1.52%) Fortinet
10 21 (1.39%) Informatica
10 21 (1.39%) Juniper
11 19 (1.25%) Databricks
11 19 (1.25%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.12%) CA
12 17 (1.12%) CyberArk
13 16 (1.06%) Adobe
14 15 (0.99%) Micro Focus
14 15 (0.99%) SAP