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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 15 13
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,624 930 1,253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 14.49% 12.72% 12.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.25% 14.21% 13.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,131 572 743
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,875 £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 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,056 £83,750
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 10,650 6,543 9,448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.51% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 7,955 3,993 5,440
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,834 £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 £78,650 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 9 June 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 9 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 +9 983 £60,000 -7.69% 244
Merseyside +25 214 £65,000 +13.04% 32
Lancashire +14 192 £57,965 +9.37% 50
Cheshire +4 176 £57,500 -6.81% 71
Cumbria -4 56 £45,000 -18.18% 15
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 440 (27.09%) Agile
2 336 (20.69%) AWS
3 310 (19.09%) Mentoring
4 293 (18.04%) Software Engineering
5 284 (17.49%) Azure
6 269 (16.56%) Coaching
7 230 (14.16%) Social Skills
8 225 (13.85%) DevOps
9 212 (13.05%) Finance
10 203 (12.50%) Degree
11 200 (12.32%) SQL
12 171 (10.53%) JavaScript
12 171 (10.53%) Python
13 170 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
14 155 (9.54%) Microsoft
15 141 (8.68%) C#
16 139 (8.56%) .NET
17 138 (8.50%) React
18 121 (7.45%) Public Sector
19 119 (7.33%) Analytics
20 110 (6.77%) Terraform
20 110 (6.77%) Linux
21 105 (6.47%) Java
21 105 (6.47%) Actionable Insight
22 103 (6.34%) CI/CD
22 103 (6.34%) Security Cleared
23 100 (6.16%) Project Management
23 100 (6.16%) Roadmaps
24 95 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
25 94 (5.79%) SC Cleared

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 39 (2.40%) ArcGIS
2 35 (2.16%) GeoServer
3 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 19 (1.17%) SharePoint
5 16 (0.99%) SAS
6 12 (0.74%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.74%) Tuxedo
7 11 (0.68%) CMS
7 11 (0.68%) Confluence
8 3 (0.18%) Apache
8 3 (0.18%) IIS
8 3 (0.18%) nginx
8 3 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.18%) WordPress
9 2 (0.12%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.062%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.062%) Jetty
10 1 (0.062%) Kentico
10 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.062%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.68%) MS Visio
3 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.49%) Sketch
5 7 (0.43%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.25%) Maya
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.12%) Revit
9 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (0.62%) Magento
2 9 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.31%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
4 4 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Shopify
5 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.062%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.062%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.062%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.062%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.062%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.062%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 336 (20.69%) AWS
2 284 (17.49%) Azure
3 59 (3.63%) Power Platform
4 56 (3.45%) SaaS
5 53 (3.26%) GCP
6 48 (2.96%) Amazon S3
7 43 (2.65%) Amazon EKS
8 39 (2.40%) Entra ID
9 38 (2.34%) GitHub
10 37 (2.28%) IBM Cloud
11 36 (2.22%) Amazon ECR
11 36 (2.22%) OCI
11 36 (2.22%) Route 53
12 35 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
13 32 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
14 21 (1.29%) Serverless
15 17 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
15 17 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
16 15 (0.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.46%) WAN
2 36 (2.22%) DNS
3 30 (1.85%) Firewall
4 29 (1.79%) Network Security
5 25 (1.54%) SD-WAN
6 24 (1.48%) LAN
6 24 (1.48%) PPP
7 21 (1.29%) DHCP
8 18 (1.11%) TCP/IP
9 15 (0.92%) Cisco Firepower
9 15 (0.92%) Wireless
10 9 (0.55%) HTTP
10 9 (0.55%) MQTT
10 9 (0.55%) VPN
11 8 (0.49%) TETRA
11 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.43%) SAN
12 7 (0.43%) SSL
12 7 (0.43%) VoIP
12 7 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.63%) MySQL
3 51 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (2.89%) NoSQL
5 43 (2.65%) SQL Server
6 42 (2.59%) Amazon RDS
7 36 (2.22%) GIS
8 35 (2.16%) QGIS
9 31 (1.91%) Power BI
10 23 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 22 (1.35%) Data Lake
12 21 (1.29%) MongoDB
13 20 (1.23%) DynamoDB
14 19 (1.17%) Oracle Database
14 19 (1.17%) Relational Database
15 18 (1.11%) Big Data
16 15 (0.92%) Metadata
17 14 (0.86%) Oracle Database 11g
18 13 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
19 12 (0.74%) Redis
Development Applications
1 83 (5.11%) Git
2 31 (1.91%) JIRA
3 24 (1.48%) GitLab
4 23 (1.42%) Jenkins
5 13 (0.80%) PHPUnit
6 12 (0.74%) Appium
7 11 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 9 (0.55%) Maven
8 9 (0.55%) Selenium
9 8 (0.49%) Bitbucket
9 8 (0.49%) Gatling
9 8 (0.49%) LabVIEW
10 7 (0.43%) Artifactory
10 7 (0.43%) Gradle
10 7 (0.43%) JMeter
11 5 (0.31%) JetBrains Rider
11 5 (0.31%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.31%) webpack
12 4 (0.25%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 230 (14.16%) Social Skills
2 212 (13.05%) Finance
3 121 (7.45%) Public Sector
4 95 (5.85%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (4.56%) Retail
6 64 (3.94%) Banking
7 62 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 54 (3.33%) Legal
9 36 (2.22%) Manufacturing
10 31 (1.91%) Law
11 27 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (1.60%) Health Technology
13 24 (1.48%) Marketing
14 20 (1.23%) Publishing
14 20 (1.23%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.17%) Electronics
16 18 (1.11%) Games
17 16 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
18 14 (0.86%) Automotive
19 12 (0.74%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (8.56%) .NET
2 138 (8.50%) React
3 90 (5.54%) CSS
4 78 (4.80%) Node.js
5 61 (3.76%) HTML
6 57 (3.51%) RESTful
7 56 (3.45%) .NET Core
8 47 (2.89%) AngularJS
9 46 (2.83%) Laravel
9 46 (2.83%) REST
10 37 (2.28%) Vue
11 35 (2.16%) Leaflet
11 35 (2.16%) OpenLayers
11 35 (2.16%) PostGIS
12 31 (1.91%) Kafka
13 25 (1.54%) Spring
14 24 (1.48%) PySpark
15 22 (1.35%) JSON
15 22 (1.35%) Web Services
16 19 (1.17%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 58 (3.57%) Data Centre
1 58 (3.57%) Public Cloud
2 57 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 57 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 46 (2.83%) Product Ownership
4 45 (2.77%) Blockchain
5 37 (2.28%) e-Learning
6 33 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
7 31 (1.91%) Onboarding
8 26 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
9 23 (1.42%) IoT
10 22 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.29%) Blog
12 20 (1.23%) Driving Licence
12 20 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
12 20 (1.23%) Reinsurance
13 16 (0.99%) Algorithms
14 15 (0.92%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.92%) Mobile App
15 14 (0.86%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 110 (6.77%) Linux
2 84 (5.17%) Windows
3 31 (1.91%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.23%) Android
5 15 (0.92%) Apple iOS
6 12 (0.74%) Ubuntu
7 11 (0.68%) Unix
8 6 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.31%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.31%) VMS
9 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.18%) VME
11 1 (0.062%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.062%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (27.09%) Agile
2 310 (19.09%) Mentoring
3 293 (18.04%) Software Engineering
4 269 (16.56%) Coaching
5 225 (13.85%) DevOps
6 170 (10.47%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (7.33%) Analytics
8 105 (6.47%) Actionable Insight
9 103 (6.34%) CI/CD
10 100 (6.16%) Project Management
10 100 (6.16%) Roadmaps
11 90 (5.54%) Artificial Intelligence
12 87 (5.36%) Cybersecurity
12 87 (5.36%) TDD
13 80 (4.93%) Full Stack Development
14 75 (4.62%) Computer Science
14 75 (4.62%) Design Patterns
14 75 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 74 (4.56%) Test Automation
16 63 (3.88%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 200 (12.32%) SQL
2 171 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 171 (10.53%) Python
3 141 (8.68%) C#
4 105 (6.47%) Java
5 70 (4.31%) PHP
6 69 (4.25%) TypeScript
7 33 (2.03%) PowerShell
8 29 (1.79%) C++
9 28 (1.72%) C
10 22 (1.35%) T-SQL
11 19 (1.17%) PL/SQL
12 15 (0.92%) COBOL
12 15 (0.92%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 12 (0.74%) Scala
14 11 (0.68%) Go
14 11 (0.68%) Ruby
15 10 (0.62%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.49%) R
17 7 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 203 (12.50%) Degree
2 103 (6.34%) Security Cleared
3 94 (5.79%) SC Cleared
4 48 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 35 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (1.79%) CCNP
7 25 (1.54%) Master's Degree
8 22 (1.35%) AWS Certification
9 20 (1.23%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.17%) PMI Certification
11 17 (1.05%) CCNA
11 17 (1.05%) JNCIP
12 14 (0.86%) JNCIA
13 10 (0.62%) CISSP
13 10 (0.62%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.62%) GIAC
13 10 (0.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 9 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.49%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (2.89%) QA
2 45 (2.77%) Accessibility
3 38 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 23 (1.42%) GDPR
5 22 (1.35%) WCAG
6 18 (1.11%) NIST
7 16 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (0.80%) GMP
9 12 (0.74%) SLA
10 10 (0.62%) PMO
11 8 (0.49%) IFRS
11 8 (0.49%) IFRS 9
11 8 (0.49%) ISO 9000
11 8 (0.49%) NCSC
12 5 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.31%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.062%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.062%) NIST 800
System Software
1 69 (4.25%) Docker
2 64 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.03%) Firmware
4 17 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
5 15 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 14 (0.86%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.62%) RACF
8 6 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.37%) vSphere
9 2 (0.12%) IAG
10 1 (0.062%) Lustre
10 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.062%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.062%) XenApp
10 1 (0.062%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 110 (6.77%) Terraform
2 91 (5.60%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.22%) Prometheus
4 20 (1.23%) Ansible
5 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.68%) Stealthwatch
8 7 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.31%) CASB
10 5 (0.31%) WSUS
11 2 (0.12%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.12%) Puppet
11 2 (0.12%) SCCM
12 1 (0.062%) Functional Safety
12 1 (0.062%) Graylog
12 1 (0.062%) Icinga
12 1 (0.062%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 155 (9.54%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.63%) Oracle
3 56 (3.45%) Cisco
4 47 (2.89%) IBM
5 41 (2.52%) Google
6 37 (2.28%) Red Hat
7 36 (2.22%) Dynatrace
8 35 (2.16%) ESRI
9 28 (1.72%) Informatica
10 27 (1.66%) ServiceNow
10 27 (1.66%) VMware
11 23 (1.42%) Fortinet
12 22 (1.35%) Databricks
13 21 (1.29%) Juniper
14 20 (1.23%) Palo Alto
15 18 (1.11%) Adobe
15 18 (1.11%) CA
16 17 (1.05%) CyberArk
17 16 (0.99%) Apple
17 16 (0.99%) Meraki