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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 219 155
Rank change year-on-year +99 -64 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 201 74 199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.88% 1.00% 2.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.99% 1.12% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 131 43 78
10th Percentile £50,000 £49,200 -
25th Percentile £54,125 £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 £73,750
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

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 10,124 6,596 9,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.24% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,670 3,972 5,398
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,791 £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 £78,525 £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 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 1 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 1 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 +89 138 £60,000 -5.88% 26
Cheshire +7 29 £60,000 -15.79% 3
Merseyside +22 24 - - 1
Lancashire -10 10 £52,500 -
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 1 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.

1 201 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 79 (39.30%) Agile
3 76 (37.81%) AWS
4 71 (35.32%) Azure
5 61 (30.35%) JavaScript
6 56 (27.86%) DevOps
7 55 (27.36%) Python
8 54 (26.87%) .NET
9 50 (24.88%) C#
10 49 (24.38%) React
11 43 (21.39%) PostgreSQL
11 43 (21.39%) Security Cleared
12 42 (20.90%) CSS
13 40 (19.90%) SC Cleared
14 37 (18.41%) Web Development
14 37 (18.41%) GIS
14 37 (18.41%) ESRI
14 37 (18.41%) ArcGIS
14 37 (18.41%) PostGIS
14 37 (18.41%) Leaflet
14 37 (18.41%) QGIS
14 37 (18.41%) GeoServer
14 37 (18.41%) OpenLayers
14 37 (18.41%) Actionable Insight
15 32 (15.92%) .NET Core
15 32 (15.92%) Java
16 29 (14.43%) SQL
17 28 (13.93%) Linux
17 28 (13.93%) TypeScript
18 26 (12.94%) Degree

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 (18.41%) ArcGIS
1 37 (18.41%) GeoServer
2 3 (1.49%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 6 (2.99%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 76 (37.81%) AWS
2 71 (35.32%) Azure
3 7 (3.48%) Serverless
4 6 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.49%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (1.49%) GCP
7 2 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.50%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.49%) MQTT
2 4 (1.99%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.99%) RS-232
2 4 (1.99%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.49%) Network Security
4 1 (0.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (21.39%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (18.41%) GIS
2 37 (18.41%) QGIS
3 11 (5.47%) MySQL
4 6 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.99%) MongoDB
4 6 (2.99%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.49%) Big Data
5 3 (1.49%) Hadoop
5 3 (1.49%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (8.96%) Git
2 6 (2.99%) Maven
3 5 (2.49%) GitLab
3 5 (2.49%) SonarQube
4 4 (1.99%) Subversion
5 2 (1.00%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.00%) webpack
6 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
General
1 19 (9.45%) Social Skills
2 14 (6.97%) Retail
3 10 (4.98%) Finance
4 8 (3.98%) Health Technology
4 8 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.48%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (2.49%) Automotive
7 5 (2.49%) Legal
7 5 (2.49%) Retail Finance
8 3 (1.49%) Games
8 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.49%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.00%) Banking
9 2 (1.00%) Electronics
10 1 (0.50%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.50%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.50%) Marketing
10 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (26.87%) .NET
2 49 (24.38%) React
3 42 (20.90%) CSS
4 37 (18.41%) Leaflet
4 37 (18.41%) OpenLayers
4 37 (18.41%) PostGIS
5 32 (15.92%) .NET Core
6 13 (6.47%) HTML
7 11 (5.47%) Node.js
7 11 (5.47%) RESTful
8 10 (4.98%) Spring
8 10 (4.98%) Spring Boot
9 8 (3.98%) AngularJS
9 8 (3.98%) Django
9 8 (3.98%) Kafka
10 7 (3.48%) ASP.NET Web API
10 7 (3.48%) Jest
10 7 (3.48%) Lambda Expressions
11 6 (2.99%) Vue
11 6 (2.99%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.98%) Greenfield Project
1 10 (4.98%) IoT
2 3 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (1.49%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (1.00%) FMCG
3 2 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.50%) FPGA
4 1 (0.50%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (13.93%) Linux
2 8 (3.98%) Ubuntu
3 6 (2.99%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (2.99%) Windows
4 2 (1.00%) Android
5 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 79 (39.30%) Agile
3 56 (27.86%) DevOps
4 37 (18.41%) Actionable Insight
4 37 (18.41%) Web Development
5 20 (9.95%) Microservices
6 19 (9.45%) Computer Science
6 19 (9.45%) Open Source
6 19 (9.45%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (8.46%) CI/CD
7 17 (8.46%) TDD
8 13 (6.47%) Full Stack Development
8 13 (6.47%) Mentoring
9 12 (5.97%) Embedded Software Development
10 11 (5.47%) Multithreading
10 11 (5.47%) SDLC
10 11 (5.47%) Software Architecture
11 9 (4.48%) Continuous Deployment
11 9 (4.48%) Test Automation
12 8 (3.98%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 61 (30.35%) JavaScript
2 55 (27.36%) Python
3 50 (24.88%) C#
4 32 (15.92%) Java
5 29 (14.43%) SQL
6 28 (13.93%) TypeScript
7 15 (7.46%) C++
8 13 (6.47%) C
9 3 (1.49%) Rust
9 3 (1.49%) Scala
10 2 (1.00%) PHP
10 2 (1.00%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.50%) Ada
11 1 (0.50%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 43 (21.39%) Security Cleared
2 40 (19.90%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.94%) Degree
4 9 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.48%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.49%) HND
7 4 (1.99%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.00%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.48%) ISO 9000
2 4 (1.99%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (3.48%) Firmware
2 4 (1.99%) Docker
3 2 (1.00%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (4.98%) Terraform
2 3 (1.49%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.00%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 37 (18.41%) ESRI
2 6 (2.99%) F5
3 3 (1.49%) Autodesk
3 3 (1.49%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.50%) SAP
4 1 (0.50%) Xamarin