Senior Jobs in Chester

Senior
Cheshire > Chester

The median Senior salary in Chester is £65,000 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 11 7 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 27 33 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chester 9.54% 15.21% 8.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.63% 19.53% 10.20%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 9
10th Percentile £35,000 £52,100 £46,314
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile - £65,000 £70,813
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,000 £71,908
Cheshire median annual salary £57,500 £61,700 £61,250
% change year-on-year -6.81% +0.73% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 254 169 147
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.75% 77.88% 86.47%
Number of salaries quoted 220 86 73
10th Percentile £24,900 £23,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,400 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% -8.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,975 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,813
Cheshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Chester

Senior
Salary Trend in Chester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Chester.

Salary trend for Senior in Chester

Senior
Salary Histogram in Chester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Chester over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Chester

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 12 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 Chester region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 7 (25.93%) C#
1 7 (25.93%) .NET
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 6 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 5 (18.52%) C++
3 5 (18.52%) Biometrics
3 5 (18.52%) Agile
3 5 (18.52%) Unit Testing
3 5 (18.52%) Digital Identity
4 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
4 4 (14.81%) SaaS
4 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
4 4 (14.81%) CRM
4 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
5 3 (11.11%) Finance
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
5 3 (11.11%) Banking
5 3 (11.11%) DevOps
5 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (7.41%) Clean Code
6 2 (7.41%) Full Stack Development
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (7.41%) Architectural Design
6 2 (7.41%) Microservices
6 2 (7.41%) Algorithms
6 2 (7.41%) Terraform

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.93%) Azure
2 4 (14.81%) SaaS
3 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
3 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DHCP
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
1 1 (3.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
General
1 3 (11.11%) Banking
1 3 (11.11%) Finance
1 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Algorithms
1 2 (7.41%) FMCG
1 2 (7.41%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Software Engineering
2 5 (18.52%) Agile
2 5 (18.52%) Biometrics
2 5 (18.52%) Digital Identity
2 5 (18.52%) Unit Testing
3 4 (14.81%) CRM
3 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
3 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
3 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
4 3 (11.11%) DevOps
4 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.41%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (7.41%) Architectural Design
5 2 (7.41%) Clean Code
5 2 (7.41%) Data Strategy
5 2 (7.41%) Full Stack Development
5 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (7.41%) Machine Learning
5 2 (7.41%) Microservices
5 2 (7.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) C#
2 5 (18.52%) C++
3 3 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.41%) C
4 2 (7.41%) PHP
5 1 (3.70%) Java
5 1 (3.70%) SQL
5 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Progress Chef
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft