Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Berkshire

Senior Software Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Berkshire is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 145 123
Rank change year-on-year +41 -22 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 65 43 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.10% 1.36% 1.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% 1.48% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 33 29 37
10th Percentile £55,000 £69,250 £58,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile - £86,500 £71,250
South East median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 2,948 2,909 3,302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.16% 92.32% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,147 1,661 2,174
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,963 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Berkshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Berkshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Berkshire

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Reading +31 53 £75,000 - 4
Bracknell 0 1 £77,500 +10.71%
Thatcham - 1 - - 2
Senior Software Engineer
South East

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Berkshire region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 65 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 36 (55.38%) Security Cleared
3 28 (43.08%) Agile
3 28 (43.08%) Python
4 27 (41.54%) .NET
4 27 (41.54%) Linux
4 27 (41.54%) SC Cleared
4 27 (41.54%) Actionable Insight
5 25 (38.46%) Azure
6 20 (30.77%) AWS
7 19 (29.23%) PostgreSQL
7 19 (29.23%) Web Development
7 19 (29.23%) JavaScript
7 19 (29.23%) GIS
7 19 (29.23%) ESRI
7 19 (29.23%) ArcGIS
7 19 (29.23%) GeoServer
7 19 (29.23%) OpenLayers
7 19 (29.23%) React
7 19 (29.23%) QGIS
7 19 (29.23%) PostGIS
7 19 (29.23%) Leaflet
7 19 (29.23%) DevOps
8 18 (27.69%) C#
9 17 (26.15%) Embedded Linux
10 16 (24.62%) .NET Core
11 15 (23.08%) CSS
12 12 (18.46%) C
13 9 (13.85%) Computer Science
13 9 (13.85%) IoT

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 19 (29.23%) ArcGIS
1 19 (29.23%) GeoServer
2 2 (3.08%) JBoss
2 2 (3.08%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 25 (38.46%) Azure
2 20 (30.77%) AWS
3 1 (1.54%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.31%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (29.23%) GIS
1 19 (29.23%) PostgreSQL
1 19 (29.23%) QGIS
2 1 (1.54%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Git
1 5 (7.69%) Jenkins
1 5 (7.69%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.08%) IntelliJ
General
1 5 (7.69%) Aerospace
1 5 (7.69%) Health Technology
1 5 (7.69%) Tech for Good
2 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.54%) Electronics
3 1 (1.54%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (41.54%) .NET
2 19 (29.23%) Leaflet
2 19 (29.23%) OpenLayers
2 19 (29.23%) PostGIS
2 19 (29.23%) React
3 16 (24.62%) .NET Core
4 15 (23.08%) CSS
5 6 (9.23%) ASP.NET
6 5 (7.69%) Blazor
7 4 (6.15%) Django
8 2 (3.08%) AngularJS
8 2 (3.08%) Java EE
8 2 (3.08%) JPA
8 2 (3.08%) JSON
8 2 (3.08%) REST
8 2 (3.08%) RESTful
8 2 (3.08%) SOAP
8 2 (3.08%) Web Services
8 2 (3.08%) XML
8 2 (3.08%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) IoT
2 6 (9.23%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 27 (41.54%) Linux
2 17 (26.15%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (9.23%) Unix
4 4 (6.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 28 (43.08%) Agile
3 27 (41.54%) Actionable Insight
4 19 (29.23%) DevOps
4 19 (29.23%) Web Development
5 9 (13.85%) Computer Science
5 9 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (12.31%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (9.23%) Mathematics
7 6 (9.23%) Open Source
7 6 (9.23%) Parallel Programming
7 6 (9.23%) Performance Analysis
7 6 (9.23%) Physics
7 6 (9.23%) SDLC
7 6 (9.23%) Software Testing
8 5 (7.69%) Deployment Automation
9 3 (4.62%) User Experience
10 2 (3.08%) Front End Development
10 2 (3.08%) Mentoring
10 2 (3.08%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 28 (43.08%) Python
2 19 (29.23%) JavaScript
3 18 (27.69%) C#
4 12 (18.46%) C
5 7 (10.77%) C++
6 6 (9.23%) Bash
6 6 (9.23%) Fortran
6 6 (9.23%) SQL
7 5 (7.69%) Java
7 5 (7.69%) PowerShell
8 2 (3.08%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.54%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (55.38%) Security Cleared
2 27 (41.54%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.77%) Degree
4 6 (9.23%) Master's Degree
4 6 (9.23%) PhD
5 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (1.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (7.69%) Ansible
2 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (29.23%) ESRI
2 6 (9.23%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.08%) IFS