Senior Software Developer Jobs in the City of London

Senior Software Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the City of London is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 211 250
Rank change year-on-year +58 +39 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 27 25 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.80% 0.53% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 0.55% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 25 25 31
10th Percentile £73,750 - £60,000
25th Percentile - £70,000 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £80,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +46.67%
75th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £130,000 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £100,000 £80,000 £110,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -27.27% +49.15%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 3,239 4,553 6,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.94% 96.44% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2,579 3,824 5,648
10th Percentile £41,200 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Senior Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the City of London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in the City of London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the City of London

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Senior Software Developer 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 City of London region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 25 (92.59%) JavaScript
2 23 (85.19%) HTML
2 23 (85.19%) SQL
2 23 (85.19%) CSS
2 23 (85.19%) Degree
3 21 (77.78%) .NET
3 21 (77.78%) C#
4 20 (74.07%) SQL Server
5 18 (66.67%) HTML5
5 18 (66.67%) Multithreading
5 18 (66.67%) Azure
5 18 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
5 18 (66.67%) Windows
5 18 (66.67%) Computer Science
5 18 (66.67%) Multithreaded Programming
5 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
6 16 (59.26%) WPF
7 10 (37.04%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (22.22%) MySQL
9 5 (18.52%) PHP
9 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
9 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (18.52%) Symfony
9 5 (18.52%) Drupal
9 5 (18.52%) LAMP
9 5 (18.52%) Web Application Development
10 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (11.11%) API Integration
10 3 (11.11%) Agile
10 3 (11.11%) Design Patterns

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 5 (18.52%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 18 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (74.07%) SQL Server
2 6 (22.22%) MySQL
General
1 18 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (85.19%) CSS
1 23 (85.19%) HTML
2 21 (77.78%) .NET
3 18 (66.67%) HTML5
4 16 (59.26%) WPF
5 5 (18.52%) LAMP
5 5 (18.52%) Symfony
6 2 (7.41%) .NET Framework
6 2 (7.41%) AngularJS
6 2 (7.41%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (7.41%) jQuery
6 2 (7.41%) RESTful
7 1 (3.70%) React
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.70%) Algorithms
2 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 18 (66.67%) Computer Science
1 18 (66.67%) Multithreaded Programming
1 18 (66.67%) Multithreading
2 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (18.52%) E-Commerce
2 5 (18.52%) Web Application Development
3 3 (11.11%) Agile
3 3 (11.11%) API Integration
3 3 (11.11%) Design Patterns
4 2 (7.41%) Analytics
4 2 (7.41%) DevOps
4 2 (7.41%) Fintech
4 2 (7.41%) Mathematics
4 2 (7.41%) Scrum
5 1 (3.70%) API Development
5 1 (3.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.70%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.70%) Microservices
5 1 (3.70%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 25 (92.59%) JavaScript
2 23 (85.19%) SQL
3 21 (77.78%) C#
4 5 (18.52%) PHP
5 1 (3.70%) Python
5 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (85.19%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) Oracle