Senior Software Development Engineer Jobs in the City of London

Senior Software Development Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Software Development Engineer salary in the City of London is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 176 225 -
Rank change year-on-year +49 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Development Engineer 4 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.12% 0.20% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.21% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £66,750 £80,000 -
25th Percentile £67,500 £80,313 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £90,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £101,875 -
90th Percentile £82,250 £102,500 -
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £90,000 -
% change year-on-year -19.44% - -

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 3,216 4,803 6,685
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 96.45% 95.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,586 4,069 5,661
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,164 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Senior Software Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Development Engineer in the City of London

Senior Software Development Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Development Engineer in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 2024, Senior Software Development 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 City of London region featuring Senior Software Development Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (50.00%) Amazon SQS
3 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Logistics
3 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Statistics
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Java
3 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Amazon EKS
3 2 (50.00%) Zero Defects
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Big Data
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Go

Senior Software Development Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (50.00%) Amazon Kinesis
1 2 (50.00%) Amazon SQS
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 2 (50.00%) Serverless
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Big Data
2 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) React
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (25.00%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Logistics
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (50.00%) SDET
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Statistics
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Defects
3 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Go
2 2 (50.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft