Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Kent

Senior Software Engineer
South East > Kent

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Kent is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 97 93
Rank change year-on-year +10 -4 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 18 4 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.22% 0.34% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 0.40% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile - - £80,500
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - -35.29% +41.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £66,250 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.36% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,372 994 1,215
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 85.54% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,023 553 722
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £26,275
25th Percentile £30,625 £33,500 £33,469
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.05% +5.00% +12.50%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £80,000
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 Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Kent

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Kent

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Kent region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (77.78%) C
2 14 (77.78%) Perl
2 14 (77.78%) Electronics
2 14 (77.78%) Automotive
2 14 (77.78%) Agile
2 14 (77.78%) Python
2 14 (77.78%) ClearCase
2 14 (77.78%) IBM
2 14 (77.78%) Embedded C
2 14 (77.78%) Configuration Management
2 14 (77.78%) MATLAB
2 14 (77.78%) Simulink
2 14 (77.78%) Stateflow
2 14 (77.78%) Degree
2 14 (77.78%) Lauterbach
2 14 (77.78%) Plastic SCM
2 14 (77.78%) ISO 26262
2 14 (77.78%) MISRA
2 14 (77.78%) Data Acquisition
2 14 (77.78%) AUTOSAR
2 14 (77.78%) J1939
2 14 (77.78%) Automotive SPICE
3 11 (61.11%) Software Testing
3 11 (61.11%) Algorithms
3 11 (61.11%) HND
4 7 (38.89%) ClearQuest
4 7 (38.89%) CANalyzer
4 7 (38.89%) JIRA
5 4 (22.22%) Facebook

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 14 (77.78%) Simulink
1 14 (77.78%) Stateflow
2 7 (38.89%) CANalyzer
Communications & Networking
1 14 (77.78%) J1939
Development Applications
1 14 (77.78%) ClearCase
1 14 (77.78%) Plastic SCM
2 7 (38.89%) ClearQuest
2 7 (38.89%) JIRA
General
1 14 (77.78%) Automotive
1 14 (77.78%) Electronics
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Algorithms
2 3 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
2 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (77.78%) Agile
2 14 (77.78%) Configuration Management
2 14 (77.78%) Data Acquisition
3 11 (61.11%) Software Testing
4 3 (16.67%) Embedded Software Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) C
1 14 (77.78%) Embedded C
1 14 (77.78%) MATLAB
1 14 (77.78%) Perl
1 14 (77.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) Degree
2 11 (61.11%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (77.78%) Automotive SPICE
1 14 (77.78%) AUTOSAR
1 14 (77.78%) ISO 26262
1 14 (77.78%) MISRA
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) IBM
1 14 (77.78%) Lauterbach
2 4 (22.22%) Facebook
2 4 (22.22%) Instagram