Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Leicester

Senior Software Engineer
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Leicester is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 80 64
Rank change year-on-year +40 -16 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 24 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 3.95% 1.12% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.10% 1.22% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 7
10th Percentile £65,375 - £51,500
25th Percentile £71,563 £46,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.89% -20.83% -
75th Percentile - £48,750 £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £68,750 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +44.74% -20.83% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 585 575 530
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 92.30% 97.79%
Number of salaries quoted 319 170 358
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,425 £25,000
25th Percentile £33,840 £36,250 £32,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,150
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -5.56%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Leicester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicester

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Leicester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Leicester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Leicester over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Leicester

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Leicester region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (87.50%) AWS
3 20 (83.33%) Actionable Insight
3 20 (83.33%) Agile
3 20 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 20 (83.33%) Security Cleared
4 19 (79.17%) Python
5 18 (75.00%) GIS
5 18 (75.00%) ESRI
5 18 (75.00%) ArcGIS
5 18 (75.00%) JavaScript
5 18 (75.00%) Web Development
5 18 (75.00%) Azure
5 18 (75.00%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (75.00%) PostGIS
5 18 (75.00%) Leaflet
5 18 (75.00%) DevOps
5 18 (75.00%) React
5 18 (75.00%) QGIS
5 18 (75.00%) GeoServer
5 18 (75.00%) OpenLayers
6 14 (58.33%) .NET Core
6 14 (58.33%) .NET
6 14 (58.33%) CSS
7 6 (25.00%) C#
8 4 (16.67%) Linux
8 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu
8 4 (16.67%) Django
9 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (12.50%) TypeScript

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester 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 18 (75.00%) ArcGIS
1 18 (75.00%) GeoServer
2 2 (8.33%) JBoss
2 2 (8.33%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 21 (87.50%) AWS
2 18 (75.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (75.00%) GIS
1 18 (75.00%) PostgreSQL
1 18 (75.00%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) IntelliJ
General
1 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.17%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (75.00%) Leaflet
1 18 (75.00%) OpenLayers
1 18 (75.00%) PostGIS
1 18 (75.00%) React
2 14 (58.33%) .NET
2 14 (58.33%) .NET Core
2 14 (58.33%) CSS
3 4 (16.67%) Django
4 2 (8.33%) AngularJS
4 2 (8.33%) Hibernate
4 2 (8.33%) Java EE
4 2 (8.33%) JPA
4 2 (8.33%) JSON
4 2 (8.33%) REST
4 2 (8.33%) RESTful
4 2 (8.33%) SOAP
4 2 (8.33%) Spring
4 2 (8.33%) Web Services
4 2 (8.33%) XML
4 2 (8.33%) XSD
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
1 4 (16.67%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (83.33%) Actionable Insight
2 20 (83.33%) Agile
3 18 (75.00%) DevOps
3 18 (75.00%) Web Development
4 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (8.33%) Data Design
5 2 (8.33%) Front End Development
5 2 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (8.33%) User Experience
5 2 (8.33%) UX Design
6 1 (4.17%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (79.17%) Python
2 18 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (25.00%) C#
4 3 (12.50%) TypeScript
5 2 (8.33%) Java
6 1 (4.17%) C++
6 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 20 (83.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) ESRI