Senior Software Engineer Jobs in London
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
 3 months to
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Software Engineer
Rank 440 449 522
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 146 190 128
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.334% 0.354% 0.221%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.357% 0.377% 0.236%
Number of salaries quoted 118 156 112
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £37,650
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
Search 19 Senior Software Engineer jobs in London
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Senior Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer across the London region.

London Senior Software Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Senior Software Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Average Salary
Last 3 Months		 Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +26 38 £55,000 -2.22%
Docklands, London - 7 £55,000 -
Hackney - 1 - -
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Software Engineer in their job title.

1 155 (53.45%) Java
2 94 (32.41%) .NET
3 92 (31.72%) C#
4 91 (31.38%) Web Services
4 91 (31.38%) Agile Software Development
5 90 (31.03%) C++
6 81 (27.93%) Linux
7 79 (27.24%) TDD
8 72 (24.83%) SQL
9 71 (24.48%) Degree
10 62 (21.38%) Spring
11 60 (20.69%) OO
12 59 (20.34%) JavaScript
13 56 (19.31%) SQL Server
14 53 (18.28%) RESTful
15 50 (17.24%) Hibernate
16 49 (16.90%) MVC
17 48 (16.55%) ASP.NET
18 46 (15.86%) WCF
19 45 (15.52%) C
20 44 (15.17%) Computer Science
21 43 (14.83%) Windows
22 41 (14.14%) Tomcat
22 41 (14.14%) Unit Testing
23 40 (13.79%) Finance
23 40 (13.79%) Scrum
24 39 (13.45%) J2EE
25 38 (13.10%) Multithreading
26 37 (12.76%) UNIX
27 35 (12.07%) Microsoft

Senior Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Senior Software Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Senior Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 94 (32.41%) .NET
2 91 (31.38%) Web Services
3 62 (21.38%) Spring
4 53 (18.28%) RESTful
5 50 (17.24%) Hibernate
6 48 (16.55%) ASP.NET
7 46 (15.86%) WCF
8 39 (13.45%) J2EE
9 34 (11.72%) CSS
10 33 (11.38%) SOAP
10 33 (11.38%) HTML5
10 33 (11.38%) REST
11 29 (10.00%) XML
12 28 (9.655%) HTML
13 23 (7.931%) JSON
14 22 (7.586%) Silverlight
15 21 (7.241%) ASP.NET MVC
16 18 (6.207%) WPF
16 18 (6.207%) Ajax
17 16 (5.517%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 41 (14.14%) Tomcat
2 22 (7.586%) Apache
3 15 (5.172%) Windows Azure
4 12 (4.138%) Jetty
5 8 (2.759%) ActiveMQ
6 7 (2.414%) Confluence
7 6 (2.069%) Apache Solr
8 5 (1.724%) IIS
9 4 (1.379%) ESB
9 4 (1.379%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.379%) WebLogic
9 4 (1.379%) CMS
10 3 (1.034%) Adobe CQ
10 3 (1.034%) nginx
11 1 (0.345%) AquaLogic
11 1 (0.345%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.345%) Orchard CMS
11 1 (0.345%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (0.345%) EPiServer CMS
11 1 (0.345%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 17 (5.862%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.690%) Front Arena
2 1 (0.345%) Maximo
2 1 (0.345%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 31 (10.69%) HTTP
1 31 (10.69%) TCP/IP
2 17 (5.862%) Internet
3 14 (4.828%) HTTPS
3 14 (4.828%) SSL
3 14 (4.828%) Firewall
4 11 (3.793%) Broadband
5 8 (2.759%) DVB
6 6 (2.069%) SMTP
7 4 (1.379%) LDAP
8 3 (1.034%) LAN
9 2 (0.690%) DNS
10 1 (0.345%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.345%) Wireless
10 1 (0.345%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (19.31%) SQL Server
2 34 (11.72%) MySQL
3 27 (9.310%) NoSQL
4 18 (6.207%) Big Data
5 15 (5.172%) MongoDB
6 14 (4.828%) Hadoop
6 14 (4.828%) Data Mining
7 13 (4.483%) RDBMS
8 10 (3.448%) SQL Server 2008
9 7 (2.414%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (2.069%) MarkLogic
11 5 (1.724%) SQL Server 2012
12 4 (1.379%) CouchDB
13 3 (1.034%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 3 (1.034%) Neo4j
13 3 (1.034%) Redis
13 3 (1.034%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 2 (0.690%) Amazon DynamoDB
15 1 (0.345%) SQL Server 2005
15 1 (0.345%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 35 (12.07%) Git (software)
2 33 (11.38%) Subversion
3 21 (7.241%) Maven
4 16 (5.517%) JIRA
5 12 (4.138%) Visual Studio
6 10 (3.448%) Eclipse
7 8 (2.759%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.759%) JUnit
8 7 (2.414%) Bugzilla
8 7 (2.414%) Cucumber
9 5 (1.724%) Xcode
9 5 (1.724%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.724%) TeamCity
10 4 (1.379%) RSpec
10 4 (1.379%) NUnit
11 3 (1.034%) Capybara
12 2 (0.690%) Selenium
12 2 (0.690%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.690%) Appcelerator Titanium
13 1 (0.345%) IntelliJ
General
1 40 (13.79%) Finance
2 22 (7.586%) Telecoms
3 20 (6.897%) Games
4 13 (4.483%) Retail
5 12 (4.138%) Banking
6 9 (3.103%) Law
7 7 (2.414%) Electronics
8 6 (2.069%) Marketing
9 5 (1.724%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.724%) Advertising
9 5 (1.724%) Publishing
9 5 (1.724%) Front Office
10 4 (1.379%) Online Betting
10 4 (1.379%) Legal
10 4 (1.379%) Music
11 3 (1.034%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.345%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 44 (15.17%) Computer Science
2 30 (10.34%) Open Source
3 22 (7.586%) Embedded Systems
4 20 (6.897%) Mathematics
5 19 (6.552%) STB
5 19 (6.552%) SaaS
6 15 (5.172%) DTV
6 15 (5.172%) Mobile App
7 13 (4.483%) Statistics
7 13 (4.483%) Clustering
8 12 (4.138%) Device Driver
8 12 (4.138%) BBC
9 11 (3.793%) N-Tier
10 10 (3.448%) Wiki
11 9 (3.103%) iPad
12 8 (2.759%) Mashup
12 8 (2.759%) Visualisation
12 8 (2.759%) Derivative
13 7 (2.414%) IPTV
13 7 (2.414%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 81 (27.93%) Linux
2 43 (14.83%) Windows
3 37 (12.76%) UNIX
4 18 (6.207%) Android
5 17 (5.862%) Apple iOS
6 10 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (3.448%) Embedded Linux
7 7 (2.414%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (2.414%) Windows Vista
8 6 (2.069%) Windows XP
9 5 (1.724%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.345%) Debian
10 1 (0.345%) AIX
10 1 (0.345%) Solaris
10 1 (0.345%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (31.38%) Agile Software Development
2 79 (27.24%) TDD
3 60 (20.69%) OO
4 49 (16.90%) MVC
5 41 (14.14%) Unit Testing
6 40 (13.79%) Scrum
7 38 (13.10%) Multithreading
8 27 (9.310%) E-Commerce
9 25 (8.621%) Refactoring
10 22 (7.586%) Continuous Integration
11 21 (7.241%) Software Engineering
12 18 (6.207%) BDD
13 15 (5.172%) SOA
14 14 (4.828%) Project Management
15 13 (4.483%) Data Modelling
15 13 (4.483%) Kanban
15 13 (4.483%) Web Development
16 11 (3.793%) OOP
16 11 (3.793%) Software Architecture
17 9 (3.103%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 155 (53.45%) Java
2 92 (31.72%) C#
3 90 (31.03%) C++
4 72 (24.83%) SQL
5 59 (20.34%) JavaScript
6 45 (15.52%) C
7 28 (9.655%) T-SQL
8 22 (7.586%) Ruby
9 16 (5.517%) Python
10 13 (4.483%) Perl
11 12 (4.138%) PHP
11 12 (4.138%) Objective-C
12 6 (2.069%) Embedded C
12 6 (2.069%) XQuery
13 5 (1.724%) Scala
14 4 (1.379%) XPath
14 4 (1.379%) ActionScript
14 4 (1.379%) Assembly Language
15 3 (1.034%) PowerShell
15 3 (1.034%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 71 (24.48%) Degree
2 7 (2.414%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (2.069%) MCSA
3 6 (2.069%) ISEB
4 3 (1.034%) PhD
4 3 (1.034%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.345%) MCTS
5 1 (0.345%) MCP
5 1 (0.345%) MCAD
5 1 (0.345%) MCSD
5 1 (0.345%) HNC
5 1 (0.345%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.138%) QA
System Software
1 14 (4.828%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.069%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.034%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (3.793%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 11 (3.793%) SCCM
2 8 (2.759%) WMI
Vendors
1 35 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.310%) Oracle
3 12 (4.138%) Cisco
4 10 (3.448%) Google
5 6 (2.069%) TIBCO
5 6 (2.069%) VMware
6 4 (1.379%) Facebook
6 4 (1.379%) Twitter
6 4 (1.379%) JBoss
7 3 (1.034%) Telerik
7 3 (1.034%) OpenTV
8 2 (0.690%) Appcelerator
8 2 (0.690%) SAP
8 2 (0.690%) Murex
8 2 (0.690%) Calypso
8 2 (0.690%) SunGard
8 2 (0.690%) Sophis
9 1 (0.345%) Metastorm
9 1 (0.345%) Dell
9 1 (0.345%) Citrix
Senior Software Engineer - Proprietary HFT Trading Firm
London
Senior Software Engineer - Low Latency, Trading Support, Java, C++, C#, Python, Proprietary Trading, High Frequency Trading, Real-Time Systems Proprietary HFT Trading Firm... Their systems are developed in...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £80000 - £120000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer Java CQ5
City, London
We're looking for a Java focused Software Engineer with CQ5 experience. Key Technical Competencies: *Understand Technical Debt *Understand performance characteristics *Develop sites with high performance targets *Develop...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer
City, London
My client a innovative telecommunications company based in the heart of Central London are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who has a passion for/ expert knowledge in...
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £75000 - £90000 per annum + bonus work from home
Posted: 23 May 2013
Java Senior Software Engineer
London, South East
This is a strategic role within the technical architecture team and a great opportunity to join a highly successful and world renowned brand. Role/ Responsibilities: - Responsible for designing,...
Creation Recruitment
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer - World class Tech startup - London
London
Strong Java or C++ knowledge and coding ability. Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP etc). Experience with Spring & REST... Exposure to “Big Data” technologies - Hadoop, MapReduce etc.....
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £40,000 to £70,000 per annum + stock options
Posted: 20 May 2013
C++ Developer / C++ Senior Software Engineer
London
Job Role: C++ Senior DeveloperLocation: London, CitySalary: £100k to £150k + bonus + benefitsC++ Developer / Senior C++ Software Engineer (C/ C++ UNIX) sought by market leading financial organisation to join...
Client Server
Salary: £100k to £150k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Senior C++ Software Engineer - Ultra Low Latency Trading Vendor
London
Senior C++ Software Engineer - STL, Multi Threading, FIX, Low Latency, Vendor, Boost, Linux, Financial Messaging, FPGA, VHDL, VerilogLow Latency Financial Vendor... You will be primarily developing in multi-...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Senior C++ Software Engineer - Ultra Low Latency Trading Vendor
London
Senior C++ Software Engineer - STL, Multi Threading, FIX, Low Latency, Vendor, Boost, Linux, Financial Messaging, FPGA, VHDL, Verilog Low Latency Financial Vendor... Experience with FPGA's or VHDL/...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
C++ Developer / Senior Software Engineer
London
C++ Developer London c£150k... As a C++ Developer you will design and develop search indexing and retrieval technologies to run on a distributed multi-threaded environment on...
Client Server
Salary: £100k to £150k + bonus + pension, healthcare, gym, subsidised canteen
Posted: 22 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer (C/Linux/STB)
West London
You will develop, modify, re-factor and optimise the Middleware layer within a Set Top Box Software Architecture. You will be required to interact both with members of...
British Sky Broadcasting
Salary: Bonus & bens
Posted: 25 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer
East London
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Software Engineer with exceptional backend development experience in ruby on rails, python, node.js, .net or java to join...
Experis IT
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer
London
Engineering Manager Our software engineering cells typically follow scrum methodology, and provide design, engineering and quality assurance functions... Must Haves: We are looking for senior software engineers who...
News International
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013
Senior Ruby on Rails Developer / Ruby Software Engineer.
City, London
You will join a technology driven firm that is committed to the Open Source community; As a Ruby Developer you will design and develop new features of their...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £100000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Ruby Senior Software Engineer
Central London / West End
You will follow Agile software development practices and the company embrace BDD using tools such as Cucumber and Rspec... Required Skills: - Expert knowledge of enterprise architecture patterns, OO...
TechnoRecruit
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Senior Software Test Engineer
City, London
You will be working on CMS projects in an exciting and fast-paced agile environment. The right candidate will have: - 6 years + experience in testing - Manual and Automated...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + pension and bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer
London
If you have a skill-set consisting of the following: Strong Core Java (J2EE tech's- EJB/JSP/Servlets) Spring Framework (Web flow/IoC/MVC any other modules)...
C4 Commerce
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer
City, London
Required Skills At least two of: Java massively multi-threaded applications, using non-Enterprise Java. Mobile development on Android, iOS or Blackberry. Optional Skills Developing with as many...
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + work from home
Posted: 23 May 2013
Senior Software Engineer/Architect(Mobile)
City, London
The ideal candidate will have experience with modern TDD/BDD development practices, working in an agile environment with 100% unit test coverage and continuous integration management policies... Required...
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum + work from home
Posted: 23 May 2013
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