Senior Programmer Jobs in London

Senior Programmer
England > London

The median Senior Programmer salary in London is £72,500 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 488 645 787
Rank change year-on-year +157 +142 -207
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Programmer 8 11 81
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.034% 0.030% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.032% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 39
10th Percentile £50,625 £71,625 £53,162
25th Percentile £66,563 £76,875 £117,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £105,000 £215,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.95% -51.16% +186.67%
75th Percentile £82,500 £117,500 £232,500
90th Percentile - £120,000 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £82,500 £125,000
% change year-on-year -45.45% -34.00% +78.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,145 34,385 62,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 95.08% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,692 25,122 34,959
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Senior Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Programmer in London

Senior Programmer
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Programmer in London.

Salary trend for Senior Programmer in London

Senior Programmer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Programmer in London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Programmer in London

Senior Programmer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Programmer within the London region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +56 5 £71,250 -8.06%
North London - 1 £70,000 -
Senior Programmer
England

Senior Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Senior Programmer 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 London region featuring Senior Programmer in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 3 (37.50%) Release Management
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (37.50%) PeopleSoft
3 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (37.50%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 3 (37.50%) Toad
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) PeopleTools
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 3 (37.50%) Legal
4 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) RS-232
5 1 (12.50%) Power BI
5 1 (12.50%) Smart Home
5 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance

Senior Programmer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (12.50%) Jupyter
1 1 (12.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 3 (37.50%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Ethernet
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
1 1 (12.50%) RS-232
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Database
2 1 (12.50%) InfluxDB
2 1 (12.50%) MySQL
2 1 (12.50%) Power BI
2 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) PeopleTools
1 3 (37.50%) Toad
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Legal
3 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) CSS
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) Pandas
1 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) IoT
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Release Management
2 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Change Control
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) Line Management
3 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 1 (12.50%) PHP
2 1 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (12.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) cPanel
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) PeopleSoft
2 1 (12.50%) ATG