Senior Software Developer Jobs in Reading

Senior Software Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Reading is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 116 125
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 -24
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 4 16 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.23% 0.99% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 1.06% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 6
10th Percentile - - £70,000
25th Percentile - £57,500 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -22.58% -
75th Percentile - £63,750 £86,875
90th Percentile - £79,500 £90,000
Berkshire median annual salary £105,000 £90,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +16.13% +6.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,613 1,511 1,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 93.68% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 803 1,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in Reading

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Reading

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in Reading.

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in Reading

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Senior Software Developer 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 Reading region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Bioinformatics
2 3 (75.00%) Informatics
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Laravel
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (25.00%) PHP
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Bioinformatics
2 3 (75.00%) Data Science
2 3 (75.00%) Informatics
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Clean Code
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Product Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
3 1 (25.00%) SDLC
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA