Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Reading

Senior Software Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Reading is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 70 101 106
Rank change year-on-year +31 +5 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 53 28 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 3.10% 1.76% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% 1.88% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 24 21 7
10th Percentile £55,000 £70,000 -
25th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -
75th Percentile - £85,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - £92,500 £75,000
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +15.38% +8.33%

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 1,616 1,486 1,699
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.56% 93.34% 97.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 805 1,033
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,000 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Reading

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Reading

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Reading region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 53 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 34 (64.15%) Security Cleared
3 28 (52.83%) Python
4 27 (50.94%) Agile
4 27 (50.94%) SC Cleared
4 27 (50.94%) Actionable Insight
5 26 (49.06%) .NET
6 24 (45.28%) Azure
7 20 (37.74%) AWS
8 19 (35.85%) PostGIS
8 19 (35.85%) Web Development
8 19 (35.85%) JavaScript
8 19 (35.85%) Linux
8 19 (35.85%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (35.85%) GIS
8 19 (35.85%) ESRI
8 19 (35.85%) ArcGIS
8 19 (35.85%) Leaflet
8 19 (35.85%) DevOps
8 19 (35.85%) React
8 19 (35.85%) QGIS
8 19 (35.85%) GeoServer
8 19 (35.85%) OpenLayers
9 17 (32.08%) C#
10 15 (28.30%) CSS
10 15 (28.30%) .NET Core
11 12 (22.64%) C
12 9 (16.98%) Embedded Linux
12 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
12 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving

Senior Software Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (35.85%) ArcGIS
1 19 (35.85%) GeoServer
2 2 (3.77%) JBoss
2 2 (3.77%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 24 (45.28%) Azure
2 20 (37.74%) AWS
3 1 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (35.85%) GIS
1 19 (35.85%) PostgreSQL
1 19 (35.85%) QGIS
2 1 (1.89%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Git
1 5 (9.43%) Jenkins
1 5 (9.43%) Visual Studio
2 2 (3.77%) IntelliJ
General
1 5 (9.43%) Aerospace
1 5 (9.43%) Health Technology
1 5 (9.43%) Tech for Good
2 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (49.06%) .NET
2 19 (35.85%) Leaflet
2 19 (35.85%) OpenLayers
2 19 (35.85%) PostGIS
2 19 (35.85%) React
3 15 (28.30%) .NET Core
3 15 (28.30%) CSS
4 6 (11.32%) ASP.NET
5 5 (9.43%) Blazor
6 4 (7.55%) Django
7 2 (3.77%) AngularJS
7 2 (3.77%) Hibernate
7 2 (3.77%) JPA
7 2 (3.77%) REST
7 2 (3.77%) RESTful
7 2 (3.77%) SOAP
7 2 (3.77%) Spring
7 2 (3.77%) Web Services
7 2 (3.77%) XML
7 2 (3.77%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.98%) IoT
2 6 (11.32%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 19 (35.85%) Linux
2 9 (16.98%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (11.32%) Unix
4 4 (7.55%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 27 (50.94%) Actionable Insight
2 27 (50.94%) Agile
3 19 (35.85%) DevOps
3 19 (35.85%) Web Development
4 9 (16.98%) Computer Science
4 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (13.21%) Collaborative Working
6 6 (11.32%) Mathematics
6 6 (11.32%) Open Source
6 6 (11.32%) Parallel Programming
6 6 (11.32%) Performance Analysis
6 6 (11.32%) Physics
6 6 (11.32%) SDLC
6 6 (11.32%) Software Testing
7 5 (9.43%) Deployment Automation
8 2 (3.77%) Data Design
8 2 (3.77%) Decision-Making
8 2 (3.77%) Front End Development
8 2 (3.77%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (52.83%) Python
2 19 (35.85%) JavaScript
3 17 (32.08%) C#
4 12 (22.64%) C
5 7 (13.21%) C++
6 6 (11.32%) Bash
6 6 (11.32%) Fortran
7 5 (9.43%) Java
7 5 (9.43%) PowerShell
7 5 (9.43%) SQL
8 2 (3.77%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 34 (64.15%) Security Cleared
2 27 (50.94%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.21%) Degree
4 6 (11.32%) Master's Degree
4 6 (11.32%) PhD
5 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.43%) Ansible
2 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 19 (35.85%) ESRI
2 6 (11.32%) Microsoft