Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 271 225
Rank change year-on-year +146 -46 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1,602 730 1,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.26% 1.22% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.38% 1.37% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 951 448 511
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,466 £76,664 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,295 53,381 68,030
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,638 30,425 42,515
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Scotland +53 417 £60,000 - 24
North of England +118 329 £60,000 -5.51% 44
South West +125 289 £62,500 -7.41% 43
South East +63 257 £65,000 -7.14% 48
North West +95 192 £60,000 -3.23% 27
Midlands +24 143 £60,000 -2.04% 21
Yorkshire +69 88 £62,500 -3.85% 14
East of England +51 82 £65,000 -7.14% 36
East Midlands +12 80 £60,000 +14.29% 8
West Midlands +15 63 £60,000 -11.11% 13
Wales +34 52 £50,000 +12.36% 7
North East +40 49 £60,000 -15.37% 5
Northern Ireland +36 33 - - 4
Senior Software Engineer
UK

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1,601 (99.94%) Software Engineering
2 689 (43.01%) Agile
3 453 (28.28%) AWS
4 445 (27.78%) Python
5 390 (24.34%) Azure
6 360 (22.47%) JavaScript
7 358 (22.35%) .NET
8 352 (21.97%) C#
9 338 (21.10%) Java
10 316 (19.73%) Security Cleared
10 316 (19.73%) React
11 290 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
12 286 (17.85%) DevOps
13 272 (16.98%) SDLC
14 270 (16.85%) Linux
15 263 (16.42%) Finance
16 255 (15.92%) C++
17 254 (15.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 250 (15.61%) SC Cleared
19 247 (15.42%) SQL
20 241 (15.04%) CSS
21 233 (14.54%) PostgreSQL
22 230 (14.36%) C
23 210 (13.11%) Actionable Insight
24 208 (12.98%) .NET Core
25 199 (12.42%) Marketing
25 199 (12.42%) Web Development
26 198 (12.36%) Law
26 198 (12.36%) Operational Stability
27 193 (12.05%) Artificial Intelligence

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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
1 184 (11.49%) ArcGIS
1 184 (11.49%) GeoServer
2 88 (5.49%) Apache Spark
3 18 (1.12%) FileNet
4 17 (1.06%) Cloud Foundry
5 10 (0.62%) JBoss
5 10 (0.62%) Red Hat Fuse
6 8 (0.50%) Confluence
7 1 (0.062%) CMS
7 1 (0.062%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (1.00%) Simulink
2 15 (0.94%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.44%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.12%) TargetLink
5 1 (0.062%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.062%) Doxygen
5 1 (0.062%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Magento
2 1 (0.062%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 453 (28.28%) AWS
2 390 (24.34%) Azure
3 78 (4.87%) GCP
4 48 (3.00%) SaaS
5 37 (2.31%) Serverless
6 34 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (1.25%) Amazon S3
8 15 (0.94%) Azure Functions
9 13 (0.81%) GitHub
10 11 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (0.56%) npm
12 7 (0.44%) Azure API Management
12 7 (0.44%) Azure Event Grid
12 7 (0.44%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (0.37%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (0.37%) OpenShift
14 5 (0.31%) Amazon ECS
15 2 (0.12%) Power Platform
16 1 (0.062%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 1 (0.062%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.68%) Kerberos
2 31 (1.94%) Wireless
3 28 (1.75%) Ethernet
3 28 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.56%) Network Security
5 23 (1.44%) RS-232
5 23 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (0.94%) Modbus
7 14 (0.87%) J1939
8 10 (0.62%) Bluetooth
9 6 (0.37%) MQTT
10 4 (0.25%) Profibus
11 3 (0.19%) Internet
12 1 (0.062%) 4G
12 1 (0.062%) 5G
12 1 (0.062%) LoRaWAN
12 1 (0.062%) RS-485
12 1 (0.062%) SNMP
12 1 (0.062%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (14.54%) PostgreSQL
2 184 (11.49%) GIS
2 184 (11.49%) QGIS
3 108 (6.74%) NoSQL
4 58 (3.62%) MySQL
5 56 (3.50%) Big Data
6 52 (3.25%) SQL Server
7 42 (2.62%) Metadata
8 38 (2.37%) MongoDB
9 34 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (1.12%) Apache Cassandra
11 17 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
11 17 (1.06%) CockroachDB
12 10 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.62%) Redis
13 8 (0.50%) SQLite
14 6 (0.37%) Relational Database
15 4 (0.25%) Data Lake
16 3 (0.19%) Hadoop
17 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 128 (7.99%) Git
2 66 (4.12%) Jenkins
3 52 (3.25%) JIRA
4 48 (3.00%) Bitbucket
5 42 (2.62%) Artifactory
6 37 (2.31%) Subversion
6 37 (2.31%) Visual Studio
7 27 (1.69%) GitLab
8 19 (1.19%) JUnit
9 16 (1.00%) CMake
10 14 (0.87%) ClearCase
10 14 (0.87%) Plastic SCM
11 12 (0.75%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.62%) IntelliJ
12 10 (0.62%) Maven
13 9 (0.56%) Storybook
14 8 (0.50%) Cypress.io
15 7 (0.44%) ClearQuest
16 6 (0.37%) Cucumber
16 6 (0.37%) Selenium
General
1 263 (16.42%) Finance
2 254 (15.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 199 (12.42%) Marketing
4 198 (12.36%) Law
5 107 (6.68%) Social Skills
6 70 (4.37%) Manufacturing
7 61 (3.81%) Automotive
8 58 (3.62%) Electronics
9 54 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
10 43 (2.68%) Public Sector
11 40 (2.50%) Military
12 39 (2.43%) Analytical Skills
13 29 (1.81%) Aviation
14 26 (1.62%) Aerospace
15 23 (1.44%) Tech for Good
16 20 (1.25%) Banking
16 20 (1.25%) Retail
17 16 (1.00%) Legal
18 15 (0.94%) Games
19 14 (0.87%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 358 (22.35%) .NET
2 316 (19.73%) React
3 241 (15.04%) CSS
4 208 (12.98%) .NET Core
5 184 (11.49%) Leaflet
5 184 (11.49%) OpenLayers
5 184 (11.49%) PostGIS
6 130 (8.11%) AngularJS
7 124 (7.74%) RESTful
8 97 (6.05%) HTML
9 92 (5.74%) ASP.NET
10 79 (4.93%) JSON
11 76 (4.74%) Node.js
12 73 (4.56%) XML
13 68 (4.24%) Spring
14 67 (4.18%) Web Services
15 66 (4.12%) .NET Framework
16 64 (4.00%) Vue
17 56 (3.50%) Kafka
18 47 (2.93%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.87%) Cloud Native
2 53 (3.31%) Algorithms
3 43 (2.68%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.62%) Enterprise Cloud
4 42 (2.62%) Reference Data
5 41 (2.56%) IoT
6 38 (2.37%) Greenfield Project
7 33 (2.06%) Public Cloud
7 33 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (2.00%) Device Driver
9 22 (1.37%) Embedded Systems
10 16 (1.00%) Mobile App
11 15 (0.94%) Product Ownership
12 13 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
14 11 (0.69%) GNSS
15 9 (0.56%) Client/Server
15 9 (0.56%) Data Structures
15 9 (0.56%) Virtual Team
16 8 (0.50%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 270 (16.85%) Linux
2 102 (6.37%) Embedded Linux
3 89 (5.56%) Windows
4 42 (2.62%) Ubuntu
5 20 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 19 (1.19%) Unix
7 16 (1.00%) Mac OS
8 12 (0.75%) Android
9 9 (0.56%) FreeRTOS
10 5 (0.31%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.12%) CentOS
11 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.062%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,601 (99.94%) Software Engineering
2 689 (43.01%) Agile
3 290 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
4 286 (17.85%) DevOps
5 272 (16.98%) SDLC
6 210 (13.11%) Actionable Insight
7 199 (12.42%) Web Development
8 198 (12.36%) Operational Stability
9 193 (12.05%) Artificial Intelligence
10 167 (10.42%) Microservices
11 156 (9.74%) Computer Science
12 155 (9.68%) CI/CD
12 155 (9.68%) Machine Learning
12 155 (9.68%) Tech Ops
13 121 (7.55%) Test Automation
14 113 (7.05%) Decision-Making
15 105 (6.55%) Mentoring
16 78 (4.87%) Full Stack Development
17 77 (4.81%) TDD
18 71 (4.43%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 445 (27.78%) Python
2 360 (22.47%) JavaScript
3 352 (21.97%) C#
4 338 (21.10%) Java
5 255 (15.92%) C++
6 247 (15.42%) SQL
7 230 (14.36%) C
8 140 (8.74%) TypeScript
9 77 (4.81%) Embedded C
10 59 (3.68%) Bash
11 56 (3.50%) Go
12 54 (3.37%) Scala
13 42 (2.62%) Prolog
13 42 (2.62%) SPARQL
14 30 (1.87%) Rust
15 26 (1.62%) Perl
16 25 (1.56%) T-SQL
17 16 (1.00%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.87%) PowerShell
19 13 (0.81%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 316 (19.73%) Security Cleared
2 250 (15.61%) SC Cleared
3 171 (10.67%) Degree
4 39 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (1.62%) Master's Degree
6 22 (1.37%) HND
7 16 (1.00%) DV Cleared
8 15 (0.94%) PhD
9 9 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.19%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.19%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.062%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.062%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.062%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.062%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.12%) Data Quality
2 15 (0.94%) ISO 26262
2 15 (0.94%) MISRA
2 15 (0.94%) PMO
3 14 (0.87%) Automotive SPICE
3 14 (0.87%) AUTOSAR
4 13 (0.81%) QA
5 8 (0.50%) ISO 13485
6 7 (0.44%) ISO 9000
7 4 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.25%) DICOM
7 4 (0.25%) HL7
8 3 (0.19%) IEC 61508
9 2 (0.12%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.062%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.062%) SEPA
System Software
1 76 (4.74%) Docker
2 47 (2.93%) Firmware
3 42 (2.62%) Active Directory
4 18 (1.12%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 85 (5.31%) Kubernetes
2 67 (4.18%) Terraform
3 7 (0.44%) Ansible
4 5 (0.31%) SELinux
5 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.19%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.12%) linkerd
7 2 (0.12%) MIIS
8 1 (0.062%) Grafana
8 1 (0.062%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 184 (11.49%) ESRI
2 29 (1.81%) Microsoft
3 23 (1.44%) Google
4 22 (1.37%) Oracle
5 14 (0.87%) IBM
5 14 (0.87%) Lauterbach
6 12 (0.75%) DevExpress
7 11 (0.69%) Xamarin
8 8 (0.50%) Dell
9 7 (0.44%) F5
10 4 (0.25%) Databricks
10 4 (0.25%) Facebook
10 4 (0.25%) Instagram
10 4 (0.25%) QNX
10 4 (0.25%) SAP
11 3 (0.19%) Autodesk
12 2 (0.12%) Cadence
12 2 (0.12%) IFS
12 2 (0.12%) RedGate
12 2 (0.12%) VMware