Senior Backend Developer
UK
The median Senior Backend Developer salary in the UK is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 824 | 901 | 912 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +77 | +11 | -169 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Backend Developer | 61 | 85 | 313 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.062% | 0.082% | 0.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.066% | 0.089% | 0.21% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 56 | 66 | 112 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | £57,313 | £56,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £60,938 | £63,750 | £63,438 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £77,500 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.90% | +14.81% | +3.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £79,063 | £85,000 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £105,625 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £68,750 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -16.36% | +5.77% | +30.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 93,044 | 95,188 | 149,713 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.61% | 91.52% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,821 | 59,863 | 85,291 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,750 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.08% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Senior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Backend Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Backend Developer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Backend Developer.
Senior Backend Developer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Backend Developer over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
Senior Backend Developer
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Backend Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 |
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| England | +81 | 48 | £65,000 | -16.13% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +50 | 37 | £65,000 | -16.13% | 14 |
| London | +98 | 22 | £90,000 | +16.13% | 14 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 21 | £57,500 | -16.36% | 6 |
| North of England | +21 | 13 | £60,000 | -11.11% | 2 |
| North West | -1 | 7 | £60,000 | -11.11% | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +88 | 6 | £60,000 | -22.58% | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 4 | £49,990 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | - | 4 | £49,990 | - | |
| East of England | +14 | 2 | £55,000 | -4.35% | |
| South East | +6 | 2 | £55,000 | -29.03% | 1 |
Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Senior Backend 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 featuring Senior Backend Developer in the job title.
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Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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