Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Senior Software Engineer
East of England > Bedfordshire

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Bedfordshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 52 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 0.32% 1.63% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 1.74% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
East of England median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedfordshire. 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 Bedfordshire with a recognized job title 274 402 175
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.39% 93.71% 97.22%
Number of salaries quoted 141 211 134
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £86,750
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £52,647 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +0.28% +1.40%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Bedfordshire

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

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 Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 November 2025. 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
Luton - 1 £60,000 - 3
Senior Software Engineer
East of England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedfordshire region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#