Senior Developer Jobs in Central London

Senior Developer
London > Central London

The median Senior Developer salary in Central London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 70 52
Rank change year-on-year -11 -18 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 79 143 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 3.36% 3.78% 5.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.66% 3.96% 5.56%
Number of salaries quoted 63 118 261
10th Percentile £60,250 £66,250 £63,750
25th Percentile £69,984 £70,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £83,750 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -6.94% -
75th Percentile £103,500 £100,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £117,750 £115,000 £130,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +4.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,159 3,607 4,891
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.79% 95.42% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,516 2,783 4,066
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
Median % change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Central London

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in Central London.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Central London

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Central London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Central London

Senior Developer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
City of London -15 63 £77,500 -11.43% 55
Camden -9 8 - -
City of Westminster -14 3 £71,755 -10.31% 1
Southwark - 1 £75,000 -
Senior Developer
London

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Senior 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 Central London region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 31 (39.24%) Agile
2 30 (37.97%) SQL
3 27 (34.18%) Python
3 27 (34.18%) Azure
4 26 (32.91%) AWS
5 22 (27.85%) Computer Science
6 21 (26.58%) JavaScript
6 21 (26.58%) Finance
7 20 (25.32%) SQL Server
7 20 (25.32%) DevOps
7 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
8 19 (24.05%) .NET
8 19 (24.05%) Degree
8 19 (24.05%) Banking
8 19 (24.05%) Software Engineering
9 18 (22.78%) React
10 16 (20.25%) C#
11 15 (18.99%) Java
11 15 (18.99%) TypeScript
12 14 (17.72%) Git
12 14 (17.72%) HTML
12 14 (17.72%) CSS
12 14 (17.72%) CI/CD
12 14 (17.72%) Cloud Native
13 13 (16.46%) Power Platform
13 13 (16.46%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (16.46%) Test Automation
14 12 (15.19%) Docker
14 12 (15.19%) Microservices
14 12 (15.19%) QA

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.53%) Liferay
2 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (5.06%) SimCorp Dimension
2 2 (2.53%) Endur
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 27 (34.18%) Azure
2 26 (32.91%) AWS
3 13 (16.46%) Power Platform
4 9 (11.39%) GitHub
5 8 (10.13%) SaaS
6 7 (8.86%) GCP
7 6 (7.59%) Amazon S3
8 5 (6.33%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (6.33%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (6.33%) Snowflake
9 4 (5.06%) Amazon Kinesis
9 4 (5.06%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (5.06%) AWS Step Functions
9 4 (5.06%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (5.06%) Power Automate
9 4 (5.06%) PowerApps
9 4 (5.06%) Serverless
10 3 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (3.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.80%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (25.32%) SQL Server
2 12 (15.19%) Power BI
3 9 (11.39%) MySQL
3 9 (11.39%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (10.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (8.86%) NoSQL
6 6 (7.59%) MongoDB
6 6 (7.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (6.33%) Data Hub
7 5 (6.33%) Data Vault
7 5 (6.33%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (6.33%) Metadata
7 5 (6.33%) Semantic Layer
7 5 (6.33%) SQL CLR
7 5 (6.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (5.06%) Relational Database
9 3 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (2.53%) DynamoDB
10 2 (2.53%) Power Query
11 1 (1.27%) Flink
Development Applications
1 14 (17.72%) Git
2 6 (7.59%) JIRA
3 5 (6.33%) Gradle
3 5 (6.33%) Maven
4 3 (3.80%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (3.80%) Cypress.io
4 3 (3.80%) Selenium
5 2 (2.53%) Jenkins
6 1 (1.27%) Moq
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (1.27%) SpecFlow
General
1 21 (26.58%) Finance
2 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 19 (24.05%) Banking
4 8 (10.13%) Investment Banking
5 6 (7.59%) Games
6 5 (6.33%) Back Office
6 5 (6.33%) Front Office
7 4 (5.06%) Marketing
8 3 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.53%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.27%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (24.05%) .NET
2 18 (22.78%) React
3 14 (17.72%) CSS
3 14 (17.72%) HTML
4 11 (13.92%) AngularJS
5 9 (11.39%) Django
5 9 (11.39%) Flask
5 9 (11.39%) HTML5
5 9 (11.39%) RESTful
6 7 (8.86%) Node.js
7 6 (7.59%) .NET Core
7 6 (7.59%) Kafka
7 6 (7.59%) Spring
7 6 (7.59%) WPF
8 5 (6.33%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (6.33%) RabbitMQ
8 5 (6.33%) REST
9 4 (5.06%) .NET Framework
9 4 (5.06%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (5.06%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.72%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.59%) Fixed Income
2 6 (7.59%) Private Cloud
2 6 (7.59%) Product Ownership
3 5 (6.33%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.33%) Mobile Games
4 4 (5.06%) Algorithms
4 4 (5.06%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.80%) Derivative
6 2 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.27%) Multi-touch
7 1 (1.27%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.59%) Windows
2 4 (5.06%) Linux
3 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (39.24%) Agile
2 22 (27.85%) Computer Science
3 20 (25.32%) DevOps
4 19 (24.05%) Software Engineering
5 14 (17.72%) CI/CD
6 13 (16.46%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (16.46%) Test Automation
7 12 (15.19%) Microservices
8 11 (13.92%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (13.92%) Front End Development
8 11 (13.92%) Performance Tuning
8 11 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (12.66%) Migration
9 10 (12.66%) Refactoring
9 10 (12.66%) SDLC
10 9 (11.39%) Data Analysis
10 9 (11.39%) Mathematics
10 9 (11.39%) Mentoring
10 9 (11.39%) User Experience
10 9 (11.39%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 30 (37.97%) SQL
2 27 (34.18%) Python
3 21 (26.58%) JavaScript
4 16 (20.25%) C#
5 15 (18.99%) Java
5 15 (18.99%) TypeScript
6 10 (12.66%) T-SQL
7 4 (5.06%) Apex Code
7 4 (5.06%) C++
8 3 (3.80%) SOQL
9 2 (2.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.27%) Objective-C
10 1 (1.27%) PHP
10 1 (1.27%) PL/SQL
10 1 (1.27%) R
10 1 (1.27%) Swift
Qualifications
1 19 (24.05%) Degree
2 11 (13.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (6.33%) AWS Certification
3 5 (6.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 5 (6.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.19%) QA
2 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.53%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (1.27%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.27%) CDISC
3 1 (1.27%) EMIR
3 1 (1.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 12 (15.19%) Docker
2 5 (6.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (11.39%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.59%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (6.33%) Argo
3 5 (6.33%) Failover Clustering
3 5 (6.33%) Prometheus
3 5 (6.33%) Terraform
4 1 (1.27%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 10 (12.66%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.39%) Oracle
3 5 (6.33%) Databricks
3 5 (6.33%) Google
3 5 (6.33%) New Relic
3 5 (6.33%) VMware
4 4 (5.06%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.06%) SimCorp
5 3 (3.80%) Cognos
6 2 (2.53%) OpenLink
7 1 (1.27%) Informatica
7 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft