Senior Developer Jobs in the City of London

Senior Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Developer salary in the City of London is £77,500 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 78 63 52
Rank change year-on-year -15 -11 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 63 133 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 3.30% 3.98% 5.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 4.14% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 55 108 260
10th Percentile £61,750 £66,250 £63,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £87,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £109,375 £100,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £119,100 £119,500 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £83,750 £90,000
% change year-on-year -4.48% -6.94% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,781 3,214 4,384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 2,532 3,665
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,444
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the City of London

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the City of London

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the City of London

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 City of London region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 26 (41.27%) Agile
2 22 (34.92%) SQL
2 22 (34.92%) Python
3 20 (31.75%) JavaScript
3 20 (31.75%) AWS
4 19 (30.16%) .NET
5 18 (28.57%) Finance
6 17 (26.98%) SQL Server
7 16 (25.40%) C#
8 15 (23.81%) Computer Science
8 15 (23.81%) Azure
8 15 (23.81%) TypeScript
8 15 (23.81%) Social Skills
9 14 (22.22%) Banking
9 14 (22.22%) HTML
9 14 (22.22%) CSS
10 13 (20.63%) Software Engineering
10 13 (20.63%) DevOps
10 13 (20.63%) React
11 12 (19.05%) Degree
12 10 (15.87%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (15.87%) Java
12 10 (15.87%) SDLC
12 10 (15.87%) AngularJS
12 10 (15.87%) Power Platform
13 9 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (14.29%) Mathematics
13 9 (14.29%) HTML5
13 9 (14.29%) Power BI
13 9 (14.29%) Cloud Native

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (3.17%) Liferay
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (6.35%) SimCorp Dimension
2 2 (3.17%) Endur
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.75%) AWS
2 15 (23.81%) Azure
3 10 (15.87%) Power Platform
4 6 (9.52%) Amazon S3
5 5 (7.94%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (7.94%) Snowflake
6 4 (6.35%) Amazon Kinesis
6 4 (6.35%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (6.35%) AWS Step Functions
6 4 (6.35%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (6.35%) GitHub
6 4 (6.35%) Power Automate
6 4 (6.35%) PowerApps
6 4 (6.35%) SaaS
6 4 (6.35%) Serverless
7 3 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (3.17%) Entra ID
8 2 (3.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.98%) SQL Server
2 9 (14.29%) Power BI
3 6 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (7.94%) Data Vault
4 5 (7.94%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (7.94%) Semantic Layer
4 5 (7.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (6.35%) MySQL
5 4 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (6.35%) Relational Database
6 3 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (3.17%) Data Hub
7 2 (3.17%) DynamoDB
7 2 (3.17%) Metadata
7 2 (3.17%) NoSQL
7 2 (3.17%) Power Query
7 2 (3.17%) SQL CLR
7 2 (3.17%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.59%) Flink
8 1 (1.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Git
2 4 (6.35%) JIRA
3 3 (4.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (4.76%) Cypress.io
3 3 (4.76%) Selenium
4 1 (1.59%) Moq
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.59%) SpecFlow
General
1 18 (28.57%) Finance
2 15 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 14 (22.22%) Banking
4 8 (12.70%) Investment Banking
5 5 (7.94%) Front Office
6 3 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.17%) Back Office
7 2 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Marketing
8 1 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (30.16%) .NET
2 14 (22.22%) CSS
2 14 (22.22%) HTML
3 13 (20.63%) React
4 10 (15.87%) AngularJS
5 9 (14.29%) HTML5
6 6 (9.52%) .NET Core
6 6 (9.52%) Node.js
6 6 (9.52%) WPF
7 4 (6.35%) .NET Framework
7 4 (6.35%) ASP.NET Web API
7 4 (6.35%) Django
7 4 (6.35%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (6.35%) Flask
7 4 (6.35%) RESTful
8 3 (4.76%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 3 (4.76%) GraphQL
8 3 (4.76%) pytest
8 3 (4.76%) Sass
8 3 (4.76%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.52%) Fixed Income
3 4 (6.35%) Algorithms
3 4 (6.35%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.76%) Derivative
4 3 (4.76%) Private Cloud
5 2 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.59%) Multi-touch
6 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) Windows
2 3 (4.76%) Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.27%) Agile
2 15 (23.81%) Computer Science
3 13 (20.63%) DevOps
3 13 (20.63%) Software Engineering
4 10 (15.87%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (15.87%) SDLC
5 9 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (14.29%) Mathematics
5 9 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 8 (12.70%) ETL
6 8 (12.70%) Test Automation
7 7 (11.11%) Investment Management
7 7 (11.11%) Microservices
7 7 (11.11%) Portfolio Management
8 6 (9.52%) Dashboard Development
8 6 (9.52%) Front End Development
8 6 (9.52%) Multithreaded Programming
8 6 (9.52%) Multithreading
8 6 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (9.52%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 22 (34.92%) Python
1 22 (34.92%) SQL
2 20 (31.75%) JavaScript
3 16 (25.40%) C#
4 15 (23.81%) TypeScript
5 10 (15.87%) Java
6 7 (11.11%) T-SQL
7 4 (6.35%) C++
8 2 (3.17%) Apex Code
8 2 (3.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.59%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.59%) PHP
9 1 (1.59%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.59%) R
9 1 (1.59%) SOQL
9 1 (1.59%) Swift
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Degree
2 5 (7.94%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.17%) Azure Certification
4 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.11%) QA
2 2 (3.17%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.59%) CDISC
3 1 (1.59%) EMIR
3 1 (1.59%) MiFID
System Software
1 6 (9.52%) Docker
2 2 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.94%) Terraform
2 4 (6.35%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.35%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.17%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 9 (14.29%) Oracle
2 7 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (6.35%) SimCorp
4 3 (4.76%) Cognos
5 2 (3.17%) OpenLink
5 2 (3.17%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.17%) VMware
6 1 (1.59%) Informatica
6 1 (1.59%) MuleSoft