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 £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 64 47
Rank change year-on-year -10 -17 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 71 136 280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 3.50% 4.08% 6.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.75% 4.25% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 63 110 271
10th Percentile £56,750 £66,250 £63,750
25th Percentile £68,984 £70,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £116,500 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% -8.33% -

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 1,891 3,202 4,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.11% 96.01% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 2,539 3,732
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,200 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,441 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.28% -2.08% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,000
% change year-on-year - -2.03% +2.07%

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 15 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 15 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 27 (38.03%) Agile
2 25 (35.21%) SQL
3 24 (33.80%) JavaScript
4 23 (32.39%) .NET
5 22 (30.99%) C#
5 22 (30.99%) Python
6 21 (29.58%) SQL Server
7 20 (28.17%) Finance
8 19 (26.76%) AWS
8 19 (26.76%) Social Skills
9 18 (25.35%) TypeScript
9 18 (25.35%) CSS
9 18 (25.35%) HTML
10 17 (23.94%) DevOps
10 17 (23.94%) Azure
11 16 (22.54%) React
12 15 (21.13%) Computer Science
13 14 (19.72%) Degree
13 14 (19.72%) Banking
14 13 (18.31%) Software Engineering
14 13 (18.31%) AngularJS
15 12 (16.90%) HTML5
15 12 (16.90%) Git
15 12 (16.90%) Collaborative Working
16 11 (15.49%) Mathematics
17 10 (14.08%) Java
17 10 (14.08%) Mentoring
18 9 (12.68%) SDLC
18 9 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
18 9 (12.68%) Problem-Solving

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 (2.82%) Liferay
1 2 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) SimCorp Dimension
2 2 (2.82%) Endur
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.41%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) AWS
2 17 (23.94%) Azure
3 9 (12.68%) Power Platform
4 6 (8.45%) Amazon S3
5 5 (7.04%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (7.04%) GitHub
6 4 (5.63%) Amazon Kinesis
6 4 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (5.63%) AWS Step Functions
6 4 (5.63%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (5.63%) Power Automate
6 4 (5.63%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.63%) Serverless
6 4 (5.63%) Snowflake
7 3 (4.23%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.23%) SaaS
8 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (2.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (29.58%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.27%) Power BI
3 6 (8.45%) MySQL
3 6 (8.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (5.63%) Data Vault
4 4 (5.63%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (5.63%) Relational Database
4 4 (5.63%) Semantic Layer
4 4 (5.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (4.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (2.82%) DynamoDB
6 2 (2.82%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.82%) Power Query
7 1 (1.41%) Data Hub
7 1 (1.41%) Flink
7 1 (1.41%) Metadata
7 1 (1.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (1.41%) SQL CLR
7 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (16.90%) Git
2 5 (7.04%) JIRA
3 3 (4.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (4.23%) Cypress.io
3 3 (4.23%) Selenium
4 1 (1.41%) Moq
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.41%) SpecFlow
4 1 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 20 (28.17%) Finance
2 19 (26.76%) Social Skills
3 14 (19.72%) Banking
4 8 (11.27%) Investment Banking
5 6 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.04%) Front Office
7 2 (2.82%) Advertising
7 2 (2.82%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Games
8 1 (1.41%) Back Office
8 1 (1.41%) Marketing
8 1 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (32.39%) .NET
2 18 (25.35%) CSS
2 18 (25.35%) HTML
3 16 (22.54%) React
4 13 (18.31%) AngularJS
5 12 (16.90%) HTML5
6 9 (12.68%) .NET Core
7 8 (11.27%) .NET Framework
7 8 (11.27%) WPF
8 7 (9.86%) ASP.NET Web API
8 7 (9.86%) RESTful
8 7 (9.86%) Vue
9 6 (8.45%) Django
9 6 (8.45%) Node.js
9 6 (8.45%) Sass
10 4 (5.63%) FIX Protocol
10 4 (5.63%) Flask
11 3 (4.23%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 3 (4.23%) pytest
11 3 (4.23%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Cloud Native
2 6 (8.45%) Algorithms
2 6 (8.45%) Fixed Income
3 5 (7.04%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (4.23%) Derivative
5 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.82%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.41%) Equities
7 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.41%) Multi-touch
7 1 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Windows
2 5 (7.04%) Linux
3 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (38.03%) Agile
2 17 (23.94%) DevOps
3 15 (21.13%) Computer Science
4 13 (18.31%) Software Engineering
5 12 (16.90%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (15.49%) Mathematics
7 10 (14.08%) Mentoring
8 9 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (12.68%) SDLC
9 7 (9.86%) ETL
9 7 (9.86%) Fintech
9 7 (9.86%) Investment Management
9 7 (9.86%) Microservices
9 7 (9.86%) Portfolio Management
9 7 (9.86%) Test Automation
10 6 (8.45%) Integration Testing
10 6 (8.45%) Multithreading
10 6 (8.45%) MVC
10 6 (8.45%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (35.21%) SQL
2 24 (33.80%) JavaScript
3 22 (30.99%) C#
3 22 (30.99%) Python
4 18 (25.35%) TypeScript
5 10 (14.08%) Java
6 6 (8.45%) C++
6 6 (8.45%) T-SQL
7 3 (4.23%) C
8 2 (2.82%) Apex Code
8 2 (2.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.41%) F#
9 1 (1.41%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.41%) PHP
9 1 (1.41%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.41%) R
9 1 (1.41%) Ruby
9 1 (1.41%) SOQL
9 1 (1.41%) Swift
Qualifications
1 14 (19.72%) Degree
2 8 (11.27%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.23%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.82%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.82%) PhD
6 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.41%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) QA
2 2 (2.82%) Software Quality Assurance
3 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.41%) CDISC
System Software
1 6 (8.45%) Docker
2 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.63%) Single Sign-On
1 4 (5.63%) Terraform
2 1 (1.41%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 8 (11.27%) Oracle
2 7 (9.86%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.63%) SimCorp
4 3 (4.23%) Cognos
4 3 (4.23%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.82%) OpenLink
6 1 (1.41%) Adobe
6 1 (1.41%) Conga
6 1 (1.41%) F5
6 1 (1.41%) Informatica
6 1 (1.41%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.41%) VMware