Senior Software Developer Jobs in the City of London

Senior Software Developer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the City of London is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 149 205
Rank change year-on-year +18 +56 +51
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 11 28 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.54% 0.84% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.87% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11 26 22
10th Percentile £92,500 £73,750 -
25th Percentile £105,000 - £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £100,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £127,500 £115,000 £122,500
90th Percentile £130,000 £137,500 £130,000
Central London median annual salary £110,000 £100,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% +25.00% -27.27%

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 1,910 3,208 4,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 95.85% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,458 2,545 3,737
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +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 £73,480
% change year-on-year - -1.33% +1.35%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the City of London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in the City of London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the City of London

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Senior Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 10 (90.91%) Mathematics
3 8 (72.73%) Degree
3 8 (72.73%) .NET
3 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
4 7 (63.64%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (63.64%) Multithreaded Programming
4 7 (63.64%) WPF
4 7 (63.64%) Multithreading
4 7 (63.64%) HTML5
4 7 (63.64%) AngularJS
4 7 (63.64%) TypeScript
4 7 (63.64%) Oracle
4 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
4 7 (63.64%) CSS
4 7 (63.64%) Windows
4 7 (63.64%) C#
4 7 (63.64%) HTML
4 7 (63.64%) JavaScript
5 4 (36.36%) Banking
5 4 (36.36%) Agile
6 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
6 3 (27.27%) Derivative
6 3 (27.27%) JIRA
6 3 (27.27%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (27.27%) C++
6 3 (27.27%) Workflow
6 3 (27.27%) Fixed Income
6 3 (27.27%) Linux
6 3 (27.27%) OOP

Senior Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) GCP
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (63.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) .NET
2 7 (63.64%) AngularJS
2 7 (63.64%) CSS
2 7 (63.64%) HTML
2 7 (63.64%) HTML5
2 7 (63.64%) WPF
3 3 (27.27%) Boost C++ Libraries
3 3 (27.27%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (27.27%) pytest
4 1 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Algorithms
1 3 (27.27%) Derivative
1 3 (27.27%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 10 (90.91%) Mathematics
3 7 (63.64%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (63.64%) Multithreaded Programming
3 7 (63.64%) Multithreading
4 4 (36.36%) Agile
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (27.27%) Low Latency
5 3 (27.27%) OOP
5 3 (27.27%) Software Engineering
5 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (27.27%) Workflow
6 1 (9.09%) Fintech
6 1 (9.09%) Microservices
6 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (9.09%) SOA
6 1 (9.09%) TDD
6 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) C#
1 7 (63.64%) JavaScript
1 7 (63.64%) TypeScript
2 3 (27.27%) C++
2 3 (27.27%) Python
3 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle