Senior Software Engineer
Central London > City of London
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the City of London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
82 |
114 |
184 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+32 |
+70 |
+69 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
53 |
62 |
47 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London |
2.76% |
1.86% |
1.03% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
2.97% |
1.94% |
1.07% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
48 |
38 |
39 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£68,875 |
£62,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£56,250 |
£73,750 |
£71,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£75,000 |
£87,500 |
£90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-14.29% |
-2.78% |
+12.50% |
| 75th Percentile |
£80,313 |
£99,688 |
£106,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£130,000 |
£111,500 |
£120,000 |
| Central London median annual salary |
£75,000 |
£85,000 |
£87,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
-11.76% |
-2.86% |
+2.94% |
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 |
1,787 |
3,199 |
4,399 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
93.07% |
96.12% |
96.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,351 |
2,529 |
3,678 |
| 10th Percentile |
£41,250 |
£41,250 |
£42,386 |
| 25th Percentile |
£52,500 |
£53,750 |
£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 |
£73,750 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
-1.69% |
+1.72% |
