Senior Developer Job Trends in Derby

Senior Developer
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Senior Developer salary in Derby is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 27 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Derby 0.91% 0.94% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 0.95% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £58,750 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.66% - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £75,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year +50.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 215 210 160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.73% 98.59% 98.77%
Number of salaries quoted 136 121 78
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,703 £23,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £49,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £58,375 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £64,125
Derbyshire median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +5.56%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Derby

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Derby

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Derby.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Derby

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Derby region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) DirectX
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derby by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) DirectX
1 2 (100.00%) OpenGL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CAD
1 2 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (100.00%) Physics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) T-SQL