Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Derby

Senior Software Engineer
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Derby is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 June 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 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 0.68% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 -

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 145 539 317
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.97% 94.73% 84.99%
Number of salaries quoted 112 367 178
10th Percentile £21,250 £26,000 £25,525
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,863 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,750 £68,750 £63,750
Derbyshire median annual salary £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +5.88%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Derby

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Derby

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Derby.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Derby

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 23 June 2025, Senior Software Engineer 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 Derby region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Django
1 1 (100.00%) Flask
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform