Senior Developer Job Trends in the East of England

Senior Developer
England > East of England

The median Senior Developer salary in the East of England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 September 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 154 106
Rank change year-on-year +53 -48 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 111 18 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.36% 0.53% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.46% 0.58% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 109 12 47
10th Percentile £51,236 £50,200 £46,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £58,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £60,000 £54,784
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.52% -18.84%
75th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 - £81,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 7,577 3,118 4,283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 92.52% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,353 1,745 2,391
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 the East of England.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the East of England

Senior Developer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex +7 35 £100,000 +33.33% 4
Cambridgeshire -1 28 £80,000 +10.34% 13
Hertfordshire -14 20 £72,500 +45.00% 7
Bedfordshire - 15 £55,000 -
Suffolk - 9 £52,500 -
Norfolk -28 4 £57,500 -4.17% 1
Senior Developer
England

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 24 September 2026, 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 East of England region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 34 (30.63%) Microsoft
2 32 (28.83%) Azure
3 30 (27.03%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (27.03%) SharePoint
3 30 (27.03%) User Experience
4 28 (25.23%) Python
5 27 (24.32%) JavaScript
6 26 (23.42%) CSS
6 26 (23.42%) HTML
6 26 (23.42%) SQL
7 19 (17.12%) C#
8 18 (16.22%) Docker
8 18 (16.22%) TypeScript
9 17 (15.32%) Agile
10 16 (14.41%) Kubernetes
10 16 (14.41%) Roadmaps
11 15 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (13.51%) Event-Driven
11 15 (13.51%) Power BI
11 15 (13.51%) Power Platform
11 15 (13.51%) Software Engineering
12 14 (12.61%) AI
12 14 (12.61%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (12.61%) Clean Code
12 14 (12.61%) Mentoring
13 13 (11.71%) .NET
13 13 (11.71%) Azure Service Bus
13 13 (11.71%) CI/CD
13 13 (11.71%) FastAPI
13 13 (11.71%) Kafka

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (27.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.80%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 2 (1.80%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 32 (28.83%) Azure
2 30 (27.03%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.51%) Power Platform
4 14 (12.61%) Azure Logic Apps
5 13 (11.71%) Azure Service Bus
6 11 (9.91%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (9.01%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 10 (9.01%) OneDrive
7 10 (9.01%) Power Automate
7 10 (9.01%) PowerApps
8 7 (6.31%) AWS
9 3 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.70%) SaaS
10 2 (1.80%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.80%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (1.80%) GitHub
10 2 (1.80%) Serverless
11 1 (0.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.91%) MQTT
2 3 (2.70%) Internet
3 2 (1.80%) 4G
3 2 (1.80%) 5G
3 2 (1.80%) DNS
3 2 (1.80%) HTTP
3 2 (1.80%) SSH
3 2 (1.80%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.51%) Power BI
2 10 (9.01%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (9.01%) MySQL
3 6 (5.41%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.50%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (2.70%) SQLite
6 2 (1.80%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.80%) MongoDB
6 2 (1.80%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.80%) Redis
6 2 (1.80%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.90%) Metadata
7 1 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (8.11%) Git
2 3 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (1.80%) git-flow
3 2 (1.80%) GitLab
3 2 (1.80%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.80%) Selenium
3 2 (1.80%) Terragrunt
General
1 22 (19.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (1.80%) Telecoms
4 1 (0.90%) Health Technology
4 1 (0.90%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (23.42%) CSS
1 26 (23.42%) HTML
2 13 (11.71%) .NET
2 13 (11.71%) FastAPI
2 13 (11.71%) Kafka
2 13 (11.71%) RabbitMQ
2 13 (11.71%) RESTful
3 11 (9.91%) OpenAPI
3 11 (9.91%) Ruby on Rails
3 11 (9.91%) Swagger
4 10 (9.01%) .NET Core
4 10 (9.01%) HTML5 Canvas
4 10 (9.01%) JSON
4 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Graph
4 10 (9.01%) SPFx
5 5 (4.50%) jQuery
6 4 (3.60%) REST
7 3 (2.70%) Bootstrap
7 3 (2.70%) HTML5
7 3 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.71%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.50%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.70%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.80%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.21%) Linux
2 5 (4.50%) Ubuntu
3 3 (2.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (27.03%) User Experience
2 17 (15.32%) Agile
3 16 (14.41%) Roadmaps
4 15 (13.51%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (13.51%) Event-Driven
4 15 (13.51%) Software Engineering
5 14 (12.61%) AI
5 14 (12.61%) Clean Code
5 14 (12.61%) Mentoring
6 13 (11.71%) CI/CD
6 13 (11.71%) Validation
7 11 (9.91%) Acceptance Criteria
7 11 (9.91%) API Design
7 11 (9.91%) Containerisation
7 11 (9.91%) Continuous Delivery
7 11 (9.91%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (9.01%) Document Management
8 10 (9.01%) Machine Learning
8 10 (9.01%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (9.01%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 28 (25.23%) Python
2 27 (24.32%) JavaScript
3 26 (23.42%) SQL
4 19 (17.12%) C#
5 18 (16.22%) TypeScript
6 11 (9.91%) Ruby
7 10 (9.01%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.70%) PL/SQL
8 3 (2.70%) VB.NET
9 2 (1.80%) Bash
9 2 (1.80%) Bicep
9 2 (1.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.80%) Java
9 2 (1.80%) PHP
9 2 (1.80%) Rust
9 2 (1.80%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.80%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (6.31%) Degree
2 3 (2.70%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.80%) Postgraduate
4 1 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.50%) QA
2 3 (2.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (16.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (14.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.80%) Grafana
2 2 (1.80%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (30.63%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.01%) Adobe
3 6 (5.41%) Oracle
4 3 (2.70%) Informatica
4 3 (2.70%) Xamarin
5 2 (1.80%) Infor
6 1 (0.90%) SAP