Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
England > East of England

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the East of England is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 145 182
Rank change year-on-year +25 +37 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 48 81 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 1.62% 1.34% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.80% 1.42% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 39 65 33
10th Percentile - £48,750 £49,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £52,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -7.14% -8.20%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £71,250 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -6.90% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,665 5,696 4,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.67% 93.93% 84.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,522 4,346 2,298
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,675
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,206 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,000 £75,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the East of England.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the East of England

Senior Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire +12 22 £67,500 -1.46% 30
Norfolk +34 14 £54,000 -1.82% 3
Essex +29 7 £100,000 +66.67% 17
Hertfordshire +21 4 £58,750 +2.17% 13
Suffolk - 1 £65,000 - 3
Senior Software Engineer
England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 East of England region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 48 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (45.83%) C
3 18 (37.50%) C++
4 16 (33.33%) TDD
5 14 (29.17%) Agile
6 13 (27.08%) Java
7 11 (22.92%) Automotive
7 11 (22.92%) Electronics
7 11 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (22.92%) Algorithms
8 10 (20.83%) Manufacturing
8 10 (20.83%) C#
8 10 (20.83%) Embedded C
9 9 (18.75%) OO
9 9 (18.75%) Python
9 9 (18.75%) TypeScript
9 9 (18.75%) React
10 8 (16.67%) Electron
10 8 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
10 8 (16.67%) Firmware
10 8 (16.67%) BDD
10 8 (16.67%) Degree
10 8 (16.67%) Computer Science
11 7 (14.58%) ZigBee
11 7 (14.58%) Software Testing
11 7 (14.58%) Unit Testing
11 7 (14.58%) Bluetooth
11 7 (14.58%) Wireless
11 7 (14.58%) Modbus
11 7 (14.58%) Profibus

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Simulink
1 1 (2.08%) TargetLink
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.58%) Bluetooth
1 7 (14.58%) Modbus
1 7 (14.58%) Profibus
1 7 (14.58%) RS-232
1 7 (14.58%) RS-485
1 7 (14.58%) Wireless
1 7 (14.58%) ZigBee
2 1 (2.08%) Ethernet
2 1 (2.08%) FlexRay
2 1 (2.08%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Git
1 2 (4.17%) Moq
1 2 (4.17%) SpecFlow
2 1 (2.08%) GitLab
2 1 (2.08%) JIRA
2 1 (2.08%) Subversion
General
1 11 (22.92%) Automotive
1 11 (22.92%) Electronics
2 10 (20.83%) Manufacturing
3 7 (14.58%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (14.58%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Military
6 1 (2.08%) Advertising
6 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.08%) Finance
6 1 (2.08%) Games
6 1 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.75%) React
2 8 (16.67%) Electron
3 4 (8.33%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (4.17%) .NET
4 2 (4.17%) OAuth
4 2 (4.17%) OAuth2
4 2 (4.17%) REST
4 2 (4.17%) Swagger
5 1 (2.08%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET
5 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.08%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.08%) FHIR
5 1 (2.08%) STL
5 1 (2.08%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (2.08%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.92%) Algorithms
2 8 (16.67%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.08%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.08%) Device Driver
3 1 (2.08%) FPGA
3 1 (2.08%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.58%) FreeRTOS
2 3 (6.25%) Linux
3 2 (4.17%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 16 (33.33%) TDD
3 14 (29.17%) Agile
4 11 (22.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (18.75%) OO
6 8 (16.67%) BDD
6 8 (16.67%) Computer Science
7 7 (14.58%) Software Testing
7 7 (14.58%) Unit Testing
8 5 (10.42%) DevOps
9 4 (8.33%) CI/CD
9 4 (8.33%) DevSecOps
9 4 (8.33%) Mathematics
9 4 (8.33%) Test Automation
10 3 (6.25%) Validation
11 2 (4.17%) Artificial Intelligence
11 2 (4.17%) Continuous Integration
11 2 (4.17%) Data Security
11 2 (4.17%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (4.17%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 22 (45.83%) C
2 18 (37.50%) C++
3 13 (27.08%) Java
4 10 (20.83%) C#
4 10 (20.83%) Embedded C
5 9 (18.75%) Python
5 9 (18.75%) TypeScript
6 6 (12.50%) Rust
7 4 (8.33%) Ruby
8 2 (4.17%) Ada
9 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (16.67%) Degree
2 3 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (6.25%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.08%) Automotive SPICE
1 1 (2.08%) AUTOSAR
1 1 (2.08%) CDISC
1 1 (2.08%) ISO 26262
1 1 (2.08%) MISRA
1 1 (2.08%) MISRA C
1 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 8 (16.67%) Firmware
2 7 (14.58%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (2.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.08%) Functional Safety