Senior Systems Developer Job Trends in the East of England

Senior System Developer
England > East of England

The median Senior System Developer salary in the East of England is £48,760 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2026.

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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.016% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,760 - -
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -11.11% +68.51%

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 5,844 2,435 5,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 88.84% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,608 1,463 4,346
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,300 £25,809
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,000 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,212 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%

Senior Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Senior Systems Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Senior Systems Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

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

Senior Systems 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 Systems Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Bedfordshire - 1 £48,760 - 3
Senior Systems Developer
England

Senior Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2026, Senior Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Senior Systems 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate