Senior Developer Jobs in England

Senior Developer
UK > England

The median Senior Developer salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 85 66
Rank change year-on-year +1 -19 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2,698 3,519 6,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.17% 3.82% 5.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.35% 4.17% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,262 2,444 4,161
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 80,497 84,397 127,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.51% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 60,179 53,484 75,704
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,809 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in England

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in England.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in England

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in England

Senior Developer
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
London -4 889 £80,000 -5.88% 181
North of England +34 534 £60,000 -4.00% 73
South East -27 510 £65,000 -7.14% 70
South West +48 388 £57,500 -4.17% 37
North West +35 320 £60,000 -4.00% 47
Midlands -16 257 £60,000 - 66
Yorkshire +58 185 £55,000 -12.00% 22
West Midlands -1 154 £62,500 +4.17% 36
East Midlands -36 105 £55,000 -12.00% 30
East of England -32 95 £60,000 -14.29% 17
North East -16 29 £55,000 -15.38% 6
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Senior Developer 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 England region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 932 (34.54%) JavaScript
2 867 (32.13%) C#
3 823 (30.50%) .NET
4 812 (30.10%) Agile
5 664 (24.61%) SQL
5 664 (24.61%) AWS
6 653 (24.20%) Azure
7 613 (22.72%) React
8 478 (17.72%) Full Stack Development
9 468 (17.35%) Social Skills
10 446 (16.53%) HTML
11 441 (16.35%) Finance
12 435 (16.12%) TypeScript
13 434 (16.09%) CSS
14 420 (15.57%) DevOps
15 388 (14.38%) Java
16 372 (13.79%) AngularJS
17 370 (13.71%) Git
18 347 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
19 333 (12.34%) Microsoft
19 333 (12.34%) Docker
20 328 (12.16%) Degree
21 326 (12.08%) Software Engineering
22 309 (11.45%) CI/CD
23 308 (11.42%) SQL Server
24 298 (11.05%) Mentoring
25 294 (10.90%) Microservices
26 292 (10.82%) PHP
27 291 (10.79%) Python
28 278 (10.30%) ASP.NET

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 99 (3.67%) CMS
2 57 (2.11%) Confluence
3 43 (1.59%) Umbraco
4 40 (1.48%) Headless CMS
4 40 (1.48%) IIS
5 39 (1.45%) Kentico
6 36 (1.33%) Sitecore CMS
7 26 (0.96%) Apache
8 25 (0.93%) WordPress
9 17 (0.63%) nginx
10 16 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
11 10 (0.37%) OpenStack
12 9 (0.33%) Mendix
12 9 (0.33%) SharePoint
13 8 (0.30%) Drupal
13 8 (0.30%) JBoss
13 8 (0.30%) Red Hat Fuse
14 6 (0.22%) NServiceBus
14 6 (0.22%) Tomcat
15 5 (0.19%) K2 blackpearl
Applications
1 17 (0.63%) Photoshop
2 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.15%) Maya
6 2 (0.074%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.037%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.037%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 31 (1.15%) Siebel CRM
2 22 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.63%) Shopify
4 14 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 14 (0.52%) SDL Web 8
5 13 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (0.33%) Magento
7 4 (0.15%) Endur
7 4 (0.15%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.037%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 664 (24.61%) AWS
2 653 (24.20%) Azure
3 172 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
4 163 (6.04%) SaaS
5 153 (5.67%) Power Platform
6 119 (4.41%) GCP
7 92 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
7 92 (3.41%) Serverless
8 81 (3.00%) PowerApps
9 79 (2.93%) GitHub
10 74 (2.74%) Power Automate
11 37 (1.37%) AWS Lambda
12 33 (1.22%) Kontent
13 31 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
14 30 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
15 28 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
17 25 (0.93%) Azure Functions
17 25 (0.93%) Cloud Computing
18 19 (0.70%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.70%) Internet
2 7 (0.26%) AMQP
2 7 (0.26%) HTTP
3 6 (0.22%) MQTT
4 5 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.19%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.19%) VPN
5 4 (0.15%) Broadband
5 4 (0.15%) DNS
6 3 (0.11%) IPFS
6 3 (0.11%) Network Security
6 3 (0.11%) SSL
7 2 (0.074%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.074%) VoIP
8 1 (0.037%) CTI
8 1 (0.037%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 308 (11.42%) SQL Server
2 191 (7.08%) MySQL
3 173 (6.41%) PostgreSQL
4 115 (4.26%) Power BI
5 100 (3.71%) NoSQL
6 84 (3.11%) Oracle Database
7 82 (3.04%) Relational Database
8 57 (2.11%) Oracle Database 11g
9 54 (2.00%) MongoDB
10 45 (1.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.52%) Redis
12 36 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
13 31 (1.15%) DynamoDB
13 31 (1.15%) Oracle BI EE
13 31 (1.15%) Siebel EIM
14 28 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 25 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
16 18 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
16 18 (0.67%) Power Query
17 15 (0.56%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 370 (13.71%) Git
2 130 (4.82%) JIRA
3 87 (3.22%) Visual Studio
4 62 (2.30%) Bitbucket
5 46 (1.70%) Sourcetree
6 39 (1.45%) Cypress.io
7 36 (1.33%) Jenkins
8 33 (1.22%) NUnit
9 29 (1.07%) Selenium
10 26 (0.96%) Oracle APEX
11 25 (0.93%) JUnit
12 23 (0.85%) TeamCity
13 21 (0.78%) Moq
14 20 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
15 16 (0.59%) Android Studio
15 16 (0.59%) gulp
15 16 (0.59%) webpack
16 15 (0.56%) Maven
16 15 (0.56%) SpecFlow
17 14 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 468 (17.35%) Social Skills
2 441 (16.35%) Finance
3 106 (3.93%) Banking
4 98 (3.63%) Retail
5 92 (3.41%) Front Office
6 88 (3.26%) Marketing
7 85 (3.15%) Games
8 81 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
9 58 (2.15%) Back Office
10 56 (2.08%) Public Sector
11 43 (1.59%) Legal
12 41 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 36 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 35 (1.30%) Law
15 33 (1.22%) Investment Banking
15 33 (1.22%) Tech for Good
16 32 (1.19%) Aerospace
16 32 (1.19%) Manufacturing
17 27 (1.00%) Health Technology
17 27 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 823 (30.50%) .NET
2 613 (22.72%) React
3 446 (16.53%) HTML
4 434 (16.09%) CSS
5 372 (13.79%) AngularJS
6 278 (10.30%) ASP.NET
7 248 (9.19%) .NET Core
8 247 (9.15%) Vue
9 242 (8.97%) Node.js
10 213 (7.89%) .NET Framework
11 190 (7.04%) RESTful
12 188 (6.97%) REST
13 183 (6.78%) Laravel
14 141 (5.23%) Web Services
15 140 (5.19%) Spring
16 126 (4.67%) Kafka
17 119 (4.41%) jQuery
18 106 (3.93%) Entity Framework
19 102 (3.78%) HTML5
20 100 (3.71%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 165 (6.12%) Greenfield Project
2 102 (3.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 74 (2.74%) Equities
4 71 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 70 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
6 68 (2.52%) Derivative
7 63 (2.34%) IoT
7 63 (2.34%) Mobile App
8 62 (2.30%) Fixed Income
8 62 (2.30%) Hedge funds
9 58 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
10 46 (1.70%) Algorithms
11 43 (1.59%) Cloud Native
12 41 (1.52%) Onboarding
13 35 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
14 31 (1.15%) Data Structures
15 30 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
15 30 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
16 26 (0.96%) Client/Server
17 24 (0.89%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 92 (3.41%) Linux
2 66 (2.45%) Windows
3 64 (2.37%) Android
4 54 (2.00%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.33%) Unix
6 8 (0.30%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.26%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.037%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 812 (30.10%) Agile
2 478 (17.72%) Full Stack Development
3 420 (15.57%) DevOps
4 347 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
5 326 (12.08%) Software Engineering
6 309 (11.45%) CI/CD
7 298 (11.05%) Mentoring
8 294 (10.90%) Microservices
9 265 (9.82%) MVC
10 245 (9.08%) Front End Development
11 242 (8.97%) Computer Science
12 235 (8.71%) Scrum
13 218 (8.08%) TDD
14 199 (7.38%) Unit Testing
15 198 (7.34%) Artificial Intelligence
16 180 (6.67%) Design Patterns
16 180 (6.67%) User Experience
17 170 (6.30%) E-Commerce
18 166 (6.15%) Web Development
19 153 (5.67%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 932 (34.54%) JavaScript
2 867 (32.13%) C#
3 664 (24.61%) SQL
4 435 (16.12%) TypeScript
5 388 (14.38%) Java
6 292 (10.82%) PHP
7 291 (10.79%) Python
8 106 (3.93%) PL/SQL
9 99 (3.67%) T-SQL
10 53 (1.96%) Kotlin
11 45 (1.67%) Ruby
12 44 (1.63%) C++
13 42 (1.56%) Go
14 24 (0.89%) C
15 21 (0.78%) PowerShell
16 20 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 18 (0.67%) Apex Code
17 18 (0.67%) Swift
18 16 (0.59%) VB.NET
19 15 (0.56%) XPath
Qualifications
1 328 (12.16%) Degree
2 142 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 122 (4.52%) SC Cleared
4 115 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.26%) Master's Degree
6 33 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (0.52%) PhD
8 10 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.22%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.11%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.11%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.11%) MBA
11 3 (0.11%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.074%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.037%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (3.37%) QA
2 18 (0.67%) WCAG
3 16 (0.59%) Accessibility
4 12 (0.44%) GDPR
5 11 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 9 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.26%) SLA
8 6 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.11%) PMO
10 2 (0.074%) GRC
10 2 (0.074%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.074%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.074%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.037%) EMIR
11 1 (0.037%) MiFID
System Software
1 333 (12.34%) Docker
2 9 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.11%) Firmware
6 2 (0.074%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.074%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.037%) GridGain
7 1 (0.037%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 242 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 55 (2.04%) Terraform
3 20 (0.74%) Ansible
4 8 (0.30%) Grafana
5 7 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.22%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.22%) Rancher
7 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.074%) Kibana
9 1 (0.037%) cPanel
9 1 (0.037%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.037%) Istio
9 1 (0.037%) MIIS
9 1 (0.037%) Puppet
Vendors
1 333 (12.34%) Microsoft
2 167 (6.19%) Oracle
3 73 (2.71%) Google
4 39 (1.45%) Sitecore
5 33 (1.22%) Optimizely
6 32 (1.19%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.15%) Siebel
8 22 (0.82%) Adobe
9 14 (0.52%) Cognizant
9 14 (0.52%) F5
10 13 (0.48%) Atlassian
10 13 (0.48%) MuleSoft
11 11 (0.41%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.37%) WSO2
12 10 (0.37%) Xamarin
13 9 (0.33%) Databricks
13 9 (0.33%) NVIDIA
13 9 (0.33%) Sybase
14 8 (0.30%) Facebook
14 8 (0.30%) OpenAI