Senior Programmer Jobs in England

Senior Programmer
UK > England

The median Senior Programmer salary in England is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 803 912 1016
Rank change year-on-year +109 +104 -196
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Programmer 28 24 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.027% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.029% 0.095%
Number of salaries quoted 18 16 43
10th Percentile £42,000 £48,750 £53,162
25th Percentile £45,000 £70,313 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £77,500 £125,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.26% -38.00% +88.68%
75th Percentile £71,563 £117,500 £232,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £118,750 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £77,500 £125,000
% change year-on-year -32.26% -38.00% +138.10%

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 80,982 82,462 128,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,404 52,476 75,206
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £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 £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Programmer in England

Senior Programmer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Programmer in England

Senior Programmer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Programmer in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Programmer in England

Senior Programmer
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 Programmer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
South East +20 14 £45,000 -5.26% 3
London +109 8 £72,500 -27.50% 4
East of England - 3 £60,000 -
South West -16 2 - -
North of England +49 1 £32,500 -43.12% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £32,500 -
Senior Programmer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, Senior Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.

1 10 (35.71%) Computer Science
1 10 (35.71%) Degree
2 8 (28.57%) SQL
3 6 (21.43%) Mathematics
3 6 (21.43%) Physics
3 6 (21.43%) Chemistry
3 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
3 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (14.29%) Finance
4 4 (14.29%) Oracle
4 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (10.71%) Toad
5 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
5 3 (10.71%) PeopleTools
5 3 (10.71%) CAD
5 3 (10.71%) Project Management
5 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft
5 3 (10.71%) Legal
5 3 (10.71%) Release Management
5 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (10.71%) Oracle Database
5 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
6 2 (7.14%) Unit Testing
6 2 (7.14%) RPG IV
6 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing

Senior Programmer 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 1 (3.57%) Jupyter
1 1 (3.57%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.57%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft Financials
1 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.57%) AWS
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) DNS
1 1 (3.57%) Ethernet
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
1 1 (3.57%) RS-232
1 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.57%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.57%) InfluxDB
2 1 (3.57%) MySQL
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) PeopleTools
1 3 (10.71%) Toad
General
1 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 3 (10.71%) Legal
4 2 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 2 (7.14%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) CSS
1 2 (7.14%) HTML
2 1 (3.57%) .NET
2 1 (3.57%) ASP.NET
2 1 (3.57%) Pandas
2 1 (3.57%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.57%) IoT
2 1 (3.57%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (3.57%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Embedded Linux
2 1 (3.57%) Unix
2 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 6 (21.43%) Chemistry
2 6 (21.43%) Mathematics
2 6 (21.43%) Physics
3 3 (10.71%) CAD
3 3 (10.71%) Project Management
3 3 (10.71%) Release Management
4 2 (7.14%) ERP
4 2 (7.14%) Unit Testing
5 1 (3.57%) Change Control
5 1 (3.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.57%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis
5 1 (3.57%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.57%) DevOps
5 1 (3.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.57%) Machine Learning
5 1 (3.57%) Market Research
5 1 (3.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 8 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 2 (7.14%) Python
2 2 (7.14%) RPG
2 2 (7.14%) RPG IV
3 1 (3.57%) PHP
3 1 (3.57%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.57%) R
3 1 (3.57%) Rust
3 1 (3.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Degree
2 4 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) cPanel
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) PeopleSoft
3 2 (7.14%) IBM
4 1 (3.57%) ATG