Senior Software Developer Jobs in England

Senior Software Developer
UK > England

The median Senior Software Developer salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 468 541 486
Rank change year-on-year +73 -55 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 414 429 947
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.48% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.52% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 364 355 607
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +21.74%
75th Percentile £90,625 £82,500 £98,125
90th Percentile £112,500 £95,000 £128,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +27.27%

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 81,185 82,540 127,939
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.53% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,576 52,509 74,661
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,288 £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 £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 Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in England

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in England

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in England

Senior Software 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 Software Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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 +107 123 £100,000 +21.21% 19
South East -81 92 £70,000 - 14
South West +50 79 £58,000 -3.33% 7
North of England +58 49 £60,000 - 10
Midlands +11 37 £55,000 -4.35% 9
East of England +21 28 £60,000 -7.16% 2
Yorkshire +90 24 £60,000 -22.58% 5
West Midlands +34 24 £55,000 -4.35% 6
North West -1 17 £70,000 +27.27% 4
East Midlands -6 12 £55,000 -12.00% 3
North East -2 8 £65,000 - 3
Senior Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Senior Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 268 (64.73%) C#
2 216 (52.17%) .NET
3 200 (48.31%) JavaScript
4 164 (39.61%) Agile
5 145 (35.02%) SQL
6 138 (33.33%) Azure
7 118 (28.50%) TypeScript
8 113 (27.29%) React
9 110 (26.57%) Software Engineering
10 108 (26.09%) AWS
11 105 (25.36%) Python
12 99 (23.91%) Degree
13 94 (22.71%) AngularJS
14 90 (21.74%) Finance
15 87 (21.01%) SQL Server
16 86 (20.77%) Computer Science
17 76 (18.36%) HTML
18 72 (17.39%) Social Skills
19 71 (17.15%) CSS
20 68 (16.43%) ASP.NET
21 66 (15.94%) Vue
22 60 (14.49%) Asset Management
22 60 (14.49%) Derivative
23 59 (14.25%) .NET Framework
23 59 (14.25%) Front Office
23 59 (14.25%) Fixed Income
23 59 (14.25%) Docker
23 59 (14.25%) GCP
24 58 (14.01%) Equities
24 58 (14.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Senior Software 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 16 (3.86%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (1.21%) Drupal
3 4 (0.97%) Apache
3 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.72%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (0.72%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.48%) CMS
6 1 (0.24%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.48%) Endur
3 1 (0.24%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 138 (33.33%) Azure
2 108 (26.09%) AWS
3 59 (14.25%) GCP
4 40 (9.66%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (3.86%) GitHub
5 16 (3.86%) SaaS
6 9 (2.17%) Serverless
7 7 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (1.21%) NuGet
10 4 (0.97%) dbt
10 4 (0.97%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.48%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.48%) PaaS
12 2 (0.48%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.24%) Amazon ECS
13 1 (0.24%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.24%) Amazon SQS
13 1 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.69%) Internet
2 4 (0.97%) Network Security
3 2 (0.48%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (21.01%) SQL Server
2 25 (6.04%) NoSQL
3 20 (4.83%) MySQL
4 10 (2.42%) Relational Database
5 8 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.21%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.21%) Redis
7 4 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (0.97%) Apache Arrow
7 4 (0.97%) Apache Ignite
7 4 (0.97%) Dremio
7 4 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.97%) SQLite
8 3 (0.72%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.48%) Power BI
9 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.24%) Event Store
Development Applications
1 40 (9.66%) Git
2 14 (3.38%) Visual Studio
3 7 (1.69%) CircleCI
3 7 (1.69%) CMake
3 7 (1.69%) NUnit
4 6 (1.45%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.21%) Eclipse
5 5 (1.21%) JetBrains Rider
5 5 (1.21%) JIRA
6 4 (0.97%) Jasmine
6 4 (0.97%) Selenium
6 4 (0.97%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.72%) Moq
7 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.48%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.24%) GitLab
9 1 (0.24%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
General
1 90 (21.74%) Finance
2 72 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 59 (14.25%) Front Office
4 48 (11.59%) Back Office
5 16 (3.86%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (2.90%) Manufacturing
8 9 (2.17%) Games
9 8 (1.93%) Law
9 8 (1.93%) Marketing
10 7 (1.69%) Banking
11 6 (1.45%) Legal
11 6 (1.45%) Publishing
11 6 (1.45%) Retail
12 5 (1.21%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.97%) Multimedia
13 4 (0.97%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.72%) German Language
14 3 (0.72%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 216 (52.17%) .NET
2 113 (27.29%) React
3 94 (22.71%) AngularJS
4 76 (18.36%) HTML
5 71 (17.15%) CSS
6 68 (16.43%) ASP.NET
7 66 (15.94%) Vue
8 59 (14.25%) .NET Framework
9 43 (10.39%) .NET Core
10 42 (10.14%) Redux
11 35 (8.45%) Entity Framework
12 33 (7.97%) ASP.NET Core
12 33 (7.97%) HTML5
13 27 (6.52%) ASP.NET Web API
13 27 (6.52%) WPF
14 26 (6.28%) RESTful
15 16 (3.86%) gRPC
15 16 (3.86%) Pandas
15 16 (3.86%) Protocol Buffers
16 15 (3.62%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 60 (14.49%) Derivative
2 59 (14.25%) Fixed Income
3 58 (14.01%) Equities
3 58 (14.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 46 (11.11%) Hedge funds
5 18 (4.35%) Algorithms
6 14 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (2.90%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.66%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.42%) Cloud Native
10 9 (2.17%) CUDA
10 9 (2.17%) IoT
11 8 (1.93%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.69%) Virtual Team
13 6 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
14 5 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
14 5 (1.21%) Embedded Systems
14 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
14 5 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (9.90%) Windows
2 24 (5.80%) Linux
3 16 (3.86%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.69%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.21%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (39.61%) Agile
2 110 (26.57%) Software Engineering
3 86 (20.77%) Computer Science
4 60 (14.49%) Asset Management
5 53 (12.80%) Full Stack Development
6 50 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (11.35%) MVC
8 46 (11.11%) DevOps
8 46 (11.11%) Investment Management
9 42 (10.14%) CI/CD
10 41 (9.90%) Microservices
11 34 (8.21%) Artificial Intelligence
11 34 (8.21%) Collaborative Working
12 33 (7.97%) Scrum
13 32 (7.73%) Mentoring
14 28 (6.76%) TDD
15 27 (6.52%) Design Patterns
16 26 (6.28%) Propensity Modelling
17 25 (6.04%) Multithreading
17 25 (6.04%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 268 (64.73%) C#
2 200 (48.31%) JavaScript
3 145 (35.02%) SQL
4 118 (28.50%) TypeScript
5 105 (25.36%) Python
6 40 (9.66%) Java
7 25 (6.04%) PHP
8 22 (5.31%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.42%) C++
10 8 (1.93%) C
11 6 (1.45%) PowerShell
12 5 (1.21%) COBOL
12 5 (1.21%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.21%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 4 (0.97%) Ruby
13 4 (0.97%) Scala
13 4 (0.97%) Swift
13 4 (0.97%) XAML
14 3 (0.72%) Delphi
14 3 (0.72%) Go
Qualifications
1 99 (23.91%) Degree
2 47 (11.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.17%) PhD
4 8 (1.93%) Security Cleared
5 7 (1.69%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.97%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.72%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.48%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.62%) QA
2 7 (1.69%) GDPR
3 2 (0.48%) EMIR
3 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
3 2 (0.48%) IEC 62304
3 2 (0.48%) ISO 13485
3 2 (0.48%) MiFID
3 2 (0.48%) SLA
4 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
System Software
1 59 (14.25%) Docker
2 2 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (0.48%) Firmware
2 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 38 (9.18%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.17%) NVIDIA
3 6 (1.45%) F5
3 6 (1.45%) Google
3 6 (1.45%) Xamarin
4 5 (1.21%) Micro Focus
4 5 (1.21%) Oracle
5 3 (0.72%) Quadient
5 3 (0.72%) Twitter
6 2 (0.48%) New Relic
6 2 (0.48%) OpenLink
6 2 (0.48%) Sybase
6 2 (0.48%) TIBCO
6 2 (0.48%) VMware
7 1 (0.24%) DevExpress