Senior Software Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in England is £71,250 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 220 169 294
Rank change year-on-year -51 +125 -138
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 636 1,457 1,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.38% 1.71% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 1.81% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 520 1,090 672
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,375
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.90% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £116,250 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in England

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in England

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in England

Senior Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the 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
London +12 238 £95,000 +2.70% 343
North of England -49 129 £65,000 +4.00% 134
South East +5 111 £55,000 -18.52% 163
North West -60 83 £65,000 +8.33% 77
Midlands +2 59 £67,500 +12.50% 64
East of England +25 48 £62,500 -3.85% 78
South West -48 46 £62,500 - 52
West Midlands +30 41 £72,500 +20.83% 29
Yorkshire +22 30 £78,810 +26.10% 39
East Midlands -12 18 £58,000 -3.33% 28
North East +17 16 £55,000 -8.33% 19
Senior Software Engineer
UK

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 England region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 600 (94.34%) Software Engineering
2 351 (55.19%) Agile
3 258 (40.57%) Python
4 208 (32.70%) Java
5 183 (28.77%) Finance
6 180 (28.30%) AWS
7 177 (27.83%) Degree
8 175 (27.52%) TypeScript
9 151 (23.74%) Computer Science
10 147 (23.11%) JavaScript
11 145 (22.80%) CI/CD
12 143 (22.48%) C#
13 123 (19.34%) Kubernetes
14 117 (18.40%) Banking
15 114 (17.92%) C++
16 113 (17.77%) Azure
17 105 (16.51%) .NET
18 104 (16.35%) React
19 96 (15.09%) C
20 94 (14.78%) Software Testing
21 88 (13.84%) Linux
22 83 (13.05%) Git
23 82 (12.89%) Test Automation
23 82 (12.89%) Docker
23 82 (12.89%) Microservices
23 82 (12.89%) BPSS Clearance
24 79 (12.42%) Rust
25 78 (12.26%) Mentoring
26 77 (12.11%) TDD
27 76 (11.95%) DevOps

Senior Software Engineer 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 60 (9.43%) Apache
2 57 (8.96%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (3.30%) Apache Spark
4 14 (2.20%) Confluence
5 3 (0.47%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.31%) CICS
6 2 (0.31%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 40 (6.29%) Simulink
2 4 (0.63%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.16%) Revit
4 1 (0.16%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.31%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 180 (28.30%) AWS
2 113 (17.77%) Azure
3 64 (10.06%) Snowflake
4 61 (9.59%) GCP
5 57 (8.96%) dbt
6 24 (3.77%) Amazon ECS
7 23 (3.62%) GitHub
8 21 (3.30%) Amazon EKS
9 20 (3.14%) Amazon EC2
10 18 (2.83%) Dagster
11 17 (2.67%) Serverless
12 12 (1.89%) SaaS
13 11 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 11 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
14 10 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (1.57%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (1.57%) Azure Machine Learning
15 9 (1.42%) Apigee
15 9 (1.42%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (1.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.09%) HTTP
2 18 (2.83%) Wireless
3 17 (2.67%) Bluetooth
4 11 (1.73%) Multicast
5 7 (1.10%) Modbus
5 7 (1.10%) Profibus
5 7 (1.10%) RS-232
5 7 (1.10%) RS-485
5 7 (1.10%) ZigBee
6 5 (0.79%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.47%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.31%) Internet
8 2 (0.31%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.16%) FlexRay
9 1 (0.16%) FTP
9 1 (0.16%) GSM
9 1 (0.16%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.16%) MQTT
9 1 (0.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (9.43%) Amazon Athena
2 58 (9.12%) Data Lake
3 57 (8.96%) Apache Arrow
3 57 (8.96%) Apache Iceberg
3 57 (8.96%) Apache Ignite
3 57 (8.96%) Dremio
4 30 (4.72%) MySQL
5 29 (4.56%) NoSQL
6 28 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
7 27 (4.25%) SQL Server
8 20 (3.14%) Relational Database
9 14 (2.20%) MongoDB
10 10 (1.57%) Cloud Spanner
11 7 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.79%) Neo4j
12 5 (0.79%) Redis
12 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 83 (13.05%) Git
2 49 (7.70%) JIRA
3 28 (4.40%) Bitbucket
4 21 (3.30%) Jenkins
5 15 (2.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 15 (2.36%) Rational DOORS
6 14 (2.20%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.42%) JUnit
7 9 (1.42%) Maven
7 9 (1.42%) SonarQube
7 9 (1.42%) Sonatype Nexus
8 8 (1.26%) GitLab
8 8 (1.26%) Visual Studio Code
9 6 (0.94%) Moq
9 6 (0.94%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.94%) Subversion
10 5 (0.79%) Postman
10 5 (0.79%) Selenium
11 3 (0.47%) Eclipse RCP
11 3 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 183 (28.77%) Finance
2 117 (18.40%) Banking
3 68 (10.69%) Social Skills
4 62 (9.75%) Front Office
5 59 (9.28%) Investment Banking
6 53 (8.33%) Automotive
7 52 (8.18%) Aerospace
8 46 (7.23%) Games
9 42 (6.60%) Retail
10 30 (4.72%) Electronics
11 28 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
13 25 (3.93%) Advertising
14 20 (3.14%) Manufacturing
15 13 (2.04%) Financial Institution
16 12 (1.89%) Legal
17 9 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
18 8 (1.26%) Military
18 8 (1.26%) Telecoms
19 7 (1.10%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (16.51%) .NET
2 104 (16.35%) React
3 59 (9.28%) gRPC
3 59 (9.28%) Pandas
4 57 (8.96%) NumPy
4 57 (8.96%) Protocol Buffers
4 57 (8.96%) SciPy
5 48 (7.55%) Kafka
6 44 (6.92%) HTML
7 43 (6.76%) CSS
8 42 (6.60%) Spring Boot
9 40 (6.29%) Node.js
10 39 (6.13%) Spring
11 38 (5.97%) AngularJS
12 32 (5.03%) REST
12 32 (5.03%) RESTful
13 30 (4.72%) GraphQL
14 26 (4.09%) .NET Framework
15 20 (3.14%) Web Services
16 18 (2.83%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.01%) Derivative
2 66 (10.38%) Fixed Income
3 63 (9.91%) Equities
4 62 (9.75%) Algorithms
4 62 (9.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 57 (8.96%) Hedge funds
6 42 (6.60%) Distributed Systems
7 39 (6.13%) Pricing Data
8 37 (5.82%) Cloud Native
9 24 (3.77%) Embedded Systems
10 16 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (2.52%) IoT
10 16 (2.52%) Legacy Code
11 14 (2.20%) Acoustics
12 12 (1.89%) Public Cloud
13 11 (1.73%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (1.57%) Client/Server
14 10 (1.57%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.57%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 88 (13.84%) Linux
2 25 (3.93%) Windows
3 13 (2.04%) Unix
4 11 (1.73%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.42%) Android
6 7 (1.10%) FreeRTOS
7 6 (0.94%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.79%) Robot Operating System
9 2 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.31%) zOS
10 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (94.34%) Software Engineering
2 351 (55.19%) Agile
3 151 (23.74%) Computer Science
4 145 (22.80%) CI/CD
5 94 (14.78%) Software Testing
6 82 (12.89%) Microservices
6 82 (12.89%) Test Automation
7 78 (12.26%) Mentoring
8 77 (12.11%) TDD
9 76 (11.95%) DevOps
10 71 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
11 66 (10.38%) Continuous Integration
12 65 (10.22%) Full-Stack Development
13 64 (10.06%) Mathematics
14 58 (9.12%) Asset Management
15 55 (8.65%) SDLC
16 51 (8.02%) Machine Learning
17 50 (7.86%) Configuration Management
17 50 (7.86%) Investment Management
18 49 (7.70%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 258 (40.57%) Python
2 208 (32.70%) Java
3 175 (27.52%) TypeScript
4 147 (23.11%) JavaScript
5 143 (22.48%) C#
6 114 (17.92%) C++
7 96 (15.09%) C
8 79 (12.42%) Rust
9 65 (10.22%) SQL
10 61 (9.59%) Ada
11 43 (6.76%) Go
11 43 (6.76%) MATLAB
12 23 (3.62%) Scala
13 20 (3.14%) PHP
14 15 (2.36%) VB
15 14 (2.20%) Ruby
16 12 (1.89%) Embedded C
17 8 (1.26%) Perl
18 7 (1.10%) Bash
19 6 (0.94%) Ladder Logic
Qualifications
1 177 (27.83%) Degree
2 82 (12.89%) BPSS Clearance
3 28 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 20 (3.14%) Security Cleared
5 18 (2.83%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.26%) Numerate Degree
6 8 (1.26%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.10%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.63%) PhD
9 2 (0.31%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.31%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.16%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 26 (4.09%) QA
3 7 (1.10%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.63%) CDISC
5 1 (0.16%) Automotive SPICE
5 1 (0.16%) AUTOSAR
5 1 (0.16%) GDPR
5 1 (0.16%) ISO 26262
5 1 (0.16%) MISRA
5 1 (0.16%) MISRA C
5 1 (0.16%) NIST
5 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 82 (12.89%) Docker
2 18 (2.83%) Firmware
3 13 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 123 (19.34%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.03%) Terraform
3 12 (1.89%) Ansible
4 9 (1.42%) Istio
5 3 (0.47%) Grafana
6 2 (0.31%) CA Endevor
6 2 (0.31%) MAINVIEW
6 2 (0.31%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (6.60%) Microsoft
2 34 (5.35%) Google
3 21 (3.30%) Apple
4 14 (2.20%) Ping Identity
5 12 (1.89%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.26%) Databricks
7 6 (0.94%) Siemens
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle
8 5 (0.79%) Xilinx
9 4 (0.63%) OpenAI
9 4 (0.63%) Remedy
9 4 (0.63%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.47%) Graphcore
10 3 (0.47%) IBM
11 2 (0.31%) BMC
11 2 (0.31%) Refinitiv
12 1 (0.16%) CheckPoint
12 1 (0.16%) QNX
12 1 (0.16%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.16%) Telerik