Senior Software Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in England is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 305 173
Rank change year-on-year +179 -132 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1,643 780 3,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.10% 1.10% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.21% 1.20% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,228 555 898
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,050 £50,400
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £90,313 £89,852 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,125 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

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 74,198 65,186 140,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.70% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,681 46,119 77,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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 +158 520 £90,000 +5.88% 35
South West +136 302 £60,000 -7.69% 22
North of England +96 302 £61,250 -4.67% 18
South East +104 287 £60,000 -11.11% 18
North West +67 161 £62,500 +4.17% 10
Midlands +31 135 £65,000 +4.00% 11
East of England +55 96 £65,000 - 8
Yorkshire +68 95 £62,500 -7.41% 1
West Midlands +22 71 £65,000 - 5
East Midlands +6 64 £65,000 +30.00% 6
North East +29 46 £60,000 - 7
Senior Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 1,639 (99.76%) Software Engineering
2 551 (33.54%) Agile
3 546 (33.23%) AWS
4 543 (33.05%) Python
5 439 (26.72%) JavaScript
6 384 (23.37%) TypeScript
7 372 (22.64%) Java
8 314 (19.11%) Finance
9 287 (17.47%) C#
10 280 (17.04%) React
11 275 (16.74%) .NET
12 268 (16.31%) Azure
13 261 (15.89%) C++
14 231 (14.06%) Linux
15 209 (12.72%) Security Cleared
16 208 (12.66%) Asset Management
17 206 (12.54%) SQL
18 198 (12.05%) DevOps
19 191 (11.63%) Derivative
20 188 (11.44%) Equities
20 188 (11.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 187 (11.38%) Front Office
22 185 (11.26%) Fixed Income
23 182 (11.08%) Hedge funds
24 181 (11.02%) Investment Management
25 178 (10.83%) Degree
26 171 (10.41%) Kubernetes
27 170 (10.35%) Banking
27 170 (10.35%) C
28 163 (9.92%) Pandas

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
1 156 (9.49%) Apache Airflow
2 152 (9.25%) Apache
3 59 (3.59%) ArcGIS
3 59 (3.59%) GeoServer
4 25 (1.52%) Apache Spark
5 11 (0.67%) Tuxedo
6 5 (0.30%) CMS
7 3 (0.18%) Confluence
8 1 (0.061%) DataSynapse
8 1 (0.061%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.30%) Simulink
3 3 (0.18%) Stateflow
4 2 (0.12%) OrCAD
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.061%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 16 (0.97%) Ripple
2 3 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.12%) Endur
3 2 (0.12%) Findur
4 1 (0.061%) Ripple XRP
4 1 (0.061%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 546 (33.23%) AWS
2 268 (16.31%) Azure
3 147 (8.95%) dbt
4 143 (8.70%) Snowflake
5 106 (6.45%) GCP
6 42 (2.56%) SaaS
6 42 (2.56%) Serverless
7 36 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (1.83%) GitHub
9 18 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (0.85%) Amazon Kinesis
10 14 (0.85%) Amazon SQS
11 12 (0.73%) Amazon ECS
11 12 (0.73%) Azure Functions
12 9 (0.55%) Amazon S3
13 8 (0.49%) npm
14 7 (0.43%) AWS Step Functions
15 6 (0.37%) Amazon EKS
16 5 (0.30%) Azure API Management
16 5 (0.30%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.16%) Wireless
2 11 (0.67%) Network Security
3 8 (0.49%) HTTP
4 7 (0.43%) Bluetooth
4 7 (0.43%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.43%) MQTT
4 7 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.37%) RS-232
6 3 (0.18%) J1939
7 2 (0.12%) 4G
7 2 (0.12%) 5G
7 2 (0.12%) Internet
7 2 (0.12%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (0.12%) Modbus
7 2 (0.12%) RS-485
8 1 (0.061%) DECT
8 1 (0.061%) NFC
8 1 (0.061%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.061%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 147 (8.95%) Amazon Athena
1 147 (8.95%) Apache Arrow
1 147 (8.95%) Apache Ignite
1 147 (8.95%) Dremio
2 143 (8.70%) Data Lake
3 133 (8.09%) PostgreSQL
4 60 (3.65%) MySQL
5 59 (3.59%) GIS
5 59 (3.59%) QGIS
6 55 (3.35%) NoSQL
7 40 (2.43%) MongoDB
8 31 (1.89%) DynamoDB
9 29 (1.77%) SQL Server
10 23 (1.40%) Amazon Aurora
11 18 (1.10%) Redis
12 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
12 10 (0.61%) Relational Database
13 9 (0.55%) Big Data
14 6 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
15 4 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 91 (5.54%) Git
2 45 (2.74%) GitLab
3 24 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 21 (1.28%) JIRA
5 19 (1.16%) LabVIEW
6 18 (1.10%) Jenkins
7 13 (0.79%) Subversion
8 10 (0.61%) Gatling
9 8 (0.49%) Maven
9 8 (0.49%) Storybook
9 8 (0.49%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.43%) CMake
10 7 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 6 (0.37%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.37%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.24%) Postman
13 4 (0.24%) Selenium
14 3 (0.18%) ClearCase
14 3 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 314 (19.11%) Finance
2 187 (11.38%) Front Office
3 170 (10.35%) Banking
4 151 (9.19%) Investment Banking
5 110 (6.70%) Social Skills
6 55 (3.35%) Manufacturing
7 49 (2.98%) Legal
7 49 (2.98%) Public Sector
8 45 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (2.62%) Law
10 37 (2.25%) Financial Institution
11 36 (2.19%) Automotive
12 34 (2.07%) Electronics
13 29 (1.77%) Back Office
13 29 (1.77%) Retail
14 28 (1.70%) Advertising
15 27 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
16 26 (1.58%) Military
17 25 (1.52%) Marketing
18 22 (1.34%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 280 (17.04%) React
2 275 (16.74%) .NET
3 163 (9.92%) Pandas
4 158 (9.62%) gRPC
4 158 (9.62%) NumPy
5 155 (9.43%) Protocol Buffers
6 147 (8.95%) SciPy
7 114 (6.94%) .NET Core
8 113 (6.88%) AngularJS
9 110 (6.70%) CSS
10 82 (4.99%) Node.js
11 77 (4.69%) ASP.NET
12 74 (4.50%) RESTful
13 71 (4.32%) Vue
14 62 (3.77%) GraphQL
15 59 (3.59%) Leaflet
15 59 (3.59%) OpenLayers
15 59 (3.59%) PostGIS
16 53 (3.23%) HTML
17 49 (2.98%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 191 (11.63%) Derivative
2 188 (11.44%) Equities
2 188 (11.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 185 (11.26%) Fixed Income
4 182 (11.08%) Hedge funds
5 72 (4.38%) Pricing Data
6 68 (4.14%) Distributed Systems
7 56 (3.41%) Cloud Native
8 49 (2.98%) Algorithms
9 41 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
10 35 (2.13%) IoT
11 22 (1.34%) Embedded Systems
11 22 (1.34%) Legacy Code
12 19 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
13 18 (1.10%) Distributed Computing
14 16 (0.97%) Acoustics
14 16 (0.97%) Blockchain
14 16 (0.97%) Product Ownership
15 15 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (0.91%) NFT
Operating Systems
1 231 (14.06%) Linux
2 75 (4.56%) Embedded Linux
2 75 (4.56%) Windows
3 30 (1.83%) Unix
4 16 (0.97%) Android
5 13 (0.79%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.18%) Alpine Linux
6 3 (0.18%) Debian
6 3 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
7 2 (0.12%) CentOS
7 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.061%) VxWorks
8 1 (0.061%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,639 (99.76%) Software Engineering
2 551 (33.54%) Agile
3 208 (12.66%) Asset Management
4 198 (12.05%) DevOps
5 181 (11.02%) Investment Management
6 163 (9.92%) Computer Science
7 159 (9.68%) Full Stack Development
8 125 (7.61%) Microservices
8 125 (7.61%) Test Automation
9 124 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
10 121 (7.36%) CI/CD
11 119 (7.24%) Mentoring
12 114 (6.94%) SDLC
13 107 (6.51%) TDD
14 95 (5.78%) Artificial Intelligence
15 89 (5.42%) Machine Learning
16 76 (4.63%) Actionable Insight
16 76 (4.63%) Coaching
17 73 (4.44%) Continuous Integration
18 71 (4.32%) Greeks
Programming Languages
1 543 (33.05%) Python
2 439 (26.72%) JavaScript
3 384 (23.37%) TypeScript
4 372 (22.64%) Java
5 287 (17.47%) C#
6 261 (15.89%) C++
7 206 (12.54%) SQL
8 170 (10.35%) C
9 93 (5.66%) Rust
10 71 (4.32%) Scala
11 66 (4.02%) Bash
12 54 (3.29%) Go
12 54 (3.29%) Kotlin
13 44 (2.68%) Embedded C
14 23 (1.40%) PHP
15 19 (1.16%) Fortran
15 19 (1.16%) T-SQL
16 17 (1.03%) Perl
17 16 (0.97%) Embedded C++
18 15 (0.91%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 209 (12.72%) Security Cleared
2 178 (10.83%) Degree
3 130 (7.91%) SC Cleared
4 43 (2.62%) Master's Degree
5 39 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 38 (2.31%) DV Cleared
7 23 (1.40%) PhD
8 10 (0.61%) HND
9 4 (0.24%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.12%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.12%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.12%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.061%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.061%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.061%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.061%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (4.56%) Data Quality
2 23 (1.40%) QA
3 16 (0.97%) PMO
4 7 (0.43%) ISO 9000
5 3 (0.18%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (0.18%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (0.18%) EMIR
5 3 (0.18%) ISO 26262
5 3 (0.18%) MiFID
5 3 (0.18%) MISRA
6 2 (0.12%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.12%) GDPR
6 2 (0.12%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.12%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.12%) IEC 62304
6 2 (0.12%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.061%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.061%) SLA
System Software
1 114 (6.94%) Docker
2 39 (2.37%) Firmware
3 27 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
4 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.24%) Ceph
6 3 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.061%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 171 (10.41%) Kubernetes
2 51 (3.10%) Terraform
3 27 (1.64%) Ansible
4 6 (0.37%) SELinux
5 5 (0.30%) Grafana
6 4 (0.24%) Knative
7 2 (0.12%) linkerd
7 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.061%) Kibana
8 1 (0.061%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (3.96%) Microsoft
2 59 (3.59%) ESRI
3 25 (1.52%) Google
4 12 (0.73%) Apple
5 11 (0.67%) Micro Focus
6 6 (0.37%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.24%) Becrypt
7 4 (0.24%) Databricks
7 4 (0.24%) DevExpress
7 4 (0.24%) SAP
7 4 (0.24%) YouTube
8 3 (0.18%) Autodesk
8 3 (0.18%) Facebook
8 3 (0.18%) IBM
8 3 (0.18%) Instagram
8 3 (0.18%) Lauterbach
8 3 (0.18%) NVIDIA
8 3 (0.18%) Oracle
9 2 (0.12%) Cadence
9 2 (0.12%) Freescale