Senior Backend Developer Job Trends in Fareham

Senior Backend Developer
Hampshire > Fareham

The median Senior Backend Developer salary in Fareham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Backend Developer 12 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Fareham 4.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £55,350 - -
25th Percentile £59,063 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Fareham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Fareham. 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 Fareham with a recognized job title 249 209 86
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 97.66% 96.63%
Number of salaries quoted 151 112 74
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,550 £28,425
25th Percentile £45,000 £30,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,750 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -12.95% +40.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £72,188
90th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.91% -8.18%

Senior Backend Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Backend Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Fareham.

Senior Backend Developer job vacancy trend in Fareham

Senior Backend Developer
Salary Trend in Fareham

Salary distribution trend for Senior Backend Developer job vacancies in Fareham.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Backend Developer job vacancies in Fareham

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Senior Backend Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Fareham region featuring Senior Backend Developer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) MySQL
1 12 (100.00%) PHP
1 12 (100.00%) TDD
2 8 (66.67%) OOP
3 4 (33.33%) Apache Cassandra
3 4 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
3 4 (33.33%) GCP
3 4 (33.33%) Google
3 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
3 4 (33.33%) nginx
3 4 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 4 (33.33%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (33.33%) Web Development
4 3 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (25.00%) VPN
5 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) User Experience
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow

Senior Backend Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Fareham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (100.00%) MySQL
2 4 (33.33%) Apache Cassandra
2 4 (33.33%) NoSQL
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) TDD
2 8 (66.67%) OOP
3 4 (33.33%) Client Onboarding
3 4 (33.33%) Web Development
4 3 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) User Experience
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) PHP
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Google