Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Fareham

Senior Software Engineer
Hampshire > Fareham

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Fareham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 42 30
Rank change year-on-year +24 -12 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 4 2 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Fareham 3.28% 0.68% 8.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.28% 0.70% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 14
10th Percentile £53,000 - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.35%
75th Percentile £65,313 - £72,500
90th Percentile £74,875 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -3.57%

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 122 284 172
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 96.60% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 70 185 156
10th Percentile £29,225 £28,000 £31,859
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% +27.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Fareham

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Fareham

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Fareham

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Fareham

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Fareham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Fareham over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Fareham

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fareham

For the 6 months to 15 August 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 Fareham region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) C
2 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
3 1 (25.00%) Firmware
3 1 (25.00%) C++
3 1 (25.00%) ISO 9000
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Physics
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) JTAG
3 1 (25.00%) Git
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) RISC-V

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fareham 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Electronics
1 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (25.00%) RISC-V
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Open Source
3 1 (25.00%) Physics
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C
1 2 (50.00%) Embedded C
2 1 (25.00%) C++
2 1 (25.00%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9000
1 1 (25.00%) JTAG
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware