Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Farnborough

Senior Software Engineer
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Farnborough is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 27 23
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +22
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 2 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Farnborough 1.25% 2.13% 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 2.13% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £56,500 - -
25th Percentile £58,750 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £68,125
90th Percentile £77,500 - £68,500
Hampshire median annual salary £60,500 £61,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year -1.22% -18.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 155 94 108
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 100.00% 99.08%
Number of salaries quoted 107 31 90
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £94,250 £85,000 £90,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Farnborough

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Farnborough

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Farnborough

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Farnborough

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Farnborough over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Farnborough

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 5 January 2026, Senior Software Engineer 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 Farnborough region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Cloudflare
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) Go
2 1 (50.00%) Heroku
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Cloudflare
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) Heroku
1 1 (50.00%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
1 1 (50.00%) Ruby on Rails
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Go
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SendGrid