Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Gloucester

Senior Software Engineer
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Gloucester is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 November 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucester 0.88% - 6.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% - 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.33%
75th Percentile - - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +3.57% -1.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 111 185 230
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.37% 97.88% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 73 104 122
10th Percentile £32,950 £40,000 £32,133
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,225
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.17% +22.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - £87,000 £82,250
Gloucestershire median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% - +2.86%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Gloucester

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Gloucester

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 25 November 2025, 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 Gloucester region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python