Senior Software Developer Jobs in Hampshire

Senior Software Developer
South East > Hampshire

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Hampshire is £56,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 104 179 105
Rank change year-on-year +75 -74 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 16 15 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.81% 0.38% 2.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.40% 2.44%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 57
10th Percentile £52,500 £61,125 £52,500
25th Percentile - £61,750 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £65,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.50% -2.96% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £68,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £73,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £56,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,882 3,712 2,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 94.40% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 2,903 2,064
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £28,150
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £51,525
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -2.96% -1.86%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in Hampshire

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Hampshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in Hampshire.

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in Hampshire

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 2025. 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
Portsmouth +6 5 £56,000 - 4
Southampton +39 4 £55,000 -12.00% 1
Southsea - 2 £56,000 -
Waterlooville - 2 £56,000 -
Gosport - 2 £56,000 -
Petersfield - 2 £56,000 -
Winchester - 1 £60,000 -
Senior Software Developer
South East

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior Software Developer 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 Hampshire region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 15 (93.75%) C#
1 15 (93.75%) .NET
2 14 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 14 (87.50%) .NET Core
3 13 (81.25%) ASP.NET
4 12 (75.00%) XML
4 12 (75.00%) UML
4 12 (75.00%) Data Modelling
4 12 (75.00%) SQL Server
4 12 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (75.00%) MagicDraw
4 12 (75.00%) Software Testing
4 12 (75.00%) SysML
5 6 (37.50%) C++
6 3 (18.75%) TypeScript
7 2 (12.50%) AWS
7 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (12.50%) React
8 1 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
8 1 (6.25%) Design Patterns
8 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (6.25%) Serverless
8 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (6.25%) Deployment Automation
8 1 (6.25%) Blazor
8 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven
8 1 (6.25%) Clean Code
8 1 (6.25%) Node.js
8 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 1 (6.25%) DynamoDB

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (75.00%) MagicDraw
General
1 1 (6.25%) Automotive
1 1 (6.25%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (93.75%) .NET
2 14 (87.50%) .NET Core
3 13 (81.25%) ASP.NET
4 12 (75.00%) XML
5 2 (12.50%) React
6 1 (6.25%) .NET Framework
6 1 (6.25%) Blazor
6 1 (6.25%) GraphQL
6 1 (6.25%) Node.js
6 1 (6.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (87.50%) Test Automation
2 12 (75.00%) Data Modelling
2 12 (75.00%) Software Testing
2 12 (75.00%) SysML
2 12 (75.00%) UML
3 2 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (6.25%) Clean Code
4 1 (6.25%) Deployment Automation
4 1 (6.25%) Design Patterns
4 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven
4 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 1 (6.25%) Functional Programming
4 1 (6.25%) Kanban
4 1 (6.25%) Microservices
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Secure Coding
4 1 (6.25%) TDD
4 1 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (6.25%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) C#
2 6 (37.50%) C++
3 3 (18.75%) TypeScript
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance