Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Leicestershire

Senior Software Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

As of 5 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Senior Software Engineer salary in Leicestershire.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 77 87
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 10 28 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 1.42% 2.59% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.50% 2.75% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £47,788 -
25th Percentile - £51,153 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £68,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +44.74% -20.83%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £48,750
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 666 1,019 740
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 94.18% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 166 573 266
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £25,168
25th Percentile £32,125 £31,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,400 £67,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +5.26%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Leicestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Leicestershire

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Leicestershire

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer within the Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Hinckley - 5 - - 1
Lutterworth - 5 - -
Senior Software Engineer
East Midlands

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 5 May 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 Leicestershire region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Agile
1 10 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (80.00%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) MATLAB
2 8 (80.00%) Simulink
2 8 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Aerospace
2 8 (80.00%) Automotive
2 8 (80.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) .NET
3 2 (20.00%) MySQL
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) JIRA
3 2 (20.00%) Atlassian
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (20.00%) Git
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
3 2 (20.00%) Bitbucket
3 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
3 2 (20.00%) Ansible
3 2 (20.00%) Coaching
3 2 (20.00%) Confluence
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (20.00%) CI/CD

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Simulink
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MySQL
1 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Bitbucket
1 2 (20.00%) Git
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Aerospace
1 8 (80.00%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (80.00%) Software Testing
2 8 (80.00%) Systems Engineering
2 8 (80.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (20.00%) Coaching
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) MATLAB
2 2 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Atlassian