Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Leicestershire

Senior Software Engineer
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Leicestershire is £68,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 83 99
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 28 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicestershire 2.60% 1.06% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.75% 1.13% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile £47,788 - £49,750
25th Percentile £51,153 £46,250 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.74% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £48,750 £65,000
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 1,017 708 1,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 93.90% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 572 261 642
10th Percentile £26,750 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £33,750 £29,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -6.59%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,219
90th Percentile £72,000 £67,500 £65,000
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +7.95%

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
Salary Histogram in Leicestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram 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 27 April 2024. 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
Leicester +34 24 £75,000 +57.89% 1
Loughborough - 4 £49,990 - 1
Senior Software Engineer
East Midlands

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 28 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 21 (75.00%) Python
2 21 (75.00%) AWS
3 20 (71.43%) Actionable Insight
3 20 (71.43%) Agile
3 20 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 20 (71.43%) Security Cleared
4 18 (64.29%) Web Development
4 18 (64.29%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (64.29%) GIS
4 18 (64.29%) ESRI
4 18 (64.29%) ArcGIS
4 18 (64.29%) JavaScript
4 18 (64.29%) QGIS
4 18 (64.29%) GeoServer
4 18 (64.29%) OpenLayers
4 18 (64.29%) DevOps
4 18 (64.29%) React
4 18 (64.29%) Azure
4 18 (64.29%) PostGIS
4 18 (64.29%) Leaflet
5 14 (50.00%) .NET Core
5 14 (50.00%) .NET
5 14 (50.00%) CSS
6 6 (21.43%) C#
7 4 (14.29%) Linux
7 4 (14.29%) Ubuntu
7 4 (14.29%) Django
8 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
8 3 (10.71%) C++

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 18 (64.29%) ArcGIS
1 18 (64.29%) GeoServer
2 2 (7.14%) JBoss
2 2 (7.14%) Red Hat Fuse
Cloud Services
1 21 (75.00%) AWS
2 18 (64.29%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (64.29%) GIS
1 18 (64.29%) PostgreSQL
1 18 (64.29%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) CMake
1 2 (7.14%) IntelliJ
General
1 2 (7.14%) Automotive
1 2 (7.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.57%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (64.29%) Leaflet
1 18 (64.29%) OpenLayers
1 18 (64.29%) PostGIS
1 18 (64.29%) React
2 14 (50.00%) .NET
2 14 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 14 (50.00%) CSS
3 4 (14.29%) Django
4 2 (7.14%) AngularJS
4 2 (7.14%) Java EE
4 2 (7.14%) JPA
4 2 (7.14%) JSON
4 2 (7.14%) OpenCL
4 2 (7.14%) OpenMP
4 2 (7.14%) REST
4 2 (7.14%) RESTful
4 2 (7.14%) SOAP
4 2 (7.14%) Web Services
4 2 (7.14%) XML
4 2 (7.14%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
1 2 (7.14%) CUDA
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Linux
1 4 (14.29%) Ubuntu
2 2 (7.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 20 (71.43%) Actionable Insight
2 20 (71.43%) Agile
3 18 (64.29%) DevOps
3 18 (64.29%) Web Development
4 3 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.14%) Build Automation
5 2 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (7.14%) Data Design
5 2 (7.14%) Front End Development
5 2 (7.14%) Issue Tracking
5 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
5 2 (7.14%) Open Source
5 2 (7.14%) Parallel Programming
5 2 (7.14%) User Experience
5 2 (7.14%) UX Design
5 2 (7.14%) Visualisation
6 1 (3.57%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (75.00%) Python
2 18 (64.29%) JavaScript
3 6 (21.43%) C#
4 3 (10.71%) C++
4 3 (10.71%) TypeScript
5 2 (7.14%) Fortran
5 2 (7.14%) Java
6 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 20 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (7.14%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (7.14%) Docker
1 2 (7.14%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (7.14%) Firmware
Vendors
1 18 (64.29%) ESRI