Senior Developer Jobs in London

Senior Developer
England > London

The median Senior Developer salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 73 68
Rank change year-on-year -22 -5 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 723 1,127 4,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.49% 4.16% 5.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.68% 4.37% 5.90%
Number of salaries quoted 587 1,011 1,845
10th Percentile £56,250 £58,750 £57,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -10.34% - +11.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 19,628 25,813 71,873
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 95.17% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 13,829 20,517 35,752
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £117,500 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in London

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in London

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in London

Senior Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Central London -19 136 £85,000 -5.56% 18
South London -12 23 £65,000 +18.18% 1
West London -16 7 £85,000 +6.25% 3
East London +19 4 £78,750 -17.11% 3
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 287 (39.70%) JavaScript
2 264 (36.51%) C#
3 262 (36.24%) .NET
4 220 (30.43%) SQL
5 207 (28.63%) Azure
6 202 (27.94%) Agile
7 183 (25.31%) AWS
8 182 (25.17%) Finance
9 176 (24.34%) Full Stack Development
10 173 (23.93%) React
11 157 (21.72%) TypeScript
12 153 (21.16%) HTML
13 152 (21.02%) Java
14 148 (20.47%) CSS
15 136 (18.81%) Python
16 132 (18.26%) Degree
17 129 (17.84%) AngularJS
18 118 (16.32%) SQL Server
19 117 (16.18%) Social Skills
20 107 (14.80%) Computer Science
21 106 (14.66%) Software Engineering
22 98 (13.55%) DevOps
23 86 (11.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
24 82 (11.34%) Microservices
24 82 (11.34%) Git
25 80 (11.07%) Mentoring
26 79 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
27 72 (9.96%) ASP.NET
28 71 (9.82%) Microsoft
29 67 (9.27%) Front Office

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 23 (3.18%) CMS
2 17 (2.35%) Apache
3 12 (1.66%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.24%) Mendix
5 8 (1.11%) Confluence
5 8 (1.11%) WordPress
6 6 (0.83%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.83%) nginx
7 5 (0.69%) K2 blackpearl
8 4 (0.55%) Drupal
9 3 (0.41%) IIS
10 2 (0.28%) JBoss
10 2 (0.28%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Fuse
11 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
11 1 (0.14%) Documentum
11 1 (0.14%) GemFire
11 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.14%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.14%) Tornado
Applications
1 17 (2.35%) Photoshop
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (2.35%) SDL Web 8
2 12 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.55%) Shopify
3 4 (0.55%) Visualfiles
4 3 (0.41%) Endur
5 2 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.14%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 207 (28.63%) Azure
2 183 (25.31%) AWS
3 61 (8.44%) Power Platform
4 53 (7.33%) GCP
5 40 (5.53%) Serverless
6 38 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
7 35 (4.84%) SaaS
8 30 (4.15%) PowerApps
9 26 (3.60%) Power Automate
10 25 (3.46%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.63%) Azure Functions
11 19 (2.63%) Azure Logic Apps
12 17 (2.35%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 17 (2.35%) GitHub
12 17 (2.35%) NuGet
13 16 (2.21%) PaaS
14 13 (1.80%) Cloud Computing
15 11 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
16 10 (1.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.69%) AMQP
2 2 (0.28%) HTTP
3 1 (0.14%) Internet
3 1 (0.14%) MQTT
3 1 (0.14%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (16.32%) SQL Server
2 46 (6.36%) Relational Database
3 36 (4.98%) MySQL
4 32 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (4.43%) Power BI
5 25 (3.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 22 (3.04%) MongoDB
7 15 (2.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 14 (1.94%) NoSQL
9 12 (1.66%) Oracle Database
10 10 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.11%) Power Query
12 7 (0.97%) Redis
13 6 (0.83%) Tick Data
14 5 (0.69%) Big Data
14 5 (0.69%) Data Lake
14 5 (0.69%) Flink
14 5 (0.69%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.55%) Apache Arrow
Development Applications
1 82 (11.34%) Git
2 41 (5.67%) JIRA
3 23 (3.18%) Moq
4 21 (2.90%) Visual Studio
5 20 (2.77%) Octopus Deploy
5 20 (2.77%) TeamCity
6 19 (2.63%) NUnit
7 17 (2.35%) git-flow
7 17 (2.35%) Sourcetree
7 17 (2.35%) SpecFlow
8 12 (1.66%) Jenkins
8 12 (1.66%) Oracle APEX
9 11 (1.52%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.24%) IntelliJ
11 8 (1.11%) CircleCI
11 8 (1.11%) MSTest
12 6 (0.83%) fastlane
13 5 (0.69%) Eclipse
13 5 (0.69%) Mocha
13 5 (0.69%) Storybook
General
1 182 (25.17%) Finance
2 117 (16.18%) Social Skills
3 67 (9.27%) Front Office
4 51 (7.05%) Marketing
5 39 (5.39%) Banking
6 33 (4.56%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (4.56%) Back Office
7 24 (3.32%) Investment Banking
8 22 (3.04%) Legal
9 18 (2.49%) Games
9 18 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (2.49%) Retail
9 18 (2.49%) Tech for Good
10 11 (1.52%) Law
10 11 (1.52%) Public Sector
11 10 (1.38%) Advertising
12 3 (0.41%) Financial Institution
12 3 (0.41%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.28%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.28%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (36.24%) .NET
2 173 (23.93%) React
3 153 (21.16%) HTML
4 148 (20.47%) CSS
5 129 (17.84%) AngularJS
6 72 (9.96%) ASP.NET
7 59 (8.16%) RESTful
8 58 (8.02%) Spring Boot
9 53 (7.33%) .NET Core
9 53 (7.33%) jQuery
10 50 (6.92%) Vue
11 49 (6.78%) REST
12 48 (6.64%) .NET Framework
12 48 (6.64%) Spring
13 43 (5.95%) Kafka
14 42 (5.81%) Node.js
14 42 (5.81%) Redux
15 40 (5.53%) Web Services
16 38 (5.26%) HTML5
16 38 (5.26%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 86 (11.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 59 (8.16%) Greenfield Project
3 53 (7.33%) Equities
4 52 (7.19%) Derivative
5 47 (6.50%) Hedge funds
6 45 (6.22%) Fixed Income
7 32 (4.43%) Product Ownership
8 31 (4.29%) IoT
9 25 (3.46%) Mobile App
10 24 (3.32%) Cloud Native
11 18 (2.49%) Legacy Code
12 17 (2.35%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.66%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
14 11 (1.52%) Low-Code
15 6 (0.83%) Data Structures
16 5 (0.69%) Educational Technology
16 5 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
16 5 (0.69%) NHS
16 5 (0.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.70%) Windows
2 18 (2.49%) Linux
3 15 (2.07%) Android
4 14 (1.94%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.83%) Unix
6 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (27.94%) Agile
2 176 (24.34%) Full Stack Development
3 107 (14.80%) Computer Science
4 106 (14.66%) Software Engineering
5 98 (13.55%) DevOps
6 82 (11.34%) Microservices
7 80 (11.07%) Mentoring
8 79 (10.93%) Problem-Solving
9 65 (8.99%) Scrum
10 64 (8.85%) CI/CD
11 62 (8.58%) Fintech
12 57 (7.88%) Asset Management
13 50 (6.92%) MVC
13 50 (6.92%) Unit Testing
14 49 (6.78%) Analytics
15 48 (6.64%) Multithreading
16 43 (5.95%) E-Commerce
17 41 (5.67%) OO
18 40 (5.53%) Front End Development
19 39 (5.39%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 287 (39.70%) JavaScript
2 264 (36.51%) C#
3 220 (30.43%) SQL
4 157 (21.72%) TypeScript
5 152 (21.02%) Java
6 136 (18.81%) Python
7 41 (5.67%) PHP
8 31 (4.29%) T-SQL
9 23 (3.18%) PL/SQL
10 19 (2.63%) Kotlin
11 17 (2.35%) Ruby
11 17 (2.35%) XPath
12 13 (1.80%) PowerShell
13 10 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (1.24%) Apex Code
15 8 (1.11%) Scala
16 7 (0.97%) C++
17 4 (0.55%) Go
18 3 (0.41%) Swift
18 3 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 132 (18.26%) Degree
2 41 (5.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 22 (3.04%) Master's Degree
4 20 (2.77%) Security Cleared
5 19 (2.63%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.28%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.28%) PhD
7 2 (0.28%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.01%) QA
2 6 (0.83%) MiFID
3 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.55%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.55%) EMIR
5 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.28%) GDPR
5 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.28%) IEC 62304
5 2 (0.28%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 63 (8.71%) Docker
2 4 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.28%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) Ceph
4 1 (0.14%) GridGain
4 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 60 (8.30%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.11%) Grafana
3 5 (0.69%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.55%) Ansible
4 4 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.55%) Terraform
5 3 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.14%) cPanel
6 1 (0.14%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.14%) Knative
Vendors
1 71 (9.82%) Microsoft
2 33 (4.56%) Oracle
3 18 (2.49%) Adobe
4 17 (2.35%) Cognizant
5 15 (2.07%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.66%) OpenAI
7 11 (1.52%) Google
8 8 (1.11%) Atlassian
9 7 (0.97%) Progress
10 6 (0.83%) Databricks
11 5 (0.69%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.69%) Automation Anywhere
11 5 (0.69%) Blue Prism
11 5 (0.69%) MuleSoft
11 5 (0.69%) Murex
11 5 (0.69%) Sybase
12 4 (0.55%) Intapp
12 4 (0.55%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.55%) Vertica
13 3 (0.41%) Cadence