Senior Software Engineer Jobs in London

The median annual salary for a Senior Software Engineer was £68,750 in advertised job vacancies in London during the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

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

Senior Software Engineer England / London
Location	3 months to 26 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	475	468	523
Rank change year-on-year	-7	+55
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer	138	173	147
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in London	0.37%	0.44%	0.33%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.40%	0.46%	0.34%
Number of salaries quoted	120	149	100
Median salary	£68,750	£65,000	£60,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.76%	+8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than	£55,000	£50,000	£44,900
10% offered a salary of more than	£85,500	£85,500	£70,250
UK excluding London median salary	£50,000	£47,500	£47,500
% change year-on-year	+5.26%	-

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles London
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	34928	37857	42985
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London	94.82%	95.93%	95.88%
Number of salaries quoted	28337	32945	36330
Median salary	£57,500	£55,000	£55,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+4.54%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£32,500	£32,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£82,500	£80,000	£80,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in London that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in London

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in London.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in London

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in London over the 3 months to 26 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in London

Senior Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 26 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	+30	29	£70,000	+9.80%	5
Croydon	+8	2	£55,000	+0.91%
Uxbridge	+3	2	£70,000	+47.36%
New Malden	-	2	£39,000	-	1
Coulsdon	-	1	£45,000	-
Greenford	-	1	£44,000	-
Senior Software Engineer England

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 26 June 2017, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the London region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1	247 (96.86%)	Software Engineering
2	115 (45.10%)	Agile Software Development
3	103 (40.39%)	Java
4	102 (40.00%)	JavaScript
5	84 (32.94%)	Finance
6	74 (29.02%)	C#
7	68 (26.67%)	C++
8	66 (25.88%)	.NET
9	62 (24.31%)	TDD
10	60 (23.53%)	HTML
11	57 (22.35%)	Microservices
12	56 (21.96%)	SQL
13	53 (20.78%)	Continuous Integration
13	53 (20.78%)	Scala
14	49 (19.22%)	Python

15	48 (18.82%)	Node.js
16	46 (18.04%)	Open Source
16	46 (18.04%)	Amazon AWS
17	41 (16.08%)	React
17	41 (16.08%)	CSS
18	40 (15.69%)	OO
19	39 (15.29%)	Greenfield Project
20	38 (14.90%)	Fintech
21	37 (14.51%)	Linux
21	37 (14.51%)	HTML5
22	36 (14.12%)	Go
22	36 (14.12%)	Degree
22	36 (14.12%)	MVC
23	35 (13.73%)	PostgreSQL
23	35 (13.73%)	NoSQL

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	22 (8.63%)	Elasticsearch
2	15 (5.88%)	Apache Spark
3	13 (5.10%)	JBoss
3	13 (5.10%)	Tomcat
4	12 (4.71%)	Apache
4	12 (4.71%)	Jetty
4	12 (4.71%)	nginx
4	12 (4.71%)	WebLogic
4	12 (4.71%)	WebSphere
5	7 (2.75%)	Oracle Workflow
6	6 (2.35%)	CMS
7	5 (1.96%)	Confluence
8	3 (1.18%)	Apache Solr
8	3 (1.18%)	Ethereum
9	2 (0.78%)	Adobe Experience Manager
10	1 (0.39%)	Drupal
10	1 (0.39%)	IIS
10	1 (0.39%)	MS Project Server
10	1 (0.39%)	NServiceBus
10	1 (0.39%)	SharePoint

Applications
1	4 (1.57%)	Photoshop
2	1 (0.39%)	Microsoft Excel
2	1 (0.39%)	Microsoft Project

Cloud Services
1	46 (18.04%)	Amazon AWS
2	14 (5.49%)	iTunes
3	10 (3.92%)	Microsoft Azure
4	8 (3.14%)	Google Play
5	6 (2.35%)	SaaS
6	5 (1.96%)	Amazon EC2
6	5 (1.96%)	Amazon Kinesis
6	5 (1.96%)	AWS Lambda
7	4 (1.57%)	Amazon SQS
7	4 (1.57%)	AWS CloudFormation
8	3 (1.18%)	Amazon S3
8	3 (1.18%)	GitHub
9	2 (0.78%)	Amazon EMR
9	2 (0.78%)	Cloud Computing
9	2 (0.78%)	CloudFront
9	2 (0.78%)	Google Cloud Platform
9	2 (0.78%)	Route 53

Communications & Networking
1	12 (4.71%)	TCP/IP
2	10 (3.92%)	HTTP
3	6 (2.35%)	3G
3	6 (2.35%)	4G
3	6 (2.35%)	GSM
3	6 (2.35%)	OpenFlow
4	5 (1.96%)	Broadband
4	5 (1.96%)	HTTPS
4	5 (1.96%)	SNMP
5	1 (0.39%)	DNS
5	1 (0.39%)	Internet
5	1 (0.39%)	PPP
5	1 (0.39%)	SMS

Database & Business Intelligence
1	35 (13.73%)	NoSQL
1	35 (13.73%)	PostgreSQL
2	28 (10.98%)	SQL Server
3	24 (9.41%)	MySQL
4	23 (9.02%)	Apache Cassandra
4	23 (9.02%)	MongoDB
5	22 (8.63%)	Relational Database
6	18 (7.06%)	Blockchain
6	18 (7.06%)	Hadoop
7	15 (5.88%)	Big Data
8	14 (5.49%)	Amazon DynamoDB
9	13 (5.10%)	Oracle Database
9	13 (5.10%)	Oracle Database 11g
10	12 (4.71%)	InterSystems Cache
11	9 (3.53%)	Redis
12	6 (2.35%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
12	6 (2.35%)	SQL Server Integration Services
12	6 (2.35%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
13	4 (1.57%)	GIS
14	3 (1.18%)	RDBMS

Development Applications
1	33 (12.94%)	Visual Studio
2	30 (11.76%)	Git (software)
3	24 (9.41%)	Jenkins
4	15 (5.88%)	Android Studio
4	15 (5.88%)	JUnit
4	15 (5.88%)	Maven
4	15 (5.88%)	Xcode
5	14 (5.49%)	Hudson
6	13 (5.10%)	Babel
6	13 (5.10%)	Subversion
7	12 (4.71%)	Ant
7	12 (4.71%)	Eclipse
7	12 (4.71%)	Sonatype Nexus
7	12 (4.71%)	webpack
8	8 (3.14%)	Mercurial
9	7 (2.75%)	Talend Open Studio
9	7 (2.75%)	TeamCity
10	6 (2.35%)	JIRA
10	6 (2.35%)	Team Foundation Server
11	5 (1.96%)	XMLSpy

General
1	84 (32.94%)	Finance
2	31 (12.16%)	Banking
3	21 (8.24%)	Games
3	21 (8.24%)	Retail
4	8 (3.14%)	Legal
4	8 (3.14%)	Telecoms
5	7 (2.75%)	Investment Banking
6	6 (2.35%)	Billing
6	6 (2.35%)	Marketing
6	6 (2.35%)	Publishing
7	4 (1.57%)	Front Office
7	4 (1.57%)	Retail Banking
8	3 (1.18%)	Advertising
8	3 (1.18%)	Pharmaceutical
9	2 (0.78%)	Aerospace
9	2 (0.78%)	Financial Institution
10	1 (0.39%)	Back Office
10	1 (0.39%)	Digital Economy

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	66 (25.88%)	.NET
2	60 (23.53%)	HTML
3	48 (18.82%)	Node.js
4	41 (16.08%)	CSS
4	41 (16.08%)	React
5	37 (14.51%)	HTML5
6	32 (12.55%)	AngularJS
6	32 (12.55%)	Web Services
7	29 (11.37%)	ASP.NET
8	28 (10.98%)	REST
8	28 (10.98%)	Spring
9	25 (9.80%)	RESTful
9	25 (9.80%)	XML
10	19 (7.45%)	ASP.NET Web API
10	19 (7.45%)	Hibernate
10	19 (7.45%)	J2EE
10	19 (7.45%)	Java EE
11	15 (5.88%)	JMS
11	15 (5.88%)	JPA
11	15 (5.88%)	Kafka

Miscellaneous
1	39 (15.29%)	Greenfield Project
2	38 (14.90%)	Fintech
3	32 (12.55%)	Computer Science
4	17 (6.67%)	Algorithms
5	15 (5.88%)	User Experience
6	14 (5.49%)	Analytical Skills
6	14 (5.49%)	Data Structures
7	11 (4.31%)	PMI
8	8 (3.14%)	CUDA
9	7 (2.75%)	Hedge funds
10	6 (2.35%)	Embedded Systems
10	6 (2.35%)	Enterprise Software
11	5 (1.96%)	Blog
11	5 (1.96%)	Client/Server
12	4 (1.57%)	Social Media
12	4 (1.57%)	Spread Betting
13	3 (1.18%)	Derivative
13	3 (1.18%)	Mobile App
14	2 (0.78%)	Bitcoin
14	2 (0.78%)	Xbox

Operating Systems
1	37 (14.51%)	Linux
2	33 (12.94%)	Windows
3	24 (9.41%)	Android
3	24 (9.41%)	Apple iOS
4	17 (6.67%)	Unix
5	3 (1.18%)	Mac OS X

Processes & Methodologies
1	247 (96.86%)	Software Engineering
2	115 (45.10%)	Agile Software Development
3	62 (24.31%)	TDD
4	57 (22.35%)	Microservices
5	53 (20.78%)	Continuous Integration
6	46 (18.04%)	Open Source
7	40 (15.69%)	OO
8	36 (14.12%)	MVC
9	35 (13.73%)	Multithreading
10	27 (10.59%)	DevOps
11	26 (10.20%)	UML
12	24 (9.41%)	Low Latency
13	23 (9.02%)	BDD
14	22 (8.63%)	Analytics
14	22 (8.63%)	E-Commerce
14	22 (8.63%)	Mentoring
15	21 (8.24%)	Test Automation
16	20 (7.84%)	Pair Programming
16	20 (7.84%)	Scrum
17	19 (7.45%)	Kanban

Programming Languages
1	103 (40.39%)	Java
2	102 (40.00%)	JavaScript
3	74 (29.02%)	C#
4	68 (26.67%)	C++
5	56 (21.96%)	SQL
6	53 (20.78%)	Scala
7	49 (19.22%)	Python
8	36 (14.12%)	Go
9	34 (13.33%)	Ruby
10	25 (9.80%)	PHP
11	24 (9.41%)	C
12	20 (7.84%)	ES6
13	18 (7.06%)	Apple Swift
13	18 (7.06%)	Elixir
13	18 (7.06%)	Objective-C
14	14 (5.49%)	Groovy
15	12 (4.71%)	Shell Script
15	12 (4.71%)	T-SQL
16	10 (3.92%)	F#
17	9 (3.53%)	Clojure

Qualifications
1	36 (14.12%)	Degree
2	11 (4.31%)	Computer Science Degree
2	11 (4.31%)	PMI Certification
3	4 (1.57%)	Chartered Engineer
4	2 (0.78%)	Master's Degree
4	2 (0.78%)	PhD
4	2 (0.78%)	Sun Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	12 (4.71%)	QA
2	6 (2.35%)	PCI DSS
2	6 (2.35%)	SEPA
3	1 (0.39%)	Section 508
3	1 (0.39%)	WCAG

System Software
1	23 (9.02%)	Docker
2	6 (2.35%)	KVM
2	6 (2.35%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	1 (0.39%)	Apache ZooKeeper
3	1 (0.39%)	HDFS
3	1 (0.39%)	Varnish

Systems Management
1	11 (4.31%)	Kubernetes
2	9 (3.53%)	Opscode Chef
2	9 (3.53%)	Puppet
3	8 (3.14%)	Ansible
4	6 (2.35%)	Opsview
5	2 (0.78%)	Docker Swarm
5	2 (0.78%)	Kibana
5	2 (0.78%)	logstash
5	2 (0.78%)	Mesos
5	2 (0.78%)	rkt
6	1 (0.39%)	Nagios
6	1 (0.39%)	Salt
6	1 (0.39%)	ZABBIX

Vendors
1	22 (8.63%)	Google
2	20 (7.84%)	Splunk
3	18 (7.06%)	Oracle
4	12 (4.71%)	Altova
4	12 (4.71%)	ILOG
4	12 (4.71%)	Microsoft
5	7 (2.75%)	Fiorano
5	7 (2.75%)	Talend
5	7 (2.75%)	WSO2
5	7 (2.75%)	Zend
6	6 (2.35%)	Adobe
6	6 (2.35%)	Twitter
6	6 (2.35%)	VMware
7	5 (1.96%)	Facebook
8	4 (1.57%)	Atlassian
9	3 (1.18%)	RedGate
10	2 (0.78%)	Hortonworks
11	1 (0.39%)	Cloudera
11	1 (0.39%)	MapR
11	1 (0.39%)	Xamarin