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 to 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 70 64
Rank change year-on-year -3 -6 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 886 1,491 4,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.76% 4.38% 6.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.99% 4.61% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 764 1,163 2,023
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £69,375 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £81,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +4.94% +8.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £127,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +16.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,206 32,343 66,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 95.12% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 16,615 23,852 34,726
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -19 145 £82,500 -8.33% 24
South London +22 31 £65,000 +18.18% 3
West London -1 9 £85,000 -1.45% 3
East London +11 4 £72,500 -27.50% 4
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 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.

1 359 (40.52%) JavaScript
2 286 (32.28%) SQL
3 278 (31.38%) C#
3 278 (31.38%) AWS
4 271 (30.59%) .NET
5 249 (28.10%) Agile
6 246 (27.77%) Finance
7 237 (26.75%) Azure
8 233 (26.30%) React
9 207 (23.36%) Full Stack Development
10 197 (22.23%) Java
11 190 (21.44%) AngularJS
12 182 (20.54%) TypeScript
13 176 (19.86%) Python
14 162 (18.28%) HTML
15 161 (18.17%) Social Skills
16 158 (17.83%) CSS
17 144 (16.25%) Software Engineering
18 127 (14.33%) Microservices
19 116 (13.09%) Mentoring
20 115 (12.98%) Degree
21 113 (12.75%) SQL Server
22 112 (12.64%) DevOps
23 102 (11.51%) Computer Science
24 100 (11.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
25 97 (10.95%) Vue
26 92 (10.38%) Fintech
27 90 (10.16%) Front Office
28 89 (10.05%) Git
29 88 (9.93%) Docker

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 21 (2.37%) CMS
2 16 (1.81%) Apache
2 16 (1.81%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.13%) WordPress
4 9 (1.02%) Mendix
5 8 (0.90%) Confluence
6 7 (0.79%) Drupal
6 7 (0.79%) JBoss
6 7 (0.79%) nginx
6 7 (0.79%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.79%) Red Hat Fuse
7 5 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.56%) K2 blackpearl
8 4 (0.45%) Ethereum
9 2 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (1.47%) Photoshop
2 9 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (1.47%) SDL Web 8
2 9 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.23%) Endur
4 2 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 278 (31.38%) AWS
2 237 (26.75%) Azure
3 82 (9.26%) GCP
4 49 (5.53%) Power Platform
5 41 (4.63%) Serverless
6 32 (3.61%) SaaS
7 30 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
7 30 (3.39%) GitHub
8 26 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (2.37%) PowerApps
10 17 (1.92%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.81%) Azure Functions
12 13 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 13 (1.47%) NuGet
13 12 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (1.24%) Azure Logic Apps
14 11 (1.24%) Cloud Computing
15 10 (1.13%) Azure Service Bus
16 9 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
16 9 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.68%) AMQP
2 2 (0.23%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.23%) HTTP
2 2 (0.23%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.11%) Internet
3 1 (0.11%) MQTT
3 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.11%) VoIP
3 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (12.75%) SQL Server
2 58 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
3 47 (5.30%) MySQL
4 41 (4.63%) Relational Database
5 32 (3.61%) Oracle Database
6 29 (3.27%) Power BI
7 23 (2.60%) MongoDB
8 22 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 18 (2.03%) Redis
10 16 (1.81%) NoSQL
11 11 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
12 8 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
13 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
14 4 (0.45%) Apache Arrow
14 4 (0.45%) Apache Ignite
14 4 (0.45%) Dremio
14 4 (0.45%) Flink
14 4 (0.45%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 89 (10.05%) Git
2 45 (5.08%) JIRA
3 23 (2.60%) Oracle APEX
4 19 (2.14%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.03%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.92%) NUnit
7 16 (1.81%) Moq
8 15 (1.69%) Octopus Deploy
8 15 (1.69%) Sourcetree
8 15 (1.69%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.58%) Cypress.io
10 13 (1.47%) git-flow
10 13 (1.47%) SpecFlow
11 12 (1.35%) CircleCI
12 9 (1.02%) JUnit
13 7 (0.79%) CMake
13 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 7 (0.79%) Storybook
14 6 (0.68%) fastlane
14 6 (0.68%) Mocha
General
1 246 (27.77%) Finance
2 161 (18.17%) Social Skills
3 90 (10.16%) Front Office
4 56 (6.32%) Banking
5 49 (5.53%) Back Office
6 45 (5.08%) Marketing
7 33 (3.72%) Investment Banking
8 31 (3.50%) Analytical Skills
9 23 (2.60%) Games
10 20 (2.26%) Legal
11 18 (2.03%) Retail
12 17 (1.92%) Tech for Good
13 16 (1.81%) Public Sector
14 15 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.24%) Law
16 9 (1.02%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.79%) Advertising
17 7 (0.79%) Retail Banking
18 5 (0.56%) Health Technology
19 3 (0.34%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 271 (30.59%) .NET
2 233 (26.30%) React
3 190 (21.44%) AngularJS
4 162 (18.28%) HTML
5 158 (17.83%) CSS
6 97 (10.95%) Vue
7 87 (9.82%) ASP.NET
8 78 (8.80%) Node.js
9 75 (8.47%) Spring
10 68 (7.67%) REST
11 62 (7.00%) RESTful
12 58 (6.55%) Redux
13 57 (6.43%) .NET Core
14 54 (6.09%) jQuery
15 52 (5.87%) Kafka
16 50 (5.64%) Spring Boot
17 46 (5.19%) Web Services
18 45 (5.08%) JSON
19 44 (4.97%) .NET Framework
20 39 (4.40%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 100 (11.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 73 (8.24%) Equities
3 68 (7.67%) Derivative
4 64 (7.22%) Greenfield Project
5 62 (7.00%) Fixed Income
6 60 (6.77%) Hedge funds
7 39 (4.40%) IoT
8 28 (3.16%) Product Ownership
9 26 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (2.60%) Mobile App
11 22 (2.48%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.81%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.58%) Legacy Code
14 13 (1.47%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.13%) Client/Server
15 10 (1.13%) Low-Code
16 7 (0.79%) NHS
17 6 (0.68%) Management Information System
17 6 (0.68%) Onboarding
17 6 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.06%) Windows
2 26 (2.93%) Apple iOS
2 26 (2.93%) Linux
3 22 (2.48%) Android
4 8 (0.90%) Unix
5 7 (0.79%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (28.10%) Agile
2 207 (23.36%) Full Stack Development
3 144 (16.25%) Software Engineering
4 127 (14.33%) Microservices
5 116 (13.09%) Mentoring
6 112 (12.64%) DevOps
7 102 (11.51%) Computer Science
8 92 (10.38%) Fintech
9 88 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
10 87 (9.82%) Asset Management
11 78 (8.80%) CI/CD
12 75 (8.47%) Investment Management
13 66 (7.45%) Front End Development
14 58 (6.55%) Multithreading
15 55 (6.21%) TDD
16 51 (5.76%) Clean Code
17 49 (5.53%) MVC
18 48 (5.42%) Low Latency
18 48 (5.42%) Scrum
19 45 (5.08%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 359 (40.52%) JavaScript
2 286 (32.28%) SQL
3 278 (31.38%) C#
4 197 (22.23%) Java
5 182 (20.54%) TypeScript
6 176 (19.86%) Python
7 45 (5.08%) PHP
8 42 (4.74%) PL/SQL
9 37 (4.18%) T-SQL
10 33 (3.72%) Ruby
11 26 (2.93%) Kotlin
12 19 (2.14%) C++
13 15 (1.69%) Apex Code
14 14 (1.58%) XPath
15 10 (1.13%) Go
16 8 (0.90%) PowerShell
16 8 (0.90%) Scala
17 7 (0.79%) Swift
18 6 (0.68%) Dart
18 6 (0.68%) Perl
Qualifications
1 115 (12.98%) Degree
2 30 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 17 (1.92%) Master's Degree
4 16 (1.81%) Security Cleared
5 15 (1.69%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.34%) Postgraduate
7 2 (0.23%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.05%) QA
2 6 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.34%) PMO
4 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.23%) EMIR
4 2 (0.23%) GDPR
4 2 (0.23%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.23%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.23%) ISO 13485
4 2 (0.23%) MiFID
5 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 88 (9.93%) Docker
2 6 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.23%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) GridGain
5 1 (0.11%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 76 (8.58%) Kubernetes
2 13 (1.47%) Ansible
3 8 (0.90%) Grafana
4 6 (0.68%) Data Guard
4 6 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.45%) Terraform
6 2 (0.23%) Kibana
7 1 (0.11%) cPanel
7 1 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
Vendors
1 82 (9.26%) Microsoft
2 49 (5.53%) Oracle
3 24 (2.71%) Google
4 19 (2.14%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.58%) Adobe
6 13 (1.47%) Cognizant
7 9 (1.02%) Atlassian
7 9 (1.02%) OpenAI
8 7 (0.79%) WSO2
9 6 (0.68%) F5
9 6 (0.68%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.56%) Automation Anywhere
10 5 (0.56%) Blue Prism
10 5 (0.56%) Sybase
11 4 (0.45%) Murex
11 4 (0.45%) Vertica
12 3 (0.34%) Apple
12 3 (0.34%) Databricks
12 3 (0.34%) MuleSoft
12 3 (0.34%) WooCommerce