Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Milton Keynes

Senior Software Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Milton Keynes is £65,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.

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

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 85 81
Rank change year-on-year +46 -4 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 3 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 1.17% 0.55% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 0.58% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £55,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £62,750 £55,938 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £66,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% +6.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile £68,250 £75,625 £69,188
90th Percentile - £81,250 £72,375
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £65,500 £58,750 £69,000
% change year-on-year +11.49% -14.86% +25.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 245 1,036 781
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 95.13% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 136 678 532
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £42,188 £40,000 £34,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,500 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year +18.81% -0.49% +1.50%
75th Percentile £69,063 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,625 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -5.00% -

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Milton Keynes

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Design Patterns
2 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (66.67%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Evolutionary Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) IoT
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
2 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Ruby
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Refactoring
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) QA
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) NoSQL
2 1 (33.33%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Algorithms
1 2 (66.67%) Data Structures
1 2 (66.67%) IoT
1 2 (66.67%) Product Ownership
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
2 1 (33.33%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Android Development
2 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Deployment
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) iOS Development
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Refactoring
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Go
1 2 (66.67%) Ruby
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft