Senior Developer Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Developer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Senior Developer salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £69,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 72 57
Rank change year-on-year +38 -15 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 12 13 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.80% 1.27% 3.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.97% 1.30% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 9
10th Percentile £54,525 £42,125 £56,500
25th Percentile £55,313 £42,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,500 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.36% -21.43% +12.00%
75th Percentile £113,750 £59,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £60,600 £77,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £69,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +26.36% -21.43% +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 302 999 653
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.57% 97.27% 84.70%
Number of salaries quoted 223 839 402
10th Percentile £27,800 £30,000 £31,886
25th Percentile £40,250 £37,500 £40,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -8.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £77,500 £75,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +16.67%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Newcastle upon Tyne

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) C#
1 6 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 4 (33.33%) Azure
3 4 (33.33%) AWS
3 4 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (33.33%) React
4 3 (25.00%) SDLC
4 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (25.00%) Data Structures
4 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
4 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
4 3 (25.00%) Fintech
4 3 (25.00%) .NET Core
4 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (25.00%) Hedge funds
4 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (25.00%) CSS
4 3 (25.00%) OOP
4 3 (25.00%) Python
4 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
5 2 (16.67%) HTML

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (8.33%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Bitrise
4 1 (8.33%) Firebase
4 1 (8.33%) GitHub
4 1 (8.33%) Power Automate
4 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
4 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Jasmine
1 1 (8.33%) Karma Test Runner
1 1 (8.33%) Protractor
General
1 2 (16.67%) Law
1 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (8.33%) Electronics
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) .NET
2 4 (33.33%) React
3 3 (25.00%) .NET Core
3 3 (25.00%) CSS
4 2 (16.67%) HTML
4 2 (16.67%) Jest
4 2 (16.67%) Vue
5 1 (8.33%) Android SDK
5 1 (8.33%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (8.33%) iOS SDK
5 1 (8.33%) Node.js
5 1 (8.33%) REST
5 1 (8.33%) RESTful
5 1 (8.33%) Spring
5 1 (8.33%) Spring Boot
5 1 (8.33%) Svelte
5 1 (8.33%) SwiftUI
5 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 3 (25.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 3 (25.00%) Distributed Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (8.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Android
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Agile
2 4 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 4 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 3 (25.00%) Fintech
3 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (25.00%) OOP
3 3 (25.00%) SDLC
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (16.67%) Microservices
4 2 (16.67%) Pair Programming
5 1 (8.33%) Clean Code
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Mobile First
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) Kotlin
4 1 (8.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft