Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Northamptonshire

Senior Software Engineer
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Northamptonshire is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 51 58
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 15 12 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 2.15% 2.24% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.23% 2.57% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 13 2 0
10th Percentile - £51,000 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 -
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,000 -
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% - +10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 672 467 469
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.14% 87.29% 92.32%
Number of salaries quoted 529 257 355
10th Percentile £24,750 £25,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £80,000
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +7.95%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Northamptonshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Northamptonshire

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Northamptonshire

Senior Software Engineer
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Kettering - 8 £52,500 -
Northampton -3 4 £67,500 +35.00%
Brackley +10 1 - - 2
Daventry - 1 - -
Towcester - 1 £52,500 -
Senior Software Engineer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 14 (93.33%) Linux
3 11 (73.33%) C++
4 10 (66.67%) C
5 9 (60.00%) Unix
5 9 (60.00%) Java
5 9 (60.00%) Shell Script
5 9 (60.00%) JIRA
5 9 (60.00%) Unit Testing
6 5 (33.33%) Logistics
7 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
7 4 (26.67%) Change Control
7 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
7 4 (26.67%) SOLID
7 4 (26.67%) Python
7 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
8 3 (20.00%) Agile
8 3 (20.00%) XML
8 3 (20.00%) Migration
8 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
8 3 (20.00%) Windows
8 3 (20.00%) C#
8 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
8 3 (20.00%) JSON
8 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
8 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
8 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (20.00%) GCP

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
1 3 (20.00%) GCP
1 3 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) 5G
1 1 (6.67%) Ethernet
1 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 9 (60.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (13.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.67%) Electronics
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Marketing
2 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Retail
2 1 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) JSON
1 3 (20.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) GNSS
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) Linux
2 9 (60.00%) Unix
3 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 5 (33.33%) Logistics
4 4 (26.67%) Change Control
4 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (26.67%) Software Testing
4 4 (26.67%) SOLID
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) Code Quality
5 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (20.00%) Migration
6 2 (13.33%) Project Management
7 1 (6.67%) B2B
7 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
7 1 (6.67%) Configuration Management
7 1 (6.67%) Multithreading
7 1 (6.67%) OO
7 1 (6.67%) Requirements Analysis
7 1 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
7 1 (6.67%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) C++
2 10 (66.67%) C
3 9 (60.00%) Java
3 9 (60.00%) Shell Script
4 4 (26.67%) Python
5 3 (20.00%) C#
5 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
5 3 (20.00%) TypeScript
6 1 (6.67%) Bash
6 1 (6.67%) Embedded C
6 1 (6.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PMO