Senior Developer Job Trends in Peterborough

Senior Developer
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Senior Developer salary in Peterborough is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 0.30% - 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - 1.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77,500 - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile £82,500 - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -25.93% +8.00% -21.88%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 324 86 217
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.89% 96.63% 86.45%
Number of salaries quoted 211 59 170
10th Percentile £28,000 £39,152 £24,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -16.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,499 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,906 £65,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Peterborough.

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Peterborough

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Peterborough.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in Peterborough

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 23 May 2026, Senior Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Peterborough region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes