Senior Software Engineer Job Trends in Plymouth

Senior Software Engineer
Devon > Plymouth

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Plymouth is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 December 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 0.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% -26.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Plymouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Plymouth. 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 Plymouth with a recognized job title 157 61 111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.74% 98.39% 98.23%
Number of salaries quoted 94 25 107
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £28,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £42,512 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.14% -13.24% -1.01%
75th Percentile £70,938 £52,500 £54,175
90th Percentile £80,875 £65,272 £57,500
Devon median annual salary £40,000 £43,820 £46,098
% change year-on-year -8.72% -4.94% +15.25%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Senior Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Plymouth

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Plymouth.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Engineer job vacancies in Plymouth

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth

For the 6 months to 27 December 2025, Senior Software Engineer 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 Plymouth region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Dapper ORM
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Dapper ORM
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes