Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Rochester

Senior Software Engineer
Kent > Rochester

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Rochester is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Rochester 3.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £52,150 - -
25th Percentile £58,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £62,250 - -
Kent median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -35.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Rochester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Rochester. 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 Rochester with a recognized job title 174 19 46
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 90.48% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 81 18 13
10th Percentile £25,250 £22,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £31,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £37,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -26.00% +23.46%
75th Percentile £57,500 £38,875 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £65,000
Kent median annual salary £47,000 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +10.59% -8.60% +3.33%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Rochester

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Rochester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Rochester

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Rochester

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Rochester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Rochester over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Rochester

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Rochester region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 4 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (50.00%) Software Architecture
4 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (50.00%) Power Management
4 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (50.00%) UML
4 3 (50.00%) Subversion
4 3 (50.00%) Physics
4 3 (50.00%) Git
4 3 (50.00%) Electronics
4 3 (50.00%) Military
4 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
4 3 (50.00%) Simulink
4 3 (50.00%) C
5 2 (33.33%) C++
5 2 (33.33%) Java
5 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
5 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
5 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) Rust
5 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
5 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps

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

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Simulink
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Git
1 3 (50.00%) Subversion
2 1 (16.67%) LabVIEW
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
1 3 (50.00%) Military
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (16.67%) Avionics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Verification and Validation
3 3 (50.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (50.00%) Physics
3 3 (50.00%) Power Management
3 3 (50.00%) Software Architecture
3 3 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (50.00%) UML
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
4 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (50.00%) C
2 3 (50.00%) MATLAB
3 2 (33.33%) C++
3 2 (33.33%) Java
3 2 (33.33%) Rust
4 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) NIST 800