Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Sheffield

Senior Software Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Sheffield is £61,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 104 62
Rank change year-on-year +44 -42 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 24 2 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 2.26% 0.22% 3.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 0.24% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 3
10th Percentile £44,500 - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,188 - £65,625
90th Percentile £78,750 - £69,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £61,250 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.08% +14.29% +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 1,016 820 816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.49% 88.46% 98.31%
Number of salaries quoted 821 399 500
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £33,750 £38,164
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,980 £72,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Sheffield

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Sheffield

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Sheffield region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (37.50%) C#
2 9 (37.50%) .NET
3 8 (33.33%) Agile
3 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (33.33%) Vue
4 5 (20.83%) Full Stack Development
4 5 (20.83%) Energy Management
4 5 (20.83%) Functional Programming
4 5 (20.83%) SQL
5 4 (16.67%) MySQL
5 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
5 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET
5 4 (16.67%) CSS
5 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.67%) Microservices
5 4 (16.67%) SDLC
5 4 (16.67%) AngularJS
5 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
5 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
5 4 (16.67%) .NET Framework
5 4 (16.67%) Cloud Native
5 4 (16.67%) .NET Core
5 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (16.67%) Vuex
5 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (8.33%) Firmware
6 2 (8.33%) C
6 2 (8.33%) C++

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) MySQL
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (8.33%) Electronics
3 1 (4.17%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (37.50%) .NET
2 8 (33.33%) Vue
3 4 (16.67%) .NET Core
3 4 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 4 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET Core
3 4 (16.67%) ASP.NET Web API
3 4 (16.67%) CSS
3 4 (16.67%) Vuex
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.17%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (33.33%) Agile
2 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Energy Management
3 5 (20.83%) Full Stack Development
3 5 (20.83%) Functional Programming
4 4 (16.67%) Microservices
4 4 (16.67%) SDLC
5 1 (4.17%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) C#
2 5 (20.83%) SQL
3 4 (16.67%) TypeScript
4 2 (8.33%) C
4 2 (8.33%) C++
System Software
1 2 (8.33%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (8.33%) Firmware