Senior Development Engineer Jobs in the South East

Senior Development Engineer
England > South East

The median Senior Development Engineer salary in the South East is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 322 - 320
Rank change year-on-year - - +175
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Senior Development Engineer 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.028% - 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% - 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.22% +12.50% +2.13%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 9,752 13,681 9,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.81% 95.39% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5,341 8,717 6,564
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Senior Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Senior Development Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Development Engineer in the South East

Senior Development Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Senior Development Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Development Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Senior Development Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Development Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 23 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Sussex - 2 £50,000 -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Senior Development Engineer
England

Senior Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Senior Development 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 South East region featuring Senior Development Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
2 2 (66.67%) C
2 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 2 (66.67%) Firmware
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Local Government
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
3 1 (33.33%) NHS
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility

Senior Development Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Due Diligence
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (66.67%) Firmware