Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Southampton

Senior Software Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Southampton is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 50 69
Rank change year-on-year +17 +19 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 10 28 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 2.96% 3.26% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.00% 3.36% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 10 24 8
10th Percentile £55,000 - £60,000
25th Percentile £57,813 £57,500 £65,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £80,000 - £81,625
Hampshire median annual salary £56,250 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% -3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 333 833 731
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.52% 97.09% 93.24%
Number of salaries quoted 267 706 583
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,438 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +7.00% -3.85% -0.95%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in Southampton

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in Southampton

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in Southampton over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in Southampton

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Southampton region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 6 (60.00%) Mathematics
2 6 (60.00%) C++
3 4 (40.00%) Physics
3 4 (40.00%) Statistical Modelling
3 4 (40.00%) Algorithms
3 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (30.00%) C#
5 2 (20.00%) Ada
5 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Acoustics
5 2 (20.00%) SDLC
5 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
6 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 1 (10.00%) Azure
6 1 (10.00%) AWS
6 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
6 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (10.00%) Blazor
6 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
6 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
6 1 (10.00%) TDD
6 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (10.00%) .NET
6 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Law
1 1 (10.00%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (10.00%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (20.00%) Acoustics
3 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Mathematics
3 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Physics
3 4 (40.00%) Statistical Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (20.00%) SDLC
4 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) TDD
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C++
2 3 (30.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) Ada
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance