Senior Systems Developer Job Trends in Southampton

Senior System Developer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Senior System Developer salary in Southampton is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Developer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.57% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 851 403 871
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.49% 98.05% 98.53%
Number of salaries quoted 669 287 683
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £39,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £99,000 £75,000 £70,000
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -1.90%

Senior Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Systems Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Senior Systems Developer job vacancy trend in Southampton

Senior Systems Developer
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Developer job vacancies in Southampton.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Systems Developer job vacancies in Southampton

Senior Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 27 August 2026, Senior Systems Developer 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 Southampton region featuring Senior Systems Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Docker
2 2 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server

Senior Systems Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (100.00%) Billing
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (40.00%) DevOps
1 2 (40.00%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C#
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker