Senior Software Engineer Jobs in Southampton

Senior Software Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in Southampton is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 51 72 85
Rank change year-on-year +21 +13 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 28 7 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 3.31% 0.89% 2.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.41% 0.95% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 24 7 27
10th Percentile - £64,500 £52,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +36.84%
75th Percentile £82,500 £76,875 £72,500
90th Percentile - £81,750 -
Hampshire median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 822 736 1,188
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.05% 93.28% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 697 589 1,000
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £32,113
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £85,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £51,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +10.53%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 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 Southampton region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 16 (57.14%) Linux
3 13 (46.43%) Embedded Linux
3 13 (46.43%) Degree
4 11 (39.29%) Agile
5 10 (35.71%) TDD
5 10 (35.71%) C#
5 10 (35.71%) .NET
6 9 (32.14%) Algorithms
7 8 (28.57%) C
8 7 (25.00%) Python
8 7 (25.00%) Finance
8 7 (25.00%) .NET Core
8 7 (25.00%) Azure
8 7 (25.00%) AWS
9 6 (21.43%) Trade Surveillance
9 6 (21.43%) Deployment Automation
9 6 (21.43%) Client Onboarding
9 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
9 6 (21.43%) Anti-Money Laundering
9 6 (21.43%) ASP.NET
9 6 (21.43%) SQL
9 6 (21.43%) T-SQL
9 6 (21.43%) C++
9 6 (21.43%) Design Patterns
9 6 (21.43%) Onboarding
9 6 (21.43%) Lean Software Development
9 6 (21.43%) Blazor
9 6 (21.43%) Full Stack Development
10 5 (17.86%) Device Driver

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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) AWS
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Git
1 5 (17.86%) JIRA
General
1 7 (25.00%) Finance
2 4 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (35.71%) .NET
2 7 (25.00%) .NET Core
3 6 (21.43%) ASP.NET
3 6 (21.43%) Blazor
4 3 (10.71%) HTML
4 3 (10.71%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (32.14%) Algorithms
2 6 (21.43%) Onboarding
3 5 (17.86%) Device Driver
3 5 (17.86%) SIMD
4 4 (14.29%) CCTV
4 4 (14.29%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Linux
2 13 (46.43%) Embedded Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 11 (39.29%) Agile
3 10 (35.71%) TDD
4 6 (21.43%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 6 (21.43%) Client Onboarding
4 6 (21.43%) Deployment Automation
4 6 (21.43%) Design Patterns
4 6 (21.43%) Full Stack Development
4 6 (21.43%) Lean Software Development
4 6 (21.43%) Test Automation
4 6 (21.43%) Trade Surveillance
5 5 (17.86%) Device Driver Development
5 5 (17.86%) Signal Processing
6 4 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (14.29%) BDD
6 4 (14.29%) Computer Vision
6 4 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
6 4 (14.29%) DevOps
6 4 (14.29%) Embedded Software Development
6 4 (14.29%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) C#
2 8 (28.57%) C
3 7 (25.00%) Python
4 6 (21.43%) C++
4 6 (21.43%) SQL
4 6 (21.43%) T-SQL
5 4 (14.29%) Embedded C
6 3 (10.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (46.43%) Degree