Senior Software Developer Job Trends in Suffolk

Senior Software Developer
East of England > Suffolk

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Suffolk is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 July 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Suffolk 0.42% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -25.00% -7.16%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Suffolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Suffolk. 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 Suffolk with a recognized job title 453 605 470
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.37% 90.98% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 275 319 308
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,010 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £57,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.19% +42.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,225 £55,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £66,296 £66,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -2.04% -8.84%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in Suffolk

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Suffolk

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Suffolk.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Suffolk

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 21 July 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bury St Edmunds - 2 £52,500 - 1
Senior Software Developer
East of England

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk

For the 6 months to 21 July 2026, Senior Software 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 Suffolk region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (100.00%) Python

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python