Senior Developer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior Developer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Developer salary in the Thames Valley is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 December 2024.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 70 74
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 167 139 252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.43% 3.97% 4.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.91% 4.19% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 128 113 187
10th Percentile £55,875 £51,250 £47,085
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +17.19%
75th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £87,250
South East median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 3,402 3,315 5,912
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 94.61% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,768 2,248 3,618
10th Percentile £33,125 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,438 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,913 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.65% -1.98% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the Thames Valley

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the Thames Valley

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the Thames Valley

Senior Developer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 December 2024. 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
Berkshire +24 121 £70,000 +3.70% 14
Buckinghamshire -8 24 £65,000 -10.34% 8
Oxfordshire -22 22 £61,250 -16.95% 7
Senior Developer
South East

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 13 December 2024, Senior Developer 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 76 (45.51%) Agile
2 67 (40.12%) JavaScript
3 63 (37.72%) C#
4 59 (35.33%) HTML
4 59 (35.33%) React
5 58 (34.73%) TypeScript
6 54 (32.34%) Degree
7 52 (31.14%) Computer Science
8 50 (29.94%) SQL
9 49 (29.34%) Artificial Intelligence
10 47 (28.14%) Kubernetes
11 45 (26.95%) Git
12 44 (26.35%) Docker
13 41 (24.55%) .NET
14 40 (23.95%) CSS
15 38 (22.75%) Front End Development
16 35 (20.96%) Propensity Modelling
17 33 (19.76%) Azure
17 33 (19.76%) Java
18 32 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
19 31 (18.56%) HTML5
20 30 (17.96%) PHP
21 28 (16.77%) SQL Server
22 26 (15.57%) CSS3
23 24 (14.37%) DevOps
24 23 (13.77%) Algorithms
24 23 (13.77%) AngularJS
24 23 (13.77%) Jest
24 23 (13.77%) SOAP
24 23 (13.77%) AWS

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (1.80%) Mendix
2 2 (1.20%) Confluence
3 1 (0.60%) Apache
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.60%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Aareon QL
1 1 (0.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 33 (19.76%) Azure
2 23 (13.77%) AWS
3 16 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (7.19%) Serverless
5 10 (5.99%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (5.39%) Azure Functions
7 8 (4.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 8 (4.79%) GitHub
7 8 (4.79%) SaaS
8 7 (4.19%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.99%) GCP
11 4 (2.40%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.40%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
12 3 (1.80%) Azure Storage
12 3 (1.80%) Firebase
12 3 (1.80%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.77%) SQL Server
2 20 (11.98%) OLTP
3 16 (9.58%) NoSQL
4 8 (4.79%) MySQL
4 8 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.79%) Relational Database
5 7 (4.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (2.40%) GIS
7 4 (2.40%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.80%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.20%) Power BI
9 2 (1.20%) SQLite
10 1 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.60%) Looker
Development Applications
1 45 (26.95%) Git
2 22 (13.17%) Selenium
3 21 (12.57%) Cypress.io
4 7 (4.19%) JIRA
5 6 (3.59%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.20%) Mocha
7 1 (0.60%) gulp
7 1 (0.60%) Maven
7 1 (0.60%) PostCSS
7 1 (0.60%) rollup.js
7 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.60%) Vite
General
1 11 (6.59%) Social Skills
2 10 (5.99%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (2.40%) Finance
4 2 (1.20%) Games
4 2 (1.20%) Marketing
4 2 (1.20%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.60%) Electronics
5 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (0.60%) Publishing
5 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
5 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (35.33%) HTML
1 59 (35.33%) React
2 41 (24.55%) .NET
3 40 (23.95%) CSS
4 31 (18.56%) HTML5
5 26 (15.57%) CSS3
6 23 (13.77%) AngularJS
6 23 (13.77%) Jest
6 23 (13.77%) SOAP
7 20 (11.98%) XML
8 13 (7.78%) RESTful
9 11 (6.59%) Spring
9 11 (6.59%) Vue
10 9 (5.39%) .NET Framework
10 9 (5.39%) ASP.NET
11 8 (4.79%) Entity Framework
12 7 (4.19%) ASP.NET Core
12 7 (4.19%) REST
12 7 (4.19%) Sass
13 6 (3.59%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.77%) Algorithms
2 6 (3.59%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.99%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (2.40%) IoT
4 4 (2.40%) Legacy Code
5 3 (1.80%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.20%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.60%) Animation
7 1 (0.60%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.19%) Linux
2 8 (4.79%) Android
2 8 (4.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (45.51%) Agile
2 52 (31.14%) Computer Science
3 49 (29.34%) Artificial Intelligence
4 38 (22.75%) Front End Development
5 35 (20.96%) Propensity Modelling
6 32 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (14.37%) DevOps
8 23 (13.77%) Mathematics
9 21 (12.57%) Full-Stack Development
10 20 (11.98%) Software Testing
11 19 (11.38%) Microservices
12 16 (9.58%) SDLC
13 15 (8.98%) CI/CD
13 15 (8.98%) Design Patterns
14 12 (7.19%) Clean Code
14 12 (7.19%) MVC
14 12 (7.19%) Unit Testing
15 11 (6.59%) Physics
16 9 (5.39%) API Integration
16 9 (5.39%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 67 (40.12%) JavaScript
2 63 (37.72%) C#
3 58 (34.73%) TypeScript
4 50 (29.94%) SQL
5 33 (19.76%) Java
6 30 (17.96%) PHP
7 20 (11.98%) PL/SQL
8 13 (7.78%) Python
9 7 (4.19%) Bicep
10 5 (2.99%) C
10 5 (2.99%) C++
10 5 (2.99%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.80%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.80%) Bash
11 3 (1.80%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.80%) XAML
12 2 (1.20%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.60%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (32.34%) Degree
2 15 (8.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (5.99%) Master's Degree
3 10 (5.99%) Numerate Degree
3 10 (5.99%) PhD
4 4 (2.40%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.60%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.57%) WCAG
2 3 (1.80%) QA
System Software
1 44 (26.35%) Docker
2 7 (4.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 47 (28.14%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.40%) Ansible
2 4 (2.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (11.98%) Oracle
2 16 (9.58%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.40%) Xamarin
4 3 (1.80%) Google
4 3 (1.80%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.60%) Aareon
5 1 (0.60%) IBM
5 1 (0.60%) Rollbar
5 1 (0.60%) SAP