Senior Developer Job Trends 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 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 63 61
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 123 150 163
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.07% 4.39% 4.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.32% 5.03% 4.34%
Number of salaries quoted 90 112 141
10th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £100,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 3,701 2,982 3,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 87.19% 95.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,155 1,482 2,669
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,790 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% -4.55%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Senior Developer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Developer job vacancies 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 11 January 2026.

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 11 January 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
Berkshire -17 69 £70,000 - 33
Oxfordshire +35 34 £75,000 +36.36% 12
Buckinghamshire +3 20 £61,250 -5.77% 6
Senior Developer
South East

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Senior 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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 38 (30.89%) SQL
2 37 (30.08%) HTML
3 33 (26.83%) Oracle
3 33 (26.83%) PL/SQL
4 30 (24.39%) Java
4 30 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (23.58%) Software Engineering
6 27 (21.95%) C#
6 27 (21.95%) JavaScript
6 27 (21.95%) React
7 26 (21.14%) OLTP
8 24 (19.51%) Full-Stack Development
9 23 (18.70%) .NET
10 20 (16.26%) Azure
11 19 (15.45%) Agile
12 18 (14.63%) Configuration Management
13 17 (13.82%) QA
14 16 (13.01%) Degree
15 15 (12.20%) AWS
15 15 (12.20%) CI/CD
15 15 (12.20%) Clean Code
15 15 (12.20%) Git
15 15 (12.20%) Kubernetes
15 15 (12.20%) SaaS
16 14 (11.38%) Software Testing
17 13 (10.57%) CSS
17 13 (10.57%) DevOps
17 13 (10.57%) GCP
17 13 (10.57%) Issue Tracking
17 13 (10.57%) JSON

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.63%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.63%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (1.63%) Adobe Captivate
1 2 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.63%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.63%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (1.63%) Elementor
1 2 (1.63%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.26%) Azure
2 15 (12.20%) AWS
2 15 (12.20%) SaaS
3 13 (10.57%) GCP
4 7 (5.69%) Amazon S3
4 7 (5.69%) Amazon SQS
4 7 (5.69%) Serverless
5 6 (4.88%) GitHub
6 5 (4.07%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (4.07%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.81%) GitHub Copilot
8 1 (0.81%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.81%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.07%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (21.14%) OLTP
2 10 (8.13%) NoSQL
3 6 (4.88%) MySQL
4 5 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (4.07%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (12.20%) Git
2 5 (4.07%) git-flow
3 4 (3.25%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.63%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.63%) Selenium
4 2 (1.63%) WebDriver
General
1 33 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 15 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (8.13%) Law
3 10 (8.13%) Marketing
4 8 (6.50%) Finance
5 7 (5.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.63%) Multimedia
6 2 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.63%) Retail
7 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (30.08%) HTML
2 27 (21.95%) React
3 23 (18.70%) .NET
4 13 (10.57%) CSS
4 13 (10.57%) JSON
4 13 (10.57%) REST
5 10 (8.13%) Node.js
5 10 (8.13%) SOAP
5 10 (8.13%) XML
6 8 (6.50%) RESTful
7 7 (5.69%) .NET Framework
7 7 (5.69%) Kafka
7 7 (5.69%) Spring Boot
8 5 (4.07%) ASP.NET
8 5 (4.07%) AWS CDK
8 5 (4.07%) Material-UI
8 5 (4.07%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (3.25%) .NET Core
9 4 (3.25%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (3.25%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.20%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.88%) IoT
3 5 (4.07%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.07%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.63%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.63%) Graphic Design
4 2 (1.63%) Learning Management System
4 2 (1.63%) PMI
4 2 (1.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.81%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.32%) Android
2 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (23.58%) Software Engineering
3 24 (19.51%) Full-Stack Development
4 19 (15.45%) Agile
5 18 (14.63%) Configuration Management
6 15 (12.20%) CI/CD
6 15 (12.20%) Clean Code
7 14 (11.38%) Software Testing
8 13 (10.57%) DevOps
8 13 (10.57%) Issue Tracking
9 12 (9.76%) Microservices
9 12 (9.76%) Web Development
10 10 (8.13%) Test Automation
10 10 (8.13%) User Experience
10 10 (8.13%) UX Design
11 9 (7.32%) Android Development
11 9 (7.32%) Propensity Modelling
12 8 (6.50%) Containerisation
12 8 (6.50%) Customer Engagement
12 8 (6.50%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 38 (30.89%) SQL
2 33 (26.83%) PL/SQL
3 30 (24.39%) Java
4 27 (21.95%) C#
4 27 (21.95%) JavaScript
5 7 (5.69%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.63%) PHP
6 2 (1.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (13.01%) Degree
2 4 (3.25%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.63%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (1.63%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.82%) QA
2 4 (3.25%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.81%) GDPR
3 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (8.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (12.20%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (26.83%) Oracle
2 2 (1.63%) Adobe