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 25 June 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 115 50
Rank change year-on-year +66 -65 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 165 77 281
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 2.77% 2.23% 3.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.93% 2.51% 4.12%
Number of salaries quoted 149 66 240
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,125 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,063 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £92,500
South East median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -7.14%

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 5,626 3,073 6,825
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 89.05% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,898 1,321 4,692
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £28,812
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,750
South East median annual salary £54,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.93% +1.00% -9.09%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 +44 90 £75,000 +11.11% 3
Oxfordshire +14 40 £60,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire +18 35 £60,000 -15.49% 3
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 45 (27.27%) SQL
2 37 (22.42%) Oracle
2 37 (22.42%) PL/SQL
3 33 (20.00%) OLTP
4 24 (14.55%) Agile
4 24 (14.55%) AWS
4 24 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (12.73%) .NET
6 20 (12.12%) Degree
7 19 (11.52%) HTML
7 19 (11.52%) Mentoring
8 18 (10.91%) Full-Stack Development
8 18 (10.91%) Software Testing
9 16 (9.70%) Java
9 16 (9.70%) Migration
9 16 (9.70%) SOAP
9 16 (9.70%) XML
10 15 (9.09%) Laravel
10 15 (9.09%) PHP
10 15 (9.09%) Software Engineering
10 15 (9.09%) Web Development
11 13 (7.88%) SC Cleared
11 13 (7.88%) Security Cleared
12 12 (7.27%) React
13 11 (6.67%) C#
14 10 (6.06%) Android
14 10 (6.06%) Apple iOS
14 10 (6.06%) Azure
14 10 (6.06%) iOS Development
14 10 (6.06%) Node.js

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 4 (2.42%) CICS
2 2 (1.21%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 24 (14.55%) AWS
2 10 (6.06%) Azure
3 3 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
3 3 (1.82%) Amazon S3
3 3 (1.82%) SaaS
3 3 (1.82%) Serverless
4 2 (1.21%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (1.21%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.21%) GitHub
5 1 (0.61%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.61%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (20.00%) OLTP
2 5 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.42%) Db2
4 2 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.21%) MySQL
4 2 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.21%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.64%) Git
2 4 (2.42%) ChangeMan
3 2 (1.21%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.21%) JIRA
3 2 (1.21%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.61%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (5.45%) Digital Health
2 7 (4.24%) Local Government
3 5 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (2.42%) Finance
4 4 (2.42%) Health Technology
5 3 (1.82%) Social Skills
6 2 (1.21%) Retail
7 1 (0.61%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (0.61%) Games
7 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (12.73%) .NET
2 19 (11.52%) HTML
3 16 (9.70%) SOAP
3 16 (9.70%) XML
4 15 (9.09%) Laravel
5 12 (7.27%) React
6 10 (6.06%) Node.js
7 7 (4.24%) .NET Framework
7 7 (4.24%) Entity Framework
8 6 (3.64%) Ruby on Rails
9 5 (3.03%) MFC
9 5 (3.03%) SAPUI5
9 5 (3.03%) SwiftUI
10 4 (2.42%) ASP.NET
11 3 (1.82%) ASP.NET Core
11 3 (1.82%) Kafka
11 3 (1.82%) REST
11 3 (1.82%) RESTful
11 3 (1.82%) Spring Boot
12 2 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.91%) Mobile App
2 10 (6.06%) NHS
3 7 (4.24%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.24%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.42%) Legacy Code
4 4 (2.42%) VSAM
5 2 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.21%) Educational Technology
5 2 (1.21%) PMI
6 1 (0.61%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 10 (6.06%) Android
1 10 (6.06%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.03%) Windows
3 4 (2.42%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (14.55%) Agile
1 24 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (11.52%) Mentoring
3 18 (10.91%) Full-Stack Development
3 18 (10.91%) Software Testing
4 16 (9.70%) Migration
5 15 (9.09%) Software Engineering
5 15 (9.09%) Web Development
6 10 (6.06%) iOS Development
7 8 (4.85%) Android Development
7 8 (4.85%) Clean Code
8 7 (4.24%) AI
8 7 (4.24%) Customer Experience
8 7 (4.24%) Decision-Making
9 5 (3.03%) Change Management
9 5 (3.03%) Cloud Enablement
9 5 (3.03%) Data Security
9 5 (3.03%) OO
9 5 (3.03%) Refactoring
9 5 (3.03%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 45 (27.27%) SQL
2 37 (22.42%) PL/SQL
3 16 (9.70%) Java
4 15 (9.09%) PHP
5 11 (6.67%) C#
6 10 (6.06%) Swift
7 9 (5.45%) C++
7 9 (5.45%) COBOL
8 8 (4.85%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.24%) JavaScript
10 6 (3.64%) Ruby
11 5 (3.03%) ABAP
11 5 (3.03%) Kotlin
12 4 (2.42%) JCL
13 1 (0.61%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (12.12%) Degree
2 13 (7.88%) SC Cleared
2 13 (7.88%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.21%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (1.21%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 3 (1.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.42%) CA Endevor
2 3 (1.82%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 37 (22.42%) Oracle
2 7 (4.24%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.03%) SAP
4 2 (1.21%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.61%) Rollbar