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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 109 53
Rank change year-on-year +67 -56 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 191 75 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.34% 2.24% 4.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 2.65% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 168 66 229
10th Percentile - £52,500 £52,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £59,063 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% - -3.57%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £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 5,403 2,833 6,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 84.79% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,694 1,197 4,473
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £64,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,682
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 May 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 May 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 +42 98 £75,000 +11.11% 7
Oxfordshire +24 58 £65,000 +18.18% 4
Buckinghamshire +22 35 £60,000 -15.49% 2
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 25 May 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 51 (26.70%) SQL
2 41 (21.47%) Oracle
2 41 (21.47%) PL/SQL
3 36 (18.85%) OLTP
4 29 (15.18%) .NET
4 29 (15.18%) Software Engineering
5 27 (14.14%) Java
5 27 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (12.57%) Agile
6 24 (12.57%) HTML
7 23 (12.04%) Degree
8 22 (11.52%) Full-Stack Development
9 21 (10.99%) AWS
9 21 (10.99%) Software Testing
10 20 (10.47%) React
11 18 (9.42%) SOAP
11 18 (9.42%) XML
12 17 (8.90%) C#
13 16 (8.38%) Mentoring
14 15 (7.85%) Android
15 14 (7.33%) Migration
15 14 (7.33%) Web Development
16 13 (6.81%) Android Development
16 13 (6.81%) SC Cleared
16 13 (6.81%) Security Cleared
17 11 (5.76%) Laravel
17 11 (5.76%) PHP
18 10 (5.24%) Azure
18 10 (5.24%) Clean Code
18 10 (5.24%) JavaScript

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 (2.09%) CICS
2 2 (1.05%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 21 (10.99%) AWS
2 10 (5.24%) Azure
3 7 (3.66%) SaaS
4 3 (1.57%) Amazon ECS
4 3 (1.57%) Amazon S3
4 3 (1.57%) Serverless
5 2 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
5 2 (1.05%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.05%) GitHub
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.09%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (18.85%) OLTP
2 5 (2.62%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.09%) DB2
4 2 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.05%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.52%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.52%) MySQL
5 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.19%) Git
2 4 (2.09%) ChangeMan
3 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.05%) JIRA
3 2 (1.05%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.52%) TeamCity
General
1 9 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (4.19%) Social Skills
3 7 (3.66%) Digital Health
4 5 (2.62%) Finance
4 5 (2.62%) Local Government
5 4 (2.09%) Health Technology
6 3 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.57%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.57%) Retail
7 1 (0.52%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (0.52%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (15.18%) .NET
2 24 (12.57%) HTML
3 20 (10.47%) React
4 18 (9.42%) SOAP
4 18 (9.42%) XML
5 11 (5.76%) Laravel
6 10 (5.24%) Node.js
7 9 (4.71%) .NET Framework
8 8 (4.19%) REST
9 7 (3.66%) Entity Framework
10 6 (3.14%) JSON
10 6 (3.14%) Ruby on Rails
10 6 (3.14%) Spring Boot
11 5 (2.62%) SAPUI5
12 4 (2.09%) ASP.NET
13 3 (1.57%) ASP.NET Core
13 3 (1.57%) Kafka
13 3 (1.57%) MFC
13 3 (1.57%) RESTful
13 3 (1.57%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.38%) Mobile App
2 9 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.19%) NHS
4 5 (2.62%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.09%) IoT
5 4 (2.09%) Legacy Code
5 4 (2.09%) VSAM
6 3 (1.57%) PMI
7 2 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.05%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.85%) Android
2 8 (4.19%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.09%) zOS
4 3 (1.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (15.18%) Software Engineering
2 27 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (12.57%) Agile
4 22 (11.52%) Full-Stack Development
5 21 (10.99%) Software Testing
6 16 (8.38%) Mentoring
7 14 (7.33%) Migration
7 14 (7.33%) Web Development
8 13 (6.81%) Android Development
9 10 (5.24%) Clean Code
10 8 (4.19%) Configuration Management
10 8 (4.19%) iOS Development
10 8 (4.19%) Microservices
11 6 (3.14%) Issue Tracking
12 5 (2.62%) AI
12 5 (2.62%) Change Management
12 5 (2.62%) Customer Experience
12 5 (2.62%) Decision-Making
12 5 (2.62%) Front End Development
12 5 (2.62%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 51 (26.70%) SQL
2 41 (21.47%) PL/SQL
3 27 (14.14%) Java
4 17 (8.90%) C#
5 11 (5.76%) PHP
6 10 (5.24%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.19%) COBOL
7 8 (4.19%) Swift
7 8 (4.19%) TypeScript
8 6 (3.14%) Ruby
9 5 (2.62%) ABAP
9 5 (2.62%) C++
9 5 (2.62%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.09%) JCL
11 2 (1.05%) Python
12 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (12.04%) Degree
2 13 (6.81%) SC Cleared
2 13 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.57%) Numerate Degree
3 3 (1.57%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 3 (1.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.14%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.09%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 41 (21.47%) Oracle
2 5 (2.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.62%) SAP
3 2 (1.05%) Xamarin
4 1 (0.52%) Rollbar