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 8 January 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 61 58
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 129 153 152
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 3.19% 4.43% 4.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.45% 5.08% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 90 115 130
10th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £91,875
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 3,738 3,012 3,559
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 87.28% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,154 1,522 2,544
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,790 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £53,260
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +12.65% -3.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.50% +7.62% -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 8 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 8 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 -12 75 £70,000 - 33
Oxfordshire +31 34 £75,000 +36.36% 12
Buckinghamshire +1 20 £61,250 -5.77% 10
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 43 (33.33%) HTML
2 38 (29.46%) SQL
3 35 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (26.36%) JavaScript
5 33 (25.58%) Oracle
5 33 (25.58%) PL/SQL
5 33 (25.58%) React
6 30 (23.26%) Full-Stack Development
6 30 (23.26%) Java
7 28 (21.71%) C#
7 28 (21.71%) Software Engineering
8 27 (20.93%) Azure
9 26 (20.16%) OLTP
10 25 (19.38%) Agile
11 24 (18.60%) .NET
12 23 (17.83%) QA
13 21 (16.28%) AWS
13 21 (16.28%) CI/CD
13 21 (16.28%) Git
13 21 (16.28%) Kubernetes
14 19 (14.73%) Configuration Management
14 19 (14.73%) CSS
14 19 (14.73%) DevOps
14 19 (14.73%) GCP
15 18 (13.95%) Web Development
16 17 (13.18%) Docker
17 16 (12.40%) Clean Code
17 16 (12.40%) Node.js
17 16 (12.40%) Test Automation
17 16 (12.40%) User Experience

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 (1.55%) OpenStack
1 2 (1.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (1.55%) Adobe Captivate
1 2 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (1.55%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (1.55%) Adobe Premiere
1 2 (1.55%) Elementor
1 2 (1.55%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.93%) Azure
2 21 (16.28%) AWS
3 19 (14.73%) GCP
4 14 (10.85%) SaaS
5 7 (5.43%) Amazon S3
5 7 (5.43%) Amazon SQS
5 7 (5.43%) Serverless
6 6 (4.65%) GitHub
7 5 (3.88%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (3.88%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (3.88%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.78%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (0.78%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.78%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.88%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (20.16%) OLTP
2 10 (7.75%) NoSQL
3 6 (4.65%) MySQL
4 5 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (3.88%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (16.28%) Git
2 5 (3.88%) git-flow
3 4 (3.10%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.55%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.55%) Selenium
4 2 (1.55%) WebDriver
General
1 40 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
2 16 (12.40%) Law
2 16 (12.40%) Marketing
3 8 (6.20%) Finance
4 7 (5.43%) Public Sector
5 2 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.55%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.55%) Retail
6 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.78%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (33.33%) HTML
2 33 (25.58%) React
3 24 (18.60%) .NET
4 19 (14.73%) CSS
5 16 (12.40%) Node.js
6 14 (10.85%) JSON
6 14 (10.85%) RESTful
7 13 (10.08%) REST
8 9 (6.98%) SOAP
8 9 (6.98%) XML
9 7 (5.43%) .NET Framework
9 7 (5.43%) Kafka
9 7 (5.43%) Spring Boot
10 5 (3.88%) ASP.NET
10 5 (3.88%) AWS CDK
10 5 (3.88%) Material-UI
10 5 (3.88%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (3.10%) .NET Core
11 4 (3.10%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (3.10%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.40%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (4.65%) IoT
3 5 (3.88%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.88%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.55%) e-Learning
4 2 (1.55%) Graphic Design
4 2 (1.55%) Learning Management System
4 2 (1.55%) PMI
4 2 (1.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.98%) Android
2 1 (0.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (23.26%) Full-Stack Development
3 28 (21.71%) Software Engineering
4 25 (19.38%) Agile
5 21 (16.28%) CI/CD
6 19 (14.73%) Configuration Management
6 19 (14.73%) DevOps
7 18 (13.95%) Web Development
8 16 (12.40%) Clean Code
8 16 (12.40%) Test Automation
8 16 (12.40%) User Experience
8 16 (12.40%) UX Design
9 14 (10.85%) Containerisation
9 14 (10.85%) Customer Engagement
9 14 (10.85%) Design Patterns
9 14 (10.85%) Issue Tracking
10 13 (10.08%) Software Testing
11 12 (9.30%) Microservices
12 9 (6.98%) Android Development
12 9 (6.98%) Propensity Modelling
Programming Languages
1 38 (29.46%) SQL
2 34 (26.36%) JavaScript
3 33 (25.58%) PL/SQL
4 30 (23.26%) Java
5 28 (21.71%) C#
6 7 (5.43%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.55%) PHP
7 2 (1.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (11.63%) Degree
2 4 (3.10%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.55%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (1.55%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.83%) QA
2 4 (3.10%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.78%) GDPR
3 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (13.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (16.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (25.58%) Oracle
2 2 (1.55%) Adobe