Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior Software Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 January 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Jan 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 143 168
Rank change year-on-year +34 +25 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 75 63 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.21% 1.40% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% 1.47% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 38 35 53
10th Percentile £52,000 £57,547 £50,120
25th Percentile £60,688 £63,750 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.24% -3.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £109,375 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £78,900 £80,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.24% +3.57% +12.00%

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 2,928 4,286 5,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.30% 95.48% 93.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,444 2,920 3,269
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £38,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £76,002 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 January 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the Thames Valley

Senior Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 January 2025. 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 +31 31 £95,000 +26.67% 7
Oxfordshire +13 29 £68,750 -1.79% 8
Buckinghamshire +7 15 £65,500 +0.77% 5
Senior Software Engineer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 18 January 2025, Senior Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 74 (98.67%) Software Engineering
2 37 (49.33%) Python
3 35 (46.67%) C++
4 30 (40.00%) C
5 23 (30.67%) .NET
6 21 (28.00%) C#
7 20 (26.67%) Roadmaps
8 19 (25.33%) Azure
8 19 (25.33%) Go
9 18 (24.00%) Docker
9 18 (24.00%) Kubernetes
9 18 (24.00%) Computer Science
10 17 (22.67%) JavaScript
10 17 (22.67%) Ruby
10 17 (22.67%) Collaborative Working
11 15 (20.00%) Terraform
11 15 (20.00%) Flutter
11 15 (20.00%) Rust
11 15 (20.00%) Microservices
11 15 (20.00%) Perl
11 15 (20.00%) Java
11 15 (20.00%) Linux
11 15 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (18.67%) React
13 12 (16.00%) AWS
13 12 (16.00%) Agile
13 12 (16.00%) Customer Requirements
14 11 (14.67%) WPF
14 11 (14.67%) Algorithms
15 10 (13.33%) Multithreading

Senior Software Engineer 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:

Cloud Services
1 19 (25.33%) Azure
2 12 (16.00%) AWS
3 3 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.67%) GCP
4 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.67%) Serverless
5 1 (1.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.33%) HTTP
2 3 (4.00%) VoIP
3 1 (1.33%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.00%) MySQL
2 3 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.67%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.67%) Power BI
3 2 (2.67%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Git
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (13.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (6.67%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.00%) Finance
4 2 (2.67%) Electronics
4 2 (2.67%) Legal
4 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.67%) Publishing
5 1 (1.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.33%) Automotive
5 1 (1.33%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (30.67%) .NET
2 15 (20.00%) Flutter
3 14 (18.67%) React
4 11 (14.67%) WPF
5 9 (12.00%) WinForms
6 5 (6.67%) Node.js
7 4 (5.33%) CSS
7 4 (5.33%) HTML
8 3 (4.00%) .NET Framework
8 3 (4.00%) Ajax
8 3 (4.00%) AngularJS
8 3 (4.00%) ASP.NET
8 3 (4.00%) Blazor
8 3 (4.00%) Dojo
8 3 (4.00%) FHIR
8 3 (4.00%) REST
8 3 (4.00%) SOAP
8 3 (4.00%) XML
8 3 (4.00%) XMPP
9 2 (2.67%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.67%) Algorithms
2 3 (4.00%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.00%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (4.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.00%) Smartphone
3 2 (2.67%) IoT
3 2 (2.67%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.67%) Private Cloud
3 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.33%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.00%) Linux
2 6 (8.00%) Windows
3 5 (6.67%) Android
3 5 (6.67%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (98.67%) Software Engineering
2 20 (26.67%) Roadmaps
3 18 (24.00%) Computer Science
4 17 (22.67%) Collaborative Working
5 15 (20.00%) Microservices
6 12 (16.00%) Agile
6 12 (16.00%) Customer Requirements
7 10 (13.33%) Mathematics
7 10 (13.33%) Multithreading
7 10 (13.33%) Physics
7 10 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (12.00%) Multithreaded Programming
9 8 (10.67%) DevOps
10 7 (9.33%) Full-Stack Development
10 7 (9.33%) SDLC
10 7 (9.33%) SOLID
11 6 (8.00%) Data Science
11 6 (8.00%) Machine Learning
11 6 (8.00%) Open Source
11 6 (8.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 37 (49.33%) Python
2 35 (46.67%) C++
3 30 (40.00%) C
4 21 (28.00%) C#
5 19 (25.33%) Go
6 17 (22.67%) JavaScript
6 17 (22.67%) Ruby
7 15 (20.00%) Java
7 15 (20.00%) Perl
7 15 (20.00%) Rust
8 7 (9.33%) SQL
9 6 (8.00%) TypeScript
10 4 (5.33%) Bash
10 4 (5.33%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 10 (13.33%) Degree
2 6 (8.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.33%) DV Cleared
3 4 (5.33%) Master's Degree
3 4 (5.33%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.00%) HL7
2 2 (2.67%) QA
3 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (24.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (24.00%) Kubernetes
2 15 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.33%) OpenAI
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle