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 £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 196 176
Rank change year-on-year +59 -20 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 117 68 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.73% 1.10% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.83% 1.22% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 69 46 50
10th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% +4.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,438 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £78,875
South East median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,390 5,556 6,459
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 90.00% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 4,591 3,220 4,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £36,713 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

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 April 2024.

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 April 2024. 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 +51 65 £70,000 -6.67% 8
Oxfordshire +31 34 £57,547 -13.14% 17
Buckinghamshire -7 18 £62,500 -9.42% 3
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 April 2024, 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.

1 117 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 40 (34.19%) Python
3 36 (30.77%) Security Cleared
4 31 (26.50%) Agile
5 30 (25.64%) .NET
6 28 (23.93%) Linux
6 28 (23.93%) Azure
7 27 (23.08%) SC Cleared
7 27 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
8 22 (18.80%) AWS
9 21 (17.95%) React
9 21 (17.95%) JavaScript
9 21 (17.95%) Web Development
10 20 (17.09%) C#
11 19 (16.24%) GIS
11 19 (16.24%) ESRI
11 19 (16.24%) ArcGIS
11 19 (16.24%) PostgreSQL
11 19 (16.24%) DevOps
11 19 (16.24%) PostGIS
11 19 (16.24%) Leaflet
11 19 (16.24%) GeoServer
11 19 (16.24%) OpenLayers
11 19 (16.24%) QGIS
12 17 (14.53%) .NET Core
12 17 (14.53%) Embedded Linux
12 17 (14.53%) C
12 17 (14.53%) CSS
13 13 (11.11%) Java
13 13 (11.11%) Degree

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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (16.24%) ArcGIS
1 19 (16.24%) GeoServer
2 2 (1.71%) JBoss
2 2 (1.71%) Red Hat Fuse
3 1 (0.85%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 28 (23.93%) Azure
2 22 (18.80%) AWS
3 2 (1.71%) Power Platform
4 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (0.85%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.84%) Wireless
2 1 (0.85%) SpaceWire
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.24%) GIS
1 19 (16.24%) PostgreSQL
1 19 (16.24%) QGIS
2 2 (1.71%) MySQL
2 2 (1.71%) Power BI
2 2 (1.71%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.85%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (5.98%) Visual Studio
2 5 (4.27%) Git
2 5 (4.27%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.71%) IntelliJ
3 2 (1.71%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 11 (9.40%) Aerospace
2 6 (5.13%) Health Technology
2 6 (5.13%) Social Skills
3 5 (4.27%) Automotive
3 5 (4.27%) Tech for Good
4 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.71%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.85%) Electronics
6 1 (0.85%) Finance
6 1 (0.85%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (25.64%) .NET
2 21 (17.95%) React
3 19 (16.24%) Leaflet
3 19 (16.24%) OpenLayers
3 19 (16.24%) PostGIS
4 17 (14.53%) .NET Core
4 17 (14.53%) CSS
5 8 (6.84%) ASP.NET
6 5 (4.27%) Blazor
7 4 (3.42%) Django
7 4 (3.42%) Java RMI
8 2 (1.71%) Hibernate
8 2 (1.71%) HTML
8 2 (1.71%) Java EE
8 2 (1.71%) JSON
8 2 (1.71%) SOAP
8 2 (1.71%) Spring
8 2 (1.71%) Web Services
8 2 (1.71%) XML
8 2 (1.71%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.11%) IoT
2 6 (5.13%) Algorithms
2 6 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.27%) Embedded Systems
3 5 (4.27%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 28 (23.93%) Linux
2 17 (14.53%) Embedded Linux
3 6 (5.13%) Unix
4 4 (3.42%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.85%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 31 (26.50%) Agile
3 27 (23.08%) Actionable Insight
4 21 (17.95%) Web Development
5 19 (16.24%) DevOps
6 11 (9.40%) Computer Science
6 11 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (8.55%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (8.55%) SDLC
8 8 (6.84%) Software Testing
9 6 (5.13%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (5.13%) LLM
9 6 (5.13%) Mathematics
9 6 (5.13%) Open Source
9 6 (5.13%) Parallel Programming
9 6 (5.13%) Performance Analysis
9 6 (5.13%) Physics
10 5 (4.27%) Deployment Automation
11 4 (3.42%) Data Acquisition
11 4 (3.42%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 40 (34.19%) Python
2 21 (17.95%) JavaScript
3 20 (17.09%) C#
4 17 (14.53%) C
5 13 (11.11%) Java
6 10 (8.55%) C++
7 8 (6.84%) SQL
8 6 (5.13%) Bash
8 6 (5.13%) Fortran
8 6 (5.13%) TypeScript
9 5 (4.27%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.71%) Embedded C
10 2 (1.71%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.85%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 27 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.11%) Degree
4 6 (5.13%) Master's Degree
4 6 (5.13%) PhD
5 3 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.71%) QA
1 2 (1.71%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (2.56%) Docker
2 2 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) Ansible
2 4 (3.42%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (16.24%) ESRI
2 6 (5.13%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.71%) IFS
3 2 (1.71%) VMware