Senior Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 91 87
Rank change year-on-year -119 -4 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 555 2,050 2,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.42% 2.89% 3.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 3.05% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 449 1,665 1,346
10th Percentile £48,942 £45,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - -10.34% +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,427 67,196 53,197
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 94.83% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 18,481 47,540 30,291
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
South East -58 177 £65,000 - 197
North of England -134 134 £60,000 - 222
North West -154 81 £60,000 - 147
South West -54 73 £60,000 +4.35% 61
Midlands -70 72 £62,500 +4.17% 89
West Midlands -22 58 £65,000 +4.00% 64
Scotland +36 54 £57,500 - 26
Yorkshire -47 41 £57,500 +4.55% 54
East of England -24 26 £67,500 +12.50% 71
Wales -22 20 £65,000 +23.37% 33
East Midlands -48 14 £55,000 - 21
North East +27 12 £69,500 +26.36% 22
Northern Ireland +11 5 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Senior Developer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 224 (40.36%) JavaScript
2 192 (34.59%) C#
3 188 (33.87%) .NET
4 185 (33.33%) React
5 171 (30.81%) Agile
6 156 (28.11%) Azure
7 148 (26.67%) HTML
8 146 (26.31%) AWS
9 142 (25.59%) SQL
10 141 (25.41%) TypeScript
10 141 (25.41%) Full-Stack Development
11 112 (20.18%) Social Skills
12 110 (19.82%) DevOps
13 106 (19.10%) CSS
13 106 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
14 103 (18.56%) CI/CD
15 102 (18.38%) Git
16 93 (16.76%) Node.js
16 93 (16.76%) SQL Server
17 86 (15.50%) Docker
18 83 (14.95%) PHP
19 80 (14.41%) Finance
20 78 (14.05%) Microservices
21 73 (13.15%) MVC
22 72 (12.97%) Serverless
23 71 (12.79%) .NET Core
23 71 (12.79%) User Experience
24 68 (12.25%) Java
25 67 (12.07%) ASP.NET
25 67 (12.07%) Test Automation

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (2.88%) Confluence
2 15 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.34%) CMS
4 6 (1.08%) Headless CMS
4 6 (1.08%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.90%) IIS
5 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 3 (0.54%) WordPress
7 2 (0.36%) Apache
7 2 (0.36%) Strapi
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.18%) Drupal
8 1 (0.18%) nginx
8 1 (0.18%) OpenEdge
8 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.18%) Sitefinity
8 1 (0.18%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (0.18%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
1 15 (2.70%) NetSuite
2 10 (1.80%) Magento
2 10 (1.80%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.36%) Shopify
4 1 (0.18%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 156 (28.11%) Azure
2 146 (26.31%) AWS
3 72 (12.97%) Serverless
4 48 (8.65%) AWS Lambda
5 41 (7.39%) GCP
6 40 (7.21%) SaaS
7 38 (6.85%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (6.49%) GitHub
9 35 (6.31%) Power Platform
10 17 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (2.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 15 (2.70%) Azure Functions
12 14 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.52%) Power Automate
13 13 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
14 9 (1.62%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
15 8 (1.44%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (1.44%) Figma
15 8 (1.44%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.08%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.62%) Internet
2 7 (1.26%) HTTP
3 5 (0.90%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.36%) Modbus
4 2 (0.36%) MQTT
4 2 (0.36%) Network Security
5 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.18%) Broadband
5 1 (0.18%) DNS
5 1 (0.18%) LTE
5 1 (0.18%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (16.76%) SQL Server
2 64 (11.53%) MySQL
3 38 (6.85%) DynamoDB
4 30 (5.41%) NoSQL
5 26 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
6 24 (4.32%) OLTP
7 23 (4.14%) MongoDB
8 12 (2.16%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.98%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (1.98%) Power BI
10 8 (1.44%) RDBMS
10 8 (1.44%) Redis
10 8 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (1.26%) Metadata
12 6 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.90%) Data Hub
13 5 (0.90%) SQL CLR
13 5 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.72%) Big Data
15 3 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 102 (18.38%) Git
2 33 (5.95%) JIRA
3 15 (2.70%) Visual Studio
4 14 (2.52%) MagicDraw
5 11 (1.98%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.80%) NUnit
7 9 (1.62%) JUnit
8 8 (1.44%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.44%) GitLab
8 8 (1.44%) rollup.js
9 7 (1.26%) webpack
10 6 (1.08%) Cypress.io
10 6 (1.08%) Jasmine
10 6 (1.08%) Selenium
10 6 (1.08%) TeamCity
11 5 (0.90%) Maven
11 5 (0.90%) Mockito
11 5 (0.90%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.72%) Gradle
12 4 (0.72%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 112 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 80 (14.41%) Finance
3 33 (5.95%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (5.59%) Retail
5 30 (5.41%) Games
6 22 (3.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.24%) Marketing
8 17 (3.06%) Banking
9 12 (2.16%) Public Sector
10 11 (1.98%) Back Office
10 11 (1.98%) Tech for Good
10 11 (1.98%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.62%) Law
12 8 (1.44%) Automotive
13 4 (0.72%) Legal
14 3 (0.54%) Electronics
15 2 (0.36%) Advertising
15 2 (0.36%) Mandarin Language
15 2 (0.36%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (33.87%) .NET
2 185 (33.33%) React
3 148 (26.67%) HTML
4 106 (19.10%) CSS
5 93 (16.76%) Node.js
6 71 (12.79%) .NET Core
7 67 (12.07%) ASP.NET
8 66 (11.89%) AngularJS
9 52 (9.37%) RESTful
10 50 (9.01%) GraphQL
11 44 (7.93%) Blazor
12 42 (7.57%) XML
13 41 (7.39%) Vue
14 39 (7.03%) .NET Framework
14 39 (7.03%) REST
15 32 (5.77%) Laravel
16 25 (4.50%) HTML5
16 25 (4.50%) Jest
17 22 (3.96%) ASP.NET MVC
17 22 (3.96%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (8.11%) Mobile App
2 28 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (3.42%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (1.80%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.62%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.26%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.26%) Cloud Native
6 7 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (1.26%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.08%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.08%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.08%) IoT
7 6 (1.08%) Legacy Applications
7 6 (1.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 5 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (0.90%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.54%) Data Centre
9 3 (0.54%) Educational Technology
9 3 (0.54%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 18 (3.24%) Android
2 16 (2.88%) Linux
3 15 (2.70%) Apple iOS
4 12 (2.16%) Windows
5 8 (1.44%) Unix
6 2 (0.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (30.81%) Agile
2 141 (25.41%) Full-Stack Development
3 110 (19.82%) DevOps
4 106 (19.10%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (18.56%) CI/CD
6 78 (14.05%) Microservices
7 73 (13.15%) MVC
8 71 (12.79%) User Experience
9 67 (12.07%) Test Automation
10 65 (11.71%) Front End Development
11 63 (11.35%) Clean Code
11 63 (11.35%) Software Engineering
12 62 (11.17%) Mentoring
13 53 (9.55%) Unit Testing
13 53 (9.55%) Web Development
14 45 (8.11%) UX Design
15 44 (7.93%) E-Commerce
16 41 (7.39%) OOP
17 40 (7.21%) Kanban
18 39 (7.03%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 224 (40.36%) JavaScript
2 192 (34.59%) C#
3 142 (25.59%) SQL
4 141 (25.41%) TypeScript
5 83 (14.95%) PHP
6 68 (12.25%) Java
7 51 (9.19%) Python
8 29 (5.23%) C++
8 29 (5.23%) PL/SQL
9 13 (2.34%) T-SQL
10 9 (1.62%) Apex Code
10 9 (1.62%) C
11 8 (1.44%) Go
12 7 (1.26%) Ruby
13 6 (1.08%) Bicep
13 6 (1.08%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.72%) Bash
15 3 (0.54%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.54%) VB
16 2 (0.36%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 60 (10.81%) Degree
2 28 (5.05%) Security Cleared
3 21 (3.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (3.60%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.52%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.36%) PhD
10 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.42%) Accessibility
2 14 (2.52%) QA
3 6 (1.08%) WCAG
4 2 (0.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.18%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.18%) IEC 62304
5 1 (0.18%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 86 (15.50%) Docker
2 5 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.54%) Firmware
4 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 54 (9.73%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.70%) Terraform
3 6 (1.08%) Prometheus
4 5 (0.90%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (0.90%) Grafana
5 1 (0.18%) Ansible
Vendors
1 50 (9.01%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.13%) Oracle
3 12 (2.16%) New Relic
4 11 (1.98%) Xamarin
5 9 (1.62%) Adobe
5 9 (1.62%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.62%) Twitter
6 6 (1.08%) Google
6 6 (1.08%) Rollbar
7 5 (0.90%) VMware
8 3 (0.54%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.54%) IBM
8 3 (0.54%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.36%) Apple
9 2 (0.36%) Jaspersoft
9 2 (0.36%) Okta
9 2 (0.36%) Spotify
10 1 (0.18%) Databricks
10 1 (0.18%) IFS
10 1 (0.18%) UiPath