Senior Software Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £63,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 October 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 478 419
Rank change year-on-year +83 -59 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 322 52 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.15% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.17% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 285 44 184
10th Percentile £41,000 £53,075 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,438 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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.

6 months to
21 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 81,376 30,648 46,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 89.58% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 56,079 17,606 25,414
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,252
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.67% -6.25%

Senior Software Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software 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 Software Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
North of England +39 122 £60,000 -14.29% 16
South West -21 59 £65,000 -7.14% 5
North West -3 55 £65,000 -13.33% 5
Midlands -1 54 £65,000 - 8
Yorkshire +6 39 £40,000 -38.46% 4
Wales -37 34 £56,000 +14.13% 4
West Midlands -30 29 £70,000 +7.69% 4
North East -45 28 £70,000 +7.69% 7
South East -52 26 £62,500 -19.35% 2
East Midlands -16 25 £65,000 +25.00% 4
Scotland +22 17 £60,000 -4.00% 1
East of England -34 10 £53,076 - 2
Senior Software Developer
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Senior Software Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2026, Senior Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1C#29.2%94
2.NET26.1%84
3Agile17.4%56
4Security Cleared15.2%49
5Software Engineering14.6%47
6CI/CD13.4%43
7Azure13.0%42
8JavaScript12.7%41
9AWS12.4%40
10Problem-Solving12.1%39
11DevOps11.5%37
11Full-Stack Development11.5%37
11SC Cleared11.5%37
14SQL10.2%33
15Java9.6%31
15TDD9.6%31
17Mentoring9.3%30
18React8.7%28
18SQL Server8.7%28
20Microsoft8.4%27
21Code Quality8.1%26
22C++7.8%25
23Continuous Improvement7.5%24
23Git7.5%24
25Clean Code7.1%23
25Python7.1%23
27AI6.8%22
28Docker6.5%21
28Test Automation6.5%21
30GitHub6.2%20

Senior Software Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Software Developer97.5%314
2Senior .NET Software Developer6.2%20
3Senior C# Software Developer5.9%19
4C++ Software Developer4.7%15
4Senior C++ Developer4.7%15
6Senior Consultant4.3%14
6Software Consultant4.3%14
8Senior Full-Stack Developer3.1%10
9Developer/Software Engineer2.2%7
9Embedded Software Developer2.2%7
9Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer2.2%7
12Lead Software Developer1.9%6
13Senior Applications Developer1.6%5
13Senior Java Software Developer1.6%5
15PostgreSQL Developer1.2%4
15Senior Python Developer1.2%4
15Senior Scala Developer1.2%4
18Rust Developer0.9%3
18Senior C# .NET Developer0.9%3
20Senior Backend Developer0.6%2
38 Senior Software Developer jobs in the UK excluding London