Senior Software Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 443 463 396
Rank change year-on-year +20 -67 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 347 317 570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.53% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.59% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 307 274 378
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% - +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,217 53,628 67,833
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.16% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,585 30,477 42,470
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer 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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 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
South East -86 92 £70,000 - 12
South West +53 79 £58,000 +20.92% 6
North of England +62 49 £60,000 -2.04% 8
Scotland -41 47 £57,500 +4.55% 8
Midlands +4 36 £55,000 -4.35% 6
East of England +27 28 £60,000 -7.16% 3
Yorkshire +100 24 £60,000 -22.58% 3
West Midlands +22 24 £55,000 -4.35% 4
North West +9 17 £70,000 +27.27% 4
Northern Ireland +39 16 £55,000 -9.84% 4
East Midlands -13 11 £55,000 -12.00% 2
North East -1 8 £65,000 - 3
Senior Software Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Senior Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 208 (59.94%) C#
2 168 (48.41%) .NET
3 107 (30.84%) JavaScript
4 104 (29.97%) Agile
5 86 (24.78%) SQL
6 84 (24.21%) Azure
7 76 (21.90%) React
8 74 (21.33%) SQL Server
9 72 (20.75%) Computer Science
10 69 (19.88%) .NET Framework
11 66 (19.02%) Degree
11 66 (19.02%) Social Skills
12 64 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
13 61 (17.58%) Software Engineering
14 60 (17.29%) AWS
15 58 (16.71%) TypeScript
16 56 (16.14%) Docker
17 52 (14.99%) Full Stack Development
18 47 (13.54%) Computer Science Degree
19 46 (13.26%) DevOps
20 44 (12.68%) Front End Development
20 44 (12.68%) MVC
20 44 (12.68%) HTML
20 44 (12.68%) Entity Framework
21 41 (11.82%) CSS
21 41 (11.82%) CI/CD
22 40 (11.53%) Mentoring
22 40 (11.53%) .NET Core
23 39 (11.24%) Kubernetes
23 39 (11.24%) Microsoft

Senior Software 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 3 (0.86%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (0.86%) CMS
1 3 (0.86%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.29%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.29%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (24.21%) Azure
2 60 (17.29%) AWS
3 34 (9.80%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (7.78%) SaaS
5 5 (1.44%) NuGet
6 4 (1.15%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.86%) GitHub
7 3 (0.86%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.58%) PaaS
8 2 (0.58%) Serverless
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.29%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.29%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.29%) GCP
9 1 (0.29%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.29%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.02%) Internet
2 4 (1.15%) Network Security
3 2 (0.58%) HTTP
4 1 (0.29%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (21.33%) SQL Server
2 30 (8.65%) NoSQL
3 20 (5.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (4.03%) MySQL
5 8 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.44%) Redis
6 5 (1.44%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.15%) SQLite
8 3 (0.86%) Power BI
8 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.29%) Event Store
9 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.29%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 31 (8.93%) Git
2 13 (3.75%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.02%) NUnit
4 6 (1.73%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.44%) Eclipse
5 5 (1.44%) JetBrains Rider
6 4 (1.15%) Jasmine
6 4 (1.15%) Selenium
6 4 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
7 3 (0.86%) JIRA
7 3 (0.86%) Moq
7 3 (0.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.29%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.29%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.29%) Vite
9 1 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 66 (19.02%) Social Skills
2 31 (8.93%) Finance
3 20 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (3.46%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.46%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.46%) Music Industry
5 8 (2.31%) Marketing
6 7 (2.02%) Games
6 7 (2.02%) Law
7 6 (1.73%) Legal
7 6 (1.73%) Publishing
8 5 (1.44%) Retail
9 4 (1.15%) Back Office
9 4 (1.15%) Multimedia
9 4 (1.15%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.86%) German Language
10 3 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.29%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 168 (48.41%) .NET
2 76 (21.90%) React
3 69 (19.88%) .NET Framework
4 44 (12.68%) Entity Framework
4 44 (12.68%) HTML
5 41 (11.82%) CSS
6 40 (11.53%) .NET Core
7 38 (10.95%) AngularJS
8 36 (10.37%) ASP.NET
9 24 (6.92%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (5.48%) Blazor
11 16 (4.61%) RESTful
11 16 (4.61%) XML
12 15 (4.32%) CSS3
13 14 (4.03%) HTML5
13 14 (4.03%) REST
14 13 (3.75%) Vue
15 12 (3.46%) JSON
16 10 (2.88%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 10 (2.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.34%) Greenfield Project
2 17 (4.90%) Algorithms
3 10 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.88%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.59%) CUDA
5 8 (2.31%) Mobile App
6 7 (2.02%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.02%) IoT
7 6 (1.73%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.44%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.44%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.44%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.15%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.15%) Home Automation
9 4 (1.15%) Podcast
9 4 (1.15%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (0.86%) Tandem
11 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.34%) Linux
2 12 (3.46%) Windows
3 6 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.58%) Android
5 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (29.97%) Agile
2 72 (20.75%) Computer Science
3 64 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
4 61 (17.58%) Software Engineering
5 52 (14.99%) Full Stack Development
6 46 (13.26%) DevOps
7 44 (12.68%) Front End Development
7 44 (12.68%) MVC
8 41 (11.82%) CI/CD
9 40 (11.53%) Mentoring
10 34 (9.80%) Design Patterns
11 33 (9.51%) Artificial Intelligence
12 31 (8.93%) Scrum
13 28 (8.07%) Microservices
14 26 (7.49%) Propensity Modelling
14 26 (7.49%) Unit Testing
15 25 (7.20%) TDD
16 23 (6.63%) Test Automation
17 20 (5.76%) SOLID
18 17 (4.90%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 208 (59.94%) C#
2 107 (30.84%) JavaScript
3 86 (24.78%) SQL
4 58 (16.71%) TypeScript
5 38 (10.95%) Python
6 30 (8.65%) Java
7 20 (5.76%) PHP
8 19 (5.48%) Ruby
8 19 (5.48%) T-SQL
9 12 (3.46%) C
10 5 (1.44%) COBOL
10 5 (1.44%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.44%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 4 (1.15%) C++
11 4 (1.15%) Swift
11 4 (1.15%) XAML
12 3 (0.86%) Bicep
12 3 (0.86%) Delphi
12 3 (0.86%) Go
12 3 (0.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 66 (19.02%) Degree
2 47 (13.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.59%) PhD
4 8 (2.31%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.02%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.15%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.86%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.61%) QA
2 5 (1.44%) GDPR
3 2 (0.58%) SLA
4 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 56 (16.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (11.24%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.59%) NVIDIA
3 6 (1.73%) F5
3 6 (1.73%) Google
4 5 (1.44%) Micro Focus
4 5 (1.44%) Xamarin
5 3 (0.86%) Quadient
5 3 (0.86%) Twitter
6 2 (0.58%) New Relic
6 2 (0.58%) VMware
7 1 (0.29%) DevExpress