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 23 October 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 479 421
Rank change year-on-year +84 -58 -1
Permanent Senior Software Developer jobs 326 53 193
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.37% 0.15% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.17% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 288 45 181
10th Percentile £41,750 £50,900 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £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 adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
23 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK excluding London matching a recognised job title 81,821 30,741 46,523
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title 92.10% 89.62% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 56,202 17,694 25,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,497 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.89% -9.01% -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 Senior Software Developer job postings 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 Senior Software Developer jobs in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 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 Senior Software Developer jobs within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
North of England +38 122 £60,000 -20.00% 23
South West -22 61 £65,000 -7.14% 11
Midlands -17 54 £65,000 - 14
North West +16 53 £65,000 -13.33% 10
Yorkshire -1 39 £40,000 -38.46% 7
Wales -36 35 £57,000 +16.17% 7
North East -35 30 £70,000 +7.69% 6
West Midlands -22 28 £67,500 +3.85% 10
East Midlands -16 26 £65,000 +28.08% 4
South East -58 26 £62,500 -19.35% 6
Scotland +15 17 £60,000 -4.00% 5
East of England -28 11 £54,038 - 8
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 23 October 2026, Senior Software Developer job ads cited 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 Senior Software Developer job ads across the UK excluding London region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1C#29.4%96
2.NET26.7%87
3Agile17.2%56
4Security Cleared15.0%49
5CI/CD13.5%44
5Software Engineering13.5%44
7Azure12.9%42
8JavaScript12.6%41
8Problem-Solving12.6%41
10AWS12.3%40
11DevOps11.7%38
12SC Cleared11.3%37
13Full-Stack Development10.7%35
14SQL10.4%34
15Java9.5%31
16Mentoring9.2%30
16TDD9.2%30
18SQL Server8.9%29
19Microsoft8.6%28
20React8.3%27
21Code Quality8.0%26
22C++7.7%25
23Clean Code7.4%24
23Git7.4%24
25AI7.1%23
25Continuous Improvement7.1%23
25Python7.1%23
28Test Automation6.7%22
29Docker6.4%21
30GitHub6.1%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%318
2Senior .NET Software Developer6.1%20
3Senior C# Software Developer5.5%18
4C++ Software Developer4.6%15
4Senior C++ Developer4.6%15
4Senior Consultant4.6%15
4Software Consultant4.6%15
8Senior Full-Stack Developer3.1%10
9Developer/Software Engineer2.1%7
9Embedded Software Developer2.1%7
9Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer2.1%7
12Lead Software Developer1.8%6
13Senior Applications Developer1.5%5
13Senior Java Software Developer1.5%5
13Senior Scala Developer1.5%5
16PostgreSQL Developer1.2%4
16Senior Python Developer1.2%4
18Rust Developer0.9%3
18Senior C# .NET Developer0.9%3
20Senior Backend Developer0.6%2
78 Senior Software Developer jobs in the UK excluding London