Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 273 244
Rank change year-on-year +163 -29 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1,462 592 1,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.24% 1.23% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 1.37% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 929 377 549
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £71,991 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

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 61,941 43,162 74,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.65% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41,460 27,696 44,286
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 West +136 302 £60,000 -7.69% 22
North of England +96 302 £61,250 -4.67% 18
South East +104 287 £60,000 -11.11% 18
Scotland +46 272 £60,000 +0.84% 10
North West +67 161 £62,500 +4.17% 10
Midlands +31 135 £65,000 +4.00% 11
East of England +55 96 £65,000 - 8
Yorkshire +68 95 £62,500 -7.41% 1
West Midlands +22 71 £65,000 - 5
East Midlands +6 64 £65,000 +30.00% 6
North East +29 46 £60,000 - 7
Wales +60 45 £60,000 - 2
Northern Ireland +17 23 £67,500 +35.00% 16
Senior Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1,462 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 451 (30.85%) Agile
3 353 (24.15%) Python
4 312 (21.34%) AWS
5 287 (19.63%) C#
6 262 (17.92%) C++
7 259 (17.72%) .NET
8 254 (17.37%) Azure
9 248 (16.96%) JavaScript
10 232 (15.87%) Linux
11 228 (15.60%) Security Cleared
12 217 (14.84%) SDLC
13 214 (14.64%) Java
14 208 (14.23%) SQL
15 195 (13.34%) React
16 193 (13.20%) DevOps
17 189 (12.93%) C
18 183 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
19 177 (12.11%) Finance
20 170 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 161 (11.01%) Degree
22 160 (10.94%) Artificial Intelligence
23 158 (10.81%) CSS
24 150 (10.26%) SC Cleared
25 147 (10.05%) Computer Science
26 141 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
26 141 (9.64%) TypeScript
27 138 (9.44%) Operational Stability
28 135 (9.23%) CI/CD
29 130 (8.89%) Marketing

Senior Software Engineer 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 84 (5.75%) ArcGIS
1 84 (5.75%) GeoServer
2 42 (2.87%) Apache Spark
3 18 (1.23%) FileNet
4 17 (1.16%) Cloud Foundry
5 11 (0.75%) Tuxedo
6 5 (0.34%) CMS
7 2 (0.14%) Confluence
8 1 (0.068%) Apache
8 1 (0.068%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (0.34%) Simulink
2 3 (0.21%) Stateflow
3 2 (0.14%) OrCAD
4 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.068%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 312 (21.34%) AWS
2 254 (17.37%) Azure
3 49 (3.35%) GCP
4 30 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (1.98%) SaaS
6 28 (1.92%) Serverless
7 20 (1.37%) Amazon S3
8 12 (0.82%) Azure Functions
9 10 (0.68%) Amazon Kinesis
10 8 (0.55%) npm
11 7 (0.48%) GitHub
12 6 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (0.34%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (0.34%) Azure API Management
13 5 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (0.27%) Azure Event Grid
14 4 (0.27%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (0.21%) Sentry
15 3 (0.21%) Slack
16 2 (0.14%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.28%) Kerberos
2 32 (2.19%) Wireless
3 28 (1.92%) Network Security
4 18 (1.23%) Ethernet
5 17 (1.16%) RS-232
6 14 (0.96%) TCP/IP
6 14 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (0.68%) Bluetooth
8 7 (0.48%) MQTT
9 4 (0.27%) Modbus
10 3 (0.21%) J1939
11 2 (0.14%) 4G
11 2 (0.14%) 5G
11 2 (0.14%) LoRaWAN
11 2 (0.14%) RS-485
12 1 (0.068%) DECT
12 1 (0.068%) HTTP
12 1 (0.068%) NFC
12 1 (0.068%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (9.64%) PostgreSQL
2 93 (6.36%) NoSQL
3 84 (5.75%) GIS
3 84 (5.75%) QGIS
4 54 (3.69%) MySQL
5 34 (2.33%) Big Data
5 34 (2.33%) MongoDB
6 31 (2.12%) Metadata
7 27 (1.85%) Amazon Aurora
8 26 (1.78%) SQL Server
9 25 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
10 18 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
11 17 (1.16%) CockroachDB
11 17 (1.16%) Redis
12 12 (0.82%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.62%) Relational Database
14 4 (0.27%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.27%) SQLite
15 3 (0.21%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 104 (7.11%) Git
2 48 (3.28%) Jenkins
3 36 (2.46%) Bitbucket
4 31 (2.12%) Artifactory
5 26 (1.78%) Visual Studio
6 22 (1.50%) GitLab
7 20 (1.37%) JIRA
8 19 (1.30%) LabVIEW
9 18 (1.23%) JUnit
10 13 (0.89%) Subversion
11 10 (0.68%) Gatling
12 9 (0.62%) Maven
13 8 (0.55%) Storybook
13 8 (0.55%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.48%) CMake
15 6 (0.41%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
17 3 (0.21%) ClearCase
17 3 (0.21%) Cypress.io
17 3 (0.21%) Plastic SCM
General
1 177 (12.11%) Finance
2 170 (11.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 130 (8.89%) Marketing
4 129 (8.82%) Law
5 82 (5.61%) Social Skills
6 66 (4.51%) Manufacturing
7 42 (2.87%) Public Sector
8 35 (2.39%) Automotive
8 35 (2.39%) Electronics
9 32 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
10 26 (1.78%) Military
11 23 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
12 21 (1.44%) Tech for Good
13 19 (1.30%) Aerospace
13 19 (1.30%) Legal
14 18 (1.23%) Banking
15 14 (0.96%) Aviation
15 14 (0.96%) Retail
16 12 (0.82%) Investment Banking
16 12 (0.82%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 259 (17.72%) .NET
2 195 (13.34%) React
3 158 (10.81%) CSS
4 125 (8.55%) .NET Core
5 91 (6.22%) RESTful
6 89 (6.09%) AngularJS
7 84 (5.75%) Leaflet
7 84 (5.75%) OpenLayers
7 84 (5.75%) PostGIS
8 74 (5.06%) HTML
9 73 (4.99%) Node.js
10 64 (4.38%) ASP.NET
11 63 (4.31%) Web Services
12 58 (3.97%) Spring
13 55 (3.76%) JSON
14 49 (3.35%) Kafka
15 47 (3.21%) GraphQL
16 44 (3.01%) .NET Framework
17 40 (2.74%) REST
18 39 (2.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.51%) Cloud Native
2 46 (3.15%) Algorithms
3 33 (2.26%) Management Information System
4 31 (2.12%) Enterprise Cloud
4 31 (2.12%) Reference Data
5 28 (1.92%) IoT
6 22 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
7 21 (1.44%) Public Cloud
7 21 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (1.30%) Device Driver
8 19 (1.30%) Renewable Energy
9 16 (1.09%) Acoustics
10 15 (1.03%) Product Ownership
11 12 (0.82%) GNSS
12 11 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
13 10 (0.68%) Blog
13 10 (0.68%) Media Streaming
14 8 (0.55%) FPGA
14 8 (0.55%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 232 (15.87%) Linux
2 91 (6.22%) Embedded Linux
3 74 (5.06%) Windows
4 30 (2.05%) Unix
5 13 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.41%) Android
8 3 (0.21%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.21%) Debian
8 3 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.14%) CentOS
9 2 (0.14%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.068%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.068%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,462 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 451 (30.85%) Agile
3 217 (14.84%) SDLC
4 193 (13.20%) DevOps
5 183 (12.52%) Problem-Solving
6 160 (10.94%) Artificial Intelligence
7 147 (10.05%) Computer Science
8 138 (9.44%) Operational Stability
9 135 (9.23%) CI/CD
10 124 (8.48%) Machine Learning
11 113 (7.73%) Test Automation
12 100 (6.84%) Microservices
13 97 (6.63%) Actionable Insight
14 96 (6.57%) Mentoring
14 96 (6.57%) Tech Ops
15 94 (6.43%) Web Development
16 83 (5.68%) Full Stack Development
17 80 (5.47%) TDD
18 76 (5.20%) Decision-Making
19 74 (5.06%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 353 (24.15%) Python
2 287 (19.63%) C#
3 262 (17.92%) C++
4 248 (16.96%) JavaScript
5 214 (14.64%) Java
6 208 (14.23%) SQL
7 189 (12.93%) C
8 141 (9.64%) TypeScript
9 70 (4.79%) Bash
10 64 (4.38%) Embedded C
11 42 (2.87%) Scala
12 36 (2.46%) Go
13 31 (2.12%) Prolog
13 31 (2.12%) SPARQL
14 27 (1.85%) Rust
15 22 (1.50%) Embedded C++
16 19 (1.30%) Fortran
16 19 (1.30%) T-SQL
17 17 (1.16%) Perl
18 16 (1.09%) PHP
Qualifications
1 228 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 161 (11.01%) Degree
3 150 (10.26%) SC Cleared
4 37 (2.53%) Master's Degree
5 34 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 28 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.85%) PhD
8 10 (0.68%) HND
9 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.21%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.14%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.068%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.068%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.068%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.09%) PMO
2 13 (0.89%) QA
3 10 (0.68%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.48%) ISO 9000
5 4 (0.27%) DICOM
5 4 (0.27%) HL7
5 4 (0.27%) ISO 13485
6 3 (0.21%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (0.21%) AUTOSAR
6 3 (0.21%) IEC 61508
6 3 (0.21%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.21%) MISRA
7 2 (0.14%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.14%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.068%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (4.51%) Docker
2 49 (3.35%) Firmware
3 31 (2.12%) Active Directory
4 25 (1.71%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.068%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 94 (6.43%) Kubernetes
2 44 (3.01%) Terraform
3 23 (1.57%) Ansible
4 5 (0.34%) SELinux
5 3 (0.21%) Grafana
6 2 (0.14%) linkerd
7 1 (0.068%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 84 (5.75%) ESRI
2 43 (2.94%) Microsoft
3 22 (1.50%) Oracle
4 19 (1.30%) Google
5 11 (0.75%) Micro Focus
6 5 (0.34%) Databricks
6 5 (0.34%) Xamarin
7 4 (0.27%) DevExpress
7 4 (0.27%) SAP
7 4 (0.27%) YouTube
8 3 (0.21%) Autodesk
8 3 (0.21%) Facebook
8 3 (0.21%) IBM
8 3 (0.21%) Instagram
8 3 (0.21%) Lauterbach
9 2 (0.14%) Atmel
9 2 (0.14%) Cadence
9 2 (0.14%) Freescale
9 2 (0.14%) IFS
9 2 (0.14%) RedGate