Senior Systems Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior System Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior System Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 501 559 -
Rank change year-on-year +58 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Systems Developer 8 7 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.019% 0.019% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.021% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 0
10th Percentile £45,000 - -
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 -
75th Percentile - £60,000 -
90th Percentile £60,000 - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 -

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.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,388 33,377 32,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,454 16,215 24,936
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,609 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +5.22% -5.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Senior Systems Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Senior Systems Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Senior Systems Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Systems Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Systems Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems 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 Systems Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +9 4 £55,000 -
Yorkshire - 4 £55,000 -
South East +34 2 £45,000 -18.18% 1
West Midlands - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
Senior Systems Developer
UK

Senior Systems Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 January 2026, Senior Systems 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 Systems Developer in the job title.

1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) ActiveMQ
2 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
2 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Blazor
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Data Management
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (12.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Maven
2 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
2 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft
2 1 (12.50%) MVC

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
1 1 (12.50%) Maven
1 1 (12.50%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) ActiveMQ
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (12.50%) Blazor
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
1 1 (12.50%) RAML
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
1 1 (12.50%) Data Management
1 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
1 1 (12.50%) DevOps
1 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
1 1 (12.50%) MVC
1 1 (12.50%) SDLC
1 1 (12.50%) Server Management
1 1 (12.50%) Software Architecture
1 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle