Senior Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 90 71
Rank change year-on-year -1 -19 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2,065 2,247 3,017
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.93% 3.67% 4.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.09% 4.11% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,671 1,382 2,193
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,318
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,438 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%

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 66,883 54,717 68,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,333 31,108 43,002
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 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
North of England +39 535 £60,000 -4.00% 75
South East -28 510 £65,000 -7.14% 71
South West +41 390 £57,500 -4.17% 37
North West +38 321 £60,000 -4.00% 48
Midlands -19 258 £60,000 - 70
Yorkshire +63 185 £55,000 -12.00% 22
West Midlands 0 154 £62,500 +4.17% 41
Scotland -99 142 £57,500 -11.54% 31
East Midlands -36 106 £55,000 -12.00% 29
Wales +37 98 £52,686 -8.37% 12
East of England -37 95 £60,000 -14.29% 19
Northern Ireland +26 40 £55,000 -8.33% 13
North East -19 29 £55,000 -15.38% 7
Senior Developer
UK

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

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

1 651 (31.53%) C#
2 627 (30.36%) JavaScript
3 610 (29.54%) Agile
4 603 (29.20%) .NET
5 466 (22.57%) Azure
6 450 (21.79%) AWS
7 447 (21.65%) SQL
8 429 (20.77%) React
9 371 (17.97%) Social Skills
10 349 (16.90%) DevOps
11 316 (15.30%) Git
12 315 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
13 314 (15.21%) HTML
14 306 (14.82%) Full Stack Development
15 300 (14.53%) CSS
16 268 (12.98%) PHP
17 265 (12.83%) TypeScript
18 262 (12.69%) Microsoft
19 256 (12.40%) Docker
20 255 (12.35%) CI/CD
21 248 (12.01%) Degree
22 236 (11.43%) Front End Development
23 229 (11.09%) AngularJS
24 222 (10.75%) Mentoring
24 222 (10.75%) Finance
25 217 (10.51%) MVC
25 217 (10.51%) Java
26 210 (10.17%) Software Engineering
27 206 (9.98%) .NET Core
28 205 (9.93%) SQL Server

Senior 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 83 (4.02%) CMS
2 53 (2.57%) Confluence
3 41 (1.99%) Umbraco
4 40 (1.94%) Headless CMS
5 39 (1.89%) IIS
5 39 (1.89%) Kentico
6 34 (1.65%) Sitecore CMS
7 19 (0.92%) WordPress
8 10 (0.48%) nginx
8 10 (0.48%) OpenStack
9 8 (0.39%) JBoss
9 8 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
10 7 (0.34%) SharePoint
11 6 (0.29%) Apache
11 6 (0.29%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.24%) NServiceBus
13 3 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
14 2 (0.097%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.097%) Microsoft Exchange
14 2 (0.097%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (0.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.19%) Maya
3 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.048%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.048%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 31 (1.50%) Siebel CRM
2 17 (0.82%) Shopify
3 14 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 12 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
5 11 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
6 9 (0.44%) Magento
7 4 (0.19%) Sonata
8 1 (0.048%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 466 (22.57%) Azure
2 450 (21.79%) AWS
3 149 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
3 149 (7.22%) SaaS
4 113 (5.47%) Power Platform
5 70 (3.39%) PowerApps
6 69 (3.34%) Dynamics 365
7 61 (2.95%) Power Automate
8 57 (2.76%) Serverless
9 45 (2.18%) GitHub
10 44 (2.13%) GCP
11 33 (1.60%) Kontent
12 30 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
13 19 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
13 19 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (0.87%) Amazon ECS
14 18 (0.87%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (0.87%) npm
15 16 (0.77%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (0.73%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.92%) Internet
2 6 (0.29%) DNS
3 5 (0.24%) HTTP
3 5 (0.24%) MQTT
4 4 (0.19%) Broadband
4 4 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
4 4 (0.19%) VPN
5 3 (0.15%) Network Security
5 3 (0.15%) SSL
5 3 (0.15%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.048%) AMQP
6 1 (0.048%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.048%) CTI
6 1 (0.048%) DHCP
6 1 (0.048%) VoIP
6 1 (0.048%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 205 (9.93%) SQL Server
2 158 (7.65%) PostgreSQL
3 154 (7.46%) MySQL
4 93 (4.50%) NoSQL
5 88 (4.26%) Oracle Database
6 85 (4.12%) Power BI
7 78 (3.78%) Oracle Database 11g
8 56 (2.71%) Relational Database
9 32 (1.55%) MongoDB
10 31 (1.50%) Oracle BI EE
10 31 (1.50%) Siebel EIM
11 29 (1.40%) Azure SQL Database
12 28 (1.36%) DynamoDB
13 26 (1.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 22 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
15 21 (1.02%) Redis
16 19 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 18 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
18 15 (0.73%) OLTP
18 15 (0.73%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 316 (15.30%) Git
2 89 (4.31%) JIRA
3 68 (3.29%) Visual Studio
4 57 (2.76%) Bitbucket
5 39 (1.89%) Jenkins
6 32 (1.55%) Selenium
7 31 (1.50%) Sourcetree
8 29 (1.40%) Cypress.io
9 26 (1.26%) JUnit
10 17 (0.82%) webpack
11 15 (0.73%) NUnit
12 13 (0.63%) Maven
12 13 (0.63%) PHPUnit
13 12 (0.58%) Android Studio
14 11 (0.53%) gulp
14 11 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
15 10 (0.48%) Appium
15 10 (0.48%) Oracle APEX
16 8 (0.39%) Postman
16 8 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 371 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 222 (10.75%) Finance
3 76 (3.68%) Retail
4 64 (3.10%) Games
5 60 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (2.62%) Public Sector
7 51 (2.47%) Banking
8 44 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 43 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 39 (1.89%) Marketing
11 32 (1.55%) Manufacturing
12 31 (1.50%) Aerospace
13 27 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.21%) Fire and Rescue
15 24 (1.16%) Law
16 23 (1.11%) Legal
17 21 (1.02%) Health Technology
18 18 (0.87%) Tech for Good
19 14 (0.68%) Police
20 12 (0.58%) Music Industry
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 603 (29.20%) .NET
2 429 (20.77%) React
3 314 (15.21%) HTML
4 300 (14.53%) CSS
5 229 (11.09%) AngularJS
6 206 (9.98%) .NET Core
7 194 (9.39%) .NET Framework
8 193 (9.35%) ASP.NET
9 183 (8.86%) Node.js
10 181 (8.77%) Laravel
11 163 (7.89%) Vue
12 149 (7.22%) RESTful
13 132 (6.39%) REST
14 114 (5.52%) Web Services
15 95 (4.60%) Entity Framework
16 83 (4.02%) Spring
17 73 (3.54%) Kafka
18 70 (3.39%) jQuery
18 70 (3.39%) JSON
19 66 (3.20%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 124 (6.00%) Greenfield Project
2 79 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
3 65 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 49 (2.37%) Product Ownership
5 47 (2.28%) Mobile App
6 36 (1.74%) Onboarding
7 30 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 30 (1.45%) Virtual Reality
8 26 (1.26%) Algorithms
9 24 (1.16%) IoT
10 21 (1.02%) Cloud Native
10 21 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
11 20 (0.97%) Client/Server
12 17 (0.82%) Data Structures
12 17 (0.82%) NHS
13 14 (0.68%) PropTech
14 13 (0.63%) Virtual Team
15 11 (0.53%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.53%) Management Information System
16 9 (0.44%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 64 (3.10%) Linux
2 50 (2.42%) Android
3 40 (1.94%) Windows
4 32 (1.55%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.44%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.34%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.097%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (29.54%) Agile
2 349 (16.90%) DevOps
3 315 (15.25%) Problem-Solving
4 306 (14.82%) Full Stack Development
5 255 (12.35%) CI/CD
6 236 (11.43%) Front End Development
7 222 (10.75%) Mentoring
8 217 (10.51%) MVC
9 210 (10.17%) Software Engineering
10 202 (9.78%) Scrum
11 194 (9.39%) Unit Testing
12 190 (9.20%) Artificial Intelligence
13 184 (8.91%) Actionable Insight
14 175 (8.47%) TDD
15 168 (8.14%) Microservices
16 166 (8.04%) Computer Science
17 151 (7.31%) Design Patterns
18 149 (7.22%) Web Development
19 140 (6.78%) User Experience
20 132 (6.39%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 651 (31.53%) C#
2 627 (30.36%) JavaScript
3 447 (21.65%) SQL
4 268 (12.98%) PHP
5 265 (12.83%) TypeScript
6 217 (10.51%) Java
7 121 (5.86%) Python
8 105 (5.08%) PL/SQL
9 62 (3.00%) T-SQL
10 44 (2.13%) C++
11 37 (1.79%) C
12 36 (1.74%) Ruby
13 31 (1.50%) Kotlin
14 30 (1.45%) Go
15 16 (0.77%) Swift
15 16 (0.77%) VB.NET
16 14 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 10 (0.48%) VB
18 8 (0.39%) Groovy
18 8 (0.39%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 248 (12.01%) Degree
2 157 (7.60%) Security Cleared
3 138 (6.68%) SC Cleared
4 87 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (0.92%) Master's Degree
7 13 (0.63%) PhD
8 8 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 6 (0.29%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.15%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.15%) MBA
12 2 (0.097%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.097%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.048%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (3.24%) QA
2 18 (0.87%) WCAG
3 10 (0.48%) Accessibility
3 10 (0.48%) GDPR
4 8 (0.39%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.29%) SLA
6 3 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.097%) GRC
System Software
1 256 (12.40%) Docker
2 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.097%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.097%) Varnish
3 2 (0.097%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.048%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.048%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 174 (8.43%) Kubernetes
2 51 (2.47%) Terraform
3 17 (0.82%) Ansible
4 6 (0.29%) Rancher
5 1 (0.048%) Grafana
5 1 (0.048%) Istio
5 1 (0.048%) Kibana
5 1 (0.048%) MIIS
5 1 (0.048%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.048%) Puppet
Vendors
1 262 (12.69%) Microsoft
2 164 (7.94%) Oracle
3 50 (2.42%) Google
4 37 (1.79%) Sitecore
5 33 (1.60%) Optimizely
6 31 (1.50%) Siebel
7 14 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 11 (0.53%) MuleSoft
9 10 (0.48%) WSO2
9 10 (0.48%) Xamarin
10 9 (0.44%) NVIDIA
11 8 (0.39%) Adobe
11 8 (0.39%) F5
11 8 (0.39%) Twitter
12 7 (0.34%) UiPath
13 6 (0.29%) Databricks
14 5 (0.24%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.24%) PayPal
14 5 (0.24%) ServiceNow
14 5 (0.24%) WorldPay