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 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 448 468 409
Rank change year-on-year +20 -59 -105
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 344 323 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.52% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.58% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 305 276 379
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £47,500
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 £70,000 £77,500 £71,875
90th Percentile £94,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £63,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.29% - +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 66,438 55,416 67,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.30% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,143 31,373 42,828
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,368
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,725 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -67 94 £70,000 - 14
South West +54 78 £58,000 +87.51% 5
North of England +49 50 £60,000 - 9
Scotland -39 45 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Midlands +19 34 £55,000 -4.35% 5
East of England +33 28 £60,000 -11.11% 4
Yorkshire +98 25 £60,000 -22.58% 5
West Midlands +28 23 £55,000 -4.35% 3
North West +7 18 £70,000 +27.27% 3
Northern Ireland +31 15 £55,000 -9.84% 3
East Midlands -14 10 £55,000 -21.43% 2
North East +2 7 £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 25 April 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.

1 204 (59.30%) C#
2 162 (47.09%) .NET
3 107 (31.10%) JavaScript
3 107 (31.10%) Agile
4 84 (24.42%) Azure
5 83 (24.13%) SQL
6 80 (23.26%) React
7 74 (21.51%) Computer Science
8 70 (20.35%) SQL Server
9 69 (20.06%) Degree
10 65 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
11 64 (18.60%) Social Skills
12 62 (18.02%) .NET Framework
13 60 (17.44%) Software Engineering
13 60 (17.44%) Docker
14 58 (16.86%) TypeScript
15 57 (16.57%) AWS
16 51 (14.83%) Full Stack Development
17 48 (13.95%) Computer Science Degree
18 45 (13.08%) DevOps
19 44 (12.79%) Front End Development
20 42 (12.21%) MVC
21 41 (11.92%) HTML
21 41 (11.92%) Kubernetes
22 40 (11.63%) Mentoring
22 40 (11.63%) CI/CD
22 40 (11.63%) Python
22 40 (11.63%) Entity Framework
22 40 (11.63%) AngularJS
23 39 (11.34%) .NET Core

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 (0.87%) BizTalk Server
1 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.58%) CMS
2 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.29%) IIS
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 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 84 (24.42%) Azure
2 57 (16.57%) AWS
3 32 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
4 23 (6.69%) SaaS
5 5 (1.45%) NuGet
6 4 (1.16%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.87%) GitHub
7 3 (0.87%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.58%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (0.58%) PaaS
9 1 (0.29%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
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
9 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.03%) Internet
2 2 (0.58%) HTTP
2 2 (0.58%) Network Security
3 1 (0.29%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (20.35%) SQL Server
2 30 (8.72%) NoSQL
3 20 (5.81%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (4.07%) MySQL
5 9 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.45%) Redis
7 4 (1.16%) SQLite
8 3 (0.87%) Power BI
8 3 (0.87%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.29%) Event Store
9 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.29%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 26 (7.56%) Git
2 11 (3.20%) Visual Studio
3 6 (1.74%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.45%) Eclipse
4 5 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.45%) JetBrains Rider
4 5 (1.45%) NUnit
5 4 (1.16%) JIRA
6 3 (0.87%) Moq
6 3 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.58%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.58%) Jasmine
7 2 (0.58%) Maven
7 2 (0.58%) Selenium
7 2 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.29%) Mercurial
General
1 64 (18.60%) Social Skills
2 33 (9.59%) Finance
3 20 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (3.49%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.49%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.49%) Music Industry
5 8 (2.33%) Marketing
6 7 (2.03%) Games
7 6 (1.74%) Legal
7 6 (1.74%) Publishing
8 5 (1.45%) Retail
9 4 (1.16%) Back Office
9 4 (1.16%) Law
9 4 (1.16%) Public Sector
10 3 (0.87%) German Language
10 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.58%) Banking
11 2 (0.58%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (0.58%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (47.09%) .NET
2 80 (23.26%) React
3 62 (18.02%) .NET Framework
4 41 (11.92%) HTML
5 40 (11.63%) AngularJS
5 40 (11.63%) Entity Framework
6 39 (11.34%) .NET Core
7 38 (11.05%) CSS
8 32 (9.30%) ASP.NET
9 22 (6.40%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (5.52%) Blazor
11 15 (4.36%) XML
12 14 (4.07%) CSS3
13 13 (3.78%) HTML5
13 13 (3.78%) RESTful
13 13 (3.78%) Vue
14 12 (3.49%) REST
15 11 (3.20%) JSON
15 11 (3.20%) Node.js
16 10 (2.91%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.10%) Greenfield Project
2 17 (4.94%) Algorithms
3 10 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.91%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.62%) CUDA
5 8 (2.33%) Mobile App
5 8 (2.33%) Virtual Team
6 7 (2.03%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.03%) IoT
7 6 (1.74%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
8 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.16%) Home Automation
9 4 (1.16%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.16%) Podcast
10 3 (0.87%) Tandem
10 3 (0.87%) Video\Live Streaming
11 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 22 (6.40%) Linux
2 11 (3.20%) Windows
3 5 (1.45%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.29%) Android
4 1 (0.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (31.10%) Agile
2 74 (21.51%) Computer Science
3 65 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (17.44%) Software Engineering
5 51 (14.83%) Full Stack Development
6 45 (13.08%) DevOps
7 44 (12.79%) Front End Development
8 42 (12.21%) MVC
9 40 (11.63%) CI/CD
9 40 (11.63%) Mentoring
10 34 (9.88%) Artificial Intelligence
11 32 (9.30%) Scrum
12 30 (8.72%) Design Patterns
13 29 (8.43%) Microservices
14 27 (7.85%) Propensity Modelling
15 25 (7.27%) TDD
15 25 (7.27%) Unit Testing
16 23 (6.69%) Test Automation
17 17 (4.94%) SDLC
17 17 (4.94%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 204 (59.30%) C#
2 107 (31.10%) JavaScript
3 83 (24.13%) SQL
4 58 (16.86%) TypeScript
5 40 (11.63%) Python
6 32 (9.30%) Java
7 21 (6.10%) PHP
8 19 (5.52%) Ruby
9 18 (5.23%) T-SQL
10 12 (3.49%) C
11 5 (1.45%) COBOL
11 5 (1.45%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.45%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 4 (1.16%) C++
12 4 (1.16%) PowerShell
12 4 (1.16%) Swift
12 4 (1.16%) XAML
13 3 (0.87%) Bicep
13 3 (0.87%) Delphi
13 3 (0.87%) Go
Qualifications
1 69 (20.06%) Degree
2 48 (13.95%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (2.62%) PhD
4 8 (2.33%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.03%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.16%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.87%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.58%) OCP
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (4.94%) QA
2 5 (1.45%) GDPR
3 2 (0.58%) SLA
4 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 60 (17.44%) Docker
2 2 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 41 (11.92%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 38 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.62%) NVIDIA
3 6 (1.74%) F5
3 6 (1.74%) Google
4 5 (1.45%) Micro Focus
4 5 (1.45%) Xamarin
5 3 (0.87%) Quadient
5 3 (0.87%) Twitter
6 2 (0.58%) New Relic
6 2 (0.58%) VMware
7 1 (0.29%) DevExpress