Senior Developer
UK

The median Senior Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 84 85 60
Rank change year-on-year +1 -25 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3,127 3,924 8,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.16% 3.88% 5.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 4.23% 5.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,568 2,696 4,614
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,360
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £88,438
90th Percentile £99,125 £106,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 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
England +1 2,683 £65,000 -13.33% 511
UK excluding London -4 2,046 £60,000 -7.69% 358
Work from Home +17 1,514 £62,500 -10.71% 314
London -2 887 £80,000 -5.88% 195
North of England +32 529 £60,000 -4.00% 93
South East -27 502 £65,000 -7.14% 82
South West +48 390 £57,500 -4.17% 35
North West +37 322 £60,000 -4.00% 56
Midlands -27 254 £60,000 - 82
Yorkshire +53 180 £55,000 -12.00% 27
West Midlands -8 150 £62,500 +4.17% 52
Scotland -88 140 £57,500 -11.54% 29
East Midlands -28 104 £55,000 -8.33% 30
Wales +42 98 £52,686 -4.21% 12
East of England -39 96 £60,000 -14.29% 18
Northern Ireland +29 38 £55,000 -8.33% 12
North East -18 27 £55,000 -15.38% 12

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 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 featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1,020 (32.62%) JavaScript
2 1,000 (31.98%) C#
3 923 (29.52%) .NET
4 897 (28.69%) Agile
5 774 (24.75%) Azure
6 773 (24.72%) AWS
7 743 (23.76%) SQL
8 687 (21.97%) React
9 565 (18.07%) Social Skills
10 550 (17.59%) Full Stack Development
11 511 (16.34%) DevOps
12 495 (15.83%) HTML
13 491 (15.70%) TypeScript
14 485 (15.51%) Finance
15 484 (15.48%) CSS
16 451 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
17 434 (13.88%) Java
18 421 (13.46%) AngularJS
19 410 (13.11%) Git
20 383 (12.25%) Software Engineering
21 373 (11.93%) Degree
22 370 (11.83%) Microsoft
23 363 (11.61%) Mentoring
24 356 (11.38%) CI/CD
25 344 (11.00%) Docker
26 341 (10.91%) Front End Development
27 332 (10.62%) SQL Server
28 320 (10.23%) PHP
29 313 (10.01%) Python
30 310 (9.91%) Microservices

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 109 (3.49%) CMS
2 68 (2.17%) Confluence
3 49 (1.57%) Umbraco
4 41 (1.31%) Headless CMS
4 41 (1.31%) IIS
5 40 (1.28%) Kentico
6 37 (1.18%) Sitecore CMS
7 29 (0.93%) WordPress
8 26 (0.83%) Apache
9 17 (0.54%) nginx
10 16 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
11 10 (0.32%) OpenStack
12 9 (0.29%) Drupal
12 9 (0.29%) Mendix
13 8 (0.26%) JBoss
13 8 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
14 7 (0.22%) SharePoint
15 6 (0.19%) NServiceBus
16 5 (0.16%) Apache Spark
16 5 (0.16%) K2 blackpearl
Applications
1 17 (0.54%) Photoshop
2 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.13%) Maya
6 3 (0.096%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.064%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.032%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 32 (1.02%) Siebel CRM
2 24 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.54%) Shopify
4 15 (0.48%) Payment Gateway
5 14 (0.45%) SDL Web 8
6 13 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
7 12 (0.38%) Magento
8 4 (0.13%) Sonata
8 4 (0.13%) Visualfiles
9 2 (0.064%) Endur
10 1 (0.032%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 774 (24.75%) Azure
2 773 (24.72%) AWS
3 195 (6.24%) SaaS
4 193 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
5 183 (5.85%) Power Platform
6 135 (4.32%) GCP
7 118 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
8 116 (3.71%) Serverless
9 108 (3.45%) PowerApps
10 96 (3.07%) Power Automate
11 85 (2.72%) GitHub
12 47 (1.50%) Azure Logic Apps
13 45 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
14 41 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
15 34 (1.09%) Kontent
16 33 (1.06%) Azure Service Bus
17 30 (0.96%) Azure Functions
18 27 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
19 24 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
20 23 (0.74%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.61%) Internet
2 8 (0.26%) HTTP
3 7 (0.22%) AMQP
4 6 (0.19%) DNS
5 5 (0.16%) Bluetooth
5 5 (0.16%) MQTT
5 5 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (0.16%) TCP/IP
5 5 (0.16%) VPN
6 4 (0.13%) Broadband
6 4 (0.13%) Network Security
7 3 (0.096%) IPFS
7 3 (0.096%) SSL
7 3 (0.096%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.064%) VoIP
9 1 (0.032%) CTI
9 1 (0.032%) DHCP
9 1 (0.032%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 332 (10.62%) SQL Server
2 213 (6.81%) PostgreSQL
3 204 (6.52%) MySQL
4 117 (3.74%) Power BI
5 114 (3.65%) Oracle Database
6 112 (3.58%) NoSQL
7 105 (3.36%) Relational Database
8 80 (2.56%) Oracle Database 11g
9 57 (1.82%) MongoDB
10 51 (1.63%) DynamoDB
11 49 (1.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 41 (1.31%) Redis
13 38 (1.22%) Azure SQL Database
14 35 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
15 32 (1.02%) Oracle BI EE
15 32 (1.02%) Siebel EIM
16 28 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 21 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
18 17 (0.54%) Power Query
19 14 (0.45%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 410 (13.11%) Git
2 143 (4.57%) JIRA
3 86 (2.75%) Visual Studio
4 64 (2.05%) Bitbucket
5 56 (1.79%) Jenkins
6 46 (1.47%) Sourcetree
7 41 (1.31%) Cypress.io
8 33 (1.06%) Oracle APEX
9 32 (1.02%) NUnit
9 32 (1.02%) Selenium
10 27 (0.86%) JUnit
11 26 (0.83%) webpack
12 23 (0.74%) TeamCity
13 20 (0.64%) Moq
13 20 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
14 19 (0.61%) Android Studio
15 16 (0.51%) git-flow
15 16 (0.51%) Storybook
16 15 (0.48%) Maven
16 15 (0.48%) SpecFlow
General
1 565 (18.07%) Social Skills
2 485 (15.51%) Finance
3 112 (3.58%) Banking
4 98 (3.13%) Retail
5 96 (3.07%) Marketing
6 91 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
7 90 (2.88%) Front Office
7 90 (2.88%) Games
8 79 (2.53%) Public Sector
9 61 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 59 (1.89%) Back Office
11 46 (1.47%) Legal
11 46 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 39 (1.25%) Tech for Good
13 36 (1.15%) Law
14 35 (1.12%) Health Technology
15 33 (1.06%) Aerospace
15 33 (1.06%) Investment Banking
16 32 (1.02%) Manufacturing
17 27 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 923 (29.52%) .NET
2 687 (21.97%) React
3 495 (15.83%) HTML
4 484 (15.48%) CSS
5 421 (13.46%) AngularJS
6 306 (9.79%) Node.js
7 289 (9.24%) ASP.NET
8 273 (8.73%) .NET Core
9 266 (8.51%) Vue
10 246 (7.87%) .NET Framework
11 229 (7.32%) RESTful
12 216 (6.91%) REST
13 204 (6.52%) Laravel
14 172 (5.50%) Web Services
15 158 (5.05%) Spring
16 127 (4.06%) JSON
17 126 (4.03%) Kafka
18 125 (4.00%) jQuery
19 122 (3.90%) Entity Framework
20 107 (3.42%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 195 (6.24%) Greenfield Project
2 105 (3.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 97 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
4 79 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 75 (2.40%) Mobile App
6 73 (2.33%) Equities
7 71 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
8 70 (2.24%) IoT
9 68 (2.17%) Derivative
10 66 (2.11%) Onboarding
11 62 (1.98%) Fixed Income
11 62 (1.98%) Hedge funds
12 48 (1.54%) Algorithms
13 43 (1.38%) Cloud Native
14 36 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
15 31 (0.99%) Client/Server
15 31 (0.99%) Data Structures
15 31 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
16 30 (0.96%) Virtual Reality
17 24 (0.77%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 96 (3.07%) Linux
2 77 (2.46%) Windows
3 76 (2.43%) Android
4 59 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.38%) Unix
7 8 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.22%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.032%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 897 (28.69%) Agile
2 550 (17.59%) Full Stack Development
3 511 (16.34%) DevOps
4 451 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
5 383 (12.25%) Software Engineering
6 363 (11.61%) Mentoring
7 356 (11.38%) CI/CD
8 341 (10.91%) Front End Development
9 310 (9.91%) Microservices
10 274 (8.76%) MVC
11 272 (8.70%) Computer Science
12 262 (8.38%) Unit Testing
13 255 (8.15%) Scrum
14 242 (7.74%) TDD
15 228 (7.29%) Artificial Intelligence
16 201 (6.43%) Actionable Insight
17 198 (6.33%) Design Patterns
18 193 (6.17%) User Experience
19 191 (6.11%) Web Development
20 186 (5.95%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1,020 (32.62%) JavaScript
2 1,000 (31.98%) C#
3 743 (23.76%) SQL
4 491 (15.70%) TypeScript
5 434 (13.88%) Java
6 320 (10.23%) PHP
7 313 (10.01%) Python
8 140 (4.48%) PL/SQL
9 101 (3.23%) T-SQL
10 74 (2.37%) Ruby
11 66 (2.11%) C++
12 60 (1.92%) Kotlin
13 57 (1.82%) Go
14 50 (1.60%) C
15 24 (0.77%) PowerShell
16 23 (0.74%) Swift
17 21 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 19 (0.61%) Apex Code
19 16 (0.51%) Scala
19 16 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 373 (11.93%) Degree
2 196 (6.27%) Security Cleared
3 176 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 123 (3.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 49 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 14 (0.45%) PhD
8 12 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.32%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.19%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.096%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.096%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.096%) MBA
11 3 (0.096%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.064%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.032%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.26%) QA
2 33 (1.06%) Accessibility
3 18 (0.58%) WCAG
4 11 (0.35%) Data Quality
4 11 (0.35%) GDPR
5 9 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.22%) SLA
7 6 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.096%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.096%) PMO
9 2 (0.064%) EMIR
9 2 (0.064%) GRC
9 2 (0.064%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.064%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.064%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.064%) MiFID
System Software
1 344 (11.00%) Docker
2 11 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.064%) Firmware
5 2 (0.064%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.064%) Varnish
5 2 (0.064%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.032%) GridGain
6 1 (0.032%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 247 (7.90%) Kubernetes
2 55 (1.76%) Terraform
3 23 (0.74%) Ansible
4 9 (0.29%) Grafana
5 7 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.19%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.19%) Rancher
7 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.096%) Kibana
9 1 (0.032%) cPanel
9 1 (0.032%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.032%) Istio
9 1 (0.032%) MIIS
Vendors
1 370 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 212 (6.78%) Oracle
3 71 (2.27%) Google
4 40 (1.28%) Sitecore
5 39 (1.25%) Optimizely
6 33 (1.06%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.02%) Siebel
8 24 (0.77%) Adobe
9 14 (0.45%) Cognizant
9 14 (0.45%) F5
10 13 (0.42%) Atlassian
10 13 (0.42%) MuleSoft
11 12 (0.38%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.35%) Xamarin
13 10 (0.32%) WSO2
14 9 (0.29%) NVIDIA
14 9 (0.29%) OpenAI
15 8 (0.26%) Blue Prism
15 8 (0.26%) Facebook
15 8 (0.26%) Twitter