Senior Development Engineer Jobs

Senior Development Engineer
UK

The median Senior Development Engineer salary in the UK is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 626 860 962
Rank change year-on-year +234 +102 +139
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Development Engineer 58 25 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.025% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.027% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 11 17 18
10th Percentile £34,500 £47,500 £58,125
25th Percentile £51,250 - £70,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -42.86% +115.55%
75th Percentile £105,000 £85,000 £100,000
90th Percentile - - £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +5.00% -14.89% +44.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 46,971 93,051 95,196
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.06% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,308 66,827 59,871
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -12.08% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%

Senior Development Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Development Engineer in the UK

Senior Development Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Development Engineer in the UK

Senior Development Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Development Engineer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Development Engineer in the UK

Senior Development Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Development Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
UK excluding London +242 50 £52,500 +5.00% 14
England +220 48 £52,500 -38.24% 22
Midlands +96 36 - - 2
West Midlands - 24 - -
Work from Home +187 13 £52,500 -38.24% 13
East Midlands +60 12 - - 2
South West +120 6 £52,500 +5.00% 2
London +96 4 £105,000 +23.53% 11
Wales +35 3 - -
Scotland - 3 £62,500 - 2
East of England - 2 £39,000 - 4

Senior Development Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, Senior Development 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 featuring Senior Development Engineer in the job title.

1 40 (68.97%) Validation
2 37 (63.79%) Software Testing
3 36 (62.07%) Agile
3 36 (62.07%) MATLAB
3 36 (62.07%) Simulink
3 36 (62.07%) Aerospace
3 36 (62.07%) Automotive
3 36 (62.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 36 (62.07%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (18.97%) Test Automation
4 11 (18.97%) Software Engineering
5 9 (15.52%) Degree
6 8 (13.79%) C
6 8 (13.79%) Python
7 7 (12.07%) Finance
8 6 (10.34%) LabVIEW
8 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
8 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
8 6 (10.34%) Manufacturing
8 6 (10.34%) Linux
8 6 (10.34%) Analogue Electronics
8 6 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (8.62%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (8.62%) TypeScript
10 4 (6.90%) Web Application Development
10 4 (6.90%) Git
10 4 (6.90%) AWS
10 4 (6.90%) Open Source
10 4 (6.90%) Software Architecture
10 4 (6.90%) Digital Signal Processing

Senior Development Engineer 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 2 (3.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 36 (62.07%) Simulink
2 4 (6.90%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.90%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.90%) 5G
1 4 (6.90%) DNS
1 4 (6.90%) HTTP
1 4 (6.90%) Internet
1 4 (6.90%) SD-WAN
1 4 (6.90%) SMTP
1 4 (6.90%) TCP/IP
1 4 (6.90%) WAN
Development Applications
1 6 (10.34%) LabVIEW
2 4 (6.90%) Git
2 4 (6.90%) Subversion
3 1 (1.72%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.72%) Postman
3 1 (1.72%) SoapUI
General
1 36 (62.07%) Aerospace
1 36 (62.07%) Automotive
2 7 (12.07%) Finance
3 6 (10.34%) Manufacturing
3 6 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Local Government
5 3 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.45%) Electronics
6 2 (3.45%) Social Skills
7 1 (1.72%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) CSS
1 4 (6.90%) GraphQL
1 4 (6.90%) HTML
1 4 (6.90%) React
1 4 (6.90%) Svelte
2 1 (1.72%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.34%) Analogue Electronics
2 4 (6.90%) Algorithms
2 4 (6.90%) FPGA
2 4 (6.90%) GNSS
2 4 (6.90%) MicroBlaze
2 4 (6.90%) Self-Driving Car
2 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (6.90%) Tandem
3 3 (5.17%) NHS
4 2 (3.45%) Data Centre
4 2 (3.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.34%) Linux
2 4 (6.90%) Unix
2 4 (6.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (68.97%) Validation
2 37 (63.79%) Software Testing
3 36 (62.07%) Agile
3 36 (62.07%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (18.97%) Software Engineering
4 11 (18.97%) Test Automation
5 5 (8.62%) Full-Stack Development
6 4 (6.90%) B2B
6 4 (6.90%) CAD
6 4 (6.90%) Digital Signal Processing
6 4 (6.90%) Fintech
6 4 (6.90%) Front End Development
6 4 (6.90%) Mathematics
6 4 (6.90%) Mentoring
6 4 (6.90%) Open Source
6 4 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (6.90%) Signal Processing
6 4 (6.90%) Software Architecture
6 4 (6.90%) Test Assurance
6 4 (6.90%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 36 (62.07%) MATLAB
2 8 (13.79%) C
2 8 (13.79%) Python
3 5 (8.62%) TypeScript
4 4 (6.90%) C++
4 4 (6.90%) Embedded C
5 2 (3.45%) C#
6 1 (1.72%) Java
6 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 36 (62.07%) BPSS Clearance
2 9 (15.52%) Degree
3 6 (10.34%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.34%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (6.90%) Embedded Firmware
1 4 (6.90%) Firmware
2 2 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.45%) Podman
2 1 (1.72%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 2 (3.45%) Graphcore
1 2 (3.45%) Mentor Graphics
1 2 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.72%) Dynatrace
2 1 (1.72%) Splunk