Senior Software Developer Jobs

Senior Software Developer
UK

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 November 2024.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 516 512 603
Rank change year-on-year -4 +91 -171
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 281 257 634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.45% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.47% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 255 218 452
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £46,463
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% +5.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £97,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% +9.09%

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 71,451 54,630 129,558
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 36,949 39,801 77,809
10th Percentile £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.81% - +5.00%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the UK

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in the UK

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer over the 6 months to 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the UK

Senior Software 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 Software Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 November 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 -13 244 £70,000 - 64
UK excluding London +3 188 £65,000 - 47
Work from Home -9 102 £67,500 +1.89% 69
South East -3 86 £70,000 - 8
London +4 83 £100,000 +29.03% 15
North of England -29 27 £65,000 +8.33% 18
South West +9 18 £70,000 +9.80% 5
Midlands -43 18 £60,000 +9.09% 13
West Midlands -17 16 £60,000 +9.09% 6
Scotland +3 15 £70,000 +16.67%
Yorkshire +19 13 £65,000 +23.81% 5
Wales +33 11 £55,000 -4.35%
North West -40 10 £65,000 +4.00% 9
East of England -46 7 £61,142 -18.48% 4
Northern Ireland +23 6 £56,250 +12.50%
North East -33 4 £65,000 +18.18% 4
East Midlands -25 2 £50,000 -11.11% 7

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 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 featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 145 (51.60%) C#
2 125 (44.48%) .NET
3 115 (40.93%) JavaScript
4 89 (31.67%) TypeScript
5 82 (29.18%) Agile
6 76 (27.05%) Software Engineering
7 69 (24.56%) DevOps
8 62 (22.06%) SQL
9 61 (21.71%) Azure
9 61 (21.71%) Full-Stack Development
10 55 (19.57%) AWS
10 55 (19.57%) Degree
10 55 (19.57%) Mathematics
11 51 (18.15%) SQL Server
12 48 (17.08%) Computer Science
12 48 (17.08%) AngularJS
13 46 (16.37%) CSS
14 43 (15.30%) HTML
15 41 (14.59%) React
15 41 (14.59%) .NET Core
16 40 (14.23%) ASP.NET
17 38 (13.52%) Windows
17 38 (13.52%) Finance
18 36 (12.81%) .NET Framework
19 34 (12.10%) Social Skills
20 33 (11.74%) CI/CD
21 32 (11.39%) Python
21 32 (11.39%) Java
21 32 (11.39%) Algorithms
22 31 (11.03%) Multithreading

Senior Software 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 2 (0.71%) CMS
2 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.36%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 61 (21.71%) Azure
2 55 (19.57%) AWS
3 29 (10.32%) Azure DevOps
4 25 (8.90%) AWS Lambda
4 25 (8.90%) Serverless
5 24 (8.54%) Amazon SQS
6 20 (7.12%) Amazon ECS
6 20 (7.12%) AWS Step Functions
7 13 (4.63%) SaaS
8 4 (1.42%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.07%) GCP
10 2 (0.71%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (0.71%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.71%) GitHub
10 2 (0.71%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.36%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.36%) Figma
11 1 (0.36%) Jelastic
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.78%) Network Security
2 2 (0.71%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.71%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.71%) MQTT
3 1 (0.36%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (18.15%) SQL Server
2 12 (4.27%) NoSQL
3 11 (3.91%) MySQL
4 7 (2.49%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.07%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.36%) KDB
Development Applications
1 28 (9.96%) Git
2 9 (3.20%) Visual Studio
3 7 (2.49%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.78%) Visual Studio Code
5 4 (1.42%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.42%) Jasmine
5 4 (1.42%) NUnit
5 4 (1.42%) Selenium
6 2 (0.71%) GitLab
6 2 (0.71%) JIRA
6 2 (0.71%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.36%) rollup.js
General
1 38 (13.52%) Finance
2 34 (12.10%) Social Skills
3 25 (8.90%) Banking
4 21 (7.47%) Front Office
4 21 (7.47%) Investment Banking
5 16 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (4.98%) Tech for Good
7 10 (3.56%) Law
7 10 (3.56%) Multimedia
8 8 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.49%) Advertising
9 7 (2.49%) Back Office
10 4 (1.42%) Electronics
10 4 (1.42%) Publishing
11 3 (1.07%) Automotive
11 3 (1.07%) Retail
12 2 (0.71%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.71%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.36%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (44.48%) .NET
2 48 (17.08%) AngularJS
3 46 (16.37%) CSS
4 43 (15.30%) HTML
5 41 (14.59%) .NET Core
5 41 (14.59%) React
6 40 (14.23%) ASP.NET
7 36 (12.81%) .NET Framework
8 25 (8.90%) HTML5
9 23 (8.19%) ASP.NET Web API
10 21 (7.47%) Entity Framework
10 21 (7.47%) WCF
11 20 (7.12%) Lambda Expressions
12 18 (6.41%) RESTful
12 18 (6.41%) WPF
13 13 (4.63%) Node.js
13 13 (4.63%) Web Services
14 11 (3.91%) REST
14 11 (3.91%) Tailwind CSS
15 10 (3.56%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.39%) Algorithms
2 27 (9.61%) Derivative
3 26 (9.25%) Greenfield Project
4 21 (7.47%) Fixed Income
5 20 (7.12%) Equities
5 20 (7.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (7.12%) Hedge funds
6 11 (3.91%) Legacy Code
7 8 (2.85%) Renewable Energy
8 7 (2.49%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.07%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.71%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.71%) Media Streaming
11 1 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.36%) IoT
11 1 (0.36%) NHS
11 1 (0.36%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.36%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.52%) Windows
2 7 (2.49%) Linux
3 3 (1.07%) Android
4 2 (0.71%) Unix
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (29.18%) Agile
2 76 (27.05%) Software Engineering
3 69 (24.56%) DevOps
4 61 (21.71%) Full-Stack Development
5 55 (19.57%) Mathematics
6 48 (17.08%) Computer Science
7 33 (11.74%) CI/CD
8 31 (11.03%) Multithreaded Programming
8 31 (11.03%) Multithreading
9 27 (9.61%) Design Patterns
10 22 (7.83%) Artificial Intelligence
11 21 (7.47%) Analytics
11 21 (7.47%) Collaborative Working
12 20 (7.12%) Asset Management
12 20 (7.12%) Microservices
12 20 (7.12%) TDD
13 18 (6.41%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (6.41%) Test Automation
14 17 (6.05%) MVC
15 14 (4.98%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 145 (51.60%) C#
2 115 (40.93%) JavaScript
3 89 (31.67%) TypeScript
4 62 (22.06%) SQL
5 32 (11.39%) Java
5 32 (11.39%) Python
6 11 (3.91%) C++
7 8 (2.85%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.14%) T-SQL
9 5 (1.78%) PHP
10 4 (1.42%) Go
10 4 (1.42%) Ruby
11 3 (1.07%) C
12 2 (0.71%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 55 (19.57%) Degree
2 16 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (4.27%) Master's Degree
3 12 (4.27%) Numerate Degree
3 12 (4.27%) PhD
4 2 (0.71%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.36%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.42%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.07%) Accessibility
2 3 (1.07%) QA
2 3 (1.07%) WCAG
3 2 (0.71%) EMIR
3 2 (0.71%) IEC 62304
3 2 (0.71%) ISO 13485
3 2 (0.71%) MiFID
3 2 (0.71%) MISRA
3 2 (0.71%) MISRA C
System Software
1 12 (4.27%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.36%) Ceph
2 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.36%) Ansible
2 1 (0.36%) Knative
2 1 (0.36%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (7.47%) Oracle
2 12 (4.27%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.71%) Intel
3 2 (0.71%) Telerik
4 1 (0.36%) Google