Senior Software Engineer
UK
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 January 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 192 | 211 | 259 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +19 | +48 | -60 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer | 1,015 | 927 | 1,528 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.56% | 1.57% | 1.42% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.68% | 1.65% | 1.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 672 | 545 | 1,031 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £50,000 | £48,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £95,000 | £82,500 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £121,875 | £101,250 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.69% | - | +8.33% |
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 | 60,520 | 56,220 | 102,135 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 92.94% | 95.42% | 95.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,988 | 41,178 | 66,345 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £30,000 | £33,036 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.93% | -4.17% | +1.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £95,063 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £52,772 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -5.25% | +5.54% |
Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer.
Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer over the 6 months to 16 January 2025.
Senior Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 January 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 |
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| England | +58 | 879 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 453 |
| UK excluding London | -14 | 683 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 216 |
| Work from Home | +30 | 503 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 283 |
| London | +86 | 302 | £90,000 | -2.70% | 274 |
| South East | +47 | 210 | £60,000 | -17.24% | 49 |
| North of England | -27 | 142 | £60,000 | - | 56 |
| South West | +2 | 93 | £58,000 | -7.20% | 37 |
| East of England | +24 | 89 | £67,500 | -3.57% | 14 |
| Scotland | -38 | 83 | £62,500 | - | 36 |
| North West | -43 | 81 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 40 |
| Midlands | -56 | 38 | £61,500 | +2.50% | 15 |
| North East | +11 | 33 | £58,000 | +5.45% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +13 | 28 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 10 |
| West Midlands | -45 | 23 | £63,500 | +7.63% | 9 |
| Wales | +22 | 21 | £60,000 | - | 9 |
| East Midlands | -40 | 15 | £58,000 | -10.77% | 6 |
| Northern Ireland | +8 | 7 | - | - | 6 |
Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 January 2025, Senior Software 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 Software Engineer in the job title.
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Senior Software 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:
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