Senior Software Engineer Jobs

Senior Software Engineer
UK

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 249 245 207
Rank change year-on-year -4 -38 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 720 1,837 2,377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.36% 1.50% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 1.57% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 445 1,086 1,039
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £81,500 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £118,750
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

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 50,561 117,203 121,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.41% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 36,942 73,752 84,378
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,798 £32,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

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.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the UK

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 7 December 2023. 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 -10 526 £70,000 - 464
UK excluding London +43 510 £65,000 - 328
Work from Home +12 418 £65,000 -8.32% 297
London -45 148 £90,000 +5.88% 223
North of England +75 131 £64,000 +2.40% 55
Scotland +49 112 £61,500 -7.17% 40
South West +43 84 £65,000 -7.14% 37
South East -26 79 £71,250 +9.62% 118
North West +111 72 £65,000 +15.56% 35
Midlands +92 59 £60,000 - 27
Yorkshire +27 49 £65,000 -3.31% 13
West Midlands +98 31 £59,250 -1.25% 13
East Midlands +42 28 £65,000 +18.18% 14
Northern Ireland +46 19 £60,500 +5.22% 8
Wales +16 16 £65,000 +8.33% 3
East of England +65 14 £77,500 +10.71% 43
North East +44 10 £55,000 -22.43% 9

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2023, 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.

1 716 (99.44%) Software Engineering
2 320 (44.44%) Java
3 310 (43.06%) Agile
4 283 (39.31%) AWS
5 237 (32.92%) Python
6 230 (31.94%) Security Cleared
7 204 (28.33%) Azure
8 181 (25.14%) Microservices
9 173 (24.03%) Linux
10 171 (23.75%) .NET
11 170 (23.61%) Mentoring
11 170 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
12 164 (22.78%) C#
13 163 (22.64%) CI/CD
14 158 (21.94%) GCP
15 143 (19.86%) JavaScript
16 139 (19.31%) AngularJS
17 132 (18.33%) C++
18 131 (18.19%) Docker
18 131 (18.19%) React
19 128 (17.78%) SC Cleared
19 128 (17.78%) Actionable Insight
20 125 (17.36%) SQL
21 124 (17.22%) Design Patterns
22 119 (16.53%) Kubernetes
23 117 (16.25%) Finance
24 108 (15.00%) DevOps
25 104 (14.44%) Serverless
26 102 (14.17%) Spring
27 101 (14.03%) Configuration Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 63 (8.75%) JBoss
1 63 (8.75%) Red Hat Fuse
2 13 (1.81%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.53%) Confluence
4 8 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.97%) Apache
6 4 (0.56%) NServiceBus
7 3 (0.42%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.28%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.28%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.28%) nginx
9 1 (0.14%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (0.56%) Simulink
2 2 (0.28%) TargetLink
3 1 (0.14%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 283 (39.31%) AWS
2 204 (28.33%) Azure
3 158 (21.94%) GCP
4 104 (14.44%) Serverless
5 91 (12.64%) OpenShift
6 36 (5.00%) SaaS
7 29 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (1.94%) GitHub
10 12 (1.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (1.25%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.11%) dbt
14 7 (0.97%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (0.83%) Amazon EKS
15 6 (0.83%) Power Platform
16 5 (0.69%) Azure Service Fabric
17 4 (0.56%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.08%) Ethernet
1 15 (2.08%) Internet
1 15 (2.08%) WAN
2 13 (1.81%) 5G
2 13 (1.81%) SD-WAN
3 9 (1.25%) TCP/IP
4 7 (0.97%) RS-232
4 7 (0.97%) Wireless
5 6 (0.83%) AMQP
5 6 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.69%) HTTP
7 3 (0.42%) Modbus
7 3 (0.42%) Multicast
7 3 (0.42%) SpaceWire
8 2 (0.28%) FlexRay
8 2 (0.28%) J1939
8 2 (0.28%) LAN
8 2 (0.28%) RFID
8 2 (0.28%) Unicast
9 1 (0.14%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 43 (5.97%) NoSQL
3 38 (5.28%) MongoDB
4 28 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
5 26 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
5 26 (3.61%) MySQL
6 19 (2.64%) Redis
7 16 (2.22%) Big Data
8 15 (2.08%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.83%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.69%) Cloudera CDH
11 5 (0.69%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.56%) Event Store
12 4 (0.56%) RavenDB
13 3 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 3 (0.42%) Oracle Database
14 2 (0.28%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.28%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 64 (8.89%) IntelliJ
2 36 (5.00%) Jenkins
3 35 (4.86%) Git
4 26 (3.61%) Visual Studio
5 25 (3.47%) JIRA
6 21 (2.92%) GitLab
7 14 (1.94%) Cucumber
7 14 (1.94%) Selenium
8 13 (1.81%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.25%) CMake
10 8 (1.11%) Subversion
11 7 (0.97%) SpecFlow
11 7 (0.97%) Spinnaker
12 5 (0.69%) Postman
13 4 (0.56%) Maven
13 4 (0.56%) Mercurial
13 4 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.56%) WebDriver
14 3 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 3 (0.42%) NetBeans
General
1 117 (16.25%) Finance
2 87 (12.08%) Public Sector
3 84 (11.67%) Social Skills
4 72 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (4.58%) Marketing
6 31 (4.31%) Banking
7 27 (3.75%) Retail
8 23 (3.19%) Aerospace
9 22 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
9 22 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 22 (3.06%) Military
10 19 (2.64%) Electronics
10 19 (2.64%) Law
11 16 (2.22%) Automotive
12 10 (1.39%) Games
12 10 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (1.25%) Tech for Good
14 8 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
14 8 (1.11%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.97%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 171 (23.75%) .NET
2 139 (19.31%) AngularJS
3 131 (18.19%) React
4 102 (14.17%) Spring
5 94 (13.06%) REST
6 81 (11.25%) Web Services
7 77 (10.69%) XML
8 73 (10.14%) RESTful
9 72 (10.00%) Hibernate
10 71 (9.86%) SOAP
11 68 (9.44%) JSON
12 63 (8.75%) JPA
12 63 (8.75%) XSD
13 61 (8.47%) Node.js
14 57 (7.92%) .NET Core
14 57 (7.92%) .NET Framework
15 53 (7.36%) HTML
16 50 (6.94%) Java EE
17 48 (6.67%) CSS
18 46 (6.39%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.83%) Cloud Native
2 30 (4.17%) Algorithms
2 30 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 26 (3.61%) Distributed Systems
4 25 (3.47%) Greenfield Project
4 25 (3.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 21 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
6 15 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
7 14 (1.94%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.67%) Blog
8 12 (1.67%) Data Structures
8 12 (1.67%) Device Driver
9 10 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
10 9 (1.25%) GNSS
10 9 (1.25%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.25%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.11%) Derivative
11 8 (1.11%) Legacy Code
12 7 (0.97%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 173 (24.03%) Linux
2 38 (5.28%) Windows
3 15 (2.08%) Unix
4 11 (1.53%) Embedded Linux
5 10 (1.39%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.97%) Android
7 6 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.83%) Debian
8 5 (0.69%) CentOS
8 5 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.69%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.56%) VxWorks
10 1 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 716 (99.44%) Software Engineering
2 310 (43.06%) Agile
3 181 (25.14%) Microservices
4 170 (23.61%) Mentoring
4 170 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
5 163 (22.64%) CI/CD
6 128 (17.78%) Actionable Insight
7 124 (17.22%) Design Patterns
8 108 (15.00%) DevOps
9 101 (14.03%) Configuration Management
10 96 (13.33%) Collaborative Culture
11 88 (12.22%) TDD
12 87 (12.08%) Test Automation
13 86 (11.94%) User Experience
14 84 (11.67%) Front End Development
15 77 (10.69%) Scrum
16 75 (10.42%) Collaborative Working
17 73 (10.14%) Computer Science
17 73 (10.14%) Containerisation
17 73 (10.14%) Loose Coupling
Programming Languages
1 320 (44.44%) Java
2 237 (32.92%) Python
3 164 (22.78%) C#
4 143 (19.86%) JavaScript
5 132 (18.33%) C++
6 125 (17.36%) SQL
7 76 (10.56%) TypeScript
8 68 (9.44%) C
9 29 (4.03%) Rust
10 23 (3.19%) Go
11 18 (2.50%) PHP
12 17 (2.36%) Bash
12 17 (2.36%) R
13 15 (2.08%) Ruby
14 12 (1.67%) Kotlin
14 12 (1.67%) Perl
15 10 (1.39%) PowerShell
16 9 (1.25%) Embedded C
17 8 (1.11%) Shell Script
17 8 (1.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 230 (31.94%) Security Cleared
2 128 (17.78%) SC Cleared
3 93 (12.92%) DV Cleared
4 80 (11.11%) Degree
5 44 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (1.53%) Master's Degree
7 9 (1.25%) AWS Certification
8 5 (0.69%) PhD
9 4 (0.56%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (0.56%) AWS Certified Developer
9 4 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.28%) HND
11 2 (0.28%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.14%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.17%) QA
2 13 (1.81%) PMO
3 7 (0.97%) MISRA
4 5 (0.69%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.56%) DO-178B
5 4 (0.56%) ISO 26262
6 3 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.42%) AUTOSAR
7 1 (0.14%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.14%) IEC 61508
7 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.14%) TickIT
System Software
1 131 (18.19%) Docker
2 24 (3.33%) Firmware
3 11 (1.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 119 (16.53%) Kubernetes
2 39 (5.42%) Terraform
3 11 (1.53%) Ansible
4 7 (0.97%) Puppet
5 4 (0.56%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.42%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.42%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.14%) Grafana
7 1 (0.14%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 34 (4.72%) Google
2 32 (4.44%) Microsoft
3 12 (1.67%) Xamarin
4 9 (1.25%) Dell
5 8 (1.11%) SAP
6 7 (0.97%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.69%) Red Hat
7 5 (0.69%) SaltStack
8 4 (0.56%) Oracle
9 3 (0.42%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.28%) Databricks
10 2 (0.28%) Splunk
11 1 (0.14%) Axosoft
11 1 (0.14%) DevExpress
11 1 (0.14%) Facebook
11 1 (0.14%) Lauterbach
11 1 (0.14%) Parasoft
11 1 (0.14%) Sparx
11 1 (0.14%) Spotify
11 1 (0.14%) Zuora