Senior Software Engineer
UK
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the UK is £70,000 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 | |
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| Rank | 212 | 139 | 278 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -73 | +139 | -130 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer | 754 | 2,018 | 1,355 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.45% | 2.05% | 1.30% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.61% | 2.17% | 1.42% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 623 | 1,284 | 842 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £50,000 | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | £55,000 | £57,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £70,000 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.69% | -7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £97,500 | £80,000 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £116,250 | £101,250 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £62,500 | £61,500 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.63% | -5.38% | +4.00% |
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 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 30 April 2025.
Senior Software Engineer
Top 16 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 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 |
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| England | -46 | 637 | £71,250 | +5.56% | 515 |
| UK excluding London | -86 | 481 | £62,500 | +1.63% | 281 |
| Work from Home | -39 | 341 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 381 |
| London | +16 | 239 | £95,000 | +2.70% | 269 |
| North of England | -60 | 128 | £65,000 | +4.00% | 88 |
| South East | +2 | 111 | £55,000 | -16.98% | 57 |
| North West | -62 | 83 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 56 |
| Scotland | -21 | 71 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 30 |
| Midlands | -15 | 59 | £67,500 | +12.50% | 30 |
| East of England | +26 | 48 | £62,500 | -3.85% | 41 |
| South West | -41 | 47 | £62,500 | - | 31 |
| West Midlands | +30 | 41 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 14 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 30 | £78,810 | +26.10% | 23 |
| East Midlands | -11 | 18 | £58,000 | -3.33% | 16 |
| Wales | +5 | 17 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 10 |
| North East | +18 | 15 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 10 |
Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 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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