Senior Software Engineer
UK
The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 July 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 210 | 116 | 289 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -94 | +173 | -145 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer | 907 | 2,347 | 1,079 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.52% | 2.20% | 1.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.69% | 2.32% | 1.33% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 514 | 1,597 | 728 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | £50,000 | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £62,500 | £56,250 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.23% | -7.14% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £83,125 | £86,563 |
| 90th Percentile | £130,000 | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.33% | -7.69% | +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 | 53,646 | 100,958 | 81,022 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.91% | 94.82% | 91.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 29,258 | 71,135 | 54,610 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £28,573 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,000 | £38,750 | £44,180 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,708 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.66% | +4.74% |
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 6 July 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 6 July 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 | -79 | 806 | £78,810 | +16.76% | 2,087 |
| UK excluding London | -104 | 563 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 1,247 |
| Work from Home | -68 | 433 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 1,168 |
| London | -9 | 311 | £102,500 | +13.89% | 1,023 |
| North of England | -9 | 267 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 338 |
| North West | +6 | 232 | £75,000 | +25.00% | 221 |
| Scotland | -34 | 71 | £64,500 | +7.50% | 122 |
| Midlands | -13 | 68 | £72,500 | +11.54% | 121 |
| South East | -105 | 66 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 273 |
| West Midlands | +31 | 46 | £73,750 | +13.46% | 54 |
| South West | -68 | 44 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 137 |
| East of England | -30 | 37 | £60,750 | -6.54% | 184 |
| East Midlands | -15 | 22 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 67 |
| Yorkshire | -33 | 19 | £78,810 | +26.10% | 97 |
| North East | +15 | 16 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 20 |
| Wales | -13 | 10 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 37 |
Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 July 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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