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The median annual salary for a Senior Software Engineer was £60,000 in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 20 February 2020. The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| Senior Software Engineer UK |
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6 months to
20 Feb 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
256 |
316 |
339 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+60 |
+23 |
+144 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
1,540 |
1,567 |
1,674 |
| As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK |
1.24% |
1.04% |
0.95% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.30% |
1.08% |
0.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,143 |
1,181 |
1,383 |
| UK median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£62,500 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-4.00% |
+13.64% |
+10.00% |
| 10th Percentile |
£42,000 |
£41,250 |
£40,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£95,000 |
£86,250 |
£81,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.76% |
+6.06% |
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.
| All Permanent IT Job Vacancies UK |
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title |
118,197 |
145,194 |
170,321 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.50% |
95.91% |
96.35% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
94,710 |
116,151 |
139,435 |
| UK median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,250 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£83,750 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£42,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+5.88% |
- |
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Senior Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend
This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer.
Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Senior Software Engineer over the 6 months to 20 February 2020.
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 20 February 2020.
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
Job
Vacancies |
| England |
+66 |
1,367 |
£62,000 |
-0.80% |
306 |
| UK excluding London |
+58 |
1,001 |
£55,000 |
- |
251 |
| London |
+73 |
517 |
£80,000 |
+10.34% |
80 |
| South East |
+77 |
376 |
£55,000 |
-12.00% |
64 |
| North of England |
+102 |
215 |
£57,500 |
+9.52% |
47 |
| North West |
+76 |
130 |
£57,500 |
+4.55% |
28 |
| Scotland |
+66 |
121 |
£47,500 |
-5.00% |
20 |
| East of England |
+61 |
94 |
£62,500 |
+13.64% |
47 |
| South West |
-80 |
90 |
£55,000 |
+10.00% |
28 |
| Midlands |
+45 |
75 |
£52,500 |
-2.33% |
39 |
| Yorkshire |
+67 |
60 |
£62,203 |
+38.23% |
12 |
| West Midlands |
+38 |
51 |
£54,000 |
-1.82% |
29 |
| North East |
+25 |
25 |
£54,559 |
+18.61% |
7 |
| Wales |
-33 |
25 |
£42,000 |
-16.00% |
4 |
| East Midlands |
+26 |
21 |
£52,500 |
-2.33% |
10 |
| Northern Ireland |
+21 |
7 |
£43,500 |
+8.75% |
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Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 20 February 2020, Senior Software Engineer job roles required the following IT skills 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.
Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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