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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 5 April 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
5 Apr 2020 |
Same period 2019 |
Same period 2018 |
| Rank |
273 |
303 |
338 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+30 |
+35 |
+126 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer |
1,363 |
1,621 |
1,680 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK |
1.17% |
1.09% |
0.95% |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
1.23% |
1.13% |
0.98% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1,161 |
1,352 |
1,466 |
| Median annual salary |
£60,000 |
£62,500 |
£55,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
-4.00% |
+13.64% |
+4.76% |
| 10th Percentile |
£42,000 |
£38,750 |
£41,250 |
| 90th Percentile |
£92,500 |
£85,000 |
£81,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.76% |
+5.00% |
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 |
111,151 |
143,157 |
171,005 |
| % of permanent IT jobs with a recognized job title |
95.39% |
95.98% |
96.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
89,147 |
114,205 |
140,245 |
| Median annual salary |
£52,500 |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median salary % change year-on-year |
+5.00% |
- |
+5.26% |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,750 |
£28,500 |
£27,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£85,000 |
£80,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary |
£45,000 |
£45,000 |
£43,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+3.45% |
+2.35% |
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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 5 April 2020.
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 5 April 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 |
+40 |
1,211 |
£62,500 |
- |
240 |
| UK excluding London |
+43 |
882 |
£55,000 |
- |
192 |
| London |
+54 |
454 |
£77,500 |
+10.31% |
65 |
| South East |
+43 |
312 |
£55,000 |
-12.00% |
54 |
| North of England |
+86 |
192 |
£57,500 |
+9.52% |
30 |
| North West |
+49 |
126 |
£57,500 |
+4.55% |
16 |
| Work from Home |
-18 |
122 |
£70,000 |
+12.00% |
25 |
| Scotland |
+28 |
96 |
£51,250 |
+2.50% |
10 |
| South West |
-57 |
96 |
£57,500 |
+15.00% |
26 |
| East of England |
+57 |
89 |
£62,500 |
+13.64% |
32 |
| Midlands |
+66 |
70 |
£52,500 |
+5.00% |
33 |
| Yorkshire |
+74 |
57 |
£56,500 |
+25.56% |
8 |
| West Midlands |
+66 |
47 |
£50,000 |
- |
23 |
| East Midlands |
+32 |
23 |
£52,500 |
+3.96% |
10 |
| Wales |
-28 |
20 |
£42,000 |
-16.00% |
7 |
| Northern Ireland |
+29 |
10 |
£55,000 |
- |
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| North East |
+5 |
9 |
£42,500 |
-19.05% |
6 |
Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills
For the 6 months to 5 April 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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