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 16 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 201 | 136 | 278 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -65 | +142 | -135 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer | 893 | 2,087 | 1,289 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.61% | 2.10% | 1.29% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.78% | 2.22% | 1.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 595 | 1,346 | 805 |
| 10th Percentile | £52,500 | £50,000 | £51,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £56,250 | £55,000 | £56,250 |
| 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 | £102,500 | £102,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £61,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.67% | -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 | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
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 16 May 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 16 May 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 | -41 | 787 | £72,500 | +7.41% | 735 |
| UK excluding London | -69 | 627 | £61,000 | +1.67% | 475 |
| Work from Home | -38 | 480 | £75,000 | +7.14% | 464 |
| North of England | +11 | 304 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 101 |
| North West | +12 | 258 | £65,000 | +8.33% | 56 |
| London | -3 | 228 | £95,000 | +2.70% | 423 |
| South East | -22 | 105 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 175 |
| Scotland | -44 | 63 | £62,500 | +4.17% | 47 |
| Midlands | -17 | 58 | £70,000 | +16.67% | 34 |
| East of England | +6 | 44 | £61,250 | -5.77% | 62 |
| West Midlands | +34 | 40 | £72,500 | +20.83% | 16 |
| South West | -61 | 38 | £60,000 | -4.00% | 42 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 28 | £78,810 | +26.10% | 24 |
| North East | +15 | 18 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 21 |
| East Midlands | -27 | 18 | £58,000 | -3.33% | 14 |
| Wales | +3 | 15 | £65,000 | +30.00% | 10 |
Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 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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