Senior Programmer
UK
The median Senior Programmer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 3 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 879 | 969 | 865 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +90 | -104 | -125 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Programmer | 25 | 24 | 373 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.023% | 0.24% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.027% | 0.025% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 15 | 18 | 45 |
| 10th Percentile | £39,000 | £45,875 | £53,162 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £54,375 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £77,500 | £125,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.94% | -38.00% | +127.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,625 | £115,625 | £232,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £82,500 | £118,250 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £47,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -20.83% | +14.29% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 93,314 | 94,990 | 150,394 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.62% | 91.53% | 96.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,914 | 59,752 | 85,367 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,508 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.49% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
Senior Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Programmer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Programmer.
Senior Programmer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Programmer over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.
Senior Programmer
Top 9 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Programmer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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 | +90 | 25 | £45,000 | -41.94% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +25 | 17 | £45,000 | -5.26% | 2 |
| South East | +18 | 13 | £45,000 | -5.26% | 2 |
| London | +117 | 8 | £72,500 | -27.50% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +79 | 2 | £50,000 | -43.66% | 3 |
| South West | -21 | 2 | - | - | |
| North of England | +50 | 1 | £32,500 | -43.12% | |
| East of England | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | £32,500 | - |
Senior Programmer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Senior Programmer 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 Programmer in the job title.
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Senior Programmer 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: