Senior Software Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Senior Software Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Yorkshire is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 154 172
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 +79
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 6 13 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.17% 0.31% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.32% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 14
10th Percentile - £54,250 -
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% +7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £70,125
90th Percentile - £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year - +1.82% +1.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,040 4,037 3,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.51% 94.94% 97.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 1,962 2,417
10th Percentile £26,009 £28,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Senior Software Developer job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Software Developer job vacancies in Yorkshire

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Software Developer within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
West Yorkshire +4 6 £70,000 +12.00% 1
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 1 November 2025, Senior Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (50.00%) .NET
3 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
4 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
4 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
4 2 (33.33%) C++
4 2 (33.33%) Change Control
4 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Coaching
4 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (33.33%) CSS
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) HCL Notes
4 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 2 (33.33%) IIS
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) HCL Notes
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle BPM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) Spring
2 2 (33.33%) Spring Boot
2 2 (33.33%) WCF
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
3 1 (16.67%) Django
3 1 (16.67%) Entity Framework
3 1 (16.67%) FastAPI
3 1 (16.67%) Flask
3 1 (16.67%) React
3 1 (16.67%) RESTful
3 1 (16.67%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 2 (33.33%) Release Management
3 2 (33.33%) SDLC
3 2 (33.33%) TDD
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (33.33%) C++
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (33.33%) Kotlin
4 2 (33.33%) Scala
4 2 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Lotus
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle