Senior Software Developer Job Trends in Yorkshire

Senior Software Developer
England > Yorkshire

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Yorkshire is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 165 185
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 30 3 29
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.44% 0.091% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.11% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 30 3 24
10th Percentile - £51,200 £46,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £52,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £41,000 £65,000 £60,938
90th Percentile - - £65,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 6,437 2,834 5,964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 85.72% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,431 1,496 4,483
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £39,750 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.88% +8.57% -12.50%

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
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer 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 4 July 2026. 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
South Yorkshire -14 18 £40,000 -33.33%
West Yorkshire -18 12 £40,000 -25.23%
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 4 July 2026, 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 11 (36.67%) JavaScript
2 10 (33.33%) AWS
2 10 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 10 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 10 (33.33%) MariaDB
2 10 (33.33%) MySQL
2 10 (33.33%) PHP
2 10 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 1 (3.33%) .NET
3 1 (3.33%) C#
3 1 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (3.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (3.33%) Product Vision
3 1 (3.33%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (3.33%) SaaS
3 1 (3.33%) SDLC
3 1 (3.33%) Software Engineering

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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) MariaDB
1 10 (33.33%) MySQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Clean Code
1 10 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 10 (33.33%) Secure Coding
2 1 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (3.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (3.33%) Product Vision
2 1 (3.33%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (3.33%) SDLC
2 1 (3.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (36.67%) JavaScript
2 10 (33.33%) PHP
3 1 (3.33%) C#