Senior Developer Jobs in England

Senior Developer
UK > England

The median Senior Developer salary in England is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 82 83 68
Rank change year-on-year +1 -15 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2,712 3,435 7,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.14% 3.88% 5.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.32% 4.24% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,272 2,409 4,069
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +16.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in England

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in England.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in England

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in England

Senior Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 19 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
London -4 890 £80,000 -5.88% 240
North of England +35 537 £60,000 -4.00% 105
South East -29 502 £65,000 -7.14% 116
South West +55 397 £57,500 -4.17% 33
North West +36 329 £60,000 -3.42% 61
Midlands -21 260 £60,000 - 88
Yorkshire +53 180 £55,000 -12.00% 34
West Midlands -11 153 £62,500 +4.17% 59
East Midlands -33 106 £55,000 -10.20% 29
East of England -40 98 £60,000 -14.29% 29
North East -14 28 £55,000 -21.43% 11
Senior Developer
UK

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Senior Developer 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 across the England region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 944 (34.81%) JavaScript
2 864 (31.86%) C#
3 825 (30.42%) .NET
4 803 (29.61%) Agile
5 658 (24.26%) Azure
6 652 (24.04%) SQL
7 643 (23.71%) AWS
8 613 (22.60%) React
9 488 (17.99%) Full Stack Development
10 466 (17.18%) Social Skills
11 454 (16.74%) HTML
12 445 (16.41%) CSS
13 435 (16.04%) TypeScript
14 431 (15.89%) Finance
15 428 (15.78%) DevOps
16 375 (13.83%) Git
17 373 (13.75%) Java
18 370 (13.64%) AngularJS
19 352 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
20 337 (12.43%) Microsoft
21 332 (12.24%) Software Engineering
22 331 (12.21%) Degree
23 318 (11.73%) Docker
24 314 (11.58%) SQL Server
25 312 (11.50%) CI/CD
26 297 (10.95%) Mentoring
27 296 (10.91%) PHP
28 286 (10.55%) Python
29 283 (10.44%) Microservices
30 279 (10.29%) ASP.NET

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 102 (3.76%) CMS
2 58 (2.14%) Confluence
3 45 (1.66%) Umbraco
4 41 (1.51%) Headless CMS
5 40 (1.47%) Kentico
6 39 (1.44%) IIS
7 37 (1.36%) Sitecore CMS
8 28 (1.03%) WordPress
9 26 (0.96%) Apache
10 17 (0.63%) nginx
11 16 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
12 9 (0.33%) Mendix
12 9 (0.33%) OpenStack
13 8 (0.29%) Drupal
14 7 (0.26%) JBoss
14 7 (0.26%) Red Hat Fuse
14 7 (0.26%) SharePoint
15 6 (0.22%) Apache Spark
15 6 (0.22%) NServiceBus
16 5 (0.18%) K2 blackpearl
Applications
1 19 (0.70%) Photoshop
2 16 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.15%) Maya
6 2 (0.074%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.037%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.037%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 33 (1.22%) Siebel CRM
2 22 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.63%) Shopify
4 16 (0.59%) SDL Web 8
5 15 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
6 13 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
6 13 (0.48%) Magento
7 4 (0.15%) Visualfiles
8 2 (0.074%) Endur
9 1 (0.037%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.037%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 658 (24.26%) Azure
2 643 (23.71%) AWS
3 182 (6.71%) Azure DevOps
4 170 (6.27%) SaaS
5 155 (5.72%) Power Platform
6 119 (4.39%) GCP
7 94 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
8 89 (3.28%) Serverless
9 79 (2.91%) GitHub
9 79 (2.91%) PowerApps
10 74 (2.73%) Power Automate
11 35 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
12 34 (1.25%) Kontent
13 30 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
14 28 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
14 28 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
14 28 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
15 26 (0.96%) Azure Functions
16 23 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
17 21 (0.77%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.66%) Internet
2 7 (0.26%) AMQP
3 6 (0.22%) HTTP
3 6 (0.22%) Network Security
4 5 (0.18%) MQTT
4 5 (0.18%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.18%) VPN
5 4 (0.15%) Broadband
5 4 (0.15%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.11%) DNS
6 3 (0.11%) IPFS
6 3 (0.11%) SSL
7 2 (0.074%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.074%) VoIP
8 1 (0.037%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 314 (11.58%) SQL Server
2 198 (7.30%) MySQL
3 158 (5.83%) PostgreSQL
4 115 (4.24%) Power BI
5 99 (3.65%) NoSQL
6 79 (2.91%) Relational Database
7 76 (2.80%) Oracle Database
8 55 (2.03%) MongoDB
9 49 (1.81%) Oracle Database 11g
10 46 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 40 (1.47%) Redis
12 35 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
13 33 (1.22%) Oracle BI EE
13 33 (1.22%) Siebel EIM
14 30 (1.11%) DynamoDB
15 29 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 25 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
17 18 (0.66%) Power Query
18 15 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
19 14 (0.52%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 375 (13.83%) Git
2 131 (4.83%) JIRA
3 91 (3.36%) Visual Studio
4 61 (2.25%) Bitbucket
5 48 (1.77%) Sourcetree
6 36 (1.33%) Cypress.io
6 36 (1.33%) Jenkins
6 36 (1.33%) NUnit
7 32 (1.18%) Selenium
8 26 (0.96%) Oracle APEX
9 25 (0.92%) TeamCity
10 24 (0.88%) JUnit
11 22 (0.81%) Moq
12 20 (0.74%) Octopus Deploy
13 17 (0.63%) SpecFlow
13 17 (0.63%) webpack
14 16 (0.59%) Android Studio
14 16 (0.59%) git-flow
15 14 (0.52%) gulp
15 14 (0.52%) PHPUnit
General
1 466 (17.18%) Social Skills
2 431 (15.89%) Finance
3 106 (3.91%) Banking
4 96 (3.54%) Retail
5 92 (3.39%) Marketing
6 90 (3.32%) Front Office
7 83 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
8 82 (3.02%) Games
9 59 (2.18%) Back Office
10 55 (2.03%) Public Sector
11 45 (1.66%) Legal
12 41 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
13 38 (1.40%) Law
14 34 (1.25%) Aerospace
15 33 (1.22%) Investment Banking
15 33 (1.22%) Tech for Good
16 32 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 32 (1.18%) Manufacturing
17 28 (1.03%) Health Technology
18 27 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 825 (30.42%) .NET
2 613 (22.60%) React
3 454 (16.74%) HTML
4 445 (16.41%) CSS
5 370 (13.64%) AngularJS
6 279 (10.29%) ASP.NET
7 252 (9.29%) .NET Core
8 248 (9.14%) Vue
9 241 (8.89%) Node.js
10 218 (8.04%) .NET Framework
11 190 (7.01%) RESTful
12 187 (6.90%) REST
13 186 (6.86%) Laravel
14 139 (5.13%) Web Services
15 134 (4.94%) Spring
16 125 (4.61%) jQuery
17 120 (4.42%) Kafka
18 113 (4.17%) Entity Framework
19 102 (3.76%) HTML5
20 96 (3.54%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 170 (6.27%) Greenfield Project
2 103 (3.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 73 (2.69%) Equities
3 73 (2.69%) Product Ownership
4 72 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
5 67 (2.47%) Derivative
6 66 (2.43%) Mobile App
7 63 (2.32%) IoT
8 62 (2.29%) Fixed Income
8 62 (2.29%) Hedge funds
9 60 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 47 (1.73%) Algorithms
11 44 (1.62%) Cloud Native
12 41 (1.51%) Onboarding
13 35 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
14 30 (1.11%) Data Structures
14 30 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
14 30 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
15 26 (0.96%) Client/Server
16 24 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 89 (3.28%) Linux
2 69 (2.54%) Windows
3 61 (2.25%) Android
4 51 (1.88%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.33%) Unix
6 8 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.29%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.26%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.037%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 803 (29.61%) Agile
2 488 (17.99%) Full Stack Development
3 428 (15.78%) DevOps
4 352 (12.98%) Problem-Solving
5 332 (12.24%) Software Engineering
6 312 (11.50%) CI/CD
7 297 (10.95%) Mentoring
8 283 (10.44%) Microservices
9 263 (9.70%) MVC
10 243 (8.96%) Computer Science
11 238 (8.78%) Front End Development
12 234 (8.63%) Scrum
13 214 (7.89%) TDD
14 198 (7.30%) Unit Testing
15 186 (6.86%) Artificial Intelligence
16 183 (6.75%) Design Patterns
17 178 (6.56%) User Experience
18 177 (6.53%) E-Commerce
19 176 (6.49%) Web Development
20 151 (5.57%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 944 (34.81%) JavaScript
2 864 (31.86%) C#
3 652 (24.04%) SQL
4 435 (16.04%) TypeScript
5 373 (13.75%) Java
6 296 (10.91%) PHP
7 286 (10.55%) Python
8 99 (3.65%) PL/SQL
9 98 (3.61%) T-SQL
10 52 (1.92%) Kotlin
11 44 (1.62%) C++
11 44 (1.62%) Go
11 44 (1.62%) Ruby
12 27 (1.00%) C
13 22 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 21 (0.77%) PowerShell
15 18 (0.66%) Apex Code
15 18 (0.66%) Swift
16 17 (0.63%) XPath
17 16 (0.59%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 331 (12.21%) Degree
2 144 (5.31%) Security Cleared
3 125 (4.61%) SC Cleared
4 113 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (1.33%) Master's Degree
6 33 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (0.52%) PhD
8 10 (0.37%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.18%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.11%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.11%) MBA
11 3 (0.11%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.074%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.074%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.28%) QA
2 17 (0.63%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.59%) WCAG
4 11 (0.41%) Data Quality
4 11 (0.41%) GDPR
5 9 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.26%) SLA
7 6 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.11%) PMO
9 2 (0.074%) EMIR
9 2 (0.074%) GRC
9 2 (0.074%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.074%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.074%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.074%) MiFID
System Software
1 318 (11.73%) Docker
2 9 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.074%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.074%) Firmware
5 2 (0.074%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.074%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.037%) Ceph
6 1 (0.037%) GridGain
6 1 (0.037%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 234 (8.63%) Kubernetes
2 56 (2.06%) Terraform
3 20 (0.74%) Ansible
4 9 (0.33%) Grafana
5 7 (0.26%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.22%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.22%) Rancher
7 4 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.11%) Kibana
9 1 (0.037%) cPanel
9 1 (0.037%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.037%) Istio
9 1 (0.037%) Knative
9 1 (0.037%) MIIS
Vendors
1 337 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 161 (5.94%) Oracle
3 71 (2.62%) Google
4 40 (1.47%) Sitecore
5 34 (1.25%) Optimizely
6 33 (1.22%) Siebel
7 32 (1.18%) Salesforce
8 24 (0.88%) Adobe
9 16 (0.59%) Cognizant
10 14 (0.52%) F5
10 14 (0.52%) MuleSoft
11 13 (0.48%) Atlassian
11 13 (0.48%) ServiceNow
12 10 (0.37%) OpenAI
12 10 (0.37%) Xamarin
13 9 (0.33%) Databricks
13 9 (0.33%) NVIDIA
13 9 (0.33%) WSO2
14 8 (0.29%) Facebook
14 8 (0.29%) Twitter