Senior Software Engineer Jobs in England

Senior Software Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in England is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 298 158
Rank change year-on-year +138 -140 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1,550 1,028 3,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.79% 1.16% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.90% 1.27% 2.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 636 899
10th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £52,500
25th Percentile £55,313 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £88,283 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £106,875 £127,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.67%

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 81,669 80,804 129,735
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.51% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 60,824 51,446 74,737
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £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 Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in England

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in England

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in England

Senior Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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 +83 416 £92,500 +8.82% 227
North of England +130 336 £60,000 -5.51% 46
South West +140 297 £62,500 -3.85% 42
South East +73 264 £65,000 -7.14% 108
North West +97 193 £60,000 -2.04% 29
Midlands +33 147 £60,000 -4.00% 27
Yorkshire +69 94 £62,500 -3.85% 13
East of England +46 85 £65,000 -7.14% 44
East Midlands +22 81 £62,500 +19.05% 8
West Midlands +26 66 £60,000 -11.11% 19
North East +40 49 £60,000 -2.76% 6
Senior Software Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, 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 across the England region featuring Senior Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1,545 (99.68%) Software Engineering
2 545 (35.16%) Agile
3 527 (34.00%) AWS
4 522 (33.68%) Python
5 441 (28.45%) JavaScript
6 381 (24.58%) Azure
7 370 (23.87%) React
8 362 (23.35%) .NET
9 354 (22.84%) C#
10 319 (20.58%) TypeScript
11 296 (19.10%) Java
12 267 (17.23%) Security Cleared
13 259 (16.71%) DevOps
14 244 (15.74%) Linux
15 239 (15.42%) Finance
16 231 (14.90%) SQL
17 230 (14.84%) C++
18 201 (12.97%) SC Cleared
19 197 (12.71%) Degree
20 196 (12.65%) PostgreSQL
21 189 (12.19%) C
22 170 (10.97%) .NET Core
23 161 (10.39%) CSS
24 156 (10.06%) AngularJS
25 151 (9.74%) Web Development
25 151 (9.74%) Actionable Insight
26 148 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
27 140 (9.03%) Computer Science
28 134 (8.65%) Asset Management
29 132 (8.52%) Social Skills

Senior Software Engineer 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
1 126 (8.13%) ArcGIS
1 126 (8.13%) GeoServer
2 83 (5.35%) Apache Airflow
3 76 (4.90%) Apache
4 18 (1.16%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.45%) Confluence
5 7 (0.45%) JBoss
5 7 (0.45%) Red Hat Fuse
6 3 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
7 2 (0.13%) CMS
7 2 (0.13%) Drupal
7 2 (0.13%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.065%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.065%) nginx
8 1 (0.065%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 16 (1.03%) Simulink
2 15 (0.97%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.45%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.13%) TargetLink
5 1 (0.065%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.065%) Doxygen
5 1 (0.065%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.39%) Magento
2 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.065%) Endur
3 1 (0.065%) Findur
3 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.065%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 527 (34.00%) AWS
2 381 (24.58%) Azure
3 100 (6.45%) GCP
4 71 (4.58%) dbt
5 67 (4.32%) Snowflake
6 57 (3.68%) Serverless
7 42 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (2.65%) SaaS
9 24 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
9 24 (1.55%) GitHub
10 18 (1.16%) Azure Functions
11 9 (0.58%) Amazon S3
11 9 (0.58%) npm
12 8 (0.52%) Amazon ECS
12 8 (0.52%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (0.52%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (0.45%) Azure API Management
13 7 (0.45%) Azure Event Grid
13 7 (0.45%) Azure Service Bus
13 7 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.90%) J1939
2 12 (0.77%) TCP/IP
3 11 (0.71%) Wireless
4 9 (0.58%) Network Security
4 9 (0.58%) RS-232
5 8 (0.52%) HTTP
5 8 (0.52%) Internet
6 6 (0.39%) Ethernet
6 6 (0.39%) MQTT
7 4 (0.26%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.065%) 4G
9 1 (0.065%) 5G
9 1 (0.065%) LoRaWAN
9 1 (0.065%) Modbus
9 1 (0.065%) RS-485
9 1 (0.065%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 196 (12.65%) PostgreSQL
2 126 (8.13%) GIS
2 126 (8.13%) QGIS
3 71 (4.58%) Amazon Athena
3 71 (4.58%) Apache Arrow
3 71 (4.58%) Apache Ignite
3 71 (4.58%) Dremio
4 67 (4.32%) Data Lake
4 67 (4.32%) MySQL
5 56 (3.61%) SQL Server
6 49 (3.16%) NoSQL
7 47 (3.03%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.23%) Redis
9 13 (0.84%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.65%) Big Data
10 10 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.52%) SQLite
12 6 (0.39%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 110 (7.10%) Git
2 40 (2.58%) JIRA
3 36 (2.32%) Subversion
4 31 (2.00%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.81%) Visual Studio
6 23 (1.48%) GitLab
7 15 (0.97%) CMake
8 14 (0.90%) ClearCase
8 14 (0.90%) Plastic SCM
8 14 (0.90%) Selenium
9 12 (0.77%) TeamCity
10 11 (0.71%) Cypress.io
10 11 (0.71%) Maven
11 9 (0.58%) Bitbucket
11 9 (0.58%) Storybook
12 8 (0.52%) JUnit
13 7 (0.45%) ClearQuest
13 7 (0.45%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.45%) IntelliJ
14 6 (0.39%) SonarQube
General
1 239 (15.42%) Finance
2 132 (8.52%) Social Skills
3 128 (8.26%) Front Office
4 85 (5.48%) Banking
5 72 (4.65%) Investment Banking
6 63 (4.06%) Automotive
7 56 (3.61%) Electronics
8 52 (3.35%) Manufacturing
9 47 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (3.03%) Public Sector
10 44 (2.84%) Back Office
11 41 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 40 (2.58%) Military
13 30 (1.94%) Marketing
14 29 (1.87%) Aviation
15 26 (1.68%) Aerospace
15 26 (1.68%) Retail
16 25 (1.61%) Health Technology
17 24 (1.55%) Tech for Good
18 20 (1.29%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 370 (23.87%) React
2 362 (23.35%) .NET
3 170 (10.97%) .NET Core
4 161 (10.39%) CSS
5 156 (10.06%) AngularJS
6 126 (8.13%) Leaflet
6 126 (8.13%) OpenLayers
6 126 (8.13%) PostGIS
7 120 (7.74%) ASP.NET
8 116 (7.48%) Vue
9 89 (5.74%) Pandas
10 88 (5.68%) gRPC
11 87 (5.61%) RESTful
12 84 (5.42%) Node.js
13 83 (5.35%) Protocol Buffers
14 80 (5.16%) NumPy
15 71 (4.58%) SciPy
16 70 (4.52%) ASP.NET Core
17 65 (4.19%) HTML
18 59 (3.81%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 131 (8.45%) Derivative
2 129 (8.32%) Equities
3 128 (8.26%) Fixed Income
3 128 (8.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 116 (7.48%) Hedge funds
5 55 (3.55%) Algorithms
6 48 (3.10%) IoT
7 45 (2.90%) Cloud Native
8 36 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
9 33 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
10 30 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
10 30 (1.94%) Pricing Data
11 23 (1.48%) Mobile App
12 22 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
13 21 (1.35%) Product Ownership
14 20 (1.29%) Device Driver
15 15 (0.97%) Data Structures
16 14 (0.90%) Client/Server
16 14 (0.90%) Hackathon
17 13 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 244 (15.74%) Linux
2 84 (5.42%) Embedded Linux
3 74 (4.77%) Windows
4 30 (1.94%) Ubuntu
5 24 (1.55%) Apple iOS
6 19 (1.23%) Unix
7 16 (1.03%) Android
8 8 (0.52%) Mac OS
9 5 (0.32%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.13%) CentOS
10 2 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.065%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.065%) Debian
11 1 (0.065%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,545 (99.68%) Software Engineering
2 545 (35.16%) Agile
3 259 (16.71%) DevOps
4 151 (9.74%) Actionable Insight
4 151 (9.74%) Web Development
5 148 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (9.03%) Computer Science
7 134 (8.65%) Asset Management
8 130 (8.39%) Mentoring
9 125 (8.06%) Full Stack Development
10 124 (8.00%) CI/CD
11 120 (7.74%) Investment Management
11 120 (7.74%) Microservices
12 104 (6.71%) TDD
13 98 (6.32%) Test Automation
14 85 (5.48%) SDLC
15 67 (4.32%) Artificial Intelligence
16 63 (4.06%) OO
17 61 (3.94%) Coaching
18 58 (3.74%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 522 (33.68%) Python
2 441 (28.45%) JavaScript
3 354 (22.84%) C#
4 319 (20.58%) TypeScript
5 296 (19.10%) Java
6 231 (14.90%) SQL
7 230 (14.84%) C++
8 189 (12.19%) C
9 73 (4.71%) Rust
10 56 (3.61%) Bash
11 55 (3.55%) Embedded C
12 37 (2.39%) Kotlin
13 36 (2.32%) Go
14 27 (1.74%) Perl
15 25 (1.61%) T-SQL
16 21 (1.35%) Scala
17 18 (1.16%) PowerShell
18 16 (1.03%) MATLAB
19 15 (0.97%) PHP
20 14 (0.90%) Haskell
Qualifications
1 267 (17.23%) Security Cleared
2 201 (12.97%) SC Cleared
3 197 (12.71%) Degree
4 60 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (1.94%) Master's Degree
6 23 (1.48%) DV Cleared
7 18 (1.16%) HND
8 10 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (0.65%) PhD
9 6 (0.39%) Chartered Engineer
10 3 (0.19%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.19%) DBS Check
10 3 (0.19%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.065%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.065%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.065%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.065%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (2.65%) Data Quality
2 16 (1.03%) PMO
3 15 (0.97%) ISO 26262
3 15 (0.97%) MISRA
3 15 (0.97%) QA
4 14 (0.90%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (0.90%) AUTOSAR
5 7 (0.45%) ISO 9000
6 2 (0.13%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.13%) EMIR
6 2 (0.13%) GDPR
6 2 (0.13%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.13%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.13%) IEC 62304
6 2 (0.13%) ISO 13485
6 2 (0.13%) MiFID
6 2 (0.13%) SEPA
6 2 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.065%) Accessibility
System Software
1 97 (6.26%) Docker
2 33 (2.13%) Firmware
3 16 (1.03%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (0.19%) Ceph
4 3 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 117 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 65 (4.19%) Terraform
3 13 (0.84%) Ansible
4 5 (0.32%) SELinux
5 3 (0.19%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.19%) Grafana
5 3 (0.19%) Knative
6 2 (0.13%) linkerd
6 2 (0.13%) MIIS
6 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.065%) Istio
7 1 (0.065%) Kibana
Vendors
1 126 (8.13%) ESRI
2 51 (3.29%) Microsoft
3 15 (0.97%) Google
4 14 (0.90%) IBM
4 14 (0.90%) Lauterbach
5 12 (0.77%) DevExpress
5 12 (0.77%) Xamarin
6 7 (0.45%) F5
6 7 (0.45%) Oracle
7 4 (0.26%) Apple
7 4 (0.26%) Facebook
7 4 (0.26%) Instagram
7 4 (0.26%) SAP
8 3 (0.19%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.13%) Bloomberg
9 2 (0.13%) Cadence
9 2 (0.13%) Databricks
9 2 (0.13%) IFS
9 2 (0.13%) NVIDIA
9 2 (0.13%) VMware