Senior Developer Jobs in London

Senior Developer
England > London

The median Senior Developer salary in London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 71 63
Rank change year-on-year -1 -8 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 891 1,496 4,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 3.77% 4.34% 5.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.01% 4.57% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 765 1,161 2,032
10th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +4.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £127,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% +16.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,236 32,746 65,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.13% 94.99% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,670 24,087 34,614
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in London

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in London

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in London

Senior Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London -17 145 £83,750 -6.94% 17
South London +22 33 £65,000 +18.18% 4
West London +6 10 £80,000 -7.25% 4
East London +8 4 £72,500 -27.50% 6
Senior Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 London region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 360 (40.40%) JavaScript
2 287 (32.21%) SQL
3 279 (31.31%) C#
3 279 (31.31%) AWS
4 270 (30.30%) .NET
5 250 (28.06%) Agile
6 247 (27.72%) Finance
7 236 (26.49%) Azure
8 235 (26.37%) React
9 205 (23.01%) Full Stack Development
10 202 (22.67%) Java
11 191 (21.44%) AngularJS
12 182 (20.43%) TypeScript
13 175 (19.64%) Python
14 162 (18.18%) Social Skills
15 159 (17.85%) HTML
16 156 (17.51%) CSS
17 144 (16.16%) Software Engineering
18 130 (14.59%) Microservices
19 115 (12.91%) Mentoring
20 114 (12.79%) DevOps
20 114 (12.79%) SQL Server
21 111 (12.46%) Degree
22 100 (11.22%) Computer Science
22 100 (11.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
23 97 (10.89%) Vue
24 93 (10.44%) Fintech
25 91 (10.21%) Front Office
26 89 (9.99%) Problem-Solving
27 88 (9.88%) Docker

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 21 (2.36%) CMS
2 16 (1.80%) Apache
2 16 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (1.12%) WordPress
4 9 (1.01%) Mendix
5 8 (0.90%) Confluence
5 8 (0.90%) JBoss
5 8 (0.90%) OpenStack
5 8 (0.90%) Red Hat Fuse
6 7 (0.79%) Drupal
6 7 (0.79%) nginx
7 5 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.56%) K2 blackpearl
8 4 (0.45%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.22%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.11%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (1.46%) Photoshop
2 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (1.46%) SDL Web 8
2 9 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.45%) Endur
3 4 (0.45%) Visualfiles
4 2 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 279 (31.31%) AWS
2 236 (26.49%) Azure
3 81 (9.09%) GCP
4 50 (5.61%) Power Platform
5 42 (4.71%) Serverless
6 32 (3.59%) SaaS
7 31 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
8 30 (3.37%) GitHub
9 26 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (2.47%) PowerApps
11 18 (2.02%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.80%) Azure Functions
13 13 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 13 (1.46%) NuGet
14 12 (1.35%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (1.35%) GitHub Actions
15 11 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
16 10 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (1.01%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.67%) AMQP
2 2 (0.22%) Bluetooth
2 2 (0.22%) HTTP
2 2 (0.22%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.11%) Internet
3 1 (0.11%) MQTT
3 1 (0.11%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.11%) VoIP
3 1 (0.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (12.79%) SQL Server
2 60 (6.73%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (5.16%) MySQL
4 43 (4.83%) Relational Database
5 33 (3.70%) Oracle Database
6 30 (3.37%) Power BI
7 22 (2.47%) MongoDB
7 22 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 19 (2.13%) Redis
9 16 (1.80%) NoSQL
10 11 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.01%) Oracle Database 11g
12 8 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.56%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.45%) Amazon Athena
15 4 (0.45%) Apache Arrow
15 4 (0.45%) Apache Ignite
15 4 (0.45%) Dremio
15 4 (0.45%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 88 (9.88%) Git
2 45 (5.05%) JIRA
3 23 (2.58%) Oracle APEX
4 19 (2.13%) Jenkins
5 18 (2.02%) Visual Studio
6 17 (1.91%) NUnit
7 16 (1.80%) Moq
8 15 (1.68%) Octopus Deploy
8 15 (1.68%) Sourcetree
8 15 (1.68%) TeamCity
9 14 (1.57%) Cypress.io
10 13 (1.46%) git-flow
10 13 (1.46%) SpecFlow
11 12 (1.35%) CircleCI
12 10 (1.12%) JUnit
13 7 (0.79%) CMake
13 7 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 7 (0.79%) Storybook
14 6 (0.67%) fastlane
14 6 (0.67%) Mocha
General
1 247 (27.72%) Finance
2 162 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 91 (10.21%) Front Office
4 57 (6.40%) Banking
5 48 (5.39%) Back Office
6 46 (5.16%) Marketing
7 33 (3.70%) Investment Banking
8 30 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
9 26 (2.92%) Games
10 19 (2.13%) Legal
11 18 (2.02%) Retail
12 17 (1.91%) Tech for Good
13 15 (1.68%) Public Sector
14 14 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.23%) Law
16 10 (1.12%) Financial Institution
17 7 (0.79%) Retail Banking
18 6 (0.67%) Advertising
19 5 (0.56%) Health Technology
20 3 (0.34%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 270 (30.30%) .NET
2 235 (26.37%) React
3 191 (21.44%) AngularJS
4 159 (17.85%) HTML
5 156 (17.51%) CSS
6 97 (10.89%) Vue
7 86 (9.65%) ASP.NET
8 81 (9.09%) Node.js
9 76 (8.53%) Spring
10 69 (7.74%) REST
11 61 (6.85%) RESTful
12 59 (6.62%) .NET Core
12 59 (6.62%) Redux
13 52 (5.84%) jQuery
13 52 (5.84%) Kafka
14 49 (5.50%) Spring Boot
15 45 (5.05%) JSON
16 44 (4.94%) Web Services
17 42 (4.71%) .NET Framework
18 38 (4.26%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 100 (11.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 74 (8.31%) Equities
3 68 (7.63%) Derivative
4 64 (7.18%) Greenfield Project
5 62 (6.96%) Fixed Income
6 60 (6.73%) Hedge funds
7 39 (4.38%) IoT
8 28 (3.14%) Product Ownership
9 27 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
10 23 (2.58%) Mobile App
11 21 (2.36%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.80%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.57%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.57%) Legacy Code
14 10 (1.12%) Client/Server
14 10 (1.12%) Low-Code
15 8 (0.90%) Virtual Team
16 7 (0.79%) Management Information System
16 7 (0.79%) NHS
16 7 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.82%) Windows
2 28 (3.14%) Linux
3 26 (2.92%) Apple iOS
4 22 (2.47%) Android
5 8 (0.90%) Unix
6 7 (0.79%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (28.06%) Agile
2 205 (23.01%) Full Stack Development
3 144 (16.16%) Software Engineering
4 130 (14.59%) Microservices
5 115 (12.91%) Mentoring
6 114 (12.79%) DevOps
7 100 (11.22%) Computer Science
8 93 (10.44%) Fintech
9 89 (9.99%) Problem-Solving
10 88 (9.88%) Asset Management
11 77 (8.64%) CI/CD
12 75 (8.42%) Investment Management
13 68 (7.63%) Front End Development
14 56 (6.29%) Multithreading
14 56 (6.29%) TDD
15 48 (5.39%) Clean Code
15 48 (5.39%) Low Latency
15 48 (5.39%) Scrum
16 47 (5.27%) MVC
17 45 (5.05%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 360 (40.40%) JavaScript
2 287 (32.21%) SQL
3 279 (31.31%) C#
4 202 (22.67%) Java
5 182 (20.43%) TypeScript
6 175 (19.64%) Python
7 45 (5.05%) PHP
8 43 (4.83%) PL/SQL
9 37 (4.15%) T-SQL
10 33 (3.70%) Ruby
11 26 (2.92%) Kotlin
12 20 (2.24%) C++
13 15 (1.68%) Apex Code
14 14 (1.57%) XPath
15 10 (1.12%) Go
16 8 (0.90%) PowerShell
17 7 (0.79%) Scala
17 7 (0.79%) Swift
18 6 (0.67%) Dart
18 6 (0.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 111 (12.46%) Degree
2 29 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (1.80%) Master's Degree
3 16 (1.80%) Security Cleared
4 15 (1.68%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (0.34%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.11%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.14%) QA
2 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.34%) PMO
4 2 (0.22%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.22%) GDPR
4 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
4 2 (0.22%) IEC 62304
4 2 (0.22%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.11%) EMIR
5 1 (0.11%) MiFID
5 1 (0.11%) SLA
System Software
1 88 (9.88%) Docker
2 6 (0.67%) Oracle RAC
3 4 (0.45%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.22%) Firmware
5 1 (0.11%) GridGain
5 1 (0.11%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 78 (8.75%) Kubernetes
2 14 (1.57%) Ansible
3 7 (0.79%) Grafana
4 6 (0.67%) Data Guard
4 6 (0.67%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.45%) Terraform
6 1 (0.11%) cPanel
6 1 (0.11%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.11%) Kibana
Vendors
1 82 (9.20%) Microsoft
2 51 (5.72%) Oracle
3 23 (2.58%) Google
4 19 (2.13%) Salesforce
5 14 (1.57%) Adobe
6 13 (1.46%) Cognizant
7 9 (1.01%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.90%) OpenAI
8 8 (0.90%) WSO2
9 7 (0.79%) Sybase
10 6 (0.67%) F5
10 6 (0.67%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.56%) Automation Anywhere
11 5 (0.56%) Blue Prism
12 4 (0.45%) Murex
12 4 (0.45%) Vertica
13 3 (0.34%) Apple
13 3 (0.34%) Cadence
13 3 (0.34%) OpenLink
13 3 (0.34%) TIBCO