Senior Developer Jobs in the South East

Senior Developer
England > South East

The median Senior Developer salary in the South East is £65,000 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 89 60 63
Rank change year-on-year -29 +3 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 505 689 981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.01% 4.72% 4.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.20% 5.22% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 407 495 789
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £79,375 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £95,000
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 15,768 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,324 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the South East

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the South East

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the South East

Senior Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the South East 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
Thames Valley +5 278 £67,500 -3.57% 33
Berkshire +24 174 £70,000 -6.67% 16
Hampshire -82 75 £65,000 -5.45% 14
Oxfordshire -7 64 £61,500 -13.68% 7
Surrey -6 58 £72,500 +5.45% 7
Buckinghamshire -13 40 £65,000 -2.99% 10
Kent +9 39 £60,000 - 8
East Sussex -6 32 £57,500 -11.54% 1
West Sussex +6 16 £57,500 -14.81% 3
Sussex - 6 £50,000 -
Middlesex -14 2 £44,000 -43.23% 1
Senior Developer
England

Senior Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 209 (41.39%) Agile
2 196 (38.81%) JavaScript
3 183 (36.24%) C#
4 167 (33.07%) .NET
5 161 (31.88%) React
6 144 (28.51%) SQL
7 122 (24.16%) Docker
8 113 (22.38%) Azure
9 111 (21.98%) AWS
10 107 (21.19%) Git
11 100 (19.80%) Full Stack Development
12 95 (18.81%) HTML
13 93 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
14 91 (18.02%) DevOps
14 91 (18.02%) TypeScript
14 91 (18.02%) CSS
15 90 (17.82%) Social Skills
16 86 (17.03%) CI/CD
17 83 (16.44%) Degree
18 81 (16.04%) Java
19 80 (15.84%) Computer Science
20 77 (15.25%) Kubernetes
21 74 (14.65%) SQL Server
22 72 (14.26%) Microservices
23 68 (13.47%) Finance
24 67 (13.27%) Front End Development
25 65 (12.87%) ASP.NET
26 63 (12.48%) Oracle
26 63 (12.48%) Microsoft
27 61 (12.08%) CRM

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 33 (6.53%) CMS
2 24 (4.75%) IIS
3 23 (4.55%) Headless CMS
3 23 (4.55%) Kentico
4 20 (3.96%) Umbraco
5 18 (3.56%) Sitecore CMS
6 10 (1.98%) OpenStack
7 8 (1.58%) JBoss
7 8 (1.58%) Red Hat Fuse
8 7 (1.39%) Confluence
8 7 (1.39%) nginx
9 6 (1.19%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.59%) Apache
11 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.40%) WordPress
12 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Mathematica
1 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 32 (6.34%) Siebel CRM
2 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 113 (22.38%) Azure
2 111 (21.98%) AWS
3 41 (8.12%) SaaS
4 34 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (3.76%) Serverless
6 18 (3.56%) Kontent
7 12 (2.38%) GitHub
7 12 (2.38%) Power Platform
8 11 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
8 11 (2.18%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (1.78%) GCP
10 7 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (1.39%) AWS Lambda
11 5 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.79%) Amazon ELB
12 4 (0.79%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.79%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.79%) TestFlight
12 4 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.19%) Internet
2 4 (0.79%) MQTT
2 4 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
2 4 (0.79%) VPN
3 3 (0.59%) DNS
3 3 (0.59%) Network Security
3 3 (0.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (14.65%) SQL Server
2 44 (8.71%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (8.12%) MySQL
4 39 (7.72%) NoSQL
5 32 (6.34%) Oracle BI EE
5 32 (6.34%) Siebel EIM
6 20 (3.96%) Relational Database
7 12 (2.38%) OLTP
8 11 (2.18%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (2.18%) Oracle Database
9 10 (1.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.78%) Redis
11 8 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (1.58%) Oracle Database 11g
12 6 (1.19%) DynamoDB
12 6 (1.19%) MongoDB
12 6 (1.19%) Power BI
13 4 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.79%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 107 (21.19%) Git
2 27 (5.35%) JIRA
3 24 (4.75%) Selenium
4 23 (4.55%) Visual Studio
5 22 (4.36%) JUnit
6 18 (3.56%) Cypress.io
7 13 (2.57%) Jenkins
8 11 (2.18%) NUnit
9 10 (1.98%) Team Foundation Server
10 6 (1.19%) Maven
11 5 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
12 4 (0.79%) Postman
12 4 (0.79%) Vite
13 3 (0.59%) gulp
13 3 (0.59%) Jasmine
13 3 (0.59%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.59%) PostCSS
13 3 (0.59%) rollup.js
13 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.40%) TeamCity
General
1 90 (17.82%) Social Skills
2 68 (13.47%) Finance
3 32 (6.34%) Aerospace
4 26 (5.15%) Public Sector
5 14 (2.77%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (2.77%) Marketing
6 9 (1.78%) Back Office
7 7 (1.39%) Law
7 7 (1.39%) Retail
8 6 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (0.99%) Banking
10 3 (0.59%) Games
10 3 (0.59%) Health Technology
10 3 (0.59%) Local Government
10 3 (0.59%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.59%) Multimedia
11 2 (0.40%) Digital Health
11 2 (0.40%) Legal
12 1 (0.20%) Police
12 1 (0.20%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (33.07%) .NET
2 161 (31.88%) React
3 95 (18.81%) HTML
4 91 (18.02%) CSS
5 65 (12.87%) ASP.NET
6 60 (11.88%) AngularJS
7 54 (10.69%) RESTful
8 53 (10.50%) .NET Core
9 47 (9.31%) .NET Framework
10 44 (8.71%) REST
10 44 (8.71%) Web Services
11 41 (8.12%) Node.js
12 36 (7.13%) Spring
13 34 (6.73%) HTML5
14 33 (6.53%) RabbitMQ
15 32 (6.34%) Kafka
16 31 (6.14%) CSS3
17 30 (5.94%) SOAP
18 27 (5.35%) gRPC
18 27 (5.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.31%) Enterprise Software
2 29 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
4 16 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.58%) e-Learning
6 4 (0.79%) IoT
6 4 (0.79%) Management Information System
6 4 (0.79%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.79%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (0.79%) NHS
6 4 (0.79%) Public Cloud
6 4 (0.79%) Replication
7 3 (0.59%) Animation
7 3 (0.59%) BBC
7 3 (0.59%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.59%) Product Ownership
7 3 (0.59%) Social Media
7 3 (0.59%) Solar Energy
7 3 (0.59%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.57%) Linux
2 9 (1.78%) Windows
3 4 (0.79%) Android
3 4 (0.79%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (41.39%) Agile
2 100 (19.80%) Full Stack Development
3 93 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (18.02%) DevOps
5 86 (17.03%) CI/CD
6 80 (15.84%) Computer Science
7 72 (14.26%) Microservices
8 67 (13.27%) Front End Development
9 61 (12.08%) CRM
9 61 (12.08%) TDD
10 57 (11.29%) Continuous Integration
11 52 (10.30%) MVC
11 52 (10.30%) Software Engineering
12 51 (10.10%) Artificial Intelligence
13 46 (9.11%) Scrum
14 45 (8.91%) Propensity Modelling
15 43 (8.51%) Actionable Insight
15 43 (8.51%) E-Commerce
16 39 (7.72%) Collaborative Working
17 33 (6.53%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 196 (38.81%) JavaScript
2 183 (36.24%) C#
3 144 (28.51%) SQL
4 91 (18.02%) TypeScript
5 81 (16.04%) Java
6 61 (12.08%) PHP
7 30 (5.94%) Python
8 23 (4.55%) PL/SQL
9 22 (4.36%) Go
10 19 (3.76%) T-SQL
11 14 (2.77%) C++
12 10 (1.98%) C
13 5 (0.99%) Ruby
14 4 (0.79%) JSX
14 4 (0.79%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.79%) R
14 4 (0.79%) Swift
14 4 (0.79%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.79%) VBScript
15 3 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (16.44%) Degree
2 56 (11.09%) Security Cleared
3 49 (9.70%) SC Cleared
4 42 (8.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.19%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.19%) Master's Degree
6 5 (0.99%) PhD
7 3 (0.59%) MBA
8 2 (0.40%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.37%) WCAG
2 16 (3.17%) QA
3 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 3 (0.59%) Data Quality
3 3 (0.59%) GDPR
4 2 (0.40%) GRC
System Software
1 122 (24.16%) Docker
2 4 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.40%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 77 (15.25%) Kubernetes
2 12 (2.38%) Ansible
3 7 (1.39%) Terraform
4 1 (0.20%) MIIS
Vendors
1 63 (12.48%) Microsoft
1 63 (12.48%) Oracle
2 32 (6.34%) Siebel
3 18 (3.56%) Optimizely
3 18 (3.56%) Sitecore
4 11 (2.18%) Google
5 10 (1.98%) WSO2
6 5 (0.99%) Adobe
7 4 (0.79%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.59%) Apple
8 3 (0.59%) Facebook
8 3 (0.59%) Sony
8 3 (0.59%) Yahoo!
9 2 (0.40%) New Relic
9 2 (0.40%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.40%) VMware
10 1 (0.20%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.20%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.20%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.20%) SAP