Senior Software Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 440 459 391
Rank change year-on-year +19 -68 -87
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 379 306 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.54% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.60% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 339 266 367
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,550
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 71,665 50,662 70,663
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 88.95% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,431 29,528 42,704
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,985
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East -71 103 £70,000 - 13
South West +41 81 £58,000 -3.33% 7
North of England +41 54 £60,000 - 6
Scotland -26 54 £60,000 +9.09% 5
Midlands +11 40 £55,000 -4.35% 8
Yorkshire +80 27 £60,000 -13.36% 2
East of England +5 27 £60,000 -7.16% 3
West Midlands +4 26 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Northern Ireland +40 19 £55,000 +10.00%
North West -10 19 £70,000 +27.27% 3
East Midlands -13 13 £55,000 -4.35% 1
North East -9 8 £65,000 - 1
Wales +3 1 £65,000 +8.33% 1
Senior Software Developer
UK

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Senior Software 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 UK excluding London region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 219 (57.78%) C#
2 186 (49.08%) .NET
3 105 (27.70%) JavaScript
4 103 (27.18%) Agile
5 92 (24.27%) Azure
6 83 (21.90%) SQL
7 78 (20.58%) SQL Server
8 77 (20.32%) .NET Framework
9 74 (19.53%) React
10 69 (18.21%) Social Skills
10 69 (18.21%) Computer Science
11 64 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
12 63 (16.62%) Software Engineering
12 63 (16.62%) Degree
13 61 (16.09%) AWS
14 55 (14.51%) TypeScript
15 54 (14.25%) Full Stack Development
16 52 (13.72%) DevOps
17 51 (13.46%) Docker
17 51 (13.46%) .NET Core
17 51 (13.46%) Entity Framework
18 46 (12.14%) MVC
19 44 (11.61%) HTML
19 44 (11.61%) Computer Science Degree
19 44 (11.61%) Front End Development
20 43 (11.35%) CI/CD
21 42 (11.08%) ASP.NET
22 41 (10.82%) CSS
23 39 (10.29%) Microsoft
23 39 (10.29%) Azure DevOps

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 4 (1.06%) CMS
2 3 (0.79%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (0.79%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.26%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 92 (24.27%) Azure
2 61 (16.09%) AWS
3 39 (10.29%) Azure DevOps
4 30 (7.92%) SaaS
5 5 (1.32%) NuGet
6 4 (1.06%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.79%) GitHub
7 3 (0.79%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.53%) PaaS
8 2 (0.53%) Serverless
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.26%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.26%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.85%) Internet
1 7 (1.85%) Network Security
2 2 (0.53%) HTTP
3 1 (0.26%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (20.58%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.12%) NoSQL
3 20 (5.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (3.43%) MySQL
5 8 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.32%) Redis
6 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.06%) SQLite
8 3 (0.79%) Power BI
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.26%) Event Store
9 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.26%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 34 (8.97%) Git
2 18 (4.75%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.64%) NUnit
4 7 (1.85%) Jasmine
4 7 (1.85%) Selenium
4 7 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (1.58%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.32%) Eclipse
6 5 (1.32%) JetBrains Rider
7 3 (0.79%) JIRA
7 3 (0.79%) Moq
7 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.53%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.26%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.26%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.26%) Vite
9 1 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 69 (18.21%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.44%) Finance
3 20 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.17%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.17%) Music Industry
5 10 (2.64%) Law
6 8 (2.11%) Marketing
7 7 (1.85%) Games
7 7 (1.85%) Multimedia
8 6 (1.58%) Legal
8 6 (1.58%) Publishing
9 5 (1.32%) Retail
10 4 (1.06%) Back Office
10 4 (1.06%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.79%) German Language
11 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.53%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (49.08%) .NET
2 77 (20.32%) .NET Framework
3 74 (19.53%) React
4 51 (13.46%) .NET Core
4 51 (13.46%) Entity Framework
5 44 (11.61%) HTML
6 42 (11.08%) ASP.NET
7 41 (10.82%) CSS
8 37 (9.76%) AngularJS
9 34 (8.97%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (5.01%) Blazor
10 19 (5.01%) RESTful
11 16 (4.22%) XML
12 14 (3.69%) CSS3
12 14 (3.69%) HTML5
12 14 (3.69%) REST
13 13 (3.43%) Vue
14 12 (3.17%) JSON
15 11 (2.90%) Web Services
16 9 (2.37%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 22 (5.80%) Algorithms
1 22 (5.80%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (2.64%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (2.64%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.37%) CUDA
4 7 (1.85%) Data Structures
4 7 (1.85%) IoT
4 7 (1.85%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.58%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (1.32%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.32%) Virtual Team
7 4 (1.06%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.06%) Home Automation
7 4 (1.06%) Podcast
7 4 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.06%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (0.79%) Tandem
9 2 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.53%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.80%) Linux
2 12 (3.17%) Windows
3 6 (1.58%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.53%) Android
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (27.18%) Agile
2 69 (18.21%) Computer Science
3 64 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
4 63 (16.62%) Software Engineering
5 54 (14.25%) Full Stack Development
6 52 (13.72%) DevOps
7 46 (12.14%) MVC
8 44 (11.61%) Front End Development
9 43 (11.35%) CI/CD
10 38 (10.03%) Design Patterns
10 38 (10.03%) Mentoring
11 31 (8.18%) Scrum
12 30 (7.92%) Artificial Intelligence
13 28 (7.39%) Microservices
13 28 (7.39%) Unit Testing
14 27 (7.12%) TDD
15 26 (6.86%) Test Automation
16 23 (6.07%) Propensity Modelling
16 23 (6.07%) SOLID
17 18 (4.75%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 219 (57.78%) C#
2 105 (27.70%) JavaScript
3 83 (21.90%) SQL
4 55 (14.51%) TypeScript
5 37 (9.76%) Python
6 31 (8.18%) Java
7 19 (5.01%) PHP
7 19 (5.01%) Ruby
7 19 (5.01%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.17%) C
9 6 (1.58%) C++
10 5 (1.32%) COBOL
10 5 (1.32%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.32%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 4 (1.06%) Swift
11 4 (1.06%) XAML
12 3 (0.79%) Bicep
12 3 (0.79%) Delphi
12 3 (0.79%) Go
12 3 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 63 (16.62%) Degree
2 44 (11.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.64%) PhD
4 8 (2.11%) Master's Degree
4 8 (2.11%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.06%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.79%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.22%) QA
2 5 (1.32%) GDPR
3 2 (0.53%) SLA
4 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
System Software
1 51 (13.46%) Docker
2 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (9.23%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (10.29%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.37%) NVIDIA
3 6 (1.58%) F5
4 5 (1.32%) Google
4 5 (1.32%) Micro Focus
4 5 (1.32%) Xamarin
5 3 (0.79%) Quadient
5 3 (0.79%) Twitter
6 2 (0.53%) New Relic
6 2 (0.53%) VMware
7 1 (0.26%) DevExpress