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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 80 69
Rank change year-on-year +6 -11 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 2,927 3,288 7,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.21% 3.90% 5.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.39% 4.27% 5.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,432 2,337 4,020
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% +16.37%

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 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +3 914 £80,000 -5.88% 204
North of England +40 603 £60,000 -4.00% 90
South East -21 556 £65,000 -7.14% 64
South West +51 418 £58,000 -3.33% 38
North West +46 360 £60,000 -4.00% 53
Midlands -10 306 £60,000 - 63
Yorkshire +61 203 £55,000 -10.39% 28
West Midlands -1 181 £62,500 +4.17% 47
East Midlands -34 124 £55,000 -12.00% 16
East of England -40 103 £60,000 -14.29% 27
North East -12 40 £55,000 -18.52% 9
Senior Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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.

1 962 (32.87%) JavaScript
2 904 (30.88%) C#
3 879 (30.03%) .NET
4 822 (28.08%) Agile
5 692 (23.64%) Azure
6 675 (23.06%) SQL
7 659 (22.51%) AWS
8 625 (21.35%) React
9 507 (17.32%) Full Stack Development
10 481 (16.43%) HTML
11 476 (16.26%) Social Skills
12 469 (16.02%) CSS
13 446 (15.24%) Finance
13 446 (15.24%) DevOps
14 439 (15.00%) TypeScript
15 382 (13.05%) Git
16 371 (12.68%) Java
17 370 (12.64%) AngularJS
18 367 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
19 352 (12.03%) Software Engineering
20 346 (11.82%) Microsoft
21 343 (11.72%) Degree
22 325 (11.10%) SQL Server
23 318 (10.86%) CI/CD
24 314 (10.73%) Docker
25 311 (10.63%) PHP
26 300 (10.25%) ASP.NET
27 299 (10.22%) Mentoring
28 293 (10.01%) Python
29 285 (9.74%) Microservices

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
1 109 (3.72%) CMS
2 52 (1.78%) Confluence
3 46 (1.57%) Umbraco
4 41 (1.40%) Headless CMS
5 40 (1.37%) IIS
5 40 (1.37%) Kentico
6 38 (1.30%) Sitecore CMS
7 31 (1.06%) WordPress
8 28 (0.96%) Apache
9 17 (0.58%) nginx
10 16 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
11 9 (0.31%) Mendix
12 8 (0.27%) Drupal
12 8 (0.27%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.24%) Apache Spark
13 7 (0.24%) SharePoint
14 6 (0.20%) JBoss
14 6 (0.20%) NServiceBus
14 6 (0.20%) Red Hat Fuse
15 5 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (0.75%) Photoshop
2 16 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.14%) Maya
6 2 (0.068%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.034%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.034%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.034%) Elementor
7 1 (0.034%) Mathematica
7 1 (0.034%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (1.23%) Siebel CRM
2 24 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 21 (0.72%) Shopify
4 19 (0.65%) SDL Web 8
5 18 (0.61%) Magento
6 15 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
7 13 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.14%) Visualfiles
9 3 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.034%) Endur
10 1 (0.034%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 692 (23.64%) Azure
2 659 (22.51%) AWS
3 187 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
4 178 (6.08%) SaaS
5 165 (5.64%) Power Platform
6 120 (4.10%) GCP
7 99 (3.38%) Dynamics 365
8 89 (3.04%) Serverless
9 81 (2.77%) PowerApps
10 79 (2.70%) GitHub
11 76 (2.60%) Power Automate
12 37 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
13 35 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
14 34 (1.16%) Kontent
15 31 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
16 30 (1.02%) GitHub Actions
17 27 (0.92%) Azure Service Bus
18 25 (0.85%) Azure Functions
19 24 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
19 24 (0.82%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.58%) Internet
2 7 (0.24%) Network Security
3 6 (0.20%) AMQP
3 6 (0.20%) HTTP
4 5 (0.17%) MQTT
4 5 (0.17%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.17%) VPN
5 4 (0.14%) Broadband
5 4 (0.14%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.10%) DNS
6 3 (0.10%) IPFS
6 3 (0.10%) SSL
7 2 (0.068%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.034%) CTI
8 1 (0.034%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 325 (11.10%) SQL Server
2 205 (7.00%) MySQL
3 159 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
4 117 (4.00%) Power BI
5 101 (3.45%) NoSQL
6 81 (2.77%) Relational Database
7 75 (2.56%) Oracle Database
8 58 (1.98%) MongoDB
9 49 (1.67%) Oracle Database 11g
10 48 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 41 (1.40%) Redis
12 36 (1.23%) Oracle BI EE
12 36 (1.23%) Siebel EIM
13 33 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
14 30 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 29 (0.99%) DynamoDB
16 26 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
17 20 (0.68%) Power Query
18 17 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
19 15 (0.51%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 382 (13.05%) Git
2 129 (4.41%) JIRA
3 94 (3.21%) Visual Studio
4 63 (2.15%) Bitbucket
5 51 (1.74%) Sourcetree
6 39 (1.33%) NUnit
7 35 (1.20%) Cypress.io
7 35 (1.20%) Selenium
8 29 (0.99%) TeamCity
9 28 (0.96%) Moq
10 25 (0.85%) Jenkins
10 25 (0.85%) Oracle APEX
11 24 (0.82%) JUnit
11 24 (0.82%) Octopus Deploy
12 20 (0.68%) SpecFlow
13 19 (0.65%) git-flow
13 19 (0.65%) webpack
14 18 (0.61%) Android Studio
15 17 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
16 16 (0.55%) PHPUnit
General
1 476 (16.26%) Social Skills
2 446 (15.24%) Finance
3 106 (3.62%) Banking
4 102 (3.48%) Marketing
5 99 (3.38%) Retail
6 89 (3.04%) Front Office
7 88 (3.01%) Analytical Skills
8 84 (2.87%) Games
9 61 (2.08%) Back Office
10 53 (1.81%) Public Sector
11 46 (1.57%) Legal
12 43 (1.47%) Law
13 41 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 38 (1.30%) Tech for Good
15 37 (1.26%) Aerospace
15 37 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 34 (1.16%) Manufacturing
17 32 (1.09%) Investment Banking
18 30 (1.02%) Health Technology
19 27 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 879 (30.03%) .NET
2 625 (21.35%) React
3 481 (16.43%) HTML
4 469 (16.02%) CSS
5 370 (12.64%) AngularJS
6 300 (10.25%) ASP.NET
7 266 (9.09%) .NET Core
8 251 (8.58%) Vue
9 246 (8.40%) Node.js
10 230 (7.86%) .NET Framework
11 193 (6.59%) RESTful
12 192 (6.56%) REST
13 188 (6.42%) Laravel
14 143 (4.89%) Web Services
15 131 (4.48%) jQuery
16 124 (4.24%) Entity Framework
17 122 (4.17%) Spring
18 120 (4.10%) Kafka
19 107 (3.66%) HTML5
20 101 (3.45%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 173 (5.91%) Greenfield Project
2 102 (3.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 76 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
4 73 (2.49%) Product Ownership
5 72 (2.46%) Equities
6 69 (2.36%) Mobile App
7 68 (2.32%) Derivative
8 66 (2.25%) IoT
9 63 (2.15%) Hedge funds
10 62 (2.12%) Fixed Income
11 58 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
12 53 (1.81%) Algorithms
13 46 (1.57%) Onboarding
14 44 (1.50%) Cloud Native
15 35 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
16 30 (1.02%) Data Structures
16 30 (1.02%) Virtual Reality
17 29 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
18 26 (0.89%) Client/Server
19 25 (0.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 89 (3.04%) Linux
2 72 (2.46%) Windows
3 65 (2.22%) Android
4 49 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.27%) Mac OS
5 8 (0.27%) Ubuntu
5 8 (0.27%) Unix
5 8 (0.27%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.034%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 822 (28.08%) Agile
2 507 (17.32%) Full Stack Development
3 446 (15.24%) DevOps
4 367 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
5 352 (12.03%) Software Engineering
6 318 (10.86%) CI/CD
7 299 (10.22%) Mentoring
8 285 (9.74%) Microservices
9 278 (9.50%) MVC
10 251 (8.58%) Scrum
11 250 (8.54%) Computer Science
12 243 (8.30%) Front End Development
13 219 (7.48%) TDD
14 209 (7.14%) Unit Testing
15 195 (6.66%) Web Development
16 190 (6.49%) Design Patterns
16 190 (6.49%) E-Commerce
17 189 (6.46%) Artificial Intelligence
18 185 (6.32%) User Experience
19 155 (5.30%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 962 (32.87%) JavaScript
2 904 (30.88%) C#
3 675 (23.06%) SQL
4 439 (15.00%) TypeScript
5 371 (12.68%) Java
6 311 (10.63%) PHP
7 293 (10.01%) Python
8 100 (3.42%) T-SQL
9 99 (3.38%) PL/SQL
10 54 (1.84%) Kotlin
11 51 (1.74%) Go
12 49 (1.67%) C++
13 48 (1.64%) Ruby
14 26 (0.89%) C
15 23 (0.79%) PowerShell
16 22 (0.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 20 (0.68%) XPath
18 19 (0.65%) Apex Code
18 19 (0.65%) VB.NET
19 16 (0.55%) Scala
Qualifications
1 343 (11.72%) Degree
2 145 (4.95%) Security Cleared
3 125 (4.27%) SC Cleared
4 116 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 42 (1.43%) Master's Degree
6 33 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (0.51%) PhD
8 11 (0.38%) Azure Certification
9 8 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (0.20%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.10%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.10%) MBA
11 3 (0.10%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.068%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.068%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.034%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (2.97%) QA
2 17 (0.58%) Accessibility
3 15 (0.51%) WCAG
4 12 (0.41%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.41%) GDPR
5 9 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.24%) SLA
7 6 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.10%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.10%) EMIR
8 3 (0.10%) MiFID
8 3 (0.10%) PMO
9 2 (0.068%) GRC
9 2 (0.068%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.068%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.068%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 314 (10.73%) Docker
2 9 (0.31%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.068%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.068%) Firmware
5 2 (0.068%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.068%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.034%) Ceph
6 1 (0.034%) GridGain
Systems Management
1 231 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 58 (1.98%) Terraform
3 19 (0.65%) Ansible
4 9 (0.31%) Grafana
5 7 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.20%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.20%) Rancher
7 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.10%) Kibana
9 2 (0.068%) MIIS
10 1 (0.034%) cPanel
10 1 (0.034%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.034%) Istio
10 1 (0.034%) Knative
Vendors
1 346 (11.82%) Microsoft
2 165 (5.64%) Oracle
3 70 (2.39%) Google
4 41 (1.40%) Sitecore
5 36 (1.23%) Siebel
6 34 (1.16%) Optimizely
7 33 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 29 (0.99%) Adobe
9 27 (0.92%) ServiceNow
10 19 (0.65%) Cognizant
11 14 (0.48%) Atlassian
11 14 (0.48%) F5
11 14 (0.48%) MuleSoft
11 14 (0.48%) Xamarin
12 11 (0.38%) OpenAI
12 11 (0.38%) Quadient
13 10 (0.34%) Databricks
13 10 (0.34%) SAP
14 9 (0.31%) NVIDIA
15 8 (0.27%) WSO2