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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 429 437 411
Rank change year-on-year +8 -26 -105
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 384 304 585
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.55% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.61% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 342 263 374
10th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,400
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 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £81,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year -3.70% -1.82% +25.00%

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 74,927 49,444 72,458
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 88.83% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 52,326 29,284 42,904
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 £67,500
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 9 June 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 9 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
South East -69 104 £70,000 - 11
South West +47 82 £59,000 -1.67% 5
Scotland -24 55 £60,000 +9.09% 3
North of England +27 54 £60,000 - 12
Midlands -14 40 £55,000 -4.35% 8
Yorkshire +69 27 £60,000 -11.11% 7
East of England -6 27 £60,000 -7.16% 1
West Midlands +2 26 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Northern Ireland +33 20 £55,000 +10.00% 3
North West -13 19 £70,000 +27.27% 3
East Midlands -29 13 £55,000 -4.35% 1
North East -13 8 £65,000 - 2
Wales +10 2 £65,000 +8.33% 3
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 9 June 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.

1 220 (57.29%) C#
2 187 (48.70%) .NET
3 104 (27.08%) JavaScript
4 103 (26.82%) Agile
5 93 (24.22%) Azure
6 82 (21.35%) SQL
7 79 (20.57%) SQL Server
7 79 (20.57%) .NET Framework
8 73 (19.01%) React
9 68 (17.71%) Social Skills
10 67 (17.45%) Computer Science
11 64 (16.67%) Software Engineering
12 63 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
13 62 (16.15%) Degree
14 61 (15.89%) AWS
15 55 (14.32%) Full Stack Development
16 54 (14.06%) DevOps
16 54 (14.06%) TypeScript
17 52 (13.54%) Entity Framework
18 51 (13.28%) .NET Core
19 50 (13.02%) Docker
20 46 (11.98%) MVC
21 44 (11.46%) Front End Development
22 43 (11.20%) Computer Science Degree
22 43 (11.20%) HTML
22 43 (11.20%) ASP.NET
23 42 (10.94%) CI/CD
24 40 (10.42%) CSS
25 39 (10.16%) Microsoft
25 39 (10.16%) 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 (1.04%) CMS
2 3 (0.78%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (0.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.26%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 4 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 93 (24.22%) Azure
2 61 (15.89%) AWS
3 39 (10.16%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (8.07%) SaaS
5 5 (1.30%) NuGet
6 4 (1.04%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.78%) GitHub
7 3 (0.78%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.52%) PaaS
8 2 (0.52%) 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 (1.82%) Internet
1 7 (1.82%) Network Security
2 2 (0.52%) HTTP
3 1 (0.26%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (20.57%) SQL Server
2 27 (7.03%) NoSQL
3 20 (5.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 13 (3.39%) MySQL
5 8 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.30%) Redis
6 5 (1.30%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.04%) SQLite
8 3 (0.78%) Power BI
8 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.26%) Event Store
10 1 (0.26%) RavenDB
Development Applications
1 34 (8.85%) Git
2 19 (4.95%) Visual Studio
3 10 (2.60%) NUnit
4 7 (1.82%) Jasmine
4 7 (1.82%) Selenium
4 7 (1.82%) Visual Studio Code
5 6 (1.56%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.30%) Eclipse
6 5 (1.30%) JetBrains Rider
7 3 (0.78%) JIRA
7 3 (0.78%) Moq
7 3 (0.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.52%) 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 68 (17.71%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.33%) Finance
3 20 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (3.13%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.13%) Music Industry
5 10 (2.60%) Law
6 8 (2.08%) Marketing
7 7 (1.82%) Games
7 7 (1.82%) Multimedia
8 6 (1.56%) Legal
8 6 (1.56%) Publishing
9 5 (1.30%) Retail
10 4 (1.04%) Back Office
10 4 (1.04%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.78%) German Language
11 3 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.52%) Brand Awareness
13 1 (0.26%) Health Technology
13 1 (0.26%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (48.70%) .NET
2 79 (20.57%) .NET Framework
3 73 (19.01%) React
4 52 (13.54%) Entity Framework
5 51 (13.28%) .NET Core
6 43 (11.20%) ASP.NET
6 43 (11.20%) HTML
7 40 (10.42%) CSS
8 36 (9.38%) AngularJS
9 35 (9.11%) ASP.NET Web API
10 19 (4.95%) Blazor
10 19 (4.95%) RESTful
11 16 (4.17%) XML
12 14 (3.65%) REST
13 13 (3.39%) CSS3
13 13 (3.39%) HTML5
13 13 (3.39%) Vue
14 12 (3.13%) JSON
15 11 (2.86%) Web Services
16 9 (2.34%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.25%) Algorithms
2 22 (5.73%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (2.60%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.34%) CUDA
5 7 (1.82%) IoT
5 7 (1.82%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.56%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.30%) Embedded Systems
7 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.30%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.04%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.04%) Home Automation
8 4 (1.04%) Podcast
8 4 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.04%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (0.78%) Tandem
10 2 (0.52%) Media Streaming
11 1 (0.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.73%) Linux
2 12 (3.13%) Windows
3 6 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.52%) Android
5 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (26.82%) Agile
2 67 (17.45%) Computer Science
3 64 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 63 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (14.32%) Full Stack Development
6 54 (14.06%) DevOps
7 46 (11.98%) MVC
8 44 (11.46%) Front End Development
9 42 (10.94%) CI/CD
10 38 (9.90%) Design Patterns
10 38 (9.90%) Mentoring
11 32 (8.33%) Scrum
12 30 (7.81%) Artificial Intelligence
13 28 (7.29%) Microservices
13 28 (7.29%) TDD
13 28 (7.29%) Test Automation
13 28 (7.29%) Unit Testing
14 23 (5.99%) SOLID
15 22 (5.73%) Propensity Modelling
16 18 (4.69%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 220 (57.29%) C#
2 104 (27.08%) JavaScript
3 82 (21.35%) SQL
4 54 (14.06%) TypeScript
5 37 (9.64%) Python
6 30 (7.81%) Java
7 19 (4.95%) PHP
7 19 (4.95%) Ruby
7 19 (4.95%) T-SQL
8 12 (3.13%) C
9 5 (1.30%) C++
9 5 (1.30%) COBOL
9 5 (1.30%) Embedded C
9 5 (1.30%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 4 (1.04%) Swift
10 4 (1.04%) XAML
11 3 (0.78%) Bicep
11 3 (0.78%) Delphi
11 3 (0.78%) Go
11 3 (0.78%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 62 (16.15%) Degree
2 43 (11.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.60%) PhD
4 8 (2.08%) Master's Degree
4 8 (2.08%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.04%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.78%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.52%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.26%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.17%) QA
2 5 (1.30%) GDPR
3 2 (0.52%) SLA
4 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.26%) MISRA
4 1 (0.26%) MISRA C
System Software
1 50 (13.02%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (8.85%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 9 (2.34%) NVIDIA
3 6 (1.56%) F5
4 5 (1.30%) Google
4 5 (1.30%) Micro Focus
4 5 (1.30%) Xamarin
5 3 (0.78%) Quadient
5 3 (0.78%) Twitter
6 2 (0.52%) New Relic
6 2 (0.52%) VMware
7 1 (0.26%) DevExpress