Senior Developer
UK

The median Senior Developer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 84 63
Rank change year-on-year -1 -21 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3,161 3,872 8,666
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.16% 3.90% 5.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.34% 4.27% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,591 2,667 4,571
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,360
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,750 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Developer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in the UK

Senior Developer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
England 0 2,711 £65,000 -13.33% 554
UK excluding London -2 2,071 £60,000 -7.69% 418
Work from Home +17 1,523 £62,500 -10.71% 337
London -3 889 £80,000 -5.88% 219
North of England +34 537 £60,000 -4.00% 103
South East -28 502 £65,000 -7.14% 113
South West +48 397 £57,500 -4.17% 34
North West +39 329 £60,000 -4.00% 58
Midlands -25 260 £60,000 - 87
Yorkshire +57 180 £55,000 -12.00% 34
West Midlands -8 153 £62,500 +4.17% 60
Scotland -97 140 £57,500 -11.54% 33
East Midlands -29 106 £55,000 -10.20% 27
Wales +40 99 £52,686 -4.21% 13
East of England -41 98 £60,000 -14.29% 27
Northern Ireland +24 38 £55,000 -8.33% 13
North East -18 28 £55,000 -21.43% 12

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1,035 (32.74%) JavaScript
2 1,009 (31.92%) C#
3 938 (29.67%) .NET
4 898 (28.41%) Agile
5 786 (24.87%) Azure
6 770 (24.36%) AWS
7 745 (23.57%) SQL
8 692 (21.89%) React
9 568 (17.97%) Social Skills
10 562 (17.78%) Full Stack Development
11 524 (16.58%) DevOps
12 503 (15.91%) HTML
13 493 (15.60%) CSS
13 493 (15.60%) TypeScript
14 482 (15.25%) Finance
15 457 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
16 430 (13.60%) Java
17 423 (13.38%) AngularJS
18 416 (13.16%) Git
19 389 (12.31%) Software Engineering
20 374 (11.83%) Degree
20 374 (11.83%) Microsoft
21 364 (11.52%) CI/CD
22 363 (11.48%) Mentoring
23 340 (10.76%) Docker
23 340 (10.76%) SQL Server
24 338 (10.69%) Front End Development
25 325 (10.28%) PHP
26 312 (9.87%) Python
27 309 (9.78%) Node.js

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.45%) CMS
2 69 (2.18%) Confluence
3 48 (1.52%) Umbraco
4 41 (1.30%) Headless CMS
5 40 (1.27%) Kentico
6 39 (1.23%) IIS
7 37 (1.17%) Sitecore CMS
8 31 (0.98%) WordPress
9 26 (0.82%) Apache
10 17 (0.54%) nginx
11 16 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
12 9 (0.28%) Drupal
12 9 (0.28%) Mendix
12 9 (0.28%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.22%) JBoss
13 7 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
13 7 (0.22%) SharePoint
14 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
14 6 (0.19%) NServiceBus
15 5 (0.16%) K2 blackpearl
Applications
1 18 (0.57%) Photoshop
2 16 (0.51%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.13%) Maya
6 3 (0.095%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.063%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.032%) Mathematica
Business Applications
1 33 (1.04%) Siebel CRM
2 24 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.54%) Shopify
4 15 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
4 15 (0.47%) SDL Web 8
5 13 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 13 (0.41%) Magento
6 4 (0.13%) Sonata
6 4 (0.13%) Visualfiles
7 2 (0.063%) Endur
8 1 (0.032%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.032%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 786 (24.87%) Azure
2 770 (24.36%) AWS
3 202 (6.39%) Azure DevOps
4 201 (6.36%) SaaS
5 186 (5.88%) Power Platform
6 137 (4.33%) GCP
7 120 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
8 116 (3.67%) Serverless
9 109 (3.45%) PowerApps
10 98 (3.10%) Power Automate
11 86 (2.72%) GitHub
12 48 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
13 45 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
14 41 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
15 35 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
16 34 (1.08%) Kontent
17 31 (0.98%) Azure Functions
18 28 (0.89%) GitHub Actions
19 25 (0.79%) Cloud Computing
20 23 (0.73%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.60%) Internet
2 7 (0.22%) AMQP
2 7 (0.22%) HTTP
3 6 (0.19%) Network Security
4 5 (0.16%) Bluetooth
4 5 (0.16%) DNS
4 5 (0.16%) MQTT
4 5 (0.16%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.16%) VPN
5 4 (0.13%) Broadband
5 4 (0.13%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.095%) IPFS
6 3 (0.095%) SSL
6 3 (0.095%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.063%) VoIP
8 1 (0.032%) CTI
8 1 (0.032%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 340 (10.76%) SQL Server
2 209 (6.61%) PostgreSQL
3 208 (6.58%) MySQL
4 118 (3.73%) Power BI
5 114 (3.61%) NoSQL
5 114 (3.61%) Oracle Database
6 108 (3.42%) Relational Database
7 80 (2.53%) Oracle Database 11g
8 58 (1.83%) MongoDB
9 51 (1.61%) DynamoDB
10 50 (1.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 40 (1.27%) Redis
12 38 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
13 35 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
14 33 (1.04%) Oracle BI EE
14 33 (1.04%) Siebel EIM
15 29 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 20 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
17 18 (0.57%) Power Query
18 14 (0.44%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 416 (13.16%) Git
2 145 (4.59%) JIRA
3 90 (2.85%) Visual Studio
4 64 (2.02%) Bitbucket
5 56 (1.77%) Jenkins
6 47 (1.49%) Sourcetree
7 40 (1.27%) Cypress.io
8 35 (1.11%) NUnit
8 35 (1.11%) Selenium
9 33 (1.04%) Oracle APEX
10 27 (0.85%) webpack
11 26 (0.82%) JUnit
12 24 (0.76%) TeamCity
13 21 (0.66%) Moq
14 19 (0.60%) Android Studio
14 19 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
15 17 (0.54%) git-flow
16 16 (0.51%) SpecFlow
16 16 (0.51%) Storybook
17 15 (0.47%) PHPUnit
General
1 568 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 482 (15.25%) Finance
3 113 (3.57%) Banking
4 99 (3.13%) Marketing
4 99 (3.13%) Retail
5 93 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 90 (2.85%) Front Office
6 90 (2.85%) Games
7 80 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 59 (1.87%) Back Office
8 59 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (1.49%) Legal
10 46 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
11 39 (1.23%) Tech for Good
12 38 (1.20%) Law
13 35 (1.11%) Health Technology
14 34 (1.08%) Aerospace
15 33 (1.04%) Investment Banking
16 32 (1.01%) Manufacturing
17 27 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 938 (29.67%) .NET
2 692 (21.89%) React
3 503 (15.91%) HTML
4 493 (15.60%) CSS
5 423 (13.38%) AngularJS
6 309 (9.78%) Node.js
7 293 (9.27%) ASP.NET
8 278 (8.79%) .NET Core
9 268 (8.48%) Vue
10 250 (7.91%) .NET Framework
11 231 (7.31%) RESTful
12 214 (6.77%) REST
13 208 (6.58%) Laravel
14 173 (5.47%) Web Services
15 156 (4.94%) Spring
16 128 (4.05%) jQuery
17 127 (4.02%) Entity Framework
18 126 (3.99%) JSON
18 126 (3.99%) Kafka
19 108 (3.42%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 199 (6.30%) Greenfield Project
2 104 (3.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 98 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
4 83 (2.63%) Product Ownership
5 77 (2.44%) Mobile App
6 73 (2.31%) Equities
7 71 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
8 70 (2.21%) IoT
9 68 (2.15%) Onboarding
10 67 (2.12%) Derivative
11 62 (1.96%) Fixed Income
11 62 (1.96%) Hedge funds
12 48 (1.52%) Algorithms
13 44 (1.39%) Cloud Native
14 36 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
15 32 (1.01%) Client/Server
16 31 (0.98%) Data Structures
16 31 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
17 30 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
18 24 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 96 (3.04%) Linux
2 78 (2.47%) Windows
3 75 (2.37%) Android
4 58 (1.83%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.51%) Mac OS
6 12 (0.38%) Unix
7 8 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.22%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.032%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 898 (28.41%) Agile
2 562 (17.78%) Full Stack Development
3 524 (16.58%) DevOps
4 457 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
5 389 (12.31%) Software Engineering
6 364 (11.52%) CI/CD
7 363 (11.48%) Mentoring
8 338 (10.69%) Front End Development
9 306 (9.68%) Microservices
10 277 (8.76%) MVC
11 272 (8.60%) Computer Science
12 266 (8.42%) Unit Testing
13 259 (8.19%) Scrum
14 246 (7.78%) TDD
15 228 (7.21%) Artificial Intelligence
16 202 (6.39%) Design Patterns
17 201 (6.36%) Actionable Insight
18 196 (6.20%) Web Development
19 194 (6.14%) User Experience
20 188 (5.95%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1,035 (32.74%) JavaScript
2 1,009 (31.92%) C#
3 745 (23.57%) SQL
4 493 (15.60%) TypeScript
5 430 (13.60%) Java
6 325 (10.28%) PHP
7 312 (9.87%) Python
8 141 (4.46%) PL/SQL
9 101 (3.20%) T-SQL
10 72 (2.28%) Ruby
11 67 (2.12%) C++
12 60 (1.90%) Go
12 60 (1.90%) Kotlin
13 51 (1.61%) C
14 24 (0.76%) PowerShell
15 23 (0.73%) Swift
16 22 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 19 (0.60%) Apex Code
18 17 (0.54%) Scala
19 16 (0.51%) XPath
Qualifications
1 374 (11.83%) Degree
2 198 (6.26%) Security Cleared
3 178 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 122 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 14 (0.44%) PhD
8 13 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (0.32%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.16%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.095%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.095%) MBA
11 3 (0.095%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.063%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.063%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (3.26%) QA
2 34 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 17 (0.54%) WCAG
4 11 (0.35%) Data Quality
4 11 (0.35%) GDPR
5 9 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.22%) SLA
7 6 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.095%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.095%) PMO
9 2 (0.063%) EMIR
9 2 (0.063%) GRC
9 2 (0.063%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.063%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.063%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.063%) MiFID
System Software
1 340 (10.76%) Docker
2 11 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.19%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.063%) Firmware
5 2 (0.063%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.063%) Varnish
5 2 (0.063%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.032%) Ceph
6 1 (0.032%) GridGain
6 1 (0.032%) OpenSIPS
Systems Management
1 243 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 56 (1.77%) Terraform
3 22 (0.70%) Ansible
4 9 (0.28%) Grafana
5 7 (0.22%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.19%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.19%) Rancher
7 4 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.095%) Kibana
9 1 (0.032%) cPanel
9 1 (0.032%) Hadoop YARN
9 1 (0.032%) Istio
9 1 (0.032%) Knative
9 1 (0.032%) MIIS
Vendors
1 374 (11.83%) Microsoft
2 215 (6.80%) Oracle
3 71 (2.25%) Google
4 40 (1.27%) Sitecore
5 39 (1.23%) Optimizely
6 33 (1.04%) Salesforce
6 33 (1.04%) Siebel
7 25 (0.79%) Adobe
8 15 (0.47%) Cognizant
9 14 (0.44%) F5
9 14 (0.44%) MuleSoft
9 14 (0.44%) ServiceNow
10 13 (0.41%) Atlassian
11 11 (0.35%) Xamarin
12 10 (0.32%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.28%) Databricks
13 9 (0.28%) NVIDIA
13 9 (0.28%) WSO2
14 8 (0.25%) Facebook
14 8 (0.25%) Twitter