Senior Developer Jobs

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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 79 78 64
Rank change year-on-year -1 -14 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 3,395 3,708 9,169
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.23% 3.92% 5.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.41% 4.29% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,764 2,585 4,554
10th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £104,625
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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 June 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 1 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
England +4 2,915 £65,000 -13.33% 481
UK excluding London +5 2,276 £60,000 -7.69% 313
Work from Home +16 1,569 £62,500 -10.71% 279
London +3 911 £80,000 -5.88% 196
North of England +45 601 £60,000 -4.00% 92
South East -26 554 £65,000 -7.14% 61
South West +48 416 £58,000 -3.33% 38
North West +44 359 £60,000 -4.00% 56
Midlands -18 303 £60,000 - 60
Yorkshire +58 203 £55,000 -10.39% 28
West Midlands -4 179 £62,500 +4.17% 44
Scotland -80 151 £57,500 -11.54% 26
East Midlands -33 123 £55,000 -12.00% 16
Wales +44 105 £53,843 -2.10% 11
East of England -33 103 £60,000 -14.29% 26
Northern Ireland +29 43 £55,000 -8.33% 5
North East -12 39 £55,000 -18.52% 8

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 1,060 (31.22%) JavaScript
2 1,055 (31.08%) C#
3 1,005 (29.60%) .NET
4 923 (27.19%) Agile
5 822 (24.21%) Azure
6 789 (23.24%) AWS
7 772 (22.74%) SQL
8 709 (20.88%) React
9 589 (17.35%) Full Stack Development
10 579 (17.05%) Social Skills
11 543 (15.99%) DevOps
12 536 (15.79%) HTML
13 521 (15.35%) CSS
14 501 (14.76%) TypeScript
15 497 (14.64%) Finance
16 467 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
17 433 (12.75%) AngularJS
18 425 (12.52%) Java
19 418 (12.31%) Git
20 409 (12.05%) Software Engineering
21 388 (11.43%) Degree
22 384 (11.31%) Microsoft
23 373 (10.99%) CI/CD
24 369 (10.87%) Mentoring
25 355 (10.46%) SQL Server
26 340 (10.01%) PHP
26 340 (10.01%) Front End Development
27 335 (9.87%) Docker
28 318 (9.37%) Python
29 317 (9.34%) ASP.NET

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
1 119 (3.51%) CMS
2 58 (1.71%) Confluence
3 49 (1.44%) Umbraco
4 41 (1.21%) Headless CMS
5 40 (1.18%) IIS
5 40 (1.18%) Kentico
6 38 (1.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 33 (0.97%) WordPress
8 28 (0.82%) Apache
9 17 (0.50%) nginx
10 16 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
11 9 (0.27%) Drupal
11 9 (0.27%) Mendix
12 8 (0.24%) OpenStack
13 7 (0.21%) Apache Spark
13 7 (0.21%) SharePoint
14 6 (0.18%) JBoss
14 6 (0.18%) NServiceBus
14 6 (0.18%) Red Hat Fuse
15 5 (0.15%) K2 blackpearl
Applications
1 22 (0.65%) Photoshop
2 16 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.12%) Maya
6 3 (0.088%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.059%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.029%) Elementor
8 1 (0.029%) Mathematica
8 1 (0.029%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 36 (1.06%) Siebel CRM
2 25 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (0.59%) Shopify
4 19 (0.56%) SDL Web 8
5 18 (0.53%) Magento
6 15 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
7 13 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
8 4 (0.12%) Sonata
8 4 (0.12%) Visualfiles
9 3 (0.088%) Dynamics NAV
10 1 (0.029%) Endur
10 1 (0.029%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 822 (24.21%) Azure
2 789 (23.24%) AWS
3 209 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
3 209 (6.16%) SaaS
4 196 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 138 (4.06%) GCP
6 124 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
7 115 (3.39%) Serverless
8 111 (3.27%) PowerApps
9 100 (2.95%) Power Automate
10 87 (2.56%) GitHub
11 53 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
12 47 (1.38%) AWS Lambda
13 44 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
14 35 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
15 34 (1.00%) Kontent
16 30 (0.88%) Azure Functions
16 30 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
17 26 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
18 24 (0.71%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.53%) Internet
2 7 (0.21%) HTTP
2 7 (0.21%) Network Security
3 6 (0.18%) AMQP
4 5 (0.15%) DNS
4 5 (0.15%) MQTT
4 5 (0.15%) Reverse Proxy
4 5 (0.15%) VPN
5 4 (0.12%) Bluetooth
5 4 (0.12%) Broadband
5 4 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.088%) IPFS
6 3 (0.088%) SSL
6 3 (0.088%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.029%) CTI
7 1 (0.029%) VoIP
7 1 (0.029%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 355 (10.46%) SQL Server
2 216 (6.36%) MySQL
3 209 (6.16%) PostgreSQL
4 120 (3.53%) Power BI
5 114 (3.36%) NoSQL
5 114 (3.36%) Oracle Database
6 107 (3.15%) Relational Database
7 80 (2.36%) Oracle Database 11g
8 59 (1.74%) MongoDB
9 53 (1.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 48 (1.41%) DynamoDB
11 41 (1.21%) Redis
12 39 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
13 36 (1.06%) Oracle BI EE
13 36 (1.06%) Siebel EIM
14 33 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
15 30 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 21 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
17 20 (0.59%) Power Query
18 15 (0.44%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 418 (12.31%) Git
2 139 (4.09%) JIRA
3 94 (2.77%) Visual Studio
4 66 (1.94%) Bitbucket
5 51 (1.50%) Sourcetree
6 42 (1.24%) Cypress.io
7 40 (1.18%) Jenkins
8 39 (1.15%) NUnit
9 38 (1.12%) Selenium
10 33 (0.97%) Oracle APEX
11 29 (0.85%) TeamCity
11 29 (0.85%) webpack
12 28 (0.82%) Moq
13 26 (0.77%) JUnit
14 24 (0.71%) Octopus Deploy
15 21 (0.62%) Android Studio
15 21 (0.62%) git-flow
16 20 (0.59%) SpecFlow
16 20 (0.59%) Storybook
17 18 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 579 (17.05%) Social Skills
2 497 (14.64%) Finance
3 114 (3.36%) Banking
4 110 (3.24%) Marketing
5 102 (3.00%) Retail
6 98 (2.89%) Analytical Skills
7 92 (2.71%) Games
8 89 (2.62%) Front Office
9 78 (2.30%) Public Sector
10 61 (1.80%) Back Office
10 61 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 48 (1.41%) Legal
12 46 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 43 (1.27%) Law
13 43 (1.27%) Tech for Good
14 37 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 37 (1.09%) Health Technology
15 34 (1.00%) Manufacturing
16 32 (0.94%) Investment Banking
17 27 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1,005 (29.60%) .NET
2 709 (20.88%) React
3 536 (15.79%) HTML
4 521 (15.35%) CSS
5 433 (12.75%) AngularJS
6 317 (9.34%) ASP.NET
7 313 (9.22%) Node.js
8 294 (8.66%) .NET Core
9 272 (8.01%) Vue
10 265 (7.81%) .NET Framework
11 231 (6.80%) RESTful
12 222 (6.54%) REST
13 210 (6.19%) Laravel
14 180 (5.30%) Web Services
15 139 (4.09%) Entity Framework
16 138 (4.06%) Spring
17 137 (4.04%) jQuery
18 131 (3.86%) JSON
19 126 (3.71%) Kafka
20 119 (3.51%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 202 (5.95%) Greenfield Project
2 103 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 102 (3.00%) Enterprise Software
4 85 (2.50%) Product Ownership
5 80 (2.36%) Mobile App
6 73 (2.15%) IoT
6 73 (2.15%) Onboarding
7 72 (2.12%) Equities
8 69 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
9 68 (2.00%) Derivative
10 63 (1.86%) Hedge funds
11 62 (1.83%) Fixed Income
12 54 (1.59%) Algorithms
13 44 (1.30%) Cloud Native
14 36 (1.06%) Client/Server
15 35 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
16 31 (0.91%) Data Structures
17 30 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
17 30 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
18 25 (0.74%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 94 (2.77%) Linux
2 83 (2.44%) Windows
3 79 (2.33%) Android
4 56 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 17 (0.50%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.32%) Unix
7 8 (0.24%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.24%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.029%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 923 (27.19%) Agile
2 589 (17.35%) Full Stack Development
3 543 (15.99%) DevOps
4 467 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
5 409 (12.05%) Software Engineering
6 373 (10.99%) CI/CD
7 369 (10.87%) Mentoring
8 340 (10.01%) Front End Development
9 306 (9.01%) Microservices
10 296 (8.72%) MVC
11 281 (8.28%) Computer Science
12 278 (8.19%) Unit Testing
13 274 (8.07%) Scrum
14 250 (7.36%) TDD
15 229 (6.75%) Artificial Intelligence
16 216 (6.36%) Web Development
17 209 (6.16%) Design Patterns
18 204 (6.01%) User Experience
19 202 (5.95%) E-Commerce
20 188 (5.54%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1,060 (31.22%) JavaScript
2 1,055 (31.08%) C#
3 772 (22.74%) SQL
4 501 (14.76%) TypeScript
5 425 (12.52%) Java
6 340 (10.01%) PHP
7 318 (9.37%) Python
8 143 (4.21%) PL/SQL
9 105 (3.09%) T-SQL
10 75 (2.21%) Ruby
11 70 (2.06%) C++
12 66 (1.94%) Go
13 62 (1.83%) Kotlin
14 48 (1.41%) C
15 25 (0.74%) PowerShell
16 24 (0.71%) Scala
17 22 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 21 (0.62%) Swift
19 20 (0.59%) Apex Code
19 20 (0.59%) XPath
Qualifications
1 388 (11.43%) Degree
2 193 (5.68%) Security Cleared
3 172 (5.07%) SC Cleared
4 126 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 51 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 42 (1.24%) Master's Degree
7 15 (0.44%) PhD
8 13 (0.38%) Microsoft Certification
9 11 (0.32%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.18%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.12%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.088%) MBA
12 3 (0.088%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.059%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.059%) ITIL Certification
14 1 (0.029%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (3.00%) QA
2 34 (1.00%) Accessibility
3 16 (0.47%) WCAG
4 12 (0.35%) Data Quality
4 12 (0.35%) GDPR
5 9 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (0.21%) SLA
7 6 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.088%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.088%) EMIR
8 3 (0.088%) MiFID
8 3 (0.088%) PMO
9 2 (0.059%) GRC
9 2 (0.059%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.059%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.059%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 335 (9.87%) Docker
2 11 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
4 5 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.059%) Firmware
5 2 (0.059%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.059%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.029%) Ceph
6 1 (0.029%) GridGain
6 1 (0.029%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 241 (7.10%) Kubernetes
2 58 (1.71%) Terraform
3 21 (0.62%) Ansible
4 9 (0.27%) Grafana
5 7 (0.21%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.18%) Data Guard
6 6 (0.18%) Rancher
7 4 (0.12%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.088%) Kibana
9 2 (0.059%) MIIS
10 1 (0.029%) cPanel
10 1 (0.029%) Hadoop YARN
10 1 (0.029%) Istio
10 1 (0.029%) Knative
Vendors
1 384 (11.31%) Microsoft
2 221 (6.51%) Oracle
3 70 (2.06%) Google
4 41 (1.21%) Sitecore
5 39 (1.15%) Optimizely
6 36 (1.06%) Siebel
7 34 (1.00%) Salesforce
8 31 (0.91%) Adobe
9 28 (0.82%) ServiceNow
10 19 (0.56%) Cognizant
11 17 (0.50%) Quadient
12 14 (0.41%) Atlassian
12 14 (0.41%) F5
12 14 (0.41%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.41%) Xamarin
13 11 (0.32%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.29%) Databricks
14 10 (0.29%) SAP
15 9 (0.27%) NVIDIA
16 8 (0.24%) UiPath