Senior Software Developer Jobs in the South East

Senior Software Developer
England > South East

The median Senior Software Developer salary in the South East is £70,000 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 294 225 317
Rank change year-on-year -69 +92 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 104 175 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.56% 1.31% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 1.46% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 95 155 171
10th Percentile £46,250 £56,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,500 £61,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +21.74%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £95,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,348 12,023 20,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.71% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 7,828 12,399
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in the South East

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in the South East

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in the South East

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley -37 47 £80,000 +6.67% 4
Berkshire +20 36 £90,000 - 3
Hampshire -64 26 £65,000 -3.70% 5
Oxfordshire -30 11 £70,000 -6.67%
Surrey -39 10 £77,500 +26.53%
Kent - 10 £43,750 - 1
East Sussex +21 9 £65,000 -
Sussex - 2 £58,000 -
Senior Software Developer
England

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 80 (76.92%) C#
2 59 (56.73%) .NET
3 40 (38.46%) JavaScript
4 39 (37.50%) Agile
5 36 (34.62%) Computer Science
6 35 (33.65%) Degree
7 33 (31.73%) TypeScript
8 31 (29.81%) React
9 30 (28.85%) Full Stack Development
10 27 (25.96%) SQL Server
10 27 (25.96%) Computer Science Degree
11 22 (21.15%) Propensity Modelling
12 21 (20.19%) Entity Framework
12 21 (20.19%) .NET Core
13 20 (19.23%) Docker
13 20 (19.23%) SQL
13 20 (19.23%) Artificial Intelligence
14 19 (18.27%) ASP.NET
14 19 (18.27%) ASP.NET Web API
15 18 (17.31%) Azure
15 18 (17.31%) .NET Framework
16 17 (16.35%) Kubernetes
16 17 (16.35%) NoSQL
17 15 (14.42%) Software Engineering
18 14 (13.46%) Finance
18 14 (13.46%) Design Patterns
19 13 (12.50%) MVC
19 13 (12.50%) SaaS
19 13 (12.50%) DevOps
20 12 (11.54%) Test Automation

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Mathematica
Cloud Services
1 18 (17.31%) Azure
2 13 (12.50%) SaaS
3 10 (9.62%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (8.65%) AWS
5 4 (3.85%) Snowflake
6 2 (1.92%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.96%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.96%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.96%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.73%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (25.96%) SQL Server
2 17 (16.35%) NoSQL
3 6 (5.77%) MySQL
4 4 (3.85%) Redis
5 2 (1.92%) Power BI
6 1 (0.96%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (11.54%) Visual Studio
2 10 (9.62%) Git
3 7 (6.73%) Jasmine
3 7 (6.73%) NUnit
3 7 (6.73%) Selenium
3 7 (6.73%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.92%) JIRA
4 2 (1.92%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (13.46%) Finance
2 9 (8.65%) Social Skills
3 7 (6.73%) Law
3 7 (6.73%) Multimedia
4 6 (5.77%) Marketing
5 4 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.85%) Back Office
6 1 (0.96%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.96%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.96%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (56.73%) .NET
2 31 (29.81%) React
3 21 (20.19%) .NET Core
3 21 (20.19%) Entity Framework
4 19 (18.27%) ASP.NET
4 19 (18.27%) ASP.NET Web API
5 18 (17.31%) .NET Framework
6 11 (10.58%) CSS
7 10 (9.62%) HTML
7 10 (9.62%) RESTful
8 6 (5.77%) AngularJS
8 6 (5.77%) CSS3
9 4 (3.85%) HTML5
9 4 (3.85%) Node.js
10 3 (2.88%) WCF
11 2 (1.92%) jQuery
11 2 (1.92%) Laravel
11 2 (1.92%) LINQ
11 2 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
11 2 (1.92%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.65%) Algorithms
2 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.96%) Data Structures
3 1 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (37.50%) Agile
2 36 (34.62%) Computer Science
3 30 (28.85%) Full Stack Development
4 22 (21.15%) Propensity Modelling
5 20 (19.23%) Artificial Intelligence
6 15 (14.42%) Software Engineering
7 14 (13.46%) Design Patterns
8 13 (12.50%) DevOps
8 13 (12.50%) MVC
9 12 (11.54%) Test Automation
10 11 (10.58%) CI/CD
11 10 (9.62%) Microservices
12 9 (8.65%) Mathematics
12 9 (8.65%) Problem-Solving
12 9 (8.65%) Scrum
13 8 (7.69%) Chemistry
13 8 (7.69%) Multithreading
13 8 (7.69%) TDD
13 8 (7.69%) Unit Testing
14 7 (6.73%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 80 (76.92%) C#
2 40 (38.46%) JavaScript
3 33 (31.73%) TypeScript
4 20 (19.23%) SQL
5 8 (7.69%) Java
6 7 (6.73%) T-SQL
7 5 (4.81%) PHP
8 3 (2.88%) Python
9 1 (0.96%) C
9 1 (0.96%) C++
9 1 (0.96%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 35 (33.65%) Degree
2 27 (25.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.88%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.88%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.88%) PhD
4 2 (1.92%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.77%) QA
System Software
1 20 (19.23%) Docker
2 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (16.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.92%) New Relic
2 2 (1.92%) VMware