Senior Software Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Software Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £61,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 287 217
Rank change year-on-year +170 -70 +42
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Engineer 1,761 654 1,328
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.24% 1.17% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 1.32% 1.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,088 408 528
10th Percentile £48,750 £47,675 £47,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £71,991 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +12.00%

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 74,776 49,490 72,464
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 88.82% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 52,251 29,308 43,150
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 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +5.94% +6.32%
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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Senior Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Engineer in the UK excluding London

Senior Software Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Scotland +58 390 £60,000 +3.00% 19
North of England +122 358 £60,000 -7.69% 57
South West +141 335 £62,500 -3.85% 54
South East +85 307 £65,000 -3.70% 42
North West +95 202 £60,000 -5.88% 41
Midlands +37 173 £65,000 +4.00% 26
East of England +51 110 £65,000 - 28
Yorkshire +83 108 £62,500 -7.43% 11
East Midlands +19 90 £65,000 +36.84% 7
West Midlands +33 83 £65,000 -3.70% 19
Wales +44 57 £60,000 +15.38% 10
North East +29 48 £60,000 +14.29% 6
Northern Ireland +22 31 - - 7
Senior Software Engineer
UK

Senior Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 8 June 2024, Senior Software Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 1,760 (99.94%) Software Engineering
2 654 (37.14%) Agile
3 474 (26.92%) Python
4 438 (24.87%) AWS
5 379 (21.52%) .NET
6 378 (21.47%) C#
7 373 (21.18%) Azure
8 372 (21.12%) JavaScript
9 335 (19.02%) Security Cleared
10 311 (17.66%) Java
11 308 (17.49%) React
12 295 (16.75%) DevOps
13 285 (16.18%) C++
14 283 (16.07%) Linux
15 272 (15.45%) SDLC
16 266 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
17 258 (14.65%) C
18 254 (14.42%) SC Cleared
19 245 (13.91%) SQL
20 244 (13.86%) Finance
21 243 (13.80%) CSS
22 235 (13.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 227 (12.89%) PostgreSQL
24 207 (11.75%) .NET Core
25 202 (11.47%) Artificial Intelligence
26 189 (10.73%) Actionable Insight
27 188 (10.68%) Web Development
28 186 (10.56%) Degree
29 184 (10.45%) Marketing
30 181 (10.28%) Law

Senior Software Engineer 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
1 174 (9.88%) ArcGIS
1 174 (9.88%) GeoServer
2 78 (4.43%) Apache Spark
3 18 (1.02%) FileNet
4 17 (0.97%) Cloud Foundry
5 6 (0.34%) Confluence
6 2 (0.11%) CMS
7 1 (0.057%) Drupal
7 1 (0.057%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
Applications
1 16 (0.91%) Simulink
2 15 (0.85%) Stateflow
3 7 (0.40%) CANalyzer
4 2 (0.11%) TargetLink
5 1 (0.057%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.057%) Doxygen
5 1 (0.057%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (0.34%) Magento
2 3 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 438 (24.87%) AWS
2 373 (21.18%) Azure
3 68 (3.86%) GCP
4 36 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (1.99%) SaaS
5 35 (1.99%) Serverless
6 20 (1.14%) Amazon S3
7 15 (0.85%) Azure Functions
7 15 (0.85%) GitHub
8 11 (0.62%) AWS Lambda
9 9 (0.51%) npm
10 7 (0.40%) Azure API Management
10 7 (0.40%) Azure Event Grid
10 7 (0.40%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (0.28%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.23%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.17%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (0.17%) Slack
14 2 (0.11%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.11%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.35%) Kerberos
2 31 (1.76%) Wireless
3 28 (1.59%) Network Security
4 27 (1.53%) TCP/IP
5 25 (1.42%) Ethernet
6 23 (1.31%) RS-232
6 23 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (0.80%) J1939
7 14 (0.80%) Modbus
8 10 (0.57%) Bluetooth
9 6 (0.34%) MQTT
10 4 (0.23%) Profibus
11 3 (0.17%) Internet
12 1 (0.057%) 4G
12 1 (0.057%) 5G
12 1 (0.057%) DECT
12 1 (0.057%) HTTP
12 1 (0.057%) NFC
12 1 (0.057%) RS-485
12 1 (0.057%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 227 (12.89%) PostgreSQL
2 174 (9.88%) GIS
2 174 (9.88%) QGIS
3 101 (5.74%) NoSQL
4 61 (3.46%) MySQL
5 51 (2.90%) Big Data
5 51 (2.90%) SQL Server
6 42 (2.39%) Metadata
7 36 (2.04%) MongoDB
8 31 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
9 18 (1.02%) Apache Cassandra
10 17 (0.97%) Amazon Aurora
10 17 (0.97%) CockroachDB
11 12 (0.68%) Redis
12 10 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
13 8 (0.45%) Relational Database
13 8 (0.45%) SQLite
14 4 (0.23%) Data Lake
15 3 (0.17%) Hadoop
16 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 131 (7.44%) Git
2 65 (3.69%) Jenkins
3 49 (2.78%) Bitbucket
4 48 (2.73%) JIRA
5 42 (2.39%) Artifactory
6 39 (2.21%) Visual Studio
7 34 (1.93%) Subversion
8 30 (1.70%) GitLab
9 19 (1.08%) JUnit
10 14 (0.80%) ClearCase
10 14 (0.80%) CMake
10 14 (0.80%) Plastic SCM
11 13 (0.74%) TeamCity
12 10 (0.57%) Maven
13 9 (0.51%) LabVIEW
13 9 (0.51%) Storybook
14 7 (0.40%) ClearQuest
15 6 (0.34%) Cypress.io
15 6 (0.34%) SonarQube
16 5 (0.28%) Cucumber
General
1 244 (13.86%) Finance
2 235 (13.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 184 (10.45%) Marketing
4 181 (10.28%) Law
5 112 (6.36%) Social Skills
6 80 (4.54%) Manufacturing
7 68 (3.86%) Electronics
8 65 (3.69%) Automotive
9 49 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
10 40 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
10 40 (2.27%) Military
11 33 (1.87%) Public Sector
12 29 (1.65%) Aerospace
13 27 (1.53%) Aviation
14 24 (1.36%) Tech for Good
15 22 (1.25%) Legal
16 21 (1.19%) Retail
17 16 (0.91%) Banking
17 16 (0.91%) Games
18 14 (0.80%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 379 (21.52%) .NET
2 308 (17.49%) React
3 243 (13.80%) CSS
4 207 (11.75%) .NET Core
5 174 (9.88%) Leaflet
5 174 (9.88%) OpenLayers
5 174 (9.88%) PostGIS
6 124 (7.04%) AngularJS
7 118 (6.70%) RESTful
8 100 (5.68%) HTML
9 95 (5.39%) ASP.NET
10 80 (4.54%) Node.js
11 69 (3.92%) JSON
12 67 (3.80%) .NET Framework
13 65 (3.69%) Vue
14 62 (3.52%) XML
15 59 (3.35%) Web Services
16 58 (3.29%) Spring
17 55 (3.12%) Kafka
18 44 (2.50%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.86%) Cloud Native
2 59 (3.35%) Algorithms
3 43 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 42 (2.39%) Enterprise Cloud
4 42 (2.39%) IoT
4 42 (2.39%) Reference Data
5 36 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
6 35 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (1.76%) Device Driver
8 28 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 27 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
10 15 (0.85%) Mobile App
10 15 (0.85%) Product Ownership
11 14 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
12 13 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (0.68%) GNSS
14 9 (0.51%) Client/Server
14 9 (0.51%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.45%) FPGA
15 8 (0.45%) Hackathon
Operating Systems
1 283 (16.07%) Linux
2 110 (6.25%) Embedded Linux
3 83 (4.71%) Windows
4 32 (1.82%) Ubuntu
5 25 (1.42%) Unix
6 21 (1.19%) Apple iOS
7 14 (0.80%) Android
8 10 (0.57%) FreeRTOS
9 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.23%) VxWorks
11 2 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.11%) CentOS
11 2 (0.11%) Debian
11 2 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.057%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,760 (99.94%) Software Engineering
2 654 (37.14%) Agile
3 295 (16.75%) DevOps
4 272 (15.45%) SDLC
5 266 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
6 202 (11.47%) Artificial Intelligence
7 189 (10.73%) Actionable Insight
8 188 (10.68%) Web Development
9 181 (10.28%) Operational Stability
10 165 (9.37%) Computer Science
11 162 (9.20%) CI/CD
12 160 (9.09%) Machine Learning
13 153 (8.69%) Microservices
14 139 (7.89%) Tech Ops
15 115 (6.53%) Test Automation
16 105 (5.96%) Decision-Making
17 101 (5.74%) Mentoring
18 92 (5.22%) Full Stack Development
19 78 (4.43%) Mathematics
20 72 (4.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 474 (26.92%) Python
2 378 (21.47%) C#
3 372 (21.12%) JavaScript
4 311 (17.66%) Java
5 285 (16.18%) C++
6 258 (14.65%) C
7 245 (13.91%) SQL
8 168 (9.54%) TypeScript
9 85 (4.83%) Embedded C
10 67 (3.80%) Bash
11 56 (3.18%) Go
12 49 (2.78%) Scala
13 42 (2.39%) Prolog
13 42 (2.39%) SPARQL
14 30 (1.70%) Rust
15 27 (1.53%) Perl
16 26 (1.48%) T-SQL
17 16 (0.91%) MATLAB
17 16 (0.91%) PowerShell
18 13 (0.74%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 335 (19.02%) Security Cleared
2 254 (14.42%) SC Cleared
3 186 (10.56%) Degree
4 41 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (1.93%) DV Cleared
6 32 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 23 (1.31%) HND
8 21 (1.19%) PhD
9 9 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.34%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (0.17%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.17%) DBS Check
12 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.057%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.057%) AWS Certified Developer
13 1 (0.057%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (1.65%) Data Quality
2 16 (0.91%) PMO
3 15 (0.85%) ISO 26262
4 14 (0.80%) Automotive SPICE
4 14 (0.80%) AUTOSAR
4 14 (0.80%) MISRA
4 14 (0.80%) QA
5 8 (0.45%) ISO 13485
6 7 (0.40%) ISO 9000
7 4 (0.23%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.23%) DICOM
7 4 (0.23%) HL7
7 4 (0.23%) IEC 61508
8 3 (0.17%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.057%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.057%) SEPA
System Software
1 78 (4.43%) Docker
2 55 (3.12%) Firmware
3 42 (2.39%) Active Directory
4 19 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 104 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 67 (3.80%) Terraform
3 19 (1.08%) Ansible
4 5 (0.28%) SELinux
5 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.17%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.11%) linkerd
7 2 (0.11%) MIIS
Vendors
1 174 (9.88%) ESRI
2 38 (2.16%) Microsoft
3 21 (1.19%) Google
4 20 (1.14%) Oracle
5 14 (0.80%) IBM
5 14 (0.80%) Lauterbach
6 12 (0.68%) DevExpress
7 11 (0.62%) Xamarin
8 7 (0.40%) F5
9 4 (0.23%) Databricks
9 4 (0.23%) Facebook
9 4 (0.23%) Instagram
9 4 (0.23%) QNX
9 4 (0.23%) SAP
10 3 (0.17%) Autodesk
11 2 (0.11%) Cadence
11 2 (0.11%) IFS
11 2 (0.11%) RedGate
11 2 (0.11%) VMware
12 1 (0.057%) Thales