Senior Software Developer Jobs in Central London

Senior Software Developer
London > Central London

The median Senior Software Developer salary in Central London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 163 222 271
Rank change year-on-year +59 +49 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Software Developer 29 14 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.76% 0.28% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 0.30% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27 14 38
10th Percentile £73,750 £67,250 £57,822
25th Percentile - £72,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% +34.48%
75th Percentile £115,000 £130,000 £120,000
90th Percentile £136,000 £135,250 -
London median annual salary £100,000 £84,992 £95,000
% change year-on-year +17.66% -10.54% +26.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,630 4,740 8,150
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 96.03% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,739 3,920 6,408
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,625 £53,938 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,375 £92,625
90th Percentile £110,250 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Senior Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Software Developer in Central London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Senior Software Developer in Central London

Senior Software Developer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Software Developer in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Software Developer in Central London

Senior Software Developer
Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 12 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
City of London +56 29 £100,000 -4.76% 3
Senior Software Developer
London

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 12 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 Central London region featuring Senior Software Developer in the job title.

1 28 (96.55%) JavaScript
2 26 (89.66%) HTML
2 26 (89.66%) CSS
2 26 (89.66%) Degree
3 23 (79.31%) SQL Server
3 23 (79.31%) C#
3 23 (79.31%) .NET
4 22 (75.86%) SQL
5 21 (72.41%) Windows
5 21 (72.41%) Computer Science
5 21 (72.41%) Multithreaded Programming
5 21 (72.41%) Collaborative Working
5 21 (72.41%) Social Skills
5 21 (72.41%) Multithreading
5 21 (72.41%) HTML5
6 18 (62.07%) Azure
7 15 (51.72%) WPF
8 9 (31.03%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (20.69%) Analytics
10 6 (20.69%) Mathematics
10 6 (20.69%) Oracle
11 5 (17.24%) MySQL
11 5 (17.24%) PHP
11 5 (17.24%) Symfony
11 5 (17.24%) Drupal
11 5 (17.24%) LAMP
11 5 (17.24%) E-Commerce
11 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (17.24%) Web Application Development

Senior Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 5 (17.24%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 18 (62.07%) Azure
2 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (79.31%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.24%) MySQL
General
1 21 (72.41%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (89.66%) CSS
1 26 (89.66%) HTML
2 23 (79.31%) .NET
3 21 (72.41%) HTML5
4 15 (51.72%) WPF
5 5 (17.24%) LAMP
5 5 (17.24%) Symfony
6 2 (6.90%) .NET Framework
6 2 (6.90%) AngularJS
6 2 (6.90%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (6.90%) jQuery
6 2 (6.90%) RESTful
7 1 (3.45%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.45%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (72.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) Collaborative Working
1 21 (72.41%) Computer Science
1 21 (72.41%) Multithreaded Programming
1 21 (72.41%) Multithreading
2 6 (20.69%) Analytics
2 6 (20.69%) Mathematics
3 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (17.24%) E-Commerce
3 5 (17.24%) Web Application Development
4 3 (10.34%) Agile
4 3 (10.34%) API Integration
4 3 (10.34%) DevOps
5 2 (6.90%) Design Patterns
5 2 (6.90%) Scrum
6 1 (3.45%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 28 (96.55%) JavaScript
2 23 (79.31%) C#
3 22 (75.86%) SQL
4 5 (17.24%) PHP
5 1 (3.45%) Java
5 1 (3.45%) Python
5 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (89.66%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Oracle