Senior Developer Jobs in Kent

Senior Developer
South East > Kent

The median Senior Developer salary in Kent is £55,000 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 63 63 93
Rank change year-on-year 0 +30 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Developer 47 29 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 2.86% 2.92% 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.01% 3.46% 2.70%
Number of salaries quoted 44 16 10
10th Percentile £40,000 £55,625 £41,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £57,500 £45,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £82,500 £62,500 £76,250
90th Percentile - - £78,250
South East median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,559 838 1,443
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 84.31% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 494 730
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £33,875 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,600 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Developer in Kent

Senior Developer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Senior Developer in Kent

Senior Developer
Salary Histogram in Kent

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

Salary histogram for Senior Developer in Kent

Senior Developer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Developer within the Kent 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
Maidstone +23 14 £47,500 -32.14% 2
Tonbridge - 11 £75,000 -
Tunbridge Wells -13 2 £60,000 -
Snodland - 2 £46,250 - 2
Folkestone +1 1 £70,000 +16.67%
Chatham - 1 £63,500 -
Senior Developer
South East

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the Kent region featuring Senior Developer in the job title.

1 22 (46.81%) .NET
2 18 (38.30%) Full Stack Development
3 17 (36.17%) E-Commerce
4 14 (29.79%) C#
5 12 (25.53%) JavaScript
6 11 (23.40%) CSS
6 11 (23.40%) Project Management
6 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
7 10 (21.28%) ASP.NET
7 10 (21.28%) HTML
8 8 (17.02%) Finance
8 8 (17.02%) PHP
8 8 (17.02%) MySQL
8 8 (17.02%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (14.89%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 7 (14.89%) Microservices
9 7 (14.89%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (14.89%) .NET Framework
10 6 (12.77%) QA
10 6 (12.77%) SQL Server
10 6 (12.77%) SQL
11 5 (10.64%) Back Office
11 5 (10.64%) MVC
12 4 (8.51%) React
12 4 (8.51%) Front End Development
12 4 (8.51%) Redux
12 4 (8.51%) Product Strategy
12 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
12 4 (8.51%) Entity Framework
12 4 (8.51%) Laravel

Senior Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (6.38%) AWS
1 3 (6.38%) Azure
1 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (17.02%) MySQL
2 6 (12.77%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.38%) Power BI
3 3 (6.38%) Tableau
4 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Git
General
1 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Finance
3 5 (10.64%) Back Office
4 3 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.38%) Marketing
5 2 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (46.81%) .NET
2 11 (23.40%) CSS
3 10 (21.28%) ASP.NET
3 10 (21.28%) HTML
4 7 (14.89%) .NET Framework
4 7 (14.89%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 7 (14.89%) RabbitMQ
5 4 (8.51%) CakePHP
5 4 (8.51%) Entity Framework
5 4 (8.51%) Laravel
5 4 (8.51%) React
5 4 (8.51%) Redux
6 3 (6.38%) AngularJS
7 1 (2.13%) LAMP
7 1 (2.13%) Next.js
7 1 (2.13%) RESTful
7 1 (2.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.38%) Taxonomies
3 2 (4.26%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (38.30%) Full Stack Development
2 17 (36.17%) E-Commerce
3 11 (23.40%) Project Management
4 7 (14.89%) Microservices
5 5 (10.64%) MVC
6 4 (8.51%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (8.51%) ETL
6 4 (8.51%) Front End Development
6 4 (8.51%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (8.51%) Product Strategy
7 3 (6.38%) Clean Code
7 3 (6.38%) Coaching
7 3 (6.38%) Contract Negotiation
7 3 (6.38%) Culture Change
7 3 (6.38%) Data Acquisition
7 3 (6.38%) Data Strategy
7 3 (6.38%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 3 (6.38%) Decision-Making
7 3 (6.38%) Mentoring
7 3 (6.38%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.79%) C#
2 12 (25.53%) JavaScript
3 8 (17.02%) PHP
4 6 (12.77%) SQL
5 3 (6.38%) C++
5 3 (6.38%) Java
5 3 (6.38%) Python
5 3 (6.38%) VB
6 1 (2.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (6.38%) Degree
1 3 (6.38%) Master's Degree
1 3 (6.38%) MBA
1 3 (6.38%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.77%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 3 (6.38%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 2 (4.26%) GRC
Vendors
1 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
1 3 (6.38%) Oracle
2 2 (4.26%) ServiceNow