Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in United Kingdom during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Developer in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 56,962

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The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 50,632 and USD 59,158 in the United Kingdom. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Developer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United Kingdom
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 79,402
Top 25%
$ 59,158
Median
$ 56,962
Bottom 25%
$ 50,632
Bottom 10%
$ 46,835

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Developer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Developer job listings are Python, Engineering and SQL. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Python | 2410 jobs Engineering | 2061 jobs SQL | 1736 jobs Machine Learning | 1672 jobs Computer Science | 1624 jobs Architecture | 1547 jobs AWS | 1342 jobs Security | 1330 jobs Pipelines | 1300 jobs Testing | 1292 jobs Azure | 1271 jobs APIs | 1271 jobs Agile | 1219 jobs CI/CD | 968 jobs Java | 884 jobs DevOps | 777 jobs ETL | 764 jobs Docker | 746 jobs Research | 725 jobs Power BI | 720 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Developer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Developer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 2519 jobs Health care | 1104 jobs Flex hours | 931 jobs Competitive pay | 684 jobs Startup environment | 622 jobs Team events | 519 jobs Equity / stock options | 508 jobs Insurance | 480 jobs Flex vacation | 457 jobs Salary bonus | 365 jobs Parental leave | 355 jobs Medical leave | 326 jobs Wellness | 273 jobs 401(k) matching | 267 jobs Fitness / gym | 133 jobs Transparency | 128 jobs Conferences | 105 jobs Relocation support | 101 jobs Flexible spending account | 83 jobs Home office stipend | 63 jobs

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