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 55,063

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The average senior-level / expert Developer salary lies between USD 50,632 and USD 56,962 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
6
Top 10%
$ 65,822
Top 25%
$ 56,962
Median
$ 55,063
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 | 2047 jobs Engineering | 1718 jobs SQL | 1481 jobs Machine Learning | 1414 jobs Computer Science | 1381 jobs Architecture | 1289 jobs AWS | 1153 jobs Security | 1140 jobs Testing | 1080 jobs Pipelines | 1072 jobs Azure | 1065 jobs Agile | 1053 jobs APIs | 1042 jobs CI/CD | 823 jobs Java | 768 jobs ETL | 659 jobs DevOps | 654 jobs Research | 642 jobs Docker | 611 jobs Git | 606 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 | 2139 jobs Health care | 945 jobs Flex hours | 757 jobs Competitive pay | 566 jobs Startup environment | 520 jobs Equity / stock options | 428 jobs Team events | 425 jobs Insurance | 414 jobs Flex vacation | 386 jobs Salary bonus | 311 jobs Parental leave | 301 jobs Medical leave | 279 jobs Wellness | 250 jobs 401(k) matching | 238 jobs Fitness / gym | 116 jobs Transparency | 107 jobs Conferences | 87 jobs Relocation support | 79 jobs Flexible spending account | 74 jobs Home office stipend | 55 jobs

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