Salary for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer in United Kingdom during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer in United Kingdom during 2025 is USD 155,694
✏️ This salary info is based on 50 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Software Engineer salary lies between USD 103,796 and USD 303,797 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
- Software Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 50
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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 Software Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Software Engineer job listings are Engineering, Python and Machine Learning. 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:
Engineering | 4879 jobs Python | 4748 jobs Machine Learning | 4142 jobs Computer Science | 3305 jobs Architecture | 3017 jobs AWS | 2676 jobs Testing | 2371 jobs Security | 2269 jobs Pipelines | 2214 jobs Java | 2114 jobs APIs | 2087 jobs Kubernetes | 1877 jobs Azure | 1679 jobs CI/CD | 1621 jobs GCP | 1607 jobs SQL | 1534 jobs Agile | 1463 jobs Docker | 1442 jobs Research | 1440 jobs LLMs | 1406 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Software Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Software Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 4483 jobs Health care | 2646 jobs Equity / stock options | 2450 jobs Competitive pay | 1741 jobs Startup environment | 1666 jobs Flex hours | 1584 jobs Salary bonus | 1557 jobs Insurance | 1305 jobs Flex vacation | 1287 jobs Medical leave | 1274 jobs Parental leave | 1257 jobs Team events | 938 jobs 401(k) matching | 898 jobs Wellness | 736 jobs Relocation support | 370 jobs Transparency | 341 jobs Home office stipend | 292 jobs Fertility benefits | 267 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 261 jobs Gear | 177 jobsRelated salaries
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