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 136,075
✏️ This salary info is based on 60 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Software Engineer salary lies between USD 91,265 and USD 241,643 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
- 60
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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 | 5653 jobs Python | 5500 jobs Machine Learning | 4783 jobs Computer Science | 3821 jobs Architecture | 3520 jobs AWS | 3097 jobs Testing | 2786 jobs Security | 2664 jobs Pipelines | 2553 jobs APIs | 2449 jobs Java | 2446 jobs Kubernetes | 2194 jobs Azure | 1959 jobs GCP | 1880 jobs CI/CD | 1875 jobs SQL | 1742 jobs Agile | 1707 jobs Docker | 1676 jobs LLMs | 1663 jobs Research | 1653 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 | 5183 jobs Health care | 3027 jobs Equity / stock options | 2811 jobs Competitive pay | 1982 jobs Startup environment | 1931 jobs Flex hours | 1841 jobs Salary bonus | 1815 jobs Flex vacation | 1479 jobs Insurance | 1478 jobs Medical leave | 1436 jobs Parental leave | 1417 jobs Team events | 1062 jobs 401(k) matching | 993 jobs Wellness | 841 jobs Relocation support | 428 jobs Transparency | 388 jobs Home office stipend | 338 jobs Fertility benefits | 295 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 292 jobs Gear | 199 jobsRelated salaries
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