Senior Software Engineer Salary in South East

What most senior software engineers actually earn

Half of senior software engineers in South East earn between £42,281 and £77,466. Earning above £77,466 puts you in the top quarter of the profession.

ONS suppresses the detailed spread for this occupation at regional level, so this range describes the wider “Information Technology Professionals” group in South East.

Where this figure comes from

ONS occupation group

Programmers and software development professionals

SOC 2020 code

2134

Measure

Gross annual pay, all employees

Edition

ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025 provisional

ONS doesn't measure “senior software engineer” as its own category. These figures are for the wider group “Programmers and software development professionals”, which includes this role alongside others.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are estimates from a survey of PAYE jobs and are not financial advice.