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Software Engineering Salaries in United Kingdom (£ GBP)
Real-time 2026 annual base salary percentiles (P10 to P90) extracted directly from 176 pay-disclosed software engineering openings across United Kingdom (out of 1,876 verified ATS roles, including 668 100% remote and 126 visa/relocation roles).
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P10 ENTRY BAND (GBP)
£63,400
10th percentile base
P25 LOWER QUARTILE (GBP)
£90,000
25th percentile base
MEDIAN / P50 (GBP)
£124,500
Market midpoint · Mean £137k
P75 UPPER QUARTILE (GBP)
£161,100
75th percentile senior band
P90 TOP TIER (GBP)
£232,500
Staff / Principal / Lead ceiling
Seniority Progression in UK (£ GBP)
How Software Engineering annual base pay scales from Junior to Staff & Executive tiers.
| Seniority Tier | Open Roles | P25 (GBP) | Median P50 (GBP) | P75 (GBP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 99 (2 pay) | £106,800 | £114,500 | £122,300 |
| Mid-Level | 755 (72 pay) | £90,000 | £124,900 | £178,700 |
| Senior | 544 (43 pay) | £72,400 | £93,500 | £116,500 |
| Staff / Principal | 182 (34 pay) | £124,300 | £152,300 | £217,400 |
| Lead / Manager | 228 (23 pay) | £115,000 | £135,000 | £163,000 |
| Executive / Leadership | 68 (2 pay) | £234,400 | £246,300 | £258,100 |
Top Paying UK Employers
Verified companies hiring Engineering talent in United Kingdom.
| Employer | Roles | Median (GBP) | ATS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Anthropic Score 85· 15 visa | 15 | £315k | Jobs |
 Neo4j Score 85· 1 visa | 16 | £52k | Jobs |
 Canonical (Ubuntu) Score 96 | 95 | ATS Open | Jobs |
 Wise Score 89 | 49 | ATS Open | Jobs |
 Deliveroo Score 76· 1 visa | 34 | ATS Open | Jobs |
 Citi Score 86 | 29 | ATS Open | Jobs |
 CoreWeave Score 87 | 28 | ATS Open | Jobs |
 GE HealthCare Score 85 | 27 | ATS Open | Jobs |
 London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Score 84 | 25 | ATS Open | Jobs |
 Barclays Score 83 | 23 | ATS Open | Jobs |
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Top Software Engineering Roles in United Kingdom (1,876)
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Software Engineer, Model Deployment- ChatGPT Engineering
£194k – £280k
Remote
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