Software Engineer salary in London
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
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Software Engineer pay in London is measured from 42 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 22 postings put the middle half between £81,382 and £129,500, with a median of £97,625.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level £85,000 and senior £97,625. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 15% more.
68 software engineer roles are open in London right now, 67 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | £70,625 – £134,125 | £85,000 | 20 |
| Senior | £81,382 – £129,500 | £97,625 | 22 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open software engineer roles in London · 67 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, £76,800–£182,000scale £40,000–£260,000
Lead Software Engineer (Hybrid) 8th Light · London New £76,023–£95,029 2d ago Principal Software Engineer (Hybrid) 8th Light · London New £92,818–£116,122 2d ago 
Senior Software Engineer I - Risk Control & Governance Wise · London New £87,500–£111,000 3d ago 
Senior Software Engineer, New Products Airwallex · London £140,000–£200,000 5d ago 
Senior Software Engineer Medtronic (Redeploymentmedtroniccareers) · London £76,800–£115,200 6d ago Senior Software Engineer - Recommend Team (Java) Wise · London £87,500–£111,000 8d ago Senior Software Engineer - Global KYC and Onboarding Wise · London £87,500–£111,000 8d ago Senior Software Engineer – Python Medtronic (Redeploymentmedtroniccareers) · London £76,800–£115,200 9d ago Senior Software Engineer Medtronic (Redeploymentmedtroniccareers) · London £76,800–£115,200 9d ago Staff Software Engineer - Global KYC and Onboarding Wise · London £111,000–£145,000 2w ago Software Engineer - Recurring Payin Wise · London £68,000–£87,500 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Wise Platform - API Experience Wise · London £87,500–£111,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer II - SMS International Klaviyo · London £68,000–£102,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer – Agent Systems Kraken · Remote · US $127,200–$254,400 3w ago Senior Software Engineer I - Business Onboarding and Verification Wise · London £87,500–£111,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer II- Regional Expansion Wise · London £111,000–£145,000 4w ago Backend Software Engineer - Product Eligibility Wise · London £68,000–£87,500 4w ago Senior Software Engineer II - Engineering Experience Wise · London £111,000–£145,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer II - Backend (Java) - Account Sharing Wise · London £111,000–£145,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer I (Growth) Runna · London £70,000–£78,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer – C++ / Video Processing Medtronic (Redeploymentmedtroniccareers) · London £76,800–£115,200 5w ago Senior Backend Software Engineer I - Personal & Business Pricing Team Wise · London £87,500–£111,000 5w ago Senior Staff Software Engineer Wise · London £145,000–£182,000 5w ago 
Software Engineer, International Ramp · London £106,000–£150,000 5w ago Staff Software Engineer (Full Stack) Runna · London £110,000–£131,000 5w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Security Rules Cloudflare · Lisbon €66,000–€91,000 6w ago Software Engineer, Security Rules Cloudflare · Lisbon €54,000–€75,000 7w ago 
Software Engineer, Observability & Profiling Anthropic · London £325,000–£390,000 7w ago 
Senior Fullstack Software Engineer - Ecosystem Experience semble · London £70,000–£90,000 7w ago 
Java Software Engineer Bounteous · London €50,000–€65,000 7w ago Software Engineer, Business Technology Anthropic · London £255,000–£325,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer - Data Platforms Our Future Health · London From £105,000 2mo ago Software Engineer Hamiltonian Dynamics · London £40,000–£85,000 2mo ago Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform Connectivity Anthropic · London $405,000–$485,000 2mo ago 
Software Engineer, Model Deployment- ChatGPT Engineering OpenAI · London £194,000–£280,000 2mo ago Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure OpenAI · San Francisco $230,000–$405,000 2mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems) Anthropic · London £325,000–£390,000 2mo ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure Astronomer · London £135,000–£185,000 2mo ago Software Engineer, Cloudflare Network Interconnect Cloudflare · Austin €54,000–€75,000 2mo ago Software Engineer, ChatGPT Infrastructure OpenAI · London £194,000–£280,000 2mo ago Senior Software Engineer I - Servicing Platform Wise · London £87,000–£111,000 3mo ago Senior Software Engineer II - Payin Platform - Backend (Java) Wise · London £111,000–£145,000 3mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Platform Astronomer · London £107,000–£150,000 4mo ago Senior Software Engineer G MASS · London Up to £100,000 4mo ago Senior Staff Software Engineer - Risk Assessment Platform, Servicing Wise · London £145,000–£182,000 4mo ago Senior Software Engineer I - Receive Wise · London £87,000–£111,000 5mo ago 
Senior Software Engineer CDP Global · London £70,000–£80,000 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform Anthropic · London £325,000–£485,000 5mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Node Infra Anthropic · London £325,000–£485,000 5mo ago 
Software Engineer, Agents Decagon · London £125,000–£180,000 5mo ago Senior Software Engineer I (Full-Stack) Runna · London £70,125–£78,375 6mo ago Senior Software Engineer II (Full-Stack) Runna · London £85,000–£95,000 6mo ago Software Engineer, Codex Core Agents OpenAI · San Francisco $230,000–$385,000 7mo ago Senior Software Engineer, Generalist Anza · Remote · US $180,000–$300,000 8mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Continuous Integration Anthropic · London £325,000–£390,000 8mo ago 
Software Engineer - GPU reliability Hudson River Trading · New York $200,000–$300,000 8mo ago Staff Software Engineer, AI Reliability Engineering Anthropic · London £325,000–£390,000 8mo ago Staff Software Engineer, Inference Anthropic · London £325,000–£390,000 8mo ago Staff+ Software Engineer, Safeguards Infrastructure Anthropic · London £325,000–£395,000 9mo ago Senior Software Engineer - Network Platforms Cloudflare · Austin €68,000–€91,000 9mo ago 60 of 68 open roles. All software engineer jobs