Senior Jobs in the Midlands

Senior
England > Midlands

The median Senior salary in the Midlands is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 12 12
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,616 1,036 1,502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 11.70% 12.19% 13.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.44% 13.63% 13.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 629 925
10th Percentile £39,268 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 12,991 7,603 10,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.49% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 9,265 4,488 7,108
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,571 £37,500 £37,198
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £66,389 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Senior in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the Midlands

Senior
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +5 1,022 £60,000 +4.35% 240
East Midlands +1 585 £55,000 - 116
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 312 (19.31%) Azure
2 276 (17.08%) Agile
2 276 (17.08%) Social Skills
3 237 (14.67%) Microsoft
4 227 (14.05%) Software Engineering
5 224 (13.86%) SQL
6 221 (13.68%) Finance
7 215 (13.30%) AWS
8 211 (13.06%) C#
9 191 (11.82%) .NET
10 177 (10.95%) Degree
11 163 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
12 156 (9.65%) Mentoring
13 143 (8.85%) Python
14 141 (8.73%) JavaScript
14 141 (8.73%) DevOps
14 141 (8.73%) Analytics
15 123 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
16 122 (7.55%) Project Management
17 121 (7.49%) Windows
18 117 (7.24%) Security Cleared
18 117 (7.24%) Actionable Insight
19 101 (6.25%) SC Cleared
20 98 (6.06%) Coaching
20 98 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
21 92 (5.69%) VMware
22 89 (5.51%) Linux
23 83 (5.14%) Retail
24 82 (5.07%) Active Directory
24 82 (5.07%) React

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 30 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.18%) IIS
4 17 (1.05%) ArcGIS
4 17 (1.05%) GeoServer
5 16 (0.99%) Confluence
5 16 (0.99%) SAS
6 10 (0.62%) CMS
7 7 (0.43%) Apache Spark
7 7 (0.43%) WebSphere
7 7 (0.43%) WordPress
8 6 (0.37%) Tuxedo
9 3 (0.19%) Apache
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.12%) WinCC
11 1 (0.062%) Drupal
11 1 (0.062%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.062%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.062%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 28 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.36%) MS Visio
3 21 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (0.93%) Simulink
5 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.43%) Sketch
6 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.19%) 3ds Max
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.19%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.12%) CATIA
9 2 (0.12%) InDesign
9 2 (0.12%) NASTRAN
9 2 (0.12%) OrCAD
10 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.062%) Revit
10 1 (0.062%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 10 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (0.62%) NetSuite
1 10 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.43%) Magento
3 5 (0.31%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.19%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.062%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.062%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 312 (19.31%) Azure
2 215 (13.30%) AWS
3 71 (4.39%) Power Platform
4 67 (4.15%) Microsoft 365
5 65 (4.02%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (3.03%) SaaS
7 48 (2.97%) Entra ID
8 46 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (1.73%) GCP
10 26 (1.61%) PowerApps
11 23 (1.42%) Power Automate
12 22 (1.36%) OneDrive
13 21 (1.30%) GitHub
14 19 (1.18%) Serverless
15 12 (0.74%) Google Workspace
16 10 (0.62%) Amazon S3
16 10 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 10 (0.62%) Dropbox
16 10 (0.62%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 73 (4.52%) WAN
2 68 (4.21%) Firewall
3 44 (2.72%) DNS
4 41 (2.54%) VLAN
5 38 (2.35%) SD-WAN
6 37 (2.29%) DHCP
7 33 (2.04%) LAN
7 33 (2.04%) Wireless
8 29 (1.79%) TCP/IP
9 27 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
10 21 (1.30%) VPN
11 20 (1.24%) SAN
12 18 (1.11%) Cisco Firepower
13 14 (0.87%) Network Security
14 13 (0.80%) WLAN
15 12 (0.74%) MPLS
15 12 (0.74%) OSPF
16 11 (0.68%) BGP
16 11 (0.68%) VoIP
17 8 (0.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (4.83%) SQL Server
2 64 (3.96%) Power BI
3 44 (2.72%) Tableau
4 43 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
5 32 (1.98%) MySQL
6 30 (1.86%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
8 24 (1.49%) Relational Database
9 21 (1.30%) GIS
10 17 (1.05%) QGIS
11 14 (0.87%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.80%) MongoDB
13 11 (0.68%) SQLite
14 10 (0.62%) DynamoDB
15 8 (0.50%) Redis
16 6 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.37%) Looker
16 6 (0.37%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.37%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 51 (3.16%) Git
2 32 (1.98%) JIRA
3 12 (0.74%) Postman
4 11 (0.68%) GitLab
5 7 (0.43%) SoapUI
5 7 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
6 6 (0.37%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.31%) MSTest
8 3 (0.19%) Axure RP
8 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.19%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.19%) Subversion
9 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.12%) Xcode
10 1 (0.062%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.062%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.062%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 276 (17.08%) Social Skills
2 221 (13.68%) Finance
3 123 (7.61%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (5.14%) Retail
5 61 (3.77%) Legal
6 56 (3.47%) Manufacturing
7 53 (3.28%) Banking
8 50 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 46 (2.85%) Marketing
10 45 (2.78%) Automotive
11 43 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
12 40 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 36 (2.23%) Public Sector
14 31 (1.92%) Electronics
15 30 (1.86%) Law
16 27 (1.67%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.55%) Games
18 23 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
19 18 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
20 17 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 191 (11.82%) .NET
2 82 (5.07%) React
3 77 (4.76%) AngularJS
4 76 (4.70%) HTML
5 75 (4.64%) .NET Core
6 72 (4.46%) ASP.NET
7 67 (4.15%) CSS
8 58 (3.59%) .NET Framework
9 50 (3.09%) Vue
10 38 (2.35%) Entity Framework
11 36 (2.23%) ASP.NET Core
12 33 (2.04%) REST
13 32 (1.98%) Blazor
13 32 (1.98%) RESTful
14 22 (1.36%) ASP.NET MVC
15 19 (1.18%) JSON
16 17 (1.05%) Leaflet
16 17 (1.05%) Node.js
16 17 (1.05%) PostGIS
16 17 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 45 (2.78%) Data Centre
2 43 (2.66%) Product Ownership
3 40 (2.48%) Driving Licence
4 36 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
5 35 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 29 (1.79%) IoT
7 27 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (1.18%) Clustering
9 18 (1.11%) Embedded Systems
10 17 (1.05%) Onboarding
11 16 (0.99%) Algorithms
11 16 (0.99%) FMCG
11 16 (0.99%) Mobile App
12 13 (0.80%) PKI
13 12 (0.74%) Public Cloud
14 11 (0.68%) iPad
14 11 (0.68%) Security Posture
15 10 (0.62%) Credit Risk
15 10 (0.62%) Online Banking
15 10 (0.62%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 121 (7.49%) Windows
2 89 (5.51%) Linux
3 77 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.11%) Unix
5 16 (0.99%) Apple iOS
5 16 (0.99%) Embedded Linux
6 10 (0.62%) Android
7 9 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 9 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (0.56%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (0.50%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (0.37%) SUSE
10 6 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 5 (0.31%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) VME
13 1 (0.062%) HPUX
13 1 (0.062%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 276 (17.08%) Agile
2 227 (14.05%) Software Engineering
3 163 (10.09%) Problem-Solving
4 156 (9.65%) Mentoring
5 141 (8.73%) Analytics
5 141 (8.73%) DevOps
6 122 (7.55%) Project Management
7 117 (7.24%) Actionable Insight
8 98 (6.06%) Coaching
8 98 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
9 79 (4.89%) Business Intelligence
9 79 (4.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 78 (4.83%) Roadmaps
11 71 (4.39%) User Experience
12 70 (4.33%) Migration
13 64 (3.96%) Project Delivery
14 63 (3.90%) Visualisation
15 62 (3.84%) Machine Learning
16 61 (3.77%) Data Modelling
17 60 (3.71%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 224 (13.86%) SQL
2 211 (13.06%) C#
3 143 (8.85%) Python
4 141 (8.73%) JavaScript
5 66 (4.08%) TypeScript
6 57 (3.53%) C++
7 54 (3.34%) C
8 47 (2.91%) Java
9 35 (2.17%) PowerShell
10 26 (1.61%) PHP
11 23 (1.42%) T-SQL
12 15 (0.93%) R
13 14 (0.87%) MATLAB
14 11 (0.68%) XAML
15 9 (0.56%) Shell Script
16 8 (0.50%) COBOL
16 8 (0.50%) Embedded C
16 8 (0.50%) Micro Focus COBOL
16 8 (0.50%) Objective-C
17 7 (0.43%) Go
Qualifications
1 177 (10.95%) Degree
2 117 (7.24%) Security Cleared
3 101 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 47 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
4 47 (2.91%) DBS Check
5 40 (2.48%) CCNP
6 34 (2.10%) CCNA
7 21 (1.30%) Azure Certification
7 21 (1.30%) DV Cleared
8 18 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (1.11%) Master's Degree
9 16 (0.99%) AWS Certification
10 14 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.68%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.56%) CCIE
13 8 (0.50%) CCSA
14 7 (0.43%) PhD
14 7 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (0.37%) CCDP
15 6 (0.37%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (1.98%) QA
2 22 (1.36%) Accessibility
3 18 (1.11%) GDPR
4 17 (1.05%) SLA
5 13 (0.80%) PMO
6 9 (0.56%) AUTOSAR
6 9 (0.56%) GMP
7 8 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 8 (0.50%) Automotive SPICE
7 8 (0.50%) IFRS
7 8 (0.50%) IFRS 9
7 8 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 8 (0.50%) MISRA
7 8 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.50%) WCAG
8 7 (0.43%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.43%) ISO 26262
9 4 (0.25%) MISRA C
10 3 (0.19%) COBIT
10 3 (0.19%) GRC
System Software
1 82 (5.07%) Active Directory
2 62 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 56 (3.47%) Docker
4 43 (2.66%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.73%) Firmware
6 17 (1.05%) vSphere
7 12 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
8 10 (0.62%) RACF
9 7 (0.43%) NFS
10 5 (0.31%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.25%) VMware Server
12 3 (0.19%) XenApp
12 3 (0.19%) XenDesktop
13 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
13 2 (0.12%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.17%) Terraform
3 13 (0.80%) Ansible
3 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.68%) Stealthwatch
5 10 (0.62%) SCCM
6 8 (0.50%) SCOM
7 7 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.37%) Rancher
8 6 (0.37%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (0.31%) CASB
9 5 (0.31%) VxRail
10 4 (0.25%) Data Guard
10 4 (0.25%) FortiGate
10 4 (0.25%) SCOrch
10 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.25%) vMotion
11 2 (0.12%) MIIS
11 2 (0.12%) Nagios
11 2 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 237 (14.67%) Microsoft
2 92 (5.69%) VMware
3 68 (4.21%) Cisco
4 45 (2.78%) CheckPoint
5 39 (2.41%) Meraki
6 35 (2.17%) Databricks
6 35 (2.17%) Google
7 24 (1.49%) Adobe
8 23 (1.42%) Oracle
9 21 (1.30%) Apple
10 20 (1.24%) SAP
11 19 (1.18%) Palo Alto
12 17 (1.05%) ESRI
13 16 (0.99%) Xamarin
14 15 (0.93%) DevExpress
14 15 (0.93%) HP
15 14 (0.87%) Citrix
15 14 (0.87%) IBM
15 14 (0.87%) ServiceNow
16 13 (0.80%) Dell