Senior Jobs in the North East

Senior
England > North East

The median Senior salary in the North East is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 21 23
Rank change year-on-year +15 +2 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 286 133 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 15.19% 10.61% 8.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.87% 13.29% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 213 84 89
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,150 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £49,688 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £55,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.97% +11.50% -
75th Percentile £67,968 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,250 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 1,802 1,001 1,423
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.70% 79.89% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,447 598 1,013
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,558 £22,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £37,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -11.11%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,162 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the North East

Senior
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Senior in the North East

Senior
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the North East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the North East

Senior
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the North East region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Tyne and Wear +9 239 £60,000 +2.13% 46
Durham +4 38 £55,000 - 12
Northumberland +3 8 £55,000 +46.85% 4
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 North East region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 94 (32.87%) Mentoring
2 88 (30.77%) Coaching
3 66 (23.08%) Agile
4 60 (20.98%) Public Sector
5 56 (19.58%) Microsoft
6 55 (19.23%) Software Engineering
7 54 (18.88%) SQL
8 50 (17.48%) Azure
9 42 (14.69%) Social Skills
10 41 (14.34%) Finance
11 39 (13.64%) AWS
12 37 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
13 32 (11.19%) Degree
14 31 (10.84%) ITIL
15 29 (10.14%) Legal
16 28 (9.79%) Windows
16 28 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
17 26 (9.09%) Project Management
18 25 (8.74%) MySQL
19 24 (8.39%) Java
19 24 (8.39%) Roadmaps
20 23 (8.04%) RESTful
21 22 (7.69%) Microservices
22 21 (7.34%) Line Management
22 21 (7.34%) Public Cloud
22 21 (7.34%) Terraform
22 21 (7.34%) C#
22 21 (7.34%) .NET
22 21 (7.34%) Linux
22 21 (7.34%) Design Patterns

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 11 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 11 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.45%) Tuxedo
3 6 (2.10%) SAS
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
4 2 (0.70%) WordPress
5 1 (0.35%) Apache
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.35%) nginx
5 1 (0.35%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.45%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.45%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.35%) Magento
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 50 (17.48%) Azure
2 39 (13.64%) AWS
3 17 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (5.24%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.50%) SaaS
5 10 (3.50%) Serverless
6 9 (3.15%) PowerApps
7 7 (2.45%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.45%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (2.45%) Entra ID
7 7 (2.45%) GitHub
7 7 (2.45%) IaaS
8 5 (1.75%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (1.75%) Dropbox
8 5 (1.75%) Google Drive
8 5 (1.75%) OneDrive
9 4 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (1.40%) Power Automate
10 3 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.05%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.15%) DNS
2 8 (2.80%) Network Security
3 6 (2.10%) DHCP
3 6 (2.10%) VLAN
4 4 (1.40%) SAN
5 3 (1.05%) Internet
5 3 (1.05%) IPv4
5 3 (1.05%) VoIP
6 2 (0.70%) Firewall
6 2 (0.70%) HTTP
6 2 (0.70%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.70%) SSL
7 1 (0.35%) LAN
7 1 (0.35%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.35%) Skype
7 1 (0.35%) WAN
7 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.74%) MySQL
2 19 (6.64%) NoSQL
3 18 (6.29%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.85%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.50%) Power BI
7 8 (2.80%) Redis
8 4 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.70%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.35%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.15%) Git
1 9 (3.15%) GitLab
2 8 (2.80%) JIRA
3 7 (2.45%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.75%) Artifactory
4 5 (1.75%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.70%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.35%) JUnit
6 1 (0.35%) Mockito
6 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 60 (20.98%) Public Sector
2 42 (14.69%) Social Skills
3 41 (14.34%) Finance
4 29 (10.14%) Legal
5 28 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.29%) Banking
7 11 (3.85%) Games
8 10 (3.50%) Automotive
9 9 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.80%) Publishing
11 7 (2.45%) Police
11 7 (2.45%) Retail
12 6 (2.10%) Law
12 6 (2.10%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.75%) Electronics
13 5 (1.75%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.05%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.04%) RESTful
2 21 (7.34%) .NET
3 12 (4.20%) ASP.NET
3 12 (4.20%) Vue
4 11 (3.85%) .NET Core
5 9 (3.15%) HTML
6 8 (2.80%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (2.45%) Node.js
7 7 (2.45%) Spring
8 6 (2.10%) CSS
8 6 (2.10%) JSON
8 6 (2.10%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.75%) EDI
9 5 (1.75%) OSGi
10 4 (1.40%) Sass
11 3 (1.05%) .NET Framework
11 3 (1.05%) Yocto
12 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET Core
12 2 (0.70%) Blazor
12 2 (0.70%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.34%) Public Cloud
2 12 (4.20%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.20%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.15%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.45%) Client/Server
4 7 (2.45%) iPad
4 7 (2.45%) Online Games
5 6 (2.10%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.75%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.75%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.75%) PMI
7 4 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Storage
8 3 (1.05%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.05%) PKI
8 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (9.79%) Windows
2 21 (7.34%) Linux
3 8 (2.80%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.10%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (1.75%) Unix
6 3 (1.05%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.70%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.35%) Android
8 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (32.87%) Mentoring
2 88 (30.77%) Coaching
3 66 (23.08%) Agile
4 55 (19.23%) Software Engineering
5 37 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (10.84%) ITIL
7 26 (9.09%) Project Management
8 24 (8.39%) Roadmaps
9 22 (7.69%) Microservices
10 21 (7.34%) Design Patterns
10 21 (7.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 21 (7.34%) Line Management
11 18 (6.29%) DevOps
11 18 (6.29%) Product Roadmap
11 18 (6.29%) Risk Management
11 18 (6.29%) Test Automation
12 17 (5.94%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (5.94%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (5.24%) Computer Science
13 15 (5.24%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (18.88%) SQL
2 24 (8.39%) Java
3 21 (7.34%) C#
4 18 (6.29%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.90%) C
6 12 (4.20%) COBOL
6 12 (4.20%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 11 (3.85%) C++
8 10 (3.50%) Python
9 8 (2.80%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.80%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.40%) PHP
10 4 (1.40%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.70%) Bash
12 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (11.19%) Degree
2 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (3.15%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.80%) PMI Certification
4 8 (2.80%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.75%) APMP
6 4 (1.40%) CCNA
6 4 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.40%) JNCIA
7 3 (1.05%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.05%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.05%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.05%) MCITP
7 3 (1.05%) MCP
7 3 (1.05%) MCSA
7 3 (1.05%) MCSE
7 3 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.64%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.94%) GDPR
3 11 (3.85%) QA
3 11 (3.85%) WCAG
4 8 (2.80%) SLA
5 5 (1.75%) GMP
6 4 (1.40%) IFRS
6 4 (1.40%) IFRS 9
7 3 (1.05%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.05%) NCSC
7 3 (1.05%) NIST
8 2 (0.70%) GLP
8 2 (0.70%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.35%) Data Quality
System Software
1 15 (5.24%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.50%) Firmware
3 9 (3.15%) Docker
4 4 (1.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 4 (1.40%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.05%) IAG
5 3 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.05%) vSphere
6 1 (0.35%) RACF
Systems Management
1 21 (7.34%) Terraform
2 10 (3.50%) Ansible
3 4 (1.40%) Cacti
3 4 (1.40%) Grafana
3 4 (1.40%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.40%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.05%) CA Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.05%) Kibana
4 3 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.70%) logstash
5 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.70%) SCOM
6 1 (0.35%) Istio
Vendors
1 56 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.64%) Oracle
3 12 (4.20%) Micro Focus
3 12 (4.20%) VMware
4 9 (3.15%) Google
5 8 (2.80%) Cisco
6 7 (2.45%) SolarWinds
7 6 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.10%) Sophos
8 5 (1.75%) Automation Anywhere
8 5 (1.75%) iManage
8 5 (1.75%) Splunk
9 4 (1.40%) BMC
9 4 (1.40%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.40%) Juniper
10 3 (1.05%) Acronis
10 3 (1.05%) CA
10 3 (1.05%) Datto
10 3 (1.05%) Meraki
10 3 (1.05%) SonicWALL