Senior Jobs in the South East

Senior
England > South East

The median Senior salary in the South East is £60,000 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 9 8 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,103 2,125 2,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 12.45% 14.87% 14.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.25% 16.47% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,387 1,238 1,901
10th Percentile £42,800 £47,500 £48,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,063 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £92,500
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,877 12,901 19,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.30% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,357 8,146 12,405
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Senior in the South East

Senior
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Senior in the South East

Senior
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South 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
Thames Valley +1 1,027 £61,500 -12.14% 228
Berkshire +8 513 £67,500 -3.57% 104
Hampshire -11 356 £62,500 -7.41% 106
Surrey -2 339 £60,000 -4.00% 72
Oxfordshire +1 279 £60,000 -14.29% 60
Buckinghamshire -3 236 £55,000 -9.61% 64
Kent +5 159 £60,000 +4.35% 40
East Sussex -4 89 £55,000 -15.38% 24
West Sussex -13 58 £57,500 -8.00% 14
Middlesex +14 50 £61,339 -20.85% 2
Sussex - 23 £59,000 - 1
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 South East region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 524 (24.92%) Agile
2 493 (23.44%) Social Skills
3 429 (20.40%) Microsoft
4 426 (20.26%) Degree
5 377 (17.93%) Finance
6 355 (16.88%) Software Engineering
7 348 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
8 337 (16.02%) Azure
9 294 (13.98%) Security Cleared
9 294 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
10 273 (12.98%) JavaScript
11 271 (12.89%) C#
12 265 (12.60%) Mentoring
13 249 (11.84%) .NET
14 240 (11.41%) Python
15 228 (10.84%) SQL
16 219 (10.41%) Actionable Insight
17 212 (10.08%) Decision-Making
17 212 (10.08%) React
18 207 (9.84%) Linux
19 198 (9.42%) SC Cleared
19 198 (9.42%) AWS
20 189 (8.99%) DevOps
21 185 (8.80%) Windows
22 182 (8.65%) Java
23 178 (8.46%) Computer Science
24 169 (8.04%) Microsoft Excel
25 156 (7.42%) Docker
26 150 (7.13%) Git
27 146 (6.94%) Broadband

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 32 (1.52%) CMS
2 23 (1.09%) Headless CMS
2 23 (1.09%) Kentico
3 22 (1.05%) IIS
3 22 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.05%) WebLogic
4 19 (0.90%) ArcGIS
4 19 (0.90%) GeoServer
5 18 (0.86%) Confluence
5 18 (0.86%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (0.86%) Umbraco
6 9 (0.43%) OpenStack
6 9 (0.43%) SAS
7 8 (0.38%) JBoss
7 8 (0.38%) nginx
7 8 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
7 8 (0.38%) WordPress
8 6 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 169 (8.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.62%) MS Visio
3 31 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
4 30 (1.43%) Simulink
5 25 (1.19%) Stateflow
6 13 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 12 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.57%) OrCAD
8 9 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 7 (0.33%) AutoCAD
9 7 (0.33%) CANalyzer
10 4 (0.19%) InDesign
10 4 (0.19%) Photoshop
10 4 (0.19%) Sketch
10 4 (0.19%) Solid Edge
10 4 (0.19%) SOLIDWORKS
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.14%) FrameMaker
11 3 (0.14%) Siemens NX
11 3 (0.14%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 33 (1.57%) Siebel CRM
2 6 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 6 (0.29%) Oracle Applications
2 6 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.14%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.14%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.14%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.095%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.048%) Primavera
5 1 (0.048%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.048%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.048%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.048%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.048%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 337 (16.02%) Azure
2 198 (9.42%) AWS
3 88 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
3 88 (4.18%) SaaS
4 56 (2.66%) Entra ID
5 49 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (1.71%) OneDrive
7 35 (1.66%) Power Platform
8 34 (1.62%) Serverless
9 23 (1.09%) GCP
10 20 (0.95%) Dropbox
10 20 (0.95%) Google Drive
11 19 (0.90%) AWS Lambda
12 18 (0.86%) IaaS
12 18 (0.86%) Kontent
12 18 (0.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 17 (0.81%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (0.81%) GitHub
14 16 (0.76%) Amazon S3
15 14 (0.67%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 146 (6.94%) Broadband
2 88 (4.18%) Firewall
3 47 (2.23%) 5G
4 43 (2.04%) Wireless
5 38 (1.81%) VPN
6 37 (1.76%) WAN
7 31 (1.47%) DNS
8 27 (1.28%) LAN
9 25 (1.19%) TCP/IP
10 23 (1.09%) Network Security
11 21 (1.00%) J1939
12 17 (0.81%) SD-WAN
13 14 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
13 14 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
13 14 (0.67%) SAN
13 14 (0.67%) SNMP
14 13 (0.62%) DHCP
14 13 (0.62%) MPLS
14 13 (0.62%) SSH
15 12 (0.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.52%) SQL Server
2 67 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
3 65 (3.09%) MySQL
4 47 (2.23%) Relational Database
5 45 (2.14%) NoSQL
6 33 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
6 33 (1.57%) Oracle BI EE
6 33 (1.57%) Siebel EIM
7 29 (1.38%) Power BI
8 28 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
9 23 (1.09%) Tableau
10 21 (1.00%) GIS
11 19 (0.90%) QGIS
12 16 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (0.62%) Data Lake
14 12 (0.57%) OLTP
14 12 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 11 (0.52%) Oracle Database
16 10 (0.48%) BigQuery
16 10 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 150 (7.13%) Git
2 62 (2.95%) JIRA
3 40 (1.90%) Visual Studio
4 36 (1.71%) Selenium
5 27 (1.28%) Jenkins
6 23 (1.09%) JUnit
7 20 (0.95%) Subversion
8 17 (0.81%) Cypress.io
9 16 (0.76%) Eclipse
10 15 (0.71%) CMake
11 14 (0.67%) ClearCase
11 14 (0.67%) NUnit
11 14 (0.67%) Plastic SCM
12 11 (0.52%) Maven
12 11 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.48%) GitLab
14 7 (0.33%) ClearQuest
15 6 (0.29%) Jasmine
15 6 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
15 6 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 493 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 377 (17.93%) Finance
3 294 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
4 121 (5.75%) Influencing Skills
5 90 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 78 (3.71%) Marketing
7 67 (3.19%) Public Sector
8 65 (3.09%) Manufacturing
9 62 (2.95%) Aerospace
10 59 (2.81%) Electronics
11 50 (2.38%) Military
12 47 (2.23%) Retail
13 46 (2.19%) Automotive
14 41 (1.95%) Legal
15 36 (1.71%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
17 25 (1.19%) Police
18 23 (1.09%) Law
19 21 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
20 20 (0.95%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 249 (11.84%) .NET
2 212 (10.08%) React
3 140 (6.66%) CSS
4 136 (6.47%) HTML
5 87 (4.14%) .NET Core
5 87 (4.14%) ASP.NET
6 81 (3.85%) AngularJS
7 65 (3.09%) RESTful
8 64 (3.04%) Spring
9 63 (3.00%) REST
10 59 (2.81%) Web Services
11 58 (2.76%) XML
12 57 (2.71%) .NET Framework
13 46 (2.19%) SOAP
14 41 (1.95%) Node.js
15 38 (1.81%) Vue
16 37 (1.76%) Kafka
17 36 (1.71%) RabbitMQ
18 33 (1.57%) HTML5
19 30 (1.43%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 86 (4.09%) Algorithms
2 71 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
3 69 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
4 52 (2.47%) Management Information System
4 52 (2.47%) Social Media
5 47 (2.23%) Data Centre
6 44 (2.09%) IoT
7 37 (1.76%) Embedded Systems
8 36 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
9 25 (1.19%) Onboarding
9 25 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
10 24 (1.14%) Product Ownership
11 22 (1.05%) Driving Licence
12 20 (0.95%) iPad
12 20 (0.95%) PMI
13 19 (0.90%) Biopharmaceutical
13 19 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (0.86%) FPGA
14 18 (0.86%) Life Science
15 17 (0.81%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 207 (9.84%) Linux
2 185 (8.80%) Windows
3 52 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 49 (2.33%) Ubuntu
4 49 (2.33%) Unix
5 39 (1.85%) Embedded Linux
6 27 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 26 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 21 (1.00%) Windows 7
9 21 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.52%) Apple iOS
11 10 (0.48%) Android
12 8 (0.38%) CentOS
13 6 (0.29%) VMS
14 4 (0.19%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
15 3 (0.14%) Rocky
16 2 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 1 (0.048%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 524 (24.92%) Agile
2 355 (16.88%) Software Engineering
3 348 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
4 265 (12.60%) Mentoring
5 219 (10.41%) Actionable Insight
6 212 (10.08%) Decision-Making
7 189 (8.99%) DevOps
8 178 (8.46%) Computer Science
9 133 (6.32%) Artificial Intelligence
9 133 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
10 132 (6.28%) Business Case
10 132 (6.28%) Project Management
11 122 (5.80%) Full Stack Development
12 120 (5.71%) CI/CD
13 113 (5.37%) CRM
14 109 (5.18%) Budgeting
15 106 (5.04%) Budgeting and Forecasting
16 102 (4.85%) Mathematics
17 98 (4.66%) Project Delivery
18 96 (4.56%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 273 (12.98%) JavaScript
2 271 (12.89%) C#
3 240 (11.41%) Python
4 228 (10.84%) SQL
5 182 (8.65%) Java
6 118 (5.61%) C
7 115 (5.47%) TypeScript
8 111 (5.28%) C++
9 74 (3.52%) Bash
10 69 (3.28%) PHP
11 54 (2.57%) PowerShell
12 42 (2.00%) Perl
13 39 (1.85%) MATLAB
14 30 (1.43%) T-SQL
15 26 (1.24%) Embedded C
16 25 (1.19%) Go
17 24 (1.14%) Fortran
17 24 (1.14%) PL/SQL
17 24 (1.14%) Shell Script
18 17 (0.81%) R
Qualifications
1 426 (20.26%) Degree
2 294 (13.98%) Security Cleared
3 198 (9.42%) SC Cleared
4 102 (4.85%) ACCA
4 102 (4.85%) CIMA
5 84 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (2.47%) Master's Degree
7 40 (1.90%) PhD
8 34 (1.62%) HNC
9 33 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
10 30 (1.43%) HND
11 25 (1.19%) CCNP
12 24 (1.14%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.00%) DBS Check
13 21 (1.00%) PMI Certification
14 20 (0.95%) AWS Certification
15 19 (0.90%) CCNA
16 17 (0.81%) DV Cleared
17 12 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
17 12 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (1.85%) QA
2 34 (1.62%) SLA
3 26 (1.24%) ISO 26262
4 25 (1.19%) Automotive SPICE
5 23 (1.09%) Data Quality
5 23 (1.09%) GDPR
6 20 (0.95%) WCAG
7 17 (0.81%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.71%) MISRA
9 14 (0.67%) AUTOSAR
10 11 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.43%) Good Clinical Practice
12 8 (0.38%) GMP
12 8 (0.38%) NIST
12 8 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 7 (0.33%) CDISC
14 6 (0.29%) GRC
15 4 (0.19%) COSHH
15 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 156 (7.42%) Docker
2 126 (5.99%) Active Directory
3 53 (2.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (1.33%) Hyper-V
5 26 (1.24%) Firmware
6 17 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.52%) vSphere
8 6 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.19%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.14%) XenApp
11 1 (0.048%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 120 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 65 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (1.95%) Terraform
4 40 (1.90%) Ansible
5 38 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
6 26 (1.24%) SCCM
6 26 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (1.05%) OpenSSO
8 14 (0.67%) Functional Safety
9 13 (0.62%) WMI
10 10 (0.48%) FortiGate
11 9 (0.43%) vCenter Server
12 8 (0.38%) Stealthwatch
13 6 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
13 6 (0.29%) SmoothWall
14 5 (0.24%) CASB
14 5 (0.24%) Nagios
14 5 (0.24%) SELinux
15 3 (0.14%) CSIRT
15 3 (0.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 429 (20.40%) Microsoft
2 123 (5.85%) Oracle
3 82 (3.90%) VMware
4 43 (2.04%) Cisco
5 38 (1.81%) CyberArk
5 38 (1.81%) Tanium
6 35 (1.66%) Google
7 33 (1.57%) SAP
7 33 (1.57%) Siebel
8 29 (1.38%) Adobe
9 26 (1.24%) Meraki
10 25 (1.19%) EMC
11 22 (1.05%) Remedy
12 21 (1.00%) IBM
13 20 (0.95%) Juniper
14 19 (0.90%) ESRI
15 18 (0.86%) Optimizely
15 18 (0.86%) Sitecore
15 18 (0.86%) Splunk
16 17 (0.81%) Apple