Senior Jobs in the South West

Senior
England > South West

The median Senior salary in the South West is £58,700 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 3 17 15
Rank change year-on-year +14 -2 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,757 787 1,236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.94% 12.12% 14.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.61% 13.65% 14.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,250 555 715
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,211 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,875 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -3.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 9,975 5,765 8,290
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 88.76% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,226 3,665 5,138
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,750 £68,750 £65,720
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the South West

Senior
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Senior in the South West

Senior
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Senior in the South West

Senior
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the South West 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
Bristol +15 662 £65,000 -7.14% 127
Gloucestershire +15 285 £55,000 -1.79% 52
Dorset +18 273 £56,250 -2.60% 23
Devon +4 195 £49,390 -10.20% 62
Wiltshire +24 177 £55,000 - 27
Somerset +2 94 £60,000 +9.09% 41
Cornwall +7 52 £40,000 -15.79% 2
Senior
England

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

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 South West region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 427 (24.30%) Software Engineering
2 333 (18.95%) Agile
3 322 (18.33%) Security Cleared
4 261 (14.85%) Degree
5 259 (14.74%) Azure
6 257 (14.63%) Social Skills
7 254 (14.46%) DevOps
8 239 (13.60%) Microsoft
9 237 (13.49%) JavaScript
10 221 (12.58%) Python
11 215 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
12 190 (10.81%) AWS
13 180 (10.24%) C#
14 176 (10.02%) Finance
15 169 (9.62%) Linux
16 162 (9.22%) SC Cleared
17 161 (9.16%) Mentoring
17 161 (9.16%) Windows
18 159 (9.05%) .NET
19 156 (8.88%) React
20 152 (8.65%) Scrum
21 149 (8.48%) Git
22 137 (7.80%) Java
23 132 (7.51%) Project Management
24 129 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
25 125 (7.11%) CSS
26 123 (7.00%) DV Cleared
27 109 (6.20%) Kubernetes
28 108 (6.15%) Docker
29 107 (6.09%) HTML

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 52 (2.96%) Confluence
2 29 (1.65%) IIS
3 26 (1.48%) CMS
4 22 (1.25%) Umbraco
5 18 (1.02%) Headless CMS
6 17 (0.97%) Sitecore CMS
7 16 (0.91%) ArcGIS
7 16 (0.91%) GeoServer
7 16 (0.91%) Kentico
8 15 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
9 13 (0.74%) SharePoint
10 9 (0.51%) SAS
11 5 (0.28%) WordPress
12 4 (0.23%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.23%) NServiceBus
12 4 (0.23%) Site Server
13 2 (0.11%) Apache
13 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
13 2 (0.11%) Luigi
14 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 22 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.40%) SOLIDWORKS
6 4 (0.23%) Simulink
6 4 (0.23%) Sketch
7 3 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.11%) Trello
9 1 (0.057%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.057%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.17%) Primavera
2 3 (0.17%) Shopify
3 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.057%) SAP WM
4 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 259 (14.74%) Azure
2 190 (10.81%) AWS
3 99 (5.63%) Azure DevOps
4 74 (4.21%) SaaS
5 55 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 43 (2.45%) GCP
7 41 (2.33%) OpenShift
8 37 (2.11%) Power Platform
9 23 (1.31%) PowerApps
10 20 (1.14%) Power Automate
11 17 (0.97%) Serverless
12 16 (0.91%) Kontent
13 15 (0.85%) GitHub
14 13 (0.74%) Entra ID
14 13 (0.74%) npm
15 12 (0.68%) Datadog
15 12 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (0.63%) Figma
17 10 (0.57%) Azure Functions
18 9 (0.51%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.64%) Firewall
2 51 (2.90%) DNS
3 50 (2.85%) TCP/IP
4 43 (2.45%) WAN
5 42 (2.39%) DHCP
6 37 (2.11%) HTTP
7 28 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
8 25 (1.42%) LAN
9 21 (1.20%) Software-Defined Networking
10 20 (1.14%) SD-WAN
11 18 (1.02%) Wireless
12 17 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.57%) Bluetooth
13 10 (0.57%) Network Security
14 9 (0.51%) Internet
15 8 (0.46%) Cisco ISE
15 8 (0.46%) Cisco Wireless
16 6 (0.34%) Unified Communications
17 5 (0.28%) PPP
17 5 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 46 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (1.37%) Power BI
4 23 (1.31%) MySQL
5 20 (1.14%) NoSQL
6 17 (0.97%) MongoDB
7 16 (0.91%) GIS
7 16 (0.91%) QGIS
7 16 (0.91%) Relational Database
8 12 (0.68%) Big Data
9 11 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.46%) Oracle Database
10 8 (0.46%) Oracle Database 11g
11 7 (0.40%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.34%) Redis
13 5 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.28%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 149 (8.48%) Git
2 75 (4.27%) JIRA
3 52 (2.96%) Visual Studio
4 46 (2.62%) Bitbucket
5 30 (1.71%) Sourcetree
6 18 (1.02%) Selenium
7 16 (0.91%) Jenkins
8 15 (0.85%) Storybook
9 13 (0.74%) Cucumber
10 12 (0.68%) Android Studio
11 10 (0.57%) Subversion
12 9 (0.51%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.51%) GitLab
12 9 (0.51%) LabVIEW
13 8 (0.46%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.34%) webpack
15 5 (0.28%) Eclipse
15 5 (0.28%) Postman
15 5 (0.28%) Rational DOORS
16 4 (0.23%) IntelliJ
General
1 257 (14.63%) Social Skills
2 176 (10.02%) Finance
3 97 (5.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 96 (5.46%) Aerospace
5 90 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
6 69 (3.93%) Manufacturing
7 58 (3.30%) Marketing
8 56 (3.19%) Banking
8 56 (3.19%) Retail
9 55 (3.13%) Games
9 55 (3.13%) Public Sector
10 52 (2.96%) Law
11 48 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (2.56%) Legal
13 34 (1.94%) Aviation
14 33 (1.88%) Fire and Rescue
15 24 (1.37%) Military
16 23 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
16 23 (1.31%) Tech for Good
17 22 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (9.05%) .NET
2 156 (8.88%) React
3 125 (7.11%) CSS
4 107 (6.09%) HTML
5 78 (4.44%) .NET Core
5 78 (4.44%) AngularJS
6 77 (4.38%) .NET Framework
7 72 (4.10%) ASP.NET
8 58 (3.30%) Node.js
9 54 (3.07%) RESTful
10 48 (2.73%) Laravel
11 45 (2.56%) Vue
12 44 (2.50%) Entity Framework
13 30 (1.71%) Unity (Game Engine)
14 27 (1.54%) REST
14 27 (1.54%) Spring
15 24 (1.37%) LESS
16 23 (1.31%) ASP.NET MVC
16 23 (1.31%) Next.js
17 21 (1.20%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 62 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
2 39 (2.22%) Product Ownership
3 32 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 30 (1.71%) Virtual Reality
5 29 (1.65%) Mobile App
6 23 (1.31%) Cloud Native
7 21 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
7 21 (1.20%) Onboarding
8 17 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
8 17 (0.97%) GNSS
9 16 (0.91%) Algorithms
9 16 (0.91%) Driving Licence
10 14 (0.80%) CESG
10 14 (0.80%) Cyber Defence
10 14 (0.80%) Derivative
11 13 (0.74%) Operational Technology
11 13 (0.74%) Public Cloud
11 13 (0.74%) Virtual Team
12 12 (0.68%) Credit Risk
12 12 (0.68%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 169 (9.62%) Linux
2 161 (9.16%) Windows
3 37 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 36 (2.05%) Windows Server
5 34 (1.94%) Embedded Linux
6 22 (1.25%) Android
7 15 (0.85%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (0.28%) AIX
9 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.17%) Debian
11 3 (0.17%) Unix
12 2 (0.11%) Alpine Linux
13 1 (0.057%) CentOS
13 1 (0.057%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.057%) Rocky
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (24.30%) Software Engineering
2 333 (18.95%) Agile
3 254 (14.46%) DevOps
4 215 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
5 161 (9.16%) Mentoring
6 152 (8.65%) Scrum
7 132 (7.51%) Project Management
8 129 (7.34%) Cybersecurity
9 107 (6.09%) CI/CD
10 92 (5.24%) Actionable Insight
11 89 (5.07%) Computer Science
11 89 (5.07%) MVC
12 84 (4.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 83 (4.72%) Full Stack Development
14 75 (4.27%) Coaching
15 71 (4.04%) Design Patterns
15 71 (4.04%) Roadmaps
15 71 (4.04%) Web Development
16 69 (3.93%) Line Management
17 68 (3.87%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 237 (13.49%) JavaScript
2 221 (12.58%) Python
3 180 (10.24%) C#
4 137 (7.80%) Java
5 105 (5.98%) SQL
6 93 (5.29%) Bash
7 85 (4.84%) C++
8 82 (4.67%) TypeScript
9 74 (4.21%) PowerShell
10 72 (4.10%) C
11 55 (3.13%) PHP
12 31 (1.76%) Embedded C
12 31 (1.76%) Rust
13 17 (0.97%) Perl
14 15 (0.85%) Kotlin
14 15 (0.85%) T-SQL
14 15 (0.85%) VB
15 12 (0.68%) R
16 11 (0.63%) Ruby
17 10 (0.57%) Go
Qualifications
1 322 (18.33%) Security Cleared
2 261 (14.85%) Degree
3 162 (9.22%) SC Cleared
4 123 (7.00%) DV Cleared
5 43 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 32 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 15 (0.85%) CISSP
9 14 (0.80%) CISMP
9 14 (0.80%) PMI Certification
10 12 (0.68%) IISP
11 10 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.51%) GIAC
13 8 (0.46%) CCNP
13 8 (0.46%) CompTIA CySA+
13 8 (0.46%) HND
13 8 (0.46%) PhD
13 8 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 7 (0.40%) CISA
15 6 (0.34%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.07%) QA
2 27 (1.54%) NIST
3 24 (1.37%) GDPR
4 17 (0.97%) GMP
4 17 (0.97%) JSP 440
4 17 (0.97%) PMO
5 15 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 14 (0.80%) RMADS
7 12 (0.68%) NIST 800
7 12 (0.68%) SLA
8 9 (0.51%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.40%) IEC 61508
9 7 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.28%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.23%) IFRS
11 4 (0.23%) IFRS 9
11 4 (0.23%) WCAG
12 3 (0.17%) HMG Infosec
13 2 (0.11%) DO-254
System Software
1 108 (6.15%) Docker
2 80 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (3.47%) Hyper-V
4 45 (2.56%) Active Directory
5 16 (0.91%) Firmware
5 16 (0.91%) VMware NSX
6 11 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.28%) RACF
8 5 (0.28%) vSphere
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.057%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 109 (6.20%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.07%) Ansible
3 51 (2.90%) Terraform
4 43 (2.45%) Puppet
5 16 (0.91%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.91%) SCCM
6 14 (0.80%) Grafana
7 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.46%) vCenter Server
9 7 (0.40%) CASB
10 5 (0.28%) Cisco Prime
10 5 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.28%) Opsview
10 5 (0.28%) Rancher
11 4 (0.23%) Functional Safety
11 4 (0.23%) Istio
11 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.23%) vRealize
12 1 (0.057%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.057%) VxRail
Vendors
1 239 (13.60%) Microsoft
2 95 (5.41%) VMware
3 57 (3.24%) Cisco
4 37 (2.11%) Red Hat
5 29 (1.65%) Google
6 20 (1.14%) Oracle
7 18 (1.02%) ServiceNow
8 17 (0.97%) Sitecore
9 16 (0.91%) ESRI
9 16 (0.91%) Optimizely
10 13 (0.74%) Twitter
11 12 (0.68%) SAP
12 9 (0.51%) Dell
12 9 (0.51%) IBM
12 9 (0.51%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.46%) Databricks
14 6 (0.34%) CyberArk
14 6 (0.34%) HP
14 6 (0.34%) SolarWinds
15 4 (0.23%) SaltStack