Senior Jobs in the West Midlands

Senior
England > West Midlands

The median Senior salary in the West Midlands is £58,700 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 14 11
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 975 667 980
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.17% 11.45% 12.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.87% 12.73% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 727 419 614
10th Percentile £39,268 £41,230 £37,033
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,015 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,700 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,863 £81,900 £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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the West Midlands

Senior
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham +4 486 £60,000 - 97
Warwickshire +4 134 £54,500 -0.91% 47
Staffordshire +1 73 £50,000 +6.95% 26
Worcestershire +11 65 £55,000 -6.38% 24
Solihull +21 44 £62,500 +31.58% 3
Shropshire +15 26 £55,000 - 6
Coventry 0 25 £65,000 +18.18% 27
Halesowen - 21 £60,000 - 2
Wolverhampton +9 7 £65,000 +18.18% 6
West Bromwich +2 5 £78,500 +52.21% 2
Herefordshire -5 5 £61,500 +44.71% 3
Brierley Hill -8 1 £55,000 - 1
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 West Midlands region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 189 (19.38%) Azure
2 171 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 170 (17.44%) Microsoft
4 153 (15.69%) Agile
5 148 (15.18%) SQL
6 141 (14.46%) Finance
7 117 (12.00%) Software Engineering
8 115 (11.79%) Degree
9 110 (11.28%) Mentoring
10 107 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
11 106 (10.87%) C#
12 100 (10.26%) Analytics
13 95 (9.74%) .NET
14 90 (9.23%) DevOps
15 84 (8.62%) AWS
16 81 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
17 79 (8.10%) Python
18 74 (7.59%) Windows
19 70 (7.18%) VMware
19 70 (7.18%) Coaching
20 69 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
21 67 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
22 66 (6.77%) WAN
23 65 (6.67%) Security Cleared
23 65 (6.67%) Power Platform
24 63 (6.46%) JavaScript
25 60 (6.15%) Cisco
26 59 (6.05%) Power BI
27 58 (5.95%) Firewall
27 58 (5.95%) Project Management

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 21 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
1 21 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.44%) IIS
3 11 (1.13%) SAS
4 8 (0.82%) Confluence
5 6 (0.62%) Tuxedo
6 5 (0.51%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.31%) Apache
7 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.21%) WinCC
9 1 (0.10%) CMS
9 1 (0.10%) Drupal
9 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.10%) JBoss
9 1 (0.10%) Moodle
9 1 (0.10%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.23%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.92%) Simulink
5 6 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.31%) 3ds Max
7 3 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.31%) Sketch
8 2 (0.21%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.21%) InDesign
9 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.10%) Revit
9 1 (0.10%) TargetLink
Business Applications
1 10 (1.03%) NetSuite
2 8 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.21%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.10%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.10%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 189 (19.38%) Azure
2 84 (8.62%) AWS
3 65 (6.67%) Power Platform
4 53 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
6 40 (4.10%) Dynamics 365
7 36 (3.69%) Entra ID
8 30 (3.08%) SaaS
9 22 (2.26%) Power Automate
9 22 (2.26%) PowerApps
10 21 (2.15%) GCP
11 17 (1.74%) OneDrive
12 15 (1.54%) GitHub
13 12 (1.23%) Serverless
14 10 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
14 10 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 8 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (0.72%) Azure Event Grid
16 7 (0.72%) Azure Functions
16 7 (0.72%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 66 (6.77%) WAN
2 58 (5.95%) Firewall
3 35 (3.59%) SD-WAN
4 31 (3.18%) Wireless
5 30 (3.08%) VLAN
6 27 (2.77%) LAN
7 24 (2.46%) TCP/IP
7 24 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
8 20 (2.05%) DHCP
8 20 (2.05%) DNS
9 16 (1.64%) Cisco Firepower
9 16 (1.64%) VPN
10 15 (1.54%) SAN
11 13 (1.33%) WLAN
12 11 (1.13%) MPLS
12 11 (1.13%) Network Security
12 11 (1.13%) OSPF
13 10 (1.03%) VoIP
14 8 (0.82%) NGFW
14 8 (0.82%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.05%) Power BI
2 53 (5.44%) SQL Server
3 25 (2.56%) Tableau
4 21 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (2.15%) MySQL
5 20 (2.05%) NoSQL
6 18 (1.85%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (1.13%) SQLite
9 7 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.72%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.62%) Looker
10 6 (0.62%) Metadata
11 5 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.51%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.51%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.41%) Big Data
12 4 (0.41%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (2.97%) Git
2 10 (1.03%) Postman
3 8 (0.82%) JIRA
4 6 (0.62%) GitLab
4 6 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
5 5 (0.51%) MSTest
5 5 (0.51%) SoapUI
6 4 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.31%) Axure RP
7 3 (0.31%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.21%) Maven
9 1 (0.10%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.10%) NUnit
9 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.10%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.10%) Visual Studio Team System
9 1 (0.10%) Vite
General
1 171 (17.54%) Social Skills
2 141 (14.46%) Finance
3 81 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
5 37 (3.79%) Retail
6 36 (3.69%) Legal
7 35 (3.59%) Manufacturing
8 29 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 28 (2.87%) Automotive
9 28 (2.87%) Public Sector
10 22 (2.26%) Banking
11 20 (2.05%) Games
11 20 (2.05%) Law
12 19 (1.95%) Electronics
13 18 (1.85%) Marketing
14 15 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
15 10 (1.03%) Telecoms
16 9 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (9.74%) .NET
2 43 (4.41%) HTML
3 37 (3.79%) .NET Framework
4 36 (3.69%) AngularJS
5 34 (3.49%) Entity Framework
6 32 (3.28%) .NET Core
6 32 (3.28%) REST
7 30 (3.08%) ASP.NET
7 30 (3.08%) RESTful
8 29 (2.97%) CSS
9 25 (2.56%) React
10 18 (1.85%) Blazor
10 18 (1.85%) Vue
11 17 (1.74%) ASP.NET MVC
12 15 (1.54%) Web Services
13 14 (1.44%) WebRTC
14 12 (1.23%) WPF
15 11 (1.13%) Universal Windows Platform
15 11 (1.13%) YAML
15 11 (1.13%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 35 (3.59%) Product Ownership
2 28 (2.87%) Data Centre
2 28 (2.87%) Management Information System
3 24 (2.46%) Driving Licence
4 18 (1.85%) IoT
5 16 (1.64%) Algorithms
5 16 (1.64%) Clustering
5 16 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 13 (1.33%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.03%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.03%) PMI
8 9 (0.92%) CUDA
8 9 (0.92%) FMCG
8 9 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (0.72%) NHS
9 7 (0.72%) PKI
10 6 (0.62%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.62%) Housing Association
10 6 (0.62%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 74 (7.59%) Windows
2 47 (4.82%) Windows Server
3 40 (4.10%) Linux
4 11 (1.13%) Embedded Linux
5 9 (0.92%) Android
5 9 (0.92%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
7 7 (0.72%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.51%) SUSE
8 5 (0.51%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 5 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.31%) Unix
11 2 (0.21%) VME
12 1 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.10%) HPUX
12 1 (0.10%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (15.69%) Agile
2 117 (12.00%) Software Engineering
3 110 (11.28%) Mentoring
4 107 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
5 100 (10.26%) Analytics
6 90 (9.23%) DevOps
7 70 (7.18%) Coaching
8 69 (7.08%) Business Intelligence
9 67 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
10 58 (5.95%) Project Management
11 56 (5.74%) Data Modelling
12 55 (5.64%) Machine Learning
13 54 (5.54%) Actionable Insight
14 50 (5.13%) Project Delivery
14 50 (5.13%) User Experience
15 45 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 45 (4.62%) Visualisation
16 44 (4.51%) Artificial Intelligence
16 44 (4.51%) Roadmaps
17 43 (4.41%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 148 (15.18%) SQL
2 106 (10.87%) C#
3 79 (8.10%) Python
4 63 (6.46%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.90%) TypeScript
6 31 (3.18%) C
7 28 (2.87%) C++
8 26 (2.67%) Java
9 22 (2.26%) T-SQL
10 17 (1.74%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.23%) PHP
12 11 (1.13%) XAML
13 9 (0.92%) R
14 8 (0.82%) COBOL
14 8 (0.82%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.82%) Micro Focus COBOL
15 7 (0.72%) Go
16 6 (0.62%) Bicep
17 5 (0.51%) VB.NET
18 4 (0.41%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 115 (11.79%) Degree
2 65 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 53 (5.44%) SC Cleared
4 41 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
5 37 (3.79%) CCNP
6 29 (2.97%) CCNA
7 18 (1.85%) DBS Check
8 17 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (1.74%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.33%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.13%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.92%) CCIE
13 8 (0.82%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.82%) CCSA
14 7 (0.72%) PhD
14 7 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 6 (0.62%) CCDP
15 6 (0.62%) CISSP
15 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.95%) QA
2 14 (1.44%) SLA
3 13 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 9 (0.92%) AUTOSAR
5 8 (0.82%) Automotive SPICE
5 8 (0.82%) GDPR
5 8 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 8 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.72%) GMP
6 7 (0.72%) ISO 26262
7 6 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.41%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.41%) IFRS
8 4 (0.41%) IFRS 9
8 4 (0.41%) MISRA
8 4 (0.41%) MISRA C
8 4 (0.41%) PMO
8 4 (0.41%) WCAG
9 3 (0.31%) COBIT
9 3 (0.31%) GRC
System Software
1 53 (5.44%) Active Directory
2 50 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (4.21%) Docker
4 28 (2.87%) Hyper-V
5 18 (1.85%) Firmware
6 13 (1.33%) vSphere
7 7 (0.72%) NFS
8 5 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.51%) RACF
8 5 (0.51%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.21%) XenApp
10 2 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 29 (2.97%) Terraform
3 10 (1.03%) SCCM
4 9 (0.92%) Stealthwatch
5 8 (0.82%) Ansible
5 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.62%) Rancher
8 5 (0.51%) CASB
8 5 (0.51%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (0.51%) VxRail
9 4 (0.41%) Data Guard
9 4 (0.41%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.21%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.21%) MIIS
10 2 (0.21%) Nagios
11 1 (0.10%) Grafana
11 1 (0.10%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.10%) Puppet
Vendors
1 170 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 70 (7.18%) VMware
3 60 (6.15%) Cisco
4 44 (4.51%) CheckPoint
5 33 (3.38%) Meraki
6 22 (2.26%) Adobe
7 19 (1.95%) Google
8 18 (1.85%) Palo Alto
9 17 (1.74%) Databricks
10 15 (1.54%) Xamarin
11 14 (1.44%) Apple
11 14 (1.44%) Oracle
12 13 (1.33%) Dell
12 13 (1.33%) HP
12 13 (1.33%) ServiceNow
13 12 (1.23%) Alteryx
13 12 (1.23%) IBM
14 10 (1.03%) Aruba
14 10 (1.03%) Juniper
14 10 (1.03%) Salesforce