Senior Jobs in the East of England

Senior
England > East of England

The median Senior salary in the East of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 13 11
Rank change year-on-year 0 -2 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 568 661 932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.27% 12.50% 14.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.87% 14.88% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 440 323 294
10th Percentile £41,715 £42,500 £37,984
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £89,750 £82,125
England median annual salary £62,783 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.31% - +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 5,755 4,443 6,074
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 84.02% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,395 2,228 2,869
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,674 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,625 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,975 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the East of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the East of England

Senior
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the East of England region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cambridgeshire +3 267 £60,000 -20.00% 119
Hertfordshire -10 114 £60,000 -14.29% 63
Essex +3 72 £60,000 - 29
Norfolk -6 69 £50,000 -9.09% 28
Bedfordshire +5 24 £53,000 -7.83% 18
Suffolk -20 19 £38,750 -29.55% 17
East Anglia - 1 £89,500 - 47
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 East of England region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 140 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 96 (16.90%) Agile
3 95 (16.73%) Software Engineering
4 84 (14.79%) Degree
5 81 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
6 80 (14.08%) Python
7 73 (12.85%) Microsoft
8 71 (12.50%) AWS
9 69 (12.15%) Electronics
10 66 (11.62%) C#
11 63 (11.09%) Linux
12 62 (10.92%) IoT
13 60 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
14 52 (9.15%) Mentoring
14 52 (9.15%) Finance
15 50 (8.80%) Azure
16 48 (8.45%) JavaScript
16 48 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 47 (8.27%) CAD
18 46 (8.10%) Windows
19 42 (7.39%) Docker
20 41 (7.22%) SQL
21 40 (7.04%) .NET
22 39 (6.87%) Retail
23 38 (6.69%) TypeScript
24 37 (6.51%) Project Management
25 36 (6.34%) Manufacturing
26 35 (6.16%) Project Delivery
27 34 (5.99%) Kubernetes
28 33 (5.81%) TCP/IP

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.53%) CMS
2 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.35%) WordPress
4 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 25 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.41%) AutoCAD
4 7 (1.23%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.35%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (1.76%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.70%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.18%) Primavera
3 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 71 (12.50%) AWS
2 50 (8.80%) Azure
3 33 (5.81%) SaaS
4 31 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (1.94%) GitHub
6 8 (1.41%) OneDrive
7 7 (1.23%) AWS IoT
8 6 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (0.88%) Dropbox
9 5 (0.88%) Entra ID
9 5 (0.88%) Google Drive
10 4 (0.70%) Serverless
11 3 (0.53%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.53%) GCP
11 3 (0.53%) IaaS
11 3 (0.53%) PaaS
12 2 (0.35%) Amazon Cognito
12 2 (0.35%) Amazon S3
12 2 (0.35%) AWS Fargate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.81%) TCP/IP
2 27 (4.75%) Internet
3 24 (4.23%) Wireless
4 18 (3.17%) Firewall
5 16 (2.82%) Broadband
6 13 (2.29%) VPN
7 11 (1.94%) 5G
8 9 (1.58%) VoIP
9 7 (1.23%) 4G
9 7 (1.23%) DNS
9 7 (1.23%) Network Security
10 6 (1.06%) LAN
10 6 (1.06%) SAN
10 6 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.88%) BGP
11 5 (0.88%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 5 (0.88%) WAN
12 4 (0.70%) MPLS
12 4 (0.70%) PPP
12 4 (0.70%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.17%) MySQL
2 12 (2.11%) Big Data
2 12 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.11%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.23%) Redis
4 6 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.06%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.53%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.35%) OLAP
7 2 (0.35%) OLTP
8 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.18%) Power BI
8 1 (0.18%) Power Query
8 1 (0.18%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 30 (5.28%) Git
2 14 (2.46%) JIRA
3 11 (1.94%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.23%) gulp
4 7 (1.23%) LabVIEW
4 7 (1.23%) webpack
5 5 (0.88%) Zephyr
6 4 (0.70%) Subversion
6 4 (0.70%) TeamCity
6 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.53%) GitLab
7 3 (0.53%) Moq
7 3 (0.53%) NUnit
8 2 (0.35%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.35%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.18%) JMeter
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
General
1 140 (24.65%) Social Skills
2 81 (14.26%) Analytical Skills
3 69 (12.15%) Electronics
4 52 (9.15%) Finance
5 39 (6.87%) Retail
6 36 (6.34%) Manufacturing
7 28 (4.93%) Games
8 25 (4.40%) Automotive
9 21 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 21 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (3.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 19 (3.35%) Marketing
11 19 (3.35%) Telecoms
12 18 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
13 11 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (1.76%) Banking
14 10 (1.76%) Retail Banking
15 9 (1.58%) Advertising
15 9 (1.58%) Billing
15 9 (1.58%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.04%) .NET
2 28 (4.93%) React
3 27 (4.75%) HTML
4 24 (4.23%) CSS
5 18 (3.17%) Node.js
6 17 (2.99%) Laravel
7 13 (2.29%) GraphQL
7 13 (2.29%) jQuery
7 13 (2.29%) Symfony
8 12 (2.11%) .NET Core
8 12 (2.11%) Web Services
9 11 (1.94%) REST
10 10 (1.76%) HTML5
10 10 (1.76%) LAMP
11 9 (1.58%) AngularJS
11 9 (1.58%) JSON
11 9 (1.58%) XML
12 8 (1.41%) RESTful
12 8 (1.41%) Vue
13 7 (1.23%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.92%) IoT
2 23 (4.05%) Algorithms
3 20 (3.52%) Driving Licence
4 18 (3.17%) Client/Server
5 16 (2.82%) Data Structures
5 16 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (1.94%) EPoS
6 11 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (1.76%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.58%) Analogue Electronics
8 9 (1.58%) Robotics
9 7 (1.23%) Data Centre
10 5 (0.88%) iPad
10 5 (0.88%) Management Information System
10 5 (0.88%) NHS
11 4 (0.70%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.70%) Device Driver
11 4 (0.70%) FMCG
11 4 (0.70%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 63 (11.09%) Linux
2 46 (8.10%) Windows
3 21 (3.70%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.76%) Embedded Linux
5 7 (1.23%) Windows 10
5 7 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.88%) Android
7 5 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (0.70%) FreeRTOS
8 4 (0.70%) Windows 2000
8 4 (0.70%) Windows NT
8 4 (0.70%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.35%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.18%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.18%) Unix
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (16.90%) Agile
2 95 (16.73%) Software Engineering
3 60 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
4 52 (9.15%) Mentoring
5 48 (8.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 47 (8.27%) CAD
7 37 (6.51%) Project Management
8 35 (6.16%) Project Delivery
9 32 (5.63%) Software Testing
10 31 (5.46%) Customer Service
11 29 (5.11%) DevOps
12 28 (4.93%) Scrum
13 27 (4.75%) Roadmaps
14 26 (4.58%) Computer Science
14 26 (4.58%) OOP
15 25 (4.40%) E-Commerce
15 25 (4.40%) Stakeholder Management
16 22 (3.87%) CI/CD
16 22 (3.87%) ITIL
16 22 (3.87%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 80 (14.08%) Python
2 66 (11.62%) C#
3 48 (8.45%) JavaScript
4 41 (7.22%) SQL
5 38 (6.69%) TypeScript
6 32 (5.63%) C
7 26 (4.58%) C++
8 20 (3.52%) Java
9 19 (3.35%) PHP
10 16 (2.82%) PowerShell
11 12 (2.11%) Bash
12 11 (1.94%) Embedded C
12 11 (1.94%) Kotlin
13 10 (1.76%) Go
13 10 (1.76%) MATLAB
14 7 (1.23%) R
15 6 (1.06%) VB
16 4 (0.70%) ABAP
16 4 (0.70%) Ada
16 4 (0.70%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 84 (14.79%) Degree
2 21 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 16 (2.82%) Security Cleared
4 12 (2.11%) ACCA
4 12 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.11%) CIMA
5 10 (1.76%) PhD
6 8 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.88%) HNC
7 5 (0.88%) MBA
8 4 (0.70%) APMP
8 4 (0.70%) CCNP
9 3 (0.53%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.53%) JNCIE
9 3 (0.53%) JNCIP
9 3 (0.53%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.53%) PMP
9 3 (0.53%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.99%) SLA
2 13 (2.29%) GDPR
3 11 (1.94%) QA
4 5 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.70%) GxP
5 4 (0.70%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.35%) COBIT
7 2 (0.35%) GRC
7 2 (0.35%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.35%) PMO
8 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
System Software
1 42 (7.39%) Docker
2 19 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.58%) Firmware
5 8 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.88%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.70%) vSphere
9 3 (0.53%) KVM
10 2 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.35%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.18%) Samba
11 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (5.99%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.52%) Terraform
3 12 (2.11%) Ansible
4 11 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.70%) Puppet
5 4 (0.70%) SCCM
5 4 (0.70%) SCOM
5 4 (0.70%) WSUS
6 3 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.35%) Argo
7 2 (0.35%) linkerd
7 2 (0.35%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.18%) Core Impact
8 1 (0.18%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.18%) Grafana
8 1 (0.18%) NetCrunch
8 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 73 (12.85%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.87%) VMware
3 18 (3.17%) Cisco
4 15 (2.64%) F5
5 13 (2.29%) HP
6 11 (1.94%) EMC
7 10 (1.76%) Dell
7 10 (1.76%) SAP
8 7 (1.23%) CheckPoint
9 6 (1.06%) Aruba
9 6 (1.06%) Databricks
9 6 (1.06%) Google
9 6 (1.06%) IBM
9 6 (1.06%) Meraki
9 6 (1.06%) NetApp
10 5 (0.88%) Computacenter
10 5 (0.88%) Juniper
11 4 (0.70%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.70%) Nokia
11 4 (0.70%) Virgin Media