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 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 21 24
Rank change year-on-year +15 +3 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 294 135 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 15.42% 10.66% 8.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.12% 13.31% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 216 83 90
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,100 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £56,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.59% +13.00% -
75th Percentile £68,454 £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 1,824 1,014 1,434
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.70% 80.09% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,459 599 1,024
10th Percentile £27,700 £30,750 £22,500
25th Percentile £35,920 £37,500 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -10.11%
75th Percentile £62,997 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £76,750
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +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 23 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 23 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 +8 246 £60,000 - 38
Durham +1 40 £55,000 - 13
Northumberland +2 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 23 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 96 (32.65%) Mentoring
2 93 (31.63%) Coaching
3 71 (24.15%) Agile
4 60 (20.41%) Public Sector
5 59 (20.07%) Microsoft
6 57 (19.39%) SQL
7 55 (18.71%) Software Engineering
8 49 (16.67%) Azure
9 46 (15.65%) Finance
10 44 (14.97%) Social Skills
11 38 (12.93%) AWS
12 37 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (11.22%) Legal
14 32 (10.88%) Degree
15 30 (10.20%) ITIL
16 28 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
16 28 (9.52%) Roadmaps
17 27 (9.18%) Windows
18 26 (8.84%) MySQL
18 26 (8.84%) Project Management
19 24 (8.16%) Java
20 23 (7.82%) RESTful
21 22 (7.48%) Microservices
21 22 (7.48%) Banking
21 22 (7.48%) .NET
22 21 (7.14%) C#
22 21 (7.14%) Linux
22 21 (7.14%) Line Management
22 21 (7.14%) Public Cloud
22 21 (7.14%) Terraform

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 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (3.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.38%) Tuxedo
3 6 (2.04%) SAS
4 2 (0.68%) Confluence
4 2 (0.68%) WordPress
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
5 1 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.34%) nginx
Applications
1 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.38%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.02%) Magento
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (0.34%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (16.67%) Azure
2 38 (12.93%) AWS
3 16 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (5.10%) Power Platform
5 11 (3.74%) Entra ID
6 10 (3.40%) SaaS
6 10 (3.40%) Serverless
7 9 (3.06%) PowerApps
8 7 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (2.38%) GitHub
8 7 (2.38%) IaaS
9 5 (1.70%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (1.70%) Dropbox
9 5 (1.70%) Google Drive
9 5 (1.70%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.36%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.02%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.02%) Azure Service Fabric
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.06%) DNS
2 8 (2.72%) Network Security
3 6 (2.04%) DHCP
3 6 (2.04%) VLAN
4 4 (1.36%) SAN
5 3 (1.02%) Internet
5 3 (1.02%) IPv4
5 3 (1.02%) VoIP
6 2 (0.68%) Firewall
6 2 (0.68%) HTTP
6 2 (0.68%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.68%) SSL
7 1 (0.34%) LAN
7 1 (0.34%) WAN
7 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.84%) MySQL
2 19 (6.46%) NoSQL
3 18 (6.12%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.74%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.40%) Power BI
7 9 (3.06%) Redis
8 4 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
9 3 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.34%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.34%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.06%) Git
1 9 (3.06%) GitLab
2 8 (2.72%) JIRA
3 7 (2.38%) TeamCity
4 5 (1.70%) Artifactory
4 5 (1.70%) Eclipse
5 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.34%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.34%) JUnit
6 1 (0.34%) Mockito
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 60 (20.41%) Public Sector
2 46 (15.65%) Finance
3 44 (14.97%) Social Skills
4 33 (11.22%) Legal
5 28 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (7.48%) Banking
7 11 (3.74%) Games
8 10 (3.40%) Automotive
8 10 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.06%) Retail
10 8 (2.72%) Publishing
11 7 (2.38%) Police
12 6 (2.04%) Law
12 6 (2.04%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.70%) Electronics
13 5 (1.70%) Financial Institution
13 5 (1.70%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (1.02%) Aerospace
15 3 (1.02%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.82%) RESTful
2 22 (7.48%) .NET
3 12 (4.08%) ASP.NET
3 12 (4.08%) Vue
4 11 (3.74%) .NET Core
5 9 (3.06%) HTML
6 8 (2.72%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (2.38%) Node.js
7 7 (2.38%) Spring
8 6 (2.04%) CSS
8 6 (2.04%) JSON
8 6 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
9 5 (1.70%) EDI
9 5 (1.70%) OSGi
10 4 (1.36%) Sass
11 3 (1.02%) .NET Framework
11 3 (1.02%) Yocto
12 2 (0.68%) ASP.NET Core
12 2 (0.68%) REST
12 2 (0.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.14%) Public Cloud
2 12 (4.08%) Data Structures
2 12 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.38%) Client/Server
4 7 (2.38%) iPad
4 7 (2.38%) Online Games
5 6 (2.04%) Credit Risk
5 6 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.70%) Low-Code
6 5 (1.70%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.70%) PMI
7 4 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.02%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (9.18%) Windows
2 21 (7.14%) Linux
3 7 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.04%) Embedded Linux
5 5 (1.70%) Unix
6 3 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.68%) Amazon Linux
7 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.34%) Android
8 1 (0.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (32.65%) Mentoring
2 93 (31.63%) Coaching
3 71 (24.15%) Agile
4 55 (18.71%) Software Engineering
5 37 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
6 30 (10.20%) ITIL
7 28 (9.52%) Roadmaps
8 26 (8.84%) Project Management
9 22 (7.48%) Microservices
10 21 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
10 21 (7.14%) Design Patterns
10 21 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 21 (7.14%) Line Management
11 18 (6.12%) DevOps
11 18 (6.12%) Product Roadmap
11 18 (6.12%) Risk Management
11 18 (6.12%) Test Automation
12 17 (5.78%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (5.44%) CI/CD
13 16 (5.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (19.39%) SQL
2 24 (8.16%) Java
3 21 (7.14%) C#
4 18 (6.12%) JavaScript
5 14 (4.76%) C
6 12 (4.08%) COBOL
6 12 (4.08%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 12 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 11 (3.74%) C++
8 10 (3.40%) Python
9 8 (2.72%) TypeScript
10 5 (1.70%) PHP
11 4 (1.36%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.68%) Bash
13 1 (0.34%) R
Qualifications
1 32 (10.88%) Degree
2 10 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (3.40%) Security Cleared
3 9 (3.06%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.72%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.70%) APMP
6 4 (1.36%) CCNA
6 4 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.36%) JNCIA
7 3 (1.02%) A+ Certification
7 3 (1.02%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.02%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.02%) MCITP
7 3 (1.02%) MCP
7 3 (1.02%) MCSA
7 3 (1.02%) MCSE
7 3 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (1.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.46%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.78%) GDPR
3 11 (3.74%) QA
3 11 (3.74%) WCAG
4 8 (2.72%) SLA
5 5 (1.70%) GMP
6 4 (1.36%) IFRS
6 4 (1.36%) IFRS 9
7 3 (1.02%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.02%) NCSC
7 3 (1.02%) NIST
8 2 (0.68%) GLP
8 2 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
9 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.34%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (6.12%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.40%) Firmware
3 9 (3.06%) Docker
4 5 (1.70%) RACF
5 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.02%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (1.02%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.02%) IAG
6 3 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (7.14%) Terraform
2 10 (3.40%) Ansible
3 4 (1.36%) Cacti
3 4 (1.36%) Grafana
3 4 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.36%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.02%) CA Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.02%) Kibana
4 3 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.68%) logstash
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.68%) SCOM
6 1 (0.34%) Istio
Vendors
1 59 (20.07%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.46%) Oracle
3 12 (4.08%) Micro Focus
3 12 (4.08%) VMware
4 8 (2.72%) Cisco
4 8 (2.72%) CyberArk
4 8 (2.72%) Google
5 7 (2.38%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.38%) SolarWinds
6 6 (2.04%) Sophos
7 5 (1.70%) Automation Anywhere
7 5 (1.70%) iManage
7 5 (1.70%) Splunk
8 4 (1.36%) BMC
8 4 (1.36%) Juniper
9 3 (1.02%) Acronis
9 3 (1.02%) CA
9 3 (1.02%) Datto
9 3 (1.02%) Draytek
9 3 (1.02%) SonicWALL