Senior Jobs in the Thames Valley

Senior
South East > Thames Valley

The median Senior salary in the Thames Valley is £61,500 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 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 1,049 835 1,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 15.41% 14.22% 15.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.29% 15.84% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 648 507 682
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,279 £47,073
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% +3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £92,250
South East median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,441 5,273 6,846
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 89.80% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,463 3,097 4,104
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in the Thames Valley

Senior
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +7 523 £67,500 -3.57% 104
Oxfordshire +1 286 £60,000 -14.29% 64
Buckinghamshire -1 241 £55,000 -9.61% 52
Senior
South East

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 253 (24.12%) Degree
2 204 (19.45%) Social Skills
3 187 (17.83%) Agile
4 173 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
5 172 (16.40%) Software Engineering
5 172 (16.40%) Microsoft
6 168 (16.02%) Security Cleared
7 153 (14.59%) C#
7 153 (14.59%) JavaScript
8 139 (13.25%) Azure
9 134 (12.77%) .NET
10 131 (12.49%) React
11 121 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
12 111 (10.58%) Python
13 110 (10.49%) Finance
14 107 (10.20%) Computer Science
15 103 (9.82%) Actionable Insight
16 96 (9.15%) SQL
17 95 (9.06%) SC Cleared
18 92 (8.77%) Decision-Making
19 86 (8.20%) TypeScript
20 85 (8.10%) AWS
21 80 (7.63%) Mentoring
22 78 (7.44%) Linux
23 77 (7.34%) CSS
23 77 (7.34%) DevOps
24 74 (7.05%) HTML
24 74 (7.05%) Java
25 69 (6.58%) Git
26 68 (6.48%) Docker

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 30 (2.86%) CMS
2 23 (2.19%) Headless CMS
2 23 (2.19%) Kentico
3 22 (2.10%) WebLogic
4 19 (1.81%) ArcGIS
4 19 (1.81%) GeoServer
5 18 (1.72%) IIS
5 18 (1.72%) Sitecore CMS
5 18 (1.72%) Umbraco
6 8 (0.76%) OpenStack
7 7 (0.67%) JBoss
7 7 (0.67%) Red Hat Fuse
7 7 (0.67%) SAS
7 7 (0.67%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.57%) Confluence
8 6 (0.57%) Oracle Workflow
9 5 (0.48%) nginx
10 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.095%) Apache
11 1 (0.095%) Kinematics
Applications
1 64 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.62%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.76%) OrCAD
5 6 (0.57%) AutoCAD
5 6 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.38%) Sketch
6 4 (0.38%) Solid Edge
6 4 (0.38%) SOLIDWORKS
7 3 (0.29%) Siemens NX
7 3 (0.29%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 6 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.57%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (0.29%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.29%) Teamcenter
2 3 (0.29%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.095%) Primavera
3 1 (0.095%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 139 (13.25%) Azure
2 85 (8.10%) AWS
3 30 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (2.76%) SaaS
5 24 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (1.81%) Power Platform
7 18 (1.72%) Kontent
8 12 (1.14%) OneDrive
9 11 (1.05%) Entra ID
10 10 (0.95%) Dropbox
10 10 (0.95%) Google Drive
10 10 (0.95%) Serverless
11 8 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
12 6 (0.57%) GCP
12 6 (0.57%) Miro
12 6 (0.57%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.67%) Broadband
2 24 (2.29%) Firewall
2 24 (2.29%) WAN
3 18 (1.72%) Wireless
4 17 (1.62%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.14%) VPN
6 11 (1.05%) LAN
7 9 (0.86%) DHCP
7 9 (0.86%) DNS
7 9 (0.86%) MPLS
7 9 (0.86%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.76%) Cisco Firepower
8 8 (0.76%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.57%) Microwave Backhaul
10 6 (0.57%) Mobile Backhaul
10 6 (0.57%) Modbus
11 5 (0.48%) MQTT
11 5 (0.48%) Network Security
11 5 (0.48%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.62%) SQL Server
2 37 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
4 28 (2.67%) NoSQL
5 25 (2.38%) MySQL
6 19 (1.81%) GIS
6 19 (1.81%) QGIS
6 19 (1.81%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.24%) OLTP
7 13 (1.24%) Power BI
8 11 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.95%) Oracle Database
10 9 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.67%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.67%) Oracle Database 11g
12 6 (0.57%) MS Access
12 6 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.38%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 69 (6.58%) Git
2 22 (2.10%) Visual Studio
3 17 (1.62%) Cypress.io
3 17 (1.62%) Selenium
4 16 (1.53%) JIRA
5 14 (1.33%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
7 7 (0.67%) JUnit
7 7 (0.67%) NUnit
8 6 (0.57%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.38%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.38%) Vite
10 3 (0.29%) Gradle
10 3 (0.29%) gulp
10 3 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
10 3 (0.29%) PostCSS
10 3 (0.29%) rollup.js
11 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.19%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 204 (19.45%) Social Skills
2 121 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
3 110 (10.49%) Finance
4 34 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
5 33 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 33 (3.15%) Manufacturing
5 33 (3.15%) Marketing
6 31 (2.96%) Public Sector
7 25 (2.38%) Legal
7 25 (2.38%) Retail
8 24 (2.29%) Electronics
9 22 (2.10%) Police
9 22 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
10 21 (2.00%) Automotive
11 17 (1.62%) Aerospace
11 17 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
13 11 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.95%) Banking
15 9 (0.86%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (12.77%) .NET
2 131 (12.49%) React
3 77 (7.34%) CSS
4 74 (7.05%) HTML
5 56 (5.34%) .NET Core
6 49 (4.67%) ASP.NET
7 36 (3.43%) RESTful
8 35 (3.34%) Spring
9 33 (3.15%) AngularJS
10 29 (2.76%) Node.js
11 28 (2.67%) J2EE
12 26 (2.48%) .NET Framework
12 26 (2.48%) XML
13 25 (2.38%) HTML5
14 24 (2.29%) Next.js
14 24 (2.29%) SOAP
15 23 (2.19%) ASP.NET MVC
15 23 (2.19%) CSS3
15 23 (2.19%) Java EE
16 19 (1.81%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 46 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
2 38 (3.62%) Management Information System
3 33 (3.15%) Algorithms
4 29 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 20 (1.91%) IoT
5 20 (1.91%) Life Science
6 19 (1.81%) Biopharmaceutical
7 16 (1.53%) Data Structures
7 16 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
8 12 (1.14%) Renewable Energy
9 11 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.05%) FPGA
10 10 (0.95%) Driving Licence
10 10 (0.95%) e-Learning
10 10 (0.95%) iPad
10 10 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (0.95%) Social Media
11 8 (0.76%) Analogue Electronics
11 8 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.76%) PCIe
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.44%) Linux
2 55 (5.24%) Windows
3 35 (3.34%) Unix
4 22 (2.10%) Embedded Linux
4 22 (2.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (2.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 21 (2.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (1.81%) Windows 10
7 18 (1.72%) Windows 7
8 14 (1.33%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.57%) Android
9 6 (0.57%) Apple iOS
9 6 (0.57%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.29%) CentOS
10 3 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.29%) Rocky
11 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.095%) FreeRTOS
12 1 (0.095%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (17.83%) Agile
2 173 (16.49%) Problem-Solving
3 172 (16.40%) Software Engineering
4 107 (10.20%) Computer Science
5 103 (9.82%) Actionable Insight
6 92 (8.77%) Decision-Making
7 80 (7.63%) Mentoring
8 77 (7.34%) DevOps
9 60 (5.72%) Project Management
10 59 (5.62%) Artificial Intelligence
10 59 (5.62%) Cybersecurity
10 59 (5.62%) Mathematics
11 54 (5.15%) Project Delivery
12 53 (5.05%) ITIL
13 46 (4.39%) Front End Development
14 45 (4.29%) Propensity Modelling
15 44 (4.19%) Web Development
16 42 (4.00%) MVC
17 41 (3.91%) Coaching
18 39 (3.72%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 153 (14.59%) C#
1 153 (14.59%) JavaScript
2 111 (10.58%) Python
3 96 (9.15%) SQL
4 86 (8.20%) TypeScript
5 74 (7.05%) Java
6 64 (6.10%) C
7 48 (4.58%) C++
8 35 (3.34%) PHP
9 25 (2.38%) Fortran
10 23 (2.19%) PL/SQL
10 23 (2.19%) PowerShell
10 23 (2.19%) Shell Script
11 16 (1.53%) Bash
12 12 (1.14%) T-SQL
13 9 (0.86%) R
14 8 (0.76%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.76%) XAML
15 6 (0.57%) Ladder Logic
16 4 (0.38%) Swift
Qualifications
1 253 (24.12%) Degree
2 168 (16.02%) Security Cleared
3 95 (9.06%) SC Cleared
4 43 (4.10%) Master's Degree
5 38 (3.62%) PhD
6 33 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (3.15%) HNC
7 24 (2.29%) ACCA
7 24 (2.29%) CIMA
8 19 (1.81%) CCNP
8 19 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (1.72%) HND
10 15 (1.43%) CCNA
11 8 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 8 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
12 7 (0.67%) Azure Certification
12 7 (0.67%) CISSP
12 7 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (0.67%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.48%) SLA
2 21 (2.00%) WCAG
3 17 (1.62%) QA
4 13 (1.24%) Accessibility
5 10 (0.95%) Good Clinical Practice
6 9 (0.86%) GDPR
7 7 (0.67%) CDISC
7 7 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.29%) GMP
9 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.29%) NIST
10 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 2 (0.19%) PMO
10 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.095%) COBIT
11 1 (0.095%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.095%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 68 (6.48%) Docker
2 37 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 24 (2.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.43%) Firmware
5 4 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.29%) vSphere
6 3 (0.29%) XenApp
6 3 (0.29%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.095%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.095%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 62 (5.91%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.10%) OpenSSO
2 22 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
3 20 (1.91%) SCCM
4 18 (1.72%) Ansible
5 9 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.76%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (0.57%) Terraform
7 6 (0.57%) vCenter Server
8 5 (0.48%) CASB
9 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
10 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.19%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.19%) Nagios
11 1 (0.095%) Grafana
11 1 (0.095%) Istio
11 1 (0.095%) Wonderware InTouch
11 1 (0.095%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 172 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.20%) Oracle
3 30 (2.86%) VMware
4 22 (2.10%) Remedy
4 22 (2.10%) SAP
5 19 (1.81%) Cisco
5 19 (1.81%) ESRI
6 18 (1.72%) Meraki
6 18 (1.72%) Optimizely
6 18 (1.72%) Sitecore
7 17 (1.62%) Adobe
7 17 (1.62%) Apple
8 14 (1.33%) EMC
8 14 (1.33%) Google
9 9 (0.86%) Juniper
9 9 (0.86%) Nokia
10 8 (0.76%) Virgin Media
10 8 (0.76%) WSO2
11 6 (0.57%) Allen-Bradley
11 6 (0.57%) iManage