Senior Jobs in Central London

Senior
London > Central London

The median Senior salary in Central London is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 754 852 1,381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 19.85% 17.20% 16.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 20.79% 17.91% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 518 781 1,113
10th Percentile £51,143 £56,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +9.38% +3.23%
75th Percentile £98,438 £103,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £110,000
London median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £78,142
% change year-on-year -6.06% +5.58% +4.19%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,627 4,756 8,115
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.47% 96.00% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,751 3,935 6,478
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,875 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior in Central London

Senior
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior in Central London.

Salary trend for Senior in Central London

Senior
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in Central London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior in Central London

Senior
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 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
City of London +4 658 £80,000 -8.57% 148
City of Westminster +1 54 £62,500 -32.43%
West End of London +1 21 £70,000 -17.65% 1
Camden -5 17 £80,000 +65.10% 4
Southwark +6 14 £40,952 -43.51%
Lambeth +6 9 £82,500 -25.00% 1
Kensington and Chelsea +3 5 £65,000 -21.21% 1
Senior
London

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 7 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 Central London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 245 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 222 (29.44%) SQL
3 201 (26.66%) AWS
4 198 (26.26%) Azure
5 195 (25.86%) Degree
6 176 (23.34%) Python
7 172 (22.81%) Finance
8 148 (19.63%) Agile
9 135 (17.90%) Microsoft
10 134 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
11 124 (16.45%) DevOps
12 119 (15.78%) Actionable Insight
13 114 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
14 112 (14.85%) Git
15 106 (14.06%) JavaScript
16 102 (13.53%) Visualisation
17 99 (13.13%) .NET
17 99 (13.13%) Software Engineering
18 87 (11.54%) C#
19 85 (11.27%) SQL Server
20 81 (10.74%) Statistics
20 81 (10.74%) Tableau
20 81 (10.74%) Analytics
21 80 (10.61%) Computer Science
22 76 (10.08%) CSS
23 75 (9.95%) Windows
23 75 (9.95%) Mathematics
24 74 (9.81%) Databricks
25 73 (9.68%) Decision-Making
26 72 (9.55%) CI/CD

Senior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 32 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.52%) ArcGIS
3 17 (2.25%) GeoServer
3 17 (2.25%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.59%) CMS
5 10 (1.33%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.06%) Apache
6 8 (1.06%) IIS
7 6 (0.80%) Drupal
8 5 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.66%) K2 blackpearl
8 5 (0.66%) Mendix
8 5 (0.66%) WordPress
9 3 (0.40%) Confluence
9 3 (0.40%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.27%) nginx
10 2 (0.27%) SAS
11 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.13%) Tornado
Applications
1 25 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (3.05%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.06%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.53%) Sketch
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.27%) Stata
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.06%) SDL Web 8
2 6 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.27%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 2 (0.27%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.27%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.13%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.13%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.13%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.13%) Endur
4 1 (0.13%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Relativity
4 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.13%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.13%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 201 (26.66%) AWS
2 198 (26.26%) Azure
3 59 (7.82%) SaaS
4 52 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (4.38%) Power Platform
6 32 (4.24%) GCP
7 28 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
8 20 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 17 (2.25%) Serverless
9 17 (2.25%) Snowflake
10 15 (1.99%) Datadog
10 15 (1.99%) PaaS
11 14 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (1.72%) Rubrik
13 11 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.19%) Figma
16 8 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 8 (1.06%) Amazon S3
16 8 (1.06%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.38%) Firewall
2 22 (2.92%) Network Security
3 18 (2.39%) WAN
4 17 (2.25%) LAN
5 14 (1.86%) Wireless
6 11 (1.46%) Internet
6 11 (1.46%) SAN
7 10 (1.33%) Structured Cabling
8 8 (1.06%) HTTP
8 8 (1.06%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.06%) Wireshark
9 7 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.80%) Broadband
11 5 (0.66%) NAS
11 5 (0.66%) NetScaler
12 4 (0.53%) BGP
12 4 (0.53%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 4 (0.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 4 (0.53%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (11.27%) SQL Server
2 81 (10.74%) Tableau
3 34 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (4.24%) MySQL
5 27 (3.58%) Power BI
6 26 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
7 19 (2.52%) GIS
7 19 (2.52%) QGIS
8 17 (2.25%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.46%) Oracle Database
10 10 (1.33%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.19%) MongoDB
11 9 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 8 (1.06%) Metadata
13 7 (0.93%) Redis
13 7 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.80%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 112 (14.85%) Git
2 35 (4.64%) Jenkins
3 20 (2.65%) JIRA
4 16 (2.12%) Cucumber
4 16 (2.12%) GitLab
4 16 (2.12%) Postman
4 16 (2.12%) Selenium
5 11 (1.46%) Visual Studio
6 10 (1.33%) NUnit
6 10 (1.33%) TeamCity
7 9 (1.19%) Moq
7 9 (1.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 8 (1.06%) Burp Suite
8 8 (1.06%) git-flow
8 8 (1.06%) Metasploit
8 8 (1.06%) Sourcetree
8 8 (1.06%) SpecFlow
9 6 (0.80%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.40%) MSTest
10 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 245 (32.49%) Social Skills
2 172 (22.81%) Finance
3 134 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (5.70%) Retail
5 38 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
6 36 (4.77%) Law
7 35 (4.64%) Marketing
8 31 (4.11%) Banking
8 31 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (3.45%) Legal
10 16 (2.12%) Pharmaceutical
11 14 (1.86%) Tech for Good
12 13 (1.72%) Front Office
13 12 (1.59%) Advertising
13 12 (1.59%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.59%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.46%) Games
15 9 (1.19%) Health Technology
16 8 (1.06%) Investment Banking
17 7 (0.93%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (13.13%) .NET
2 76 (10.08%) CSS
3 70 (9.28%) HTML
4 59 (7.82%) React
5 42 (5.57%) REST
6 36 (4.77%) Pandas
7 32 (4.24%) Node.js
7 32 (4.24%) PySpark
7 32 (4.24%) scikit-learn
7 32 (4.24%) TensorFlow
8 25 (3.32%) HTML5
9 23 (3.05%) .NET Framework
10 20 (2.65%) ASP.NET
10 20 (2.65%) Web Services
11 19 (2.52%) .NET Core
11 19 (2.52%) AngularJS
12 18 (2.39%) Kafka
12 18 (2.39%) RESTful
13 17 (2.25%) Leaflet
13 17 (2.25%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.76%) Algorithms
2 22 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
2 22 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (2.65%) Life Science
4 17 (2.25%) Mobile App
5 12 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 12 (1.59%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.46%) Driving Licence
6 11 (1.46%) Equities
6 11 (1.46%) Reinsurance
7 8 (1.06%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.06%) Legacy Code
7 8 (1.06%) Onboarding
8 7 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 7 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (0.93%) FPGA
9 6 (0.80%) Data Structures
9 6 (0.80%) Derivative
9 6 (0.80%) NHS
9 6 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 75 (9.95%) Windows
2 33 (4.38%) Windows Server
3 27 (3.58%) Linux
4 16 (2.12%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.66%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.53%) Android
8 4 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.53%) Unix
9 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) AIX
10 1 (0.13%) CentOS
10 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.13%) VMS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (19.63%) Agile
2 124 (16.45%) DevOps
3 119 (15.78%) Actionable Insight
4 114 (15.12%) Problem-Solving
5 102 (13.53%) Visualisation
6 99 (13.13%) Software Engineering
7 81 (10.74%) Analytics
7 81 (10.74%) Statistics
8 80 (10.61%) Computer Science
9 75 (9.95%) Mathematics
10 73 (9.68%) Decision-Making
11 72 (9.55%) CI/CD
12 70 (9.28%) Data Science
13 64 (8.49%) Mentoring
14 62 (8.22%) Storytelling
15 61 (8.09%) Root Cause Analysis
16 56 (7.43%) Artificial Intelligence
16 56 (7.43%) Full Stack Development
17 54 (7.16%) Machine Learning
18 51 (6.76%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 222 (29.44%) SQL
2 176 (23.34%) Python
3 106 (14.06%) JavaScript
4 87 (11.54%) C#
5 68 (9.02%) Java
6 39 (5.17%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.71%) T-SQL
7 28 (3.71%) TypeScript
8 18 (2.39%) PHP
9 16 (2.12%) Bash
10 12 (1.59%) C++
11 10 (1.33%) XPath
12 8 (1.06%) Go
12 8 (1.06%) R
13 7 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.80%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.66%) Scala
16 4 (0.53%) Clojure
16 4 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 195 (25.86%) Degree
2 71 (9.42%) DBS Check
3 54 (7.16%) Master's Degree
4 47 (6.23%) Security Cleared
5 40 (5.31%) SC Cleared
6 29 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.65%) CISSP
8 13 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.06%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.06%) PhD
10 7 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.93%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (0.80%) ACCA
11 6 (0.80%) CCSP
11 6 (0.80%) CIMA
11 6 (0.80%) SSCP
12 5 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.66%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.64%) QA
2 20 (2.65%) SLA
3 17 (2.25%) Data Quality
4 14 (1.86%) NIST
5 8 (1.06%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.66%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.66%) PMO
7 4 (0.53%) GRC
7 4 (0.53%) WCAG
8 3 (0.40%) COBIT
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.13%) GAAP
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 37 (4.91%) Active Directory
2 36 (4.77%) Docker
3 21 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.80%) vSphere
6 4 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.40%) XenApp
8 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.27%) Xen
9 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 67 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 61 (8.09%) Terraform
3 14 (1.86%) SCCM
4 12 (1.59%) Nmap
5 11 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.33%) Ansible
6 10 (1.33%) vCenter Server
7 8 (1.06%) Puppet
8 4 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.40%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.27%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.27%) Istio
10 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.13%) cPanel
11 1 (0.13%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.13%) Grafana
11 1 (0.13%) Packer
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 135 (17.90%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.81%) Databricks
3 32 (4.24%) VMware
4 31 (4.11%) Cisco
5 28 (3.71%) Oracle
6 19 (2.52%) ESRI
7 18 (2.39%) Salesforce
8 17 (2.25%) ServiceNow
9 16 (2.12%) Dell
9 16 (2.12%) SolarWinds
10 14 (1.86%) Adobe
10 14 (1.86%) Google
10 14 (1.86%) HP
11 13 (1.72%) Citrix
11 13 (1.72%) NetApp
11 13 (1.72%) Palo Alto
12 10 (1.33%) Aderant
12 10 (1.33%) SAP
13 9 (1.19%) Meraki
13 9 (1.19%) Veeam