Senior Jobs in Central London

Senior
London > Central London

The median Senior salary in Central London is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 758 885 1,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 20.11% 17.40% 16.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.07% 18.14% 17.03%
Number of salaries quoted 525 809 1,112
10th Percentile £50,457 £56,250 £53,750
25th Percentile £63,000 £71,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +6.25% +3.23%
75th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
London median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.06% +3.13% +6.67%

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 3,597 4,880 7,932
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 95.97% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,778 4,054 6,412
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,105 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +0.83% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
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 24 May 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 24 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
City of London +4 663 £80,000 -8.57% 178
City of Westminster +1 54 £62,500 -32.43% 1
West End of London +2 21 £70,000 -17.65% 6
Camden -5 17 £80,000 +65.10% 8
Southwark +5 14 £40,952 -43.51%
Lambeth +10 9 £82,500 -25.00% 1
Kensington and Chelsea +4 6 £63,750 -22.73% 3
Senior
London

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Central London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 251 (33.11%) Social Skills
2 217 (28.63%) SQL
3 204 (26.91%) Azure
4 202 (26.65%) AWS
5 193 (25.46%) Degree
6 182 (24.01%) Python
7 166 (21.90%) Finance
8 148 (19.53%) Agile
9 137 (18.07%) Microsoft
10 131 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
11 128 (16.89%) DevOps
12 120 (15.83%) Actionable Insight
13 111 (14.64%) Git
14 110 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
15 104 (13.72%) Visualisation
16 103 (13.59%) JavaScript
17 96 (12.66%) Software Engineering
18 95 (12.53%) .NET
19 81 (10.69%) C#
19 81 (10.69%) Statistics
19 81 (10.69%) Computer Science
19 81 (10.69%) Tableau
20 80 (10.55%) SQL Server
21 78 (10.29%) CI/CD
22 77 (10.16%) Analytics
23 76 (10.03%) Windows
24 75 (9.89%) Decision-Making
25 74 (9.76%) Mathematics
25 74 (9.76%) Databricks
26 72 (9.50%) CSS

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 33 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.37%) ArcGIS
3 17 (2.24%) GeoServer
3 17 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.72%) CMS
5 10 (1.32%) Apache Spark
6 8 (1.06%) Apache
6 8 (1.06%) IIS
7 7 (0.92%) Drupal
8 6 (0.79%) WordPress
9 5 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.66%) K2 blackpearl
9 5 (0.66%) Mendix
10 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.40%) Confluence
12 2 (0.26%) nginx
12 2 (0.26%) SAS
13 1 (0.13%) JBoss
13 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.13%) Tornado
Applications
1 27 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.72%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.06%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.53%) Sketch
7 2 (0.26%) Stata
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.06%) SDL Web 8
2 6 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.26%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 2 (0.26%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (0.26%) 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%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) Relativity
4 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.13%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.13%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 204 (26.91%) Azure
2 202 (26.65%) AWS
3 62 (8.18%) SaaS
4 57 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (4.88%) Power Platform
6 32 (4.22%) GCP
7 27 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.77%) Entra ID
9 17 (2.24%) Serverless
10 16 (2.11%) Datadog
10 16 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (2.11%) Snowflake
11 15 (1.98%) PaaS
12 14 (1.85%) Rubrik
13 11 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.19%) Figma
15 8 (1.06%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 8 (1.06%) NuGet
16 7 (0.92%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 31 (4.09%) Firewall
2 19 (2.51%) Network Security
2 19 (2.51%) WAN
3 18 (2.37%) LAN
4 13 (1.72%) SAN
4 13 (1.72%) Wireless
5 11 (1.45%) Internet
6 10 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
7 8 (1.06%) HTTP
8 7 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.79%) Broadband
9 6 (0.79%) NAS
9 6 (0.79%) SD-WAN
10 5 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (0.66%) NetScaler
10 5 (0.66%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.53%) PBX
12 3 (0.40%) DNS
13 2 (0.26%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (10.69%) Tableau
2 80 (10.55%) SQL Server
3 33 (4.35%) MySQL
3 33 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (4.09%) Power BI
5 24 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (2.51%) QGIS
7 18 (2.37%) GIS
8 15 (1.98%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.32%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.32%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.32%) Oracle Database
9 10 (1.32%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.19%) Amazon Aurora
10 9 (1.19%) Redis
11 8 (1.06%) Metadata
12 7 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 6 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.79%) Big Data
14 5 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 111 (14.64%) Git
2 41 (5.41%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.51%) Cucumber
3 19 (2.51%) Postman
4 18 (2.37%) GitLab
4 18 (2.37%) JIRA
4 18 (2.37%) Selenium
5 12 (1.58%) TeamCity
6 11 (1.45%) Octopus Deploy
6 11 (1.45%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.19%) Moq
7 9 (1.19%) NUnit
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 (0.79%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
10 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 251 (33.11%) Social Skills
2 166 (21.90%) Finance
3 131 (17.28%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (5.80%) Retail
5 38 (5.01%) Presentation Skills
6 37 (4.88%) Law
7 35 (4.62%) Marketing
8 31 (4.09%) Banking
9 29 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 26 (3.43%) Legal
11 18 (2.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 15 (1.98%) Front Office
13 14 (1.85%) Tech for Good
13 14 (1.85%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.45%) Advertising
14 11 (1.45%) Games
14 11 (1.45%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.19%) Health Technology
16 7 (0.92%) Investment Banking
16 7 (0.92%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (12.53%) .NET
2 72 (9.50%) CSS
3 63 (8.31%) HTML
4 59 (7.78%) React
5 43 (5.67%) REST
6 38 (5.01%) Pandas
7 32 (4.22%) Node.js
7 32 (4.22%) PySpark
7 32 (4.22%) scikit-learn
7 32 (4.22%) TensorFlow
8 22 (2.90%) HTML5
9 21 (2.77%) .NET Framework
10 19 (2.51%) AngularJS
10 19 (2.51%) RESTful
11 18 (2.37%) ASP.NET
11 18 (2.37%) Web Services
12 17 (2.24%) Kafka
12 17 (2.24%) Leaflet
12 17 (2.24%) PostGIS
12 17 (2.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.73%) Algorithms
2 23 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
3 21 (2.77%) Self-Motivation
4 20 (2.64%) Life Science
5 16 (2.11%) Mobile App
6 13 (1.72%) Equities
7 12 (1.58%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.58%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.58%) Reinsurance
8 11 (1.45%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.06%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.06%) FPGA
9 8 (1.06%) Legacy Code
9 8 (1.06%) Onboarding
10 7 (0.92%) Data Centre
10 7 (0.92%) Data Structures
10 7 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.79%) NHS
11 6 (0.79%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.66%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 76 (10.03%) Windows
2 37 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 30 (3.96%) Linux
4 18 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (1.72%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.45%) 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 (19.53%) Agile
2 128 (16.89%) DevOps
3 120 (15.83%) Actionable Insight
4 110 (14.51%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (13.72%) Visualisation
6 96 (12.66%) Software Engineering
7 81 (10.69%) Computer Science
7 81 (10.69%) Statistics
8 78 (10.29%) CI/CD
9 77 (10.16%) Analytics
10 75 (9.89%) Decision-Making
11 74 (9.76%) Mathematics
12 69 (9.10%) Data Science
13 68 (8.97%) Mentoring
14 62 (8.18%) Storytelling
15 61 (8.05%) Root Cause Analysis
16 57 (7.52%) Artificial Intelligence
17 56 (7.39%) Machine Learning
18 51 (6.73%) Full Stack Development
19 50 (6.60%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 217 (28.63%) SQL
2 182 (24.01%) Python
3 103 (13.59%) JavaScript
4 81 (10.69%) C#
5 69 (9.10%) Java
6 40 (5.28%) PowerShell
7 29 (3.83%) TypeScript
8 28 (3.69%) T-SQL
9 19 (2.51%) PHP
10 18 (2.37%) Bash
11 14 (1.85%) C++
12 10 (1.32%) XPath
13 9 (1.19%) R
14 7 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.92%) Go
15 6 (0.79%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.66%) Scala
17 4 (0.53%) Clojure
17 4 (0.53%) F#
Qualifications
1 193 (25.46%) Degree
2 71 (9.37%) DBS Check
3 53 (6.99%) Master's Degree
4 48 (6.33%) Security Cleared
5 42 (5.54%) SC Cleared
6 30 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.64%) CISSP
8 14 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.06%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.06%) PhD
10 7 (0.92%) Azure Certification
10 7 (0.92%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.92%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (0.79%) ACCA
11 6 (0.79%) CCSP
11 6 (0.79%) CIMA
11 6 (0.79%) SSCP
12 5 (0.66%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.66%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (5.01%) QA
2 18 (2.37%) SLA
3 16 (2.11%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.45%) NIST
5 9 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.06%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.79%) PMO
8 5 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.53%) GRC
9 4 (0.53%) WCAG
10 3 (0.40%) COBIT
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) GAAP
12 1 (0.13%) GDPR
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 40 (5.28%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.01%) Docker
3 22 (2.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (1.19%) vSphere
6 4 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.40%) XenApp
8 2 (0.26%) Xen
9 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.13%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 68 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 63 (8.31%) Terraform
3 16 (2.11%) SCCM
4 12 (1.58%) Nmap
5 11 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.32%) vCenter Server
7 9 (1.19%) Ansible
7 9 (1.19%) Puppet
8 4 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.40%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.26%) Grafana
10 2 (0.26%) HP Data Protector
10 2 (0.26%) Istio
10 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.13%) cPanel
11 1 (0.13%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.13%) Packer
11 1 (0.13%) WSUS
11 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 137 (18.07%) Microsoft
2 74 (9.76%) Databricks
3 36 (4.75%) VMware
4 32 (4.22%) Cisco
5 25 (3.30%) Oracle
6 18 (2.37%) ESRI
6 18 (2.37%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.24%) ServiceNow
8 16 (2.11%) Dell
9 15 (1.98%) HP
9 15 (1.98%) NetApp
9 15 (1.98%) SolarWinds
10 14 (1.85%) Adobe
10 14 (1.85%) Citrix
10 14 (1.85%) Google
10 14 (1.85%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.45%) Veeam
12 10 (1.32%) Aderant
12 10 (1.32%) Meraki
13 9 (1.19%) Aruba