Senior Job Trends in London

Senior
England > London

The median Senior salary in London is £85,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,891 2,120 3,815
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.71% 17.90% 20.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.93% 19.64% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 1,244 2,268
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,250 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £104,625 £120,000 £122,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +3.85% -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,984 10,794 18,142
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.82% 91.13% 95.45%
Number of salaries quoted 15,890 7,022 11,577
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £99,500 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £119,071
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Senior job vacancy trend in London

Senior
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in London

Senior
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior in London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior in London

Senior
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the London region over the 6 months to 15 September 2026. 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
Central London +6 494 £90,000 +16.13% 828
West London +27 102 £60,000 +21.95% 146
South London +25 48 £80,000 -25.58% 62
East London +6 21 £120,000 +57.38% 33
North London +1 2 £62,500 +25.00% 6
Senior
England

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, Senior job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 682 (17.53%) AI
2 679 (17.45%) Software Engineering
3 633 (16.27%) AWS
4 581 (14.93%) Python
5 579 (14.88%) Azure
6 486 (12.49%) Agile
7 471 (12.10%) Analytics
8 441 (11.33%) CI/CD
9 425 (10.92%) Mentoring
10 390 (10.02%) Microsoft
11 352 (9.05%) SQL
12 347 (8.92%) DevOps
13 332 (8.53%) Degree
14 327 (8.40%) Problem-Solving
15 323 (8.30%) Roadmaps
16 315 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
17 296 (7.61%) Java
17 296 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
18 274 (7.04%) Security Cleared
19 265 (6.81%) Machine Learning
20 244 (6.27%) Decision-Making
21 238 (6.12%) Infrastructure as Code
22 236 (6.07%) GCP
23 229 (5.89%) Business Development
24 223 (5.73%) Data Science
25 220 (5.65%) Microservices
26 218 (5.60%) Kubernetes
27 212 (5.45%) Terraform
28 207 (5.32%) Test Automation
29 194 (4.99%) SaaS

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 68 (1.75%) Apache Spark
2 52 (1.34%) SharePoint
3 36 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (0.67%) Apache
6 22 (0.57%) Confluence
7 19 (0.49%) SAS
8 13 (0.33%) CMS
9 6 (0.15%) WordPress
10 5 (0.13%) Drupal
11 4 (0.10%) IIS
11 4 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 4 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
12 3 (0.077%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.077%) Kinematics
12 3 (0.077%) WinCC
13 2 (0.051%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.051%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.051%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.026%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 13 (0.33%) AutoCAD
7 11 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
8 7 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.18%) InDesign
8 7 (0.18%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
11 4 (0.10%) Civil 3D
11 4 (0.10%) SPSS
12 3 (0.077%) Acrobat
12 3 (0.077%) Blender
12 3 (0.077%) Maya
12 3 (0.077%) Navisworks
12 3 (0.077%) ProjectWise
12 3 (0.077%) Revit
Business Applications
1 39 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.39%) Elite 3E
4 11 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
4 11 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 9 (0.23%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
6 5 (0.13%) Maximo
6 5 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.13%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.10%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 4 (0.10%) SAP MDG
8 3 (0.077%) Endur
8 3 (0.077%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.077%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.077%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.077%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.077%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.077%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 633 (16.27%) AWS
2 579 (14.88%) Azure
3 236 (6.07%) GCP
4 194 (4.99%) SaaS
5 135 (3.47%) Power Platform
6 134 (3.44%) Serverless
7 123 (3.16%) Microsoft 365
8 121 (3.11%) Cloud Computing
9 112 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 112 (2.88%) GitHub
10 76 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 60 (1.54%) Entra ID
12 59 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
13 54 (1.39%) Amazon S3
14 53 (1.36%) Azure Logic Apps
15 46 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
16 45 (1.16%) GitHub Copilot
17 44 (1.13%) Azure AKS
18 38 (0.98%) dbt
18 38 (0.98%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 110 (2.83%) Firewall
2 101 (2.60%) Network Security
3 72 (1.85%) DNS
4 64 (1.64%) VPN
5 51 (1.31%) VLAN
6 43 (1.11%) DHCP
7 42 (1.08%) WAN
8 39 (1.00%) Internet
9 38 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 36 (0.93%) BGP
11 35 (0.90%) TCP/IP
12 34 (0.87%) Broadband
12 34 (0.87%) OSPF
13 28 (0.72%) LAN
14 21 (0.54%) SD-WAN
15 20 (0.51%) Wireless
16 17 (0.44%) SAN
17 16 (0.41%) VXLAN
18 13 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
18 13 (0.33%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (2.78%) Power BI
2 103 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 75 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
4 58 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 56 (1.44%) NoSQL
6 54 (1.39%) Relational Database
7 52 (1.34%) Data Lake
8 51 (1.31%) Tableau
9 50 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
10 46 (1.18%) MongoDB
11 42 (1.08%) Big Data
12 37 (0.95%) Metadata
13 36 (0.93%) MySQL
14 34 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
15 32 (0.82%) DynamoDB
16 30 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
17 23 (0.59%) BigQuery
18 22 (0.57%) SAP HANA
19 19 (0.49%) Looker
20 18 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 105 (2.70%) Git
2 56 (1.44%) JIRA
3 44 (1.13%) GitLab
4 42 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 29 (0.75%) Claude Code
6 20 (0.51%) TeamCity
7 19 (0.49%) MLflow
8 18 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 14 (0.36%) Selenium
10 7 (0.18%) NUnit
11 6 (0.15%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.13%) Appium
12 5 (0.13%) Jasmine
12 5 (0.13%) Mocha
13 4 (0.10%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.10%) JUnit
13 4 (0.10%) Maven
13 4 (0.10%) Spock
13 4 (0.10%) Visual Studio
14 3 (0.077%) Eclipse
General
1 971 (24.96%) Finance
2 655 (16.83%) Social Skills
3 284 (7.30%) Banking
4 280 (7.20%) Law
5 269 (6.91%) Analytical Skills
6 224 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 210 (5.40%) Marketing
8 155 (3.98%) Public Sector
9 145 (3.73%) Retail
10 132 (3.39%) Legal
11 88 (2.26%) Financial Institution
12 70 (1.80%) Front Office
13 65 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
14 62 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
16 38 (0.98%) Games
16 38 (0.98%) Manufacturing
17 33 (0.85%) Military
18 32 (0.82%) Telecoms
19 30 (0.77%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (5.45%) Terraform
2 134 (3.44%) .NET
3 127 (3.26%) React
4 118 (3.03%) REST
5 115 (2.96%) Kafka
6 87 (2.24%) Spring
7 79 (2.03%) RESTful
8 78 (2.00%) Node.js
9 64 (1.64%) Spring Boot
10 51 (1.31%) HTML
11 40 (1.03%) Next.js
12 38 (0.98%) CSS
13 34 (0.87%) JSON
14 33 (0.85%) PySpark
15 31 (0.80%) Django
15 31 (0.80%) LangChain
16 29 (0.75%) AngularJS
17 28 (0.72%) .NET Core
18 27 (0.69%) FastAPI
18 27 (0.69%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 252 (6.48%) Cloud Native
2 154 (3.96%) Onboarding
3 144 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 116 (2.98%) Data Centre
4 116 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 112 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
6 96 (2.47%) AI Agents
7 62 (1.59%) Algorithms
7 62 (1.59%) Management Information System
8 54 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
9 53 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
10 48 (1.23%) Blog
11 45 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 44 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
13 42 (1.08%) Data Structures
14 41 (1.05%) Derivative
14 41 (1.05%) Mobile App
15 40 (1.03%) e-Learning
16 38 (0.98%) Security Posture
17 35 (0.90%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 101 (2.60%) Linux
2 94 (2.42%) Windows
3 45 (1.16%) Android
4 35 (0.90%) Unix
5 31 (0.80%) Apple iOS
6 29 (0.75%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.26%) AIX
8 10 (0.26%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.077%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.051%) CentOS
11 2 (0.051%) tvOS
12 1 (0.026%) Rocky
12 1 (0.026%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.026%) VMS
12 1 (0.026%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 682 (17.53%) AI
2 679 (17.45%) Software Engineering
3 486 (12.49%) Agile
4 471 (12.10%) Analytics
5 441 (11.33%) CI/CD
6 425 (10.92%) Mentoring
7 347 (8.92%) DevOps
8 327 (8.40%) Problem-Solving
9 323 (8.30%) Roadmaps
10 315 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 296 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 265 (6.81%) Machine Learning
13 244 (6.27%) Decision-Making
14 238 (6.12%) Infrastructure as Code
15 229 (5.89%) Business Development
16 223 (5.73%) Data Science
17 220 (5.65%) Microservices
18 207 (5.32%) Test Automation
19 191 (4.91%) Migration
20 187 (4.81%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 581 (14.93%) Python
2 352 (9.05%) SQL
3 296 (7.61%) Java
4 138 (3.55%) C#
4 138 (3.55%) TypeScript
5 122 (3.14%) JavaScript
6 86 (2.21%) C++
7 68 (1.75%) PowerShell
8 55 (1.41%) Bash
8 55 (1.41%) Go
9 29 (0.75%) Kotlin
10 26 (0.67%) PHP
11 25 (0.64%) Bicep
12 24 (0.62%) R
13 21 (0.54%) Ruby
13 21 (0.54%) Scala
14 20 (0.51%) PL/SQL
15 18 (0.46%) Shell Script
15 18 (0.46%) SOQL
16 17 (0.44%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 332 (8.53%) Degree
2 274 (7.04%) Security Cleared
3 177 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 105 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 79 (2.03%) AWS Certification
6 66 (1.70%) Master's Degree
7 58 (1.49%) CISSP
8 50 (1.29%) Azure Certification
9 42 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
10 41 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 41 (1.05%) CISM
10 41 (1.05%) DV Cleared
11 38 (0.98%) PhD
12 32 (0.82%) CCNP
13 28 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 27 (0.69%) CISA
15 19 (0.49%) ACCA
16 17 (0.44%) CCNA
16 17 (0.44%) CRISC
17 16 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (3.29%) Data Quality
2 124 (3.19%) QA
3 92 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 83 (2.13%) GDPR
5 80 (2.06%) Accessibility
6 77 (1.98%) NIST
7 49 (1.26%) GRC
8 23 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 22 (0.57%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.39%) NIST 800
10 15 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.33%) COBIT
12 12 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.31%) PMO
13 11 (0.28%) NCSC
13 11 (0.28%) WCAG
14 10 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 9 (0.23%) MiFID
16 8 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 128 (3.29%) Docker
2 59 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
4 11 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.13%) vSphere
6 3 (0.077%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.051%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.026%) Firmware
8 1 (0.026%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.026%) IAG
8 1 (0.026%) KVM
Systems Management
1 218 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 36 (0.93%) Ansible
3 32 (0.82%) Grafana
4 26 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 19 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.49%) Puppet
7 18 (0.46%) Progress Chef
8 11 (0.28%) Nagios
9 10 (0.26%) Data Guard
9 10 (0.26%) Oracle RMAN
10 8 (0.21%) Istio
10 8 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.18%) SCCM
12 5 (0.13%) Cilium
12 5 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.10%) Argo
13 4 (0.10%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.077%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.077%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 390 (10.02%) Microsoft
2 126 (3.24%) Oracle
3 115 (2.96%) Salesforce
4 111 (2.85%) Google
5 101 (2.60%) SAP
6 96 (2.47%) Databricks
7 68 (1.75%) Cisco
8 53 (1.36%) Palo Alto
9 52 (1.34%) VMware
10 45 (1.16%) ServiceNow
11 39 (1.00%) Zscaler
12 33 (0.85%) OpenAI
13 30 (0.77%) Adobe
14 27 (0.69%) HP
15 26 (0.67%) Splunk
15 26 (0.67%) Workday
16 25 (0.64%) Dell
17 24 (0.62%) Intapp
18 23 (0.59%) IBM
19 22 (0.57%) Fortinet