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 22 September 2026.

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

6 months to
22 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 3,999 2,101 3,767
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.75% 17.85% 19.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.00% 19.59% 20.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,551 1,227 2,206
10th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,500
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 £101,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £102,500 £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 23,517 10,727 18,011
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 91.12% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 16,109 6,984 11,341
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% - -2.03%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
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 22 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 22 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 +6 490 £90,000 +16.13% 807
West London +22 94 £60,000 +21.95% 136
South London +23 42 £80,000 -25.58% 37
East London +11 26 £120,000 +97.21% 29
North London -1 2 £62,500 +25.00% 8
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 737 (18.43%) AI
2 705 (17.63%) Software Engineering
3 621 (15.53%) AWS
4 590 (14.75%) Azure
5 579 (14.48%) Python
6 499 (12.48%) Agile
7 485 (12.13%) Analytics
8 452 (11.30%) CI/CD
9 429 (10.73%) Mentoring
10 419 (10.48%) Microsoft
11 360 (9.00%) SQL
12 359 (8.98%) DevOps
13 339 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
14 334 (8.35%) Roadmaps
15 327 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 326 (8.15%) Degree
17 325 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
18 302 (7.55%) Java
19 286 (7.15%) Security Cleared
20 272 (6.80%) Machine Learning
21 251 (6.28%) Infrastructure as Code
22 239 (5.98%) Decision-Making
23 230 (5.75%) Business Development
24 228 (5.70%) GCP
25 227 (5.68%) Kubernetes
26 221 (5.53%) Data Science
27 220 (5.50%) Microservices
28 218 (5.45%) Terraform
29 207 (5.18%) Migration
30 206 (5.15%) Test Automation

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 64 (1.60%) Apache Spark
2 58 (1.45%) SharePoint
3 41 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (0.73%) Apache
5 23 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
6 22 (0.55%) Confluence
7 19 (0.48%) SAS
8 14 (0.35%) 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%) WinCC
12 3 (0.075%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.075%) Palantir Foundry
13 2 (0.050%) Camunda
13 2 (0.050%) Cloud Foundry
13 2 (0.050%) Headless CMS
13 2 (0.050%) Kinematics
13 2 (0.050%) OpenStack
Applications
1 44 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.45%) MS Visio
5 14 (0.35%) AutoCAD
5 14 (0.35%) Chatbot
6 11 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 7 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.18%) InDesign
7 7 (0.18%) Photoshop
8 6 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.10%) Civil 3D
10 4 (0.10%) ProjectWise
11 3 (0.075%) Acrobat
11 3 (0.075%) Blender
11 3 (0.075%) Maya
11 3 (0.075%) Navisworks
11 3 (0.075%) Revit
11 3 (0.075%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 40 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.38%) Elite 3E
4 11 (0.28%) FLEXCUBE
4 11 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 9 (0.23%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.18%) SAP BPC
7 6 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
8 5 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
8 5 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
8 5 (0.13%) SAP MDG
9 4 (0.10%) Maximo
9 4 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.10%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.075%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.075%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.075%) Oracle SCM
10 3 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
10 3 (0.075%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 621 (15.53%) AWS
2 590 (14.75%) Azure
3 228 (5.70%) GCP
4 195 (4.88%) SaaS
5 143 (3.58%) Power Platform
6 139 (3.48%) Serverless
7 129 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 127 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
9 124 (3.10%) GitHub
10 122 (3.05%) Cloud Computing
11 76 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 68 (1.70%) Entra ID
13 57 (1.43%) AWS Lambda
14 55 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
15 53 (1.33%) Amazon S3
16 49 (1.23%) GitHub Copilot
17 48 (1.20%) Azure AKS
18 41 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
19 40 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
20 37 (0.93%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 111 (2.78%) Firewall
2 100 (2.50%) Network Security
3 76 (1.90%) DNS
4 66 (1.65%) VPN
5 52 (1.30%) VLAN
6 44 (1.10%) DHCP
7 43 (1.08%) Internet
8 42 (1.05%) WAN
9 39 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 35 (0.88%) BGP
10 35 (0.88%) TCP/IP
11 33 (0.83%) OSPF
12 32 (0.80%) Broadband
13 27 (0.68%) LAN
14 21 (0.53%) Wireless
15 20 (0.50%) SD-WAN
16 18 (0.45%) SAN
17 16 (0.40%) VXLAN
18 13 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
19 12 (0.30%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (2.75%) Power BI
2 106 (2.65%) SQL Server
3 76 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
4 60 (1.50%) Relational Database
5 58 (1.45%) NoSQL
6 52 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
7 47 (1.18%) MongoDB
7 47 (1.18%) Tableau
8 44 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
8 44 (1.10%) Big Data
8 44 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 39 (0.98%) Metadata
10 38 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
11 35 (0.88%) MySQL
12 31 (0.78%) DynamoDB
13 24 (0.60%) SAP HANA
14 23 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
15 20 (0.50%) Semantic Layer
16 19 (0.48%) Hadoop
17 18 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 105 (2.63%) Git
2 57 (1.43%) JIRA
3 43 (1.08%) GitLab
4 40 (1.00%) Jenkins
5 30 (0.75%) Claude Code
6 19 (0.48%) Cucumber
6 19 (0.48%) TeamCity
7 13 (0.33%) MLflow
7 13 (0.33%) Selenium
8 8 (0.20%) NUnit
9 5 (0.13%) Appium
9 5 (0.13%) Jasmine
9 5 (0.13%) Mocha
10 4 (0.10%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.10%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.10%) JUnit
10 4 (0.10%) Maven
10 4 (0.10%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.10%) Spock
10 4 (0.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 997 (24.93%) Finance
2 688 (17.20%) Social Skills
3 289 (7.23%) Law
4 288 (7.20%) Banking
5 270 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
6 232 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 213 (5.33%) Marketing
8 168 (4.20%) Public Sector
9 148 (3.70%) Legal
10 144 (3.60%) Retail
11 96 (2.40%) Financial Institution
12 71 (1.78%) Front Office
13 69 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
14 64 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
15 46 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
16 43 (1.08%) Manufacturing
17 40 (1.00%) Games
18 36 (0.90%) Telecoms
19 33 (0.83%) Military
20 32 (0.80%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (5.45%) Terraform
2 136 (3.40%) .NET
3 134 (3.35%) React
4 129 (3.23%) REST
5 108 (2.70%) Kafka
6 90 (2.25%) Spring
7 83 (2.08%) RESTful
8 75 (1.88%) Node.js
9 67 (1.68%) Spring Boot
10 53 (1.33%) HTML
11 41 (1.03%) Next.js
12 40 (1.00%) CSS
13 36 (0.90%) JSON
14 35 (0.88%) PySpark
15 33 (0.83%) AngularJS
16 31 (0.78%) Django
17 29 (0.73%) .NET Core
18 28 (0.70%) FastAPI
19 27 (0.68%) React Native
20 26 (0.65%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 253 (6.33%) Cloud Native
2 159 (3.98%) Onboarding
3 148 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
4 122 (3.05%) Enterprise Software
5 121 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 118 (2.95%) Product Ownership
7 109 (2.73%) AI Agents
8 70 (1.75%) Management Information System
9 59 (1.48%) Algorithms
10 53 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
10 53 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
11 46 (1.15%) Blog
11 46 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
12 42 (1.05%) Derivative
12 42 (1.05%) e-Learning
13 40 (1.00%) Data Structures
13 40 (1.00%) Mobile App
13 40 (1.00%) Public Cloud
14 35 (0.88%) Reinsurance
15 34 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 102 (2.55%) Linux
2 100 (2.50%) Windows
3 47 (1.18%) Android
4 35 (0.88%) Unix
5 32 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 30 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.25%) AIX
8 10 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
9 8 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.075%) Kali Linux
11 2 (0.050%) tvOS
11 2 (0.050%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.025%) CentOS
12 1 (0.025%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.025%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 737 (18.43%) AI
2 705 (17.63%) Software Engineering
3 499 (12.48%) Agile
4 485 (12.13%) Analytics
5 452 (11.30%) CI/CD
6 429 (10.73%) Mentoring
7 359 (8.98%) DevOps
8 339 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
9 334 (8.35%) Roadmaps
10 327 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 325 (8.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 272 (6.80%) Machine Learning
13 251 (6.28%) Infrastructure as Code
14 239 (5.98%) Decision-Making
15 230 (5.75%) Business Development
16 221 (5.53%) Data Science
17 220 (5.50%) Microservices
18 207 (5.18%) Migration
19 206 (5.15%) Test Automation
20 198 (4.95%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 579 (14.48%) Python
2 360 (9.00%) SQL
3 302 (7.55%) Java
4 144 (3.60%) TypeScript
5 143 (3.58%) C#
6 121 (3.03%) JavaScript
7 87 (2.18%) C++
8 69 (1.73%) PowerShell
9 53 (1.33%) Bash
9 53 (1.33%) Go
10 33 (0.83%) Bicep
10 33 (0.83%) Kotlin
11 26 (0.65%) PHP
12 25 (0.63%) R
13 24 (0.60%) Scala
14 21 (0.53%) Ruby
15 19 (0.48%) PL/SQL
16 18 (0.45%) Shell Script
16 18 (0.45%) SOQL
17 17 (0.43%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 326 (8.15%) Degree
2 286 (7.15%) Security Cleared
3 185 (4.63%) SC Cleared
4 104 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 81 (2.03%) AWS Certification
6 66 (1.65%) Master's Degree
7 57 (1.43%) Azure Certification
8 55 (1.38%) CISSP
9 43 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 42 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
11 40 (1.00%) DV Cleared
12 38 (0.95%) CISM
13 37 (0.93%) PhD
14 32 (0.80%) CCNP
15 31 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
16 27 (0.68%) CISA
17 24 (0.60%) ACCA
18 19 (0.48%) CIMA
19 18 (0.45%) CCNA
20 17 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (3.43%) Data Quality
2 120 (3.00%) QA
3 91 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 84 (2.10%) Accessibility
5 80 (2.00%) GDPR
6 71 (1.78%) NIST
7 46 (1.15%) GRC
8 22 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 21 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 14 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.33%) COBIT
11 13 (0.33%) NIST 800
12 11 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.28%) NCSC
12 11 (0.28%) PMO
12 11 (0.28%) WCAG
13 10 (0.25%) SLA
14 9 (0.23%) MiFID
15 6 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 129 (3.23%) Docker
2 63 (1.58%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
4 11 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.13%) vSphere
6 3 (0.075%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.050%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.050%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.050%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.025%) Firmware
8 1 (0.025%) IAG
8 1 (0.025%) KVM
Systems Management
1 227 (5.68%) Kubernetes
2 35 (0.88%) Ansible
2 35 (0.88%) Grafana
3 30 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (0.53%) FortiGate
5 20 (0.50%) Puppet
6 19 (0.48%) Progress Chef
7 17 (0.43%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.25%) Data Guard
8 10 (0.25%) Nagios
8 10 (0.25%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.20%) SCCM
11 5 (0.13%) Argo
11 5 (0.13%) Cilium
11 5 (0.13%) Istio
12 4 (0.10%) EnCase
12 4 (0.10%) FTK
12 4 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.10%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 419 (10.48%) Microsoft
2 129 (3.23%) Oracle
3 117 (2.93%) Salesforce
4 115 (2.88%) Google
5 105 (2.63%) SAP
6 92 (2.30%) Databricks
7 69 (1.73%) Cisco
8 54 (1.35%) VMware
9 52 (1.30%) Palo Alto
10 49 (1.23%) ServiceNow
11 40 (1.00%) Zscaler
12 34 (0.85%) OpenAI
13 32 (0.80%) Adobe
14 28 (0.70%) Splunk
14 28 (0.70%) Workday
15 27 (0.68%) HP
16 25 (0.63%) Intapp
17 23 (0.58%) Fortinet
17 23 (0.58%) IBM
18 20 (0.50%) Foundry