Senior Job Trends in London

Senior
England > London

The median Senior salary in London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,695 2,377 3,860
As % of all permanent jobs in London 16.37% 17.27% 17.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.88% 18.98% 18.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,738 1,495 2,926
10th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,301
25th Percentile £67,750 £66,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £79,875
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +0.16% -2.59%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
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 15,072 12,523 20,617
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 90.98% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 10,050 7,713 16,416
10th Percentile £37,342 £42,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,651 £75,000 £72,102
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +4.02% -1.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 +1 543 £90,000 +12.50% 140
West London +5 62 £75,000 +17.65% 57
South London +35 53 £60,000 -1.03% 30
East London -12 12 £64,000 -20.00% 48
North London +7 6 £75,000 - 8
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 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.

1 495 (18.37%) Azure
2 422 (15.66%) Agile
3 409 (15.18%) AI
4 400 (14.84%) AWS
5 374 (13.88%) Software Engineering
6 369 (13.69%) Python
7 328 (12.17%) Analytics
8 321 (11.91%) Mentoring
9 320 (11.87%) Microsoft
10 319 (11.84%) Degree
11 292 (10.83%) CI/CD
12 271 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
13 258 (9.57%) DevOps
14 241 (8.94%) Java
15 239 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
16 231 (8.57%) SQL
17 211 (7.83%) Decision-Making
17 211 (7.83%) SaaS
18 206 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
19 203 (7.53%) Roadmaps
20 202 (7.50%) Kubernetes
21 183 (6.79%) GCP
22 182 (6.75%) Microservices
23 177 (6.57%) Computer Science
24 176 (6.53%) Coaching
25 173 (6.42%) Test Automation
26 155 (5.75%) Machine Learning
27 154 (5.71%) Full-Stack Development
28 149 (5.53%) Fintech
28 149 (5.53%) Microsoft 365

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 60 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.37%) Apache Spark
3 35 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 30 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 18 (0.67%) Confluence
6 16 (0.59%) Apache
7 12 (0.45%) JBoss
8 11 (0.41%) WebSphere
9 10 (0.37%) CMS
9 10 (0.37%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.19%) WordPress
11 4 (0.15%) SAS
12 3 (0.11%) Drupal
12 3 (0.11%) Kinematics
12 3 (0.11%) nginx
13 2 (0.074%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.074%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.037%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.037%) Tomcat
Applications
1 51 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.63%) Maya
4 11 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 7 (0.26%) Sketch
7 6 (0.22%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.15%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.15%) PlantUML
9 3 (0.11%) InDesign
9 3 (0.11%) InVision
10 2 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.074%) Blender
10 2 (0.074%) Weka
11 1 (0.037%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 24 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.63%) Salesforce CRM
3 15 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.33%) Workday HCM
5 8 (0.30%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.26%) Maximo
7 6 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (0.19%) FLEXCUBE
8 5 (0.19%) Relativity
8 5 (0.19%) SAP CO
8 5 (0.19%) SAP FI
8 5 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 4 (0.15%) Shopify
10 3 (0.11%) SAP IBP
11 2 (0.074%) Aladdin
11 2 (0.074%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.074%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 495 (18.37%) Azure
2 400 (14.84%) AWS
3 211 (7.83%) SaaS
4 183 (6.79%) GCP
5 149 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
6 132 (4.90%) Power Platform
7 85 (3.15%) GitHub
8 81 (3.01%) Entra ID
9 72 (2.67%) Serverless
10 57 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
11 49 (1.82%) Snowflake
12 41 (1.52%) dbt
13 39 (1.45%) Figma
14 38 (1.41%) PaaS
15 34 (1.26%) Amazon S3
16 33 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
17 32 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 32 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 30 (1.11%) Datadog
19 29 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 73 (2.71%) Firewall
2 57 (2.12%) WAN
3 55 (2.04%) VPN
4 52 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
5 51 (1.89%) DNS
6 50 (1.86%) Broadband
7 48 (1.78%) DHCP
8 38 (1.41%) LAN
9 35 (1.30%) Wireless
10 32 (1.19%) VLAN
11 26 (0.96%) SD-WAN
11 26 (0.96%) TCP/IP
12 24 (0.89%) Network Security
12 24 (0.89%) SAN
13 22 (0.82%) Multicast
14 17 (0.63%) WebEx
15 15 (0.56%) HTTP
16 13 (0.48%) BGP
17 11 (0.41%) OSPF
18 9 (0.33%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (4.04%) Power BI
2 101 (3.75%) SQL Server
3 64 (2.37%) Data Warehouse
4 47 (1.74%) Data Lake
5 39 (1.45%) Tableau
6 38 (1.41%) Relational Database
7 37 (1.37%) NoSQL
8 35 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
9 30 (1.11%) BigQuery
10 27 (1.00%) Metadata
11 24 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
11 24 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
12 23 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
12 23 (0.85%) DynamoDB
13 18 (0.67%) MySQL
13 18 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
14 17 (0.63%) Big Data
14 17 (0.63%) Looker
15 16 (0.59%) DB2
Development Applications
1 79 (2.93%) Git
2 62 (2.30%) JIRA
3 49 (1.82%) Jenkins
4 31 (1.15%) TeamCity
5 22 (0.82%) GitLab
6 15 (0.56%) MLflow
7 13 (0.48%) CircleCI
8 10 (0.37%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.33%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.33%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.33%) Visual Studio
9 9 (0.33%) Vite
10 8 (0.30%) Chocolatey
10 8 (0.30%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.26%) JMeter
11 7 (0.26%) Selenium
12 6 (0.22%) Storybook
12 6 (0.22%) Visual Studio Code
13 5 (0.19%) Bitbucket
13 5 (0.19%) LoadRunner
General
1 798 (29.61%) Finance
2 521 (19.33%) Social Skills
3 239 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
4 218 (8.09%) Banking
5 213 (7.90%) Marketing
6 185 (6.86%) Law
7 178 (6.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 157 (5.83%) Retail
9 150 (5.57%) Legal
10 115 (4.27%) Public Sector
11 71 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
12 67 (2.49%) Telecoms
13 63 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
14 55 (2.04%) Front Office
15 50 (1.86%) Advertising
16 49 (1.82%) Financial Institution
17 47 (1.74%) Games
18 42 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
19 26 (0.96%) Automotive
20 23 (0.85%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (4.79%) React
2 121 (4.49%) .NET
3 102 (3.78%) REST
4 81 (3.01%) Kafka
4 81 (3.01%) Node.js
5 69 (2.56%) RESTful
6 67 (2.49%) Spring
7 55 (2.04%) CSS
8 54 (2.00%) Spring Boot
9 46 (1.71%) HTML
10 44 (1.63%) SOAP
11 38 (1.41%) GraphQL
12 31 (1.15%) gRPC
13 30 (1.11%) Boost C++ Libraries
13 30 (1.11%) OAuth
14 28 (1.04%) Django
14 28 (1.04%) PyTorch
15 25 (0.93%) .NET Core
15 25 (0.93%) AngularJS
16 24 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 205 (7.61%) Cloud Native
2 82 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
3 66 (2.45%) Product Ownership
4 64 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 63 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 60 (2.23%) Mobile App
7 55 (2.04%) Algorithms
8 53 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
9 52 (1.93%) Data Structures
10 50 (1.86%) Security Posture
11 48 (1.78%) Management Information System
12 44 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
13 42 (1.56%) Social Media
14 39 (1.45%) Public Cloud
15 38 (1.41%) Equities
15 38 (1.41%) Hedge funds
16 27 (1.00%) Data Centre
17 25 (0.93%) Fixed Income
17 25 (0.93%) Low-Code
18 24 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 132 (4.90%) Linux
2 125 (4.64%) Windows
3 55 (2.04%) Android
4 51 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 40 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.04%) Unix
7 23 (0.85%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.41%) Ubuntu
9 10 (0.37%) VMS
10 8 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.26%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
13 3 (0.11%) AIX
14 2 (0.074%) CentOS
14 2 (0.074%) Mac OS X
15 1 (0.037%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.037%) Robot Operating System
15 1 (0.037%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 422 (15.66%) Agile
2 409 (15.18%) AI
3 374 (13.88%) Software Engineering
4 328 (12.17%) Analytics
5 321 (11.91%) Mentoring
6 292 (10.83%) CI/CD
7 271 (10.06%) Problem-Solving
8 258 (9.57%) DevOps
9 239 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
10 211 (7.83%) Decision-Making
11 206 (7.64%) Continuous Improvement
12 203 (7.53%) Roadmaps
13 182 (6.75%) Microservices
14 177 (6.57%) Computer Science
15 176 (6.53%) Coaching
16 173 (6.42%) Test Automation
17 155 (5.75%) Machine Learning
18 154 (5.71%) Full-Stack Development
19 149 (5.53%) Fintech
20 148 (5.49%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 369 (13.69%) Python
2 241 (8.94%) Java
3 231 (8.57%) SQL
4 132 (4.90%) JavaScript
5 131 (4.86%) C#
6 130 (4.82%) TypeScript
7 103 (3.82%) C++
8 73 (2.71%) Go
9 61 (2.26%) PowerShell
10 35 (1.30%) Kotlin
11 34 (1.26%) Bash
11 34 (1.26%) Rust
12 24 (0.89%) Scala
13 21 (0.78%) Apex Code
13 21 (0.78%) Bicep
14 20 (0.74%) T-SQL
15 19 (0.71%) PHP
16 14 (0.52%) SOQL
17 12 (0.45%) PL/SQL
18 11 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 319 (11.84%) Degree
2 133 (4.94%) Security Cleared
3 110 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 104 (3.86%) SC Cleared
5 52 (1.93%) CISSP
6 51 (1.89%) ACCA
7 43 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 41 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 37 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 33 (1.22%) CISM
12 31 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
13 30 (1.11%) CIMA
14 29 (1.08%) PhD
15 24 (0.89%) CRISC
16 22 (0.82%) OSCP
17 20 (0.74%) CISA
18 19 (0.71%) AWS Certification
19 18 (0.67%) CCNP
19 18 (0.67%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (2.86%) QA
2 75 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 68 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 52 (1.93%) NIST
5 49 (1.82%) GDPR
6 46 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 25 (0.93%) GRC
8 24 (0.89%) IFRS
8 24 (0.89%) SLA
9 17 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (0.56%) NCSC
11 10 (0.37%) NIST 800
12 9 (0.33%) ISO 9001
12 9 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 8 (0.30%) PMO
14 7 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 7 (0.26%) PERC
14 7 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.22%) IFRS 17
16 4 (0.15%) GAAP
System Software
1 111 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 106 (3.93%) Docker
3 44 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.33%) Firmware
7 8 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.15%) HDFS
9 4 (0.15%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.15%) vSphere
10 3 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.11%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.074%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.037%) NFS
12 1 (0.037%) Postfix
12 1 (0.037%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.037%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 202 (7.50%) Kubernetes
2 128 (4.75%) Terraform
3 59 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 47 (1.74%) Grafana
5 44 (1.63%) Ansible
6 31 (1.15%) Prometheus
7 24 (0.89%) SCCM
8 9 (0.33%) Nessus
9 7 (0.26%) Nagios
10 6 (0.22%) Argo
10 6 (0.22%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.19%) Kibana
11 5 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.11%) AWS Copilot
12 3 (0.11%) CASB
12 3 (0.11%) Istio
12 3 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.11%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.11%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 320 (11.87%) Microsoft
2 81 (3.01%) Salesforce
2 81 (3.01%) VMware
3 79 (2.93%) SAP
4 73 (2.71%) Cisco
5 57 (2.12%) Databricks
6 44 (1.63%) Oracle
7 41 (1.52%) Google
8 35 (1.30%) Adobe
8 35 (1.30%) Dell
9 33 (1.22%) Palo Alto
10 28 (1.04%) Fortinet
11 24 (0.89%) ServiceNow
12 23 (0.85%) Workday
13 22 (0.82%) CrowdStrike
13 22 (0.82%) Meraki
14 20 (0.74%) IBM
15 19 (0.71%) Apple
16 16 (0.59%) Guidewire
17 15 (0.56%) AppDynamics