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 27 August 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 3,772 2,146 3,915
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.64% 17.77% 20.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.83% 19.42% 21.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,402 1,275 2,438
10th Percentile £57,269 £53,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,626 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £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 22,411 11,052 18,635
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 91.51% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 15,378 7,187 12,539
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,800 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £71,991
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +0.71% -0.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -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 27 August 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 27 August 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 +7 548 £90,000 +20.00% 442
West London +27 108 £60,000 +9.09% 161
South London +21 54 £80,000 -25.58% 38
East London +2 14 £120,000 +50.00% 22
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 August 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.

1 664 (17.60%) AI
2 656 (17.39%) AWS
3 647 (17.15%) Software Engineering
4 608 (16.12%) Python
5 588 (15.59%) Azure
6 499 (13.23%) Agile
7 477 (12.65%) Analytics
8 449 (11.90%) Mentoring
9 444 (11.77%) CI/CD
10 367 (9.73%) Microsoft
10 367 (9.73%) SQL
11 344 (9.12%) DevOps
12 339 (8.99%) Degree
13 327 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
14 326 (8.64%) Roadmaps
15 316 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
16 296 (7.85%) Java
17 287 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
18 275 (7.29%) Security Cleared
19 267 (7.08%) Machine Learning
20 247 (6.55%) Decision-Making
21 244 (6.47%) Infrastructure as Code
22 239 (6.34%) GCP
23 236 (6.26%) Business Development
24 229 (6.07%) Microservices
25 221 (5.86%) Data Science
25 221 (5.86%) Kubernetes
26 215 (5.70%) Terraform
27 214 (5.67%) Test Automation
28 210 (5.57%) 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 73 (1.94%) Apache Spark
2 54 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 38 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 37 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (0.74%) Apache
6 21 (0.56%) Confluence
7 20 (0.53%) SAS
8 18 (0.48%) CMS
9 7 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
10 6 (0.16%) WordPress
11 5 (0.13%) Drupal
12 4 (0.11%) IIS
12 4 (0.11%) Kinematics
12 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 3 (0.080%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.053%) Cloud Foundry
14 2 (0.053%) Oracle Application Server
14 2 (0.053%) WinCC
15 1 (0.027%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 31 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (0.45%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 15 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 7 (0.19%) InDesign
6 7 (0.19%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.13%) DaVinci Resolve
8 4 (0.11%) Civil 3D
8 4 (0.11%) SPSS
9 3 (0.080%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.080%) Blender
9 3 (0.080%) Maya
9 3 (0.080%) PlantUML
10 2 (0.053%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.053%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 39 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.37%) Elite 3E
3 13 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
3 13 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 12 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 7 (0.19%) Adobe Campaign
5 7 (0.19%) Maximo
5 7 (0.19%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 4 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.11%) SAP BPC
7 4 (0.11%) SAP MDG
7 4 (0.11%) Shopify
8 3 (0.080%) Distributed Ledger
8 3 (0.080%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.080%) Oracle Receivables
8 3 (0.080%) SAP Business One
8 3 (0.080%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.080%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.080%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 656 (17.39%) AWS
2 588 (15.59%) Azure
3 239 (6.34%) GCP
4 210 (5.57%) SaaS
5 142 (3.76%) Serverless
6 137 (3.63%) Power Platform
7 127 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
8 121 (3.21%) GitHub
9 119 (3.15%) Cloud Computing
10 106 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
11 74 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
12 64 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
13 62 (1.64%) Entra ID
14 59 (1.56%) Amazon S3
15 54 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
16 47 (1.25%) GitHub Copilot
17 45 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
18 43 (1.14%) dbt
18 43 (1.14%) Figma
19 40 (1.06%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 117 (3.10%) Firewall
2 104 (2.76%) Network Security
3 72 (1.91%) DNS
4 65 (1.72%) VPN
5 51 (1.35%) VLAN
6 45 (1.19%) DHCP
7 44 (1.17%) WAN
8 40 (1.06%) Broadband
8 40 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
9 39 (1.03%) BGP
10 38 (1.01%) Internet
11 36 (0.95%) OSPF
12 34 (0.90%) TCP/IP
13 29 (0.77%) LAN
14 24 (0.64%) Wireless
15 22 (0.58%) SD-WAN
16 19 (0.50%) SAN
17 17 (0.45%) VXLAN
18 16 (0.42%) Cisco ISE
19 15 (0.40%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (3.02%) Power BI
2 109 (2.89%) SQL Server
3 77 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
4 63 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
5 59 (1.56%) Data Lake
6 57 (1.51%) Tableau
7 55 (1.46%) NoSQL
8 54 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 53 (1.41%) Relational Database
10 47 (1.25%) MongoDB
11 39 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
11 39 (1.03%) MySQL
12 38 (1.01%) Big Data
13 36 (0.95%) DynamoDB
14 35 (0.93%) Metadata
15 31 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
15 31 (0.82%) BigQuery
16 21 (0.56%) Looker
16 21 (0.56%) SAP HANA
17 18 (0.48%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 113 (3.00%) Git
2 56 (1.48%) JIRA
3 46 (1.22%) GitLab
4 44 (1.17%) Jenkins
5 29 (0.77%) Claude Code
6 27 (0.72%) MLflow
7 18 (0.48%) TeamCity
8 16 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 13 (0.34%) Selenium
10 8 (0.21%) CircleCI
11 7 (0.19%) NUnit
12 5 (0.13%) Appium
12 5 (0.13%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.13%) Jasmine
12 5 (0.13%) JUnit
12 5 (0.13%) Mocha
12 5 (0.13%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.13%) Vite
13 4 (0.11%) Spock
13 4 (0.11%) XCUITest
General
1 956 (25.34%) Finance
2 652 (17.29%) Social Skills
3 292 (7.74%) Analytical Skills
4 282 (7.48%) Banking
5 276 (7.32%) Law
6 228 (6.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 224 (5.94%) Marketing
8 156 (4.14%) Public Sector
9 146 (3.87%) Retail
10 129 (3.42%) Legal
11 75 (1.99%) Front Office
12 69 (1.83%) Financial Institution
13 65 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
14 63 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
15 42 (1.11%) Advertising
15 42 (1.11%) Games
16 38 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
17 32 (0.85%) Investment Banking
18 31 (0.82%) Billing
18 31 (0.82%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 215 (5.70%) Terraform
2 145 (3.84%) .NET
3 139 (3.69%) React
4 124 (3.29%) REST
5 119 (3.15%) Kafka
6 88 (2.33%) Spring
7 85 (2.25%) Node.js
8 74 (1.96%) RESTful
9 65 (1.72%) Spring Boot
10 44 (1.17%) HTML
11 41 (1.09%) Next.js
12 40 (1.06%) CSS
13 37 (0.98%) LangChain
14 34 (0.90%) Django
15 32 (0.85%) PySpark
16 31 (0.82%) JSON
17 30 (0.80%) .NET Core
17 30 (0.80%) AngularJS
18 27 (0.72%) React Native
19 26 (0.69%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 268 (7.10%) Cloud Native
2 151 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 145 (3.84%) Distributed Systems
4 116 (3.08%) Product Ownership
5 102 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 85 (2.25%) AI Agents
6 85 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
7 70 (1.86%) Algorithms
8 59 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
8 59 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 51 (1.35%) Data Structures
10 50 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
11 45 (1.19%) Public Cloud
12 44 (1.17%) Blog
12 44 (1.17%) Derivative
13 43 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
14 42 (1.11%) Mobile App
15 41 (1.09%) Security Posture
16 39 (1.03%) e-Learning
16 39 (1.03%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 112 (2.97%) Linux
2 95 (2.52%) Windows
3 46 (1.22%) Android
4 36 (0.95%) Unix
5 31 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 30 (0.80%) Windows Server
7 12 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (0.27%) AIX
8 10 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (0.16%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.11%) VMS
11 3 (0.080%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.053%) CentOS
12 2 (0.053%) tvOS
13 1 (0.027%) Rocky
13 1 (0.027%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.027%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (17.60%) AI
2 647 (17.15%) Software Engineering
3 499 (13.23%) Agile
4 477 (12.65%) Analytics
5 449 (11.90%) Mentoring
6 444 (11.77%) CI/CD
7 344 (9.12%) DevOps
8 327 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
9 326 (8.64%) Roadmaps
10 316 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 287 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 267 (7.08%) Machine Learning
13 247 (6.55%) Decision-Making
14 244 (6.47%) Infrastructure as Code
15 236 (6.26%) Business Development
16 229 (6.07%) Microservices
17 221 (5.86%) Data Science
18 214 (5.67%) Test Automation
19 188 (4.98%) Migration
20 180 (4.77%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 608 (16.12%) Python
2 367 (9.73%) SQL
3 296 (7.85%) Java
4 149 (3.95%) TypeScript
5 147 (3.90%) C#
6 129 (3.42%) JavaScript
7 90 (2.39%) C++
8 66 (1.75%) PowerShell
9 62 (1.64%) Go
10 54 (1.43%) Bash
11 29 (0.77%) Kotlin
11 29 (0.77%) PHP
12 27 (0.72%) Bicep
13 24 (0.64%) PL/SQL
14 22 (0.58%) R
14 22 (0.58%) Ruby
15 21 (0.56%) SOQL
16 20 (0.53%) Apex Code
17 19 (0.50%) Scala
18 17 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 339 (8.99%) Degree
2 275 (7.29%) Security Cleared
3 180 (4.77%) SC Cleared
4 113 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 80 (2.12%) AWS Certification
6 63 (1.67%) Master's Degree
7 61 (1.62%) CISSP
8 56 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 49 (1.30%) DV Cleared
10 43 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
10 43 (1.14%) CISM
11 40 (1.06%) PhD
12 39 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 33 (0.87%) CCNP
14 31 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
15 30 (0.80%) CISA
16 20 (0.53%) CRISC
17 18 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
17 18 (0.48%) PMI Certification
18 17 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (3.29%) Data Quality
1 124 (3.29%) QA
2 89 (2.36%) GDPR
2 89 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 88 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 82 (2.17%) NIST
5 47 (1.25%) GRC
6 25 (0.66%) SOC 2
7 22 (0.58%) PCI DSS
8 18 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 18 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 15 (0.40%) NIST 800
10 14 (0.37%) PMO
11 13 (0.34%) COBIT
11 13 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
12 12 (0.32%) WCAG
13 9 (0.24%) MiFID
13 9 (0.24%) NCSC
14 8 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 128 (3.39%) Docker
2 63 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.29%) Oracle RAC
6 5 (0.13%) vSphere
7 3 (0.080%) VMware Server
8 2 (0.053%) Firmware
8 2 (0.053%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.053%) ProxySG
8 2 (0.053%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.027%) IAG
9 1 (0.027%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 221 (5.86%) Kubernetes
2 39 (1.03%) Ansible
3 30 (0.80%) Grafana
4 25 (0.66%) FortiGate
4 25 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (0.53%) Prometheus
6 18 (0.48%) Puppet
7 16 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.32%) Nagios
9 10 (0.27%) Data Guard
9 10 (0.27%) Oracle RMAN
10 8 (0.21%) SCCM
11 7 (0.19%) Istio
11 7 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.13%) Argo
12 5 (0.13%) Cilium
12 5 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
13 4 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.11%) Kubeflow
14 3 (0.080%) CASB
Vendors
1 367 (9.73%) Microsoft
2 115 (3.05%) Salesforce
3 104 (2.76%) Databricks
4 102 (2.70%) SAP
5 100 (2.65%) Oracle
6 86 (2.28%) Google
7 73 (1.94%) Cisco
8 59 (1.56%) Palo Alto
9 57 (1.51%) VMware
10 43 (1.14%) ServiceNow
11 38 (1.01%) Zscaler
12 37 (0.98%) OpenAI
13 33 (0.87%) Adobe
14 32 (0.85%) Dell
15 29 (0.77%) HP
16 25 (0.66%) IBM
16 25 (0.66%) Splunk
17 24 (0.64%) Foundry
18 23 (0.61%) Fortinet
19 22 (0.58%) Intapp