Senior Job Trends in London

Senior
England > London

The median Senior salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior 2,066 3,306 2,987
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.82% 19.13% 16.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.44% 20.23% 16.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,235 2,020 2,403
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £99,063 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £66,573 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +2.42% -3.70% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 11,843 16,345 17,638
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 94.56% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,711 9,943 14,399
10th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £119,067 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 -4 349 £85,000 +6.25% 135
South London -2 22 £54,600 +9.20% 10
West London -27 20 £49,100 -32.28% 22
East London -16 11 £49,200 -32.14% 14
North London +8 6 £75,000 +3.45% 4
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 November 2025, 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.

1 590 (28.56%) Agile
2 464 (22.46%) AWS
3 447 (21.64%) Python
4 435 (21.06%) Azure
5 381 (18.44%) AI
6 354 (17.13%) Degree
7 313 (15.15%) Software Engineering
8 298 (14.42%) CI/CD
8 298 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
9 295 (14.28%) Mentoring
10 290 (14.04%) Analytics
11 259 (12.54%) Microsoft
11 259 (12.54%) SQL
12 246 (11.91%) Java
13 231 (11.18%) DevOps
14 222 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 202 (9.78%) Roadmaps
16 194 (9.39%) Decision-Making
17 193 (9.34%) JavaScript
18 189 (9.15%) TypeScript
19 184 (8.91%) Computer Science
20 177 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
21 175 (8.47%) Business Strategy
22 168 (8.13%) GCP
23 166 (8.03%) Project Management
24 160 (7.74%) Business Development
24 160 (7.74%) React
25 159 (7.70%) Machine Learning
26 156 (7.55%) Kubernetes
27 148 (7.16%) Microservices

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 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
2 55 (2.66%) Apache
3 49 (2.37%) SharePoint
4 30 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (1.31%) Apache Spark
6 21 (1.02%) Confluence
7 8 (0.39%) Headless CMS
8 7 (0.34%) CMS
8 7 (0.34%) JBoss
8 7 (0.34%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.29%) SAS
10 5 (0.24%) Jupyter
10 5 (0.24%) nginx
11 4 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.15%) Drupal
13 2 (0.097%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.048%) Appian
14 1 (0.048%) Moodle
14 1 (0.048%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.048%) WordPress
Applications
1 66 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (2.76%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.98%) Maya
4 20 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.39%) Sketch
7 7 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.24%) InDesign
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.19%) Adobe XD
9 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 4 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.15%) Stata
11 2 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
11 2 (0.097%) Blender
11 2 (0.097%) CINEMA 4D
11 2 (0.097%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.048%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.048%) Trello
Business Applications
1 45 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 35 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (1.21%) SAP IBP
4 16 (0.77%) SAP CO
4 16 (0.77%) SAP FI
4 16 (0.77%) SAP FI/CO
5 13 (0.63%) SAP FSCM
6 11 (0.53%) SAP IS-U
6 11 (0.53%) Shopify
7 9 (0.44%) NetSuite
8 6 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
9 5 (0.24%) SAP MM
10 4 (0.19%) Relativity
11 3 (0.15%) Adobe Campaign
12 2 (0.097%) SAP MDG
12 2 (0.097%) SAP PLM
12 2 (0.097%) SAP SCM
12 2 (0.097%) Workday HCM
13 1 (0.048%) Dynamics GP
13 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 464 (22.46%) AWS
2 435 (21.06%) Azure
3 168 (8.13%) GCP
4 136 (6.58%) Power Platform
5 108 (5.23%) Snowflake
6 97 (4.70%) SaaS
7 94 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
8 87 (4.21%) Serverless
9 78 (3.78%) dbt
10 59 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
11 54 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
12 53 (2.57%) GitHub
13 44 (2.13%) Entra ID
14 39 (1.89%) Figma
15 38 (1.84%) Amazon S3
16 29 (1.40%) Amazon Bedrock
16 29 (1.40%) Azure Service Bus
17 26 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
18 25 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
18 25 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 70 (3.39%) Firewall
2 50 (2.42%) WAN
3 48 (2.32%) LAN
4 43 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
5 33 (1.60%) VPN
6 25 (1.21%) Wireless
7 23 (1.11%) DNS
7 23 (1.11%) Network Security
7 23 (1.11%) TCP/IP
8 17 (0.82%) BGP
8 17 (0.82%) Broadband
9 16 (0.77%) Multicast
9 16 (0.77%) OSPF
10 13 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
10 13 (0.63%) SD-WAN
11 11 (0.53%) DHCP
11 11 (0.53%) VoIP
12 10 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
13 9 (0.44%) SNMP
14 8 (0.39%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (5.61%) Power BI
2 100 (4.84%) Data Lake
3 90 (4.36%) SQL Server
4 80 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
5 59 (2.86%) NoSQL
6 57 (2.76%) Amazon Athena
7 54 (2.61%) Tableau
8 51 (2.47%) Apache Arrow
8 51 (2.47%) Apache Iceberg
8 51 (2.47%) Apache Ignite
8 51 (2.47%) Dremio
8 51 (2.47%) Relational Database
9 44 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
10 31 (1.50%) DynamoDB
11 27 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 26 (1.26%) Looker
13 24 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
14 23 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
14 23 (1.11%) SAP BW
15 22 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 79 (3.82%) JIRA
2 77 (3.73%) Git
3 19 (0.92%) Jenkins
4 18 (0.87%) Cypress.io
5 14 (0.68%) GitLab
6 13 (0.63%) Selenium
7 10 (0.48%) TeamCity
7 10 (0.48%) Visual Studio
7 10 (0.48%) Vite
8 9 (0.44%) Bitbucket
8 9 (0.44%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
9 7 (0.34%) Postman
10 6 (0.29%) JMeter
11 5 (0.24%) JUnit
11 5 (0.24%) MLflow
12 4 (0.19%) Maven
12 4 (0.19%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.19%) Storybook
13 3 (0.15%) Mockito
General
1 812 (39.30%) Finance
2 555 (26.86%) Social Skills
3 303 (14.67%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (13.07%) Banking
5 240 (11.62%) Law
6 201 (9.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 199 (9.63%) Marketing
8 108 (5.23%) Front Office
9 106 (5.13%) Retail
10 101 (4.89%) Presentation Skills
11 78 (3.78%) Public Sector
12 77 (3.73%) Legal
13 71 (3.44%) Telecoms
14 70 (3.39%) Games
15 65 (3.15%) Investment Banking
16 59 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
17 57 (2.76%) Financial Institution
18 49 (2.37%) Advertising
19 44 (2.13%) French Language
20 36 (1.74%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (7.74%) React
2 86 (4.16%) .NET
3 83 (4.02%) REST
4 74 (3.58%) RESTful
5 69 (3.34%) gRPC
6 65 (3.15%) Pandas
7 64 (3.10%) CSS
8 62 (3.00%) HTML
9 60 (2.90%) Kafka
9 60 (2.90%) Node.js
10 59 (2.86%) NumPy
11 58 (2.81%) GraphQL
12 53 (2.57%) Protocol Buffers
13 51 (2.47%) SciPy
13 51 (2.47%) Spring
14 37 (1.79%) Spring Boot
15 32 (1.55%) Django
15 32 (1.55%) FastAPI
15 32 (1.55%) LangChain
16 31 (1.50%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 161 (7.79%) Cloud Native
2 89 (4.31%) Equities
3 84 (4.07%) Derivative
3 84 (4.07%) Onboarding
3 84 (4.07%) Product Ownership
4 78 (3.78%) Distributed Systems
5 73 (3.53%) Fixed Income
6 72 (3.48%) Hedge funds
7 71 (3.44%) Enterprise Software
8 61 (2.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 57 (2.76%) Management Information System
10 53 (2.57%) Algorithms
11 51 (2.47%) Pricing Data
12 42 (2.03%) Data Structures
12 42 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
13 40 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
14 39 (1.89%) Data Centre
15 35 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
16 33 (1.60%) Reinsurance
17 30 (1.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 115 (5.57%) Linux
2 80 (3.87%) Windows
3 37 (1.79%) Android
4 35 (1.69%) Unix
5 31 (1.50%) Windows Server
6 28 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.77%) Mac OS
8 11 (0.53%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
9 6 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.24%) CentOS
10 5 (0.24%) VMS
11 4 (0.19%) Solaris
12 3 (0.15%) HPUX
12 3 (0.15%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.097%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.048%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.048%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 590 (28.56%) Agile
2 381 (18.44%) AI
3 313 (15.15%) Software Engineering
4 298 (14.42%) CI/CD
4 298 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
5 295 (14.28%) Mentoring
6 290 (14.04%) Analytics
7 231 (11.18%) DevOps
8 222 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 202 (9.78%) Roadmaps
10 194 (9.39%) Decision-Making
11 184 (8.91%) Computer Science
12 177 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 175 (8.47%) Business Strategy
14 166 (8.03%) Project Management
15 160 (7.74%) Business Development
16 159 (7.70%) Machine Learning
17 148 (7.16%) Microservices
18 147 (7.12%) Test Automation
18 147 (7.12%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 447 (21.64%) Python
2 259 (12.54%) SQL
3 246 (11.91%) Java
4 193 (9.34%) JavaScript
5 189 (9.15%) TypeScript
6 115 (5.57%) C#
7 72 (3.48%) C++
8 48 (2.32%) Go
9 40 (1.94%) PowerShell
10 38 (1.84%) Kotlin
11 31 (1.50%) Rust
12 23 (1.11%) Scala
13 19 (0.92%) Bicep
13 19 (0.92%) T-SQL
14 18 (0.87%) Apex Code
15 16 (0.77%) C
16 14 (0.68%) Bash
17 13 (0.63%) Swift
18 9 (0.44%) VBA
19 8 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 354 (17.13%) Degree
2 107 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 61 (2.95%) Master's Degree
4 59 (2.86%) ACCA
5 52 (2.52%) Security Cleared
6 48 (2.32%) AWS Certification
7 45 (2.18%) SC Cleared
8 44 (2.13%) CIMA
9 39 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
10 38 (1.84%) CISA
11 34 (1.65%) CISSP
12 26 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (1.16%) CCNP
13 24 (1.16%) PhD
14 23 (1.11%) Azure Certification
14 23 (1.11%) CISM
14 23 (1.11%) PMI Certification
15 18 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 18 (0.87%) CCIE
16 14 (0.68%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (4.79%) QA
2 65 (3.15%) Accessibility
3 57 (2.76%) GDPR
4 47 (2.27%) Data Quality
5 46 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 29 (1.40%) IFRS
7 23 (1.11%) NIST
8 17 (0.82%) GRC
9 16 (0.77%) GAAP
10 15 (0.73%) WCAG
11 14 (0.68%) PMO
12 11 (0.53%) SLA
13 10 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.44%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.34%) PERC
16 5 (0.24%) MiFID
16 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 4 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
17 4 (0.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 89 (4.31%) Docker
2 61 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 37 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (0.63%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.39%) HDFS
8 7 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (0.29%) XenDesktop
10 5 (0.24%) XenApp
11 4 (0.19%) Firmware
11 4 (0.19%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.19%) vSphere
12 2 (0.097%) NFS
12 2 (0.097%) pfSense
13 1 (0.048%) Postfix
13 1 (0.048%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.048%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 156 (7.55%) Kubernetes
2 109 (5.28%) Terraform
3 50 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (2.23%) Ansible
5 30 (1.45%) Grafana
6 17 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.73%) SCCM
8 11 (0.53%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
10 6 (0.29%) CASB
10 6 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.24%) Argo
12 4 (0.19%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.15%) Progress Chef
14 2 (0.097%) Nagios
14 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.097%) Red Hat Spacewalk
14 2 (0.097%) SCOM
14 2 (0.097%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 2 (0.097%) VxRail
Vendors
1 259 (12.54%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.40%) SAP
3 81 (3.92%) Google
4 74 (3.58%) Salesforce
5 67 (3.24%) Cisco
6 61 (2.95%) VMware
7 58 (2.81%) Databricks
8 52 (2.52%) Oracle
9 48 (2.32%) ServiceNow
10 46 (2.23%) Adobe
11 28 (1.36%) Dell
12 26 (1.26%) Guidewire
13 23 (1.11%) Meraki
13 23 (1.11%) Palo Alto
14 21 (1.02%) Apple
15 19 (0.92%) MuleSoft
16 16 (0.77%) Fortinet
16 16 (0.77%) Workday
17 15 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
18 14 (0.68%) Splunk