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 12 September 2026.

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

6 months to
12 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 3,897 2,132 3,844
As % of all permanent jobs in London 15.76% 17.80% 20.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 16.99% 19.50% 20.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,519 1,257 2,294
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,300 £51,250
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 £102,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £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 22,939 10,933 18,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 91.27% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 15,845 7,135 11,765
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 £97,500 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £118,750
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 12 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 12 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 +7 504 £90,000 +16.13% 638
West London +28 106 £60,000 +21.95% 137
South London +25 48 £80,000 -25.58% 35
East London +6 21 £120,000 +57.38% 32
North London -1 2 £62,500 +25.00% 5
Senior
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 692 (17.76%) AI
2 679 (17.42%) Software Engineering
3 636 (16.32%) AWS
4 594 (15.24%) Python
5 581 (14.91%) Azure
6 483 (12.39%) Agile
7 469 (12.03%) Analytics
8 444 (11.39%) CI/CD
9 434 (11.14%) Mentoring
10 390 (10.01%) Microsoft
11 356 (9.14%) SQL
12 346 (8.88%) DevOps
13 333 (8.55%) Degree
14 331 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
15 324 (8.31%) Roadmaps
16 317 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 296 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
18 294 (7.54%) Java
19 274 (7.03%) Security Cleared
20 270 (6.93%) Machine Learning
21 242 (6.21%) Decision-Making
21 242 (6.21%) Infrastructure as Code
22 238 (6.11%) Business Development
23 235 (6.03%) GCP
24 226 (5.80%) Data Science
25 218 (5.59%) Microservices
26 215 (5.52%) Kubernetes
27 212 (5.44%) Terraform
27 212 (5.44%) Test Automation
28 198 (5.08%) 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 69 (1.77%) Apache Spark
2 52 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 37 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
4 31 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 27 (0.69%) Apache
6 20 (0.51%) Confluence
7 19 (0.49%) SAS
8 13 (0.33%) CMS
9 6 (0.15%) WordPress
10 5 (0.13%) Drupal
10 5 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
11 4 (0.10%) IIS
11 4 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
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 36 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.38%) 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 15 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.38%) Elite 3E
3 12 (0.31%) FLEXCUBE
3 12 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.23%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.15%) 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%) Payment Gateway
8 3 (0.077%) SAP EWM
8 3 (0.077%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.077%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 636 (16.32%) AWS
2 581 (14.91%) Azure
3 235 (6.03%) GCP
4 198 (5.08%) SaaS
5 134 (3.44%) Power Platform
6 133 (3.41%) Serverless
7 126 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
8 121 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
9 114 (2.93%) GitHub
10 112 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
11 76 (1.95%) AWS CloudFormation
12 61 (1.57%) Entra ID
13 59 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
14 52 (1.33%) Amazon S3
15 51 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
16 46 (1.18%) GitHub Copilot
17 45 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
18 44 (1.13%) Azure AKS
19 38 (0.98%) dbt
19 38 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 111 (2.85%) Firewall
2 102 (2.62%) Network Security
3 72 (1.85%) DNS
4 65 (1.67%) VPN
5 51 (1.31%) VLAN
6 43 (1.10%) DHCP
6 43 (1.10%) WAN
7 40 (1.03%) Broadband
8 39 (1.00%) Internet
9 38 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 37 (0.95%) BGP
11 35 (0.90%) OSPF
11 35 (0.90%) TCP/IP
12 29 (0.74%) LAN
13 21 (0.54%) SD-WAN
13 21 (0.54%) Wireless
14 18 (0.46%) SAN
15 17 (0.44%) VXLAN
16 15 (0.38%) Multicast
17 13 (0.33%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (2.80%) Power BI
2 105 (2.69%) SQL Server
3 76 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
4 59 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
5 57 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 55 (1.41%) Relational Database
7 51 (1.31%) Data Lake
7 51 (1.31%) Tableau
8 49 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
9 47 (1.21%) MongoDB
10 42 (1.08%) Big Data
11 37 (0.95%) MySQL
12 36 (0.92%) Metadata
13 34 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
14 32 (0.82%) DynamoDB
15 31 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
16 23 (0.59%) BigQuery
17 22 (0.56%) SAP HANA
18 19 (0.49%) Looker
19 18 (0.46%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 106 (2.72%) Git
2 55 (1.41%) JIRA
3 45 (1.15%) Jenkins
4 44 (1.13%) GitLab
5 29 (0.74%) 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
1 979 (25.12%) Finance
2 665 (17.06%) Social Skills
3 287 (7.36%) Banking
4 282 (7.24%) Law
5 273 (7.01%) Analytical Skills
6 227 (5.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 208 (5.34%) Marketing
8 159 (4.08%) Public Sector
9 145 (3.72%) Retail
10 138 (3.54%) Legal
11 87 (2.23%) Financial Institution
12 74 (1.90%) Front Office
13 65 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
14 62 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
15 43 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
16 39 (1.00%) Games
17 36 (0.92%) Manufacturing
18 33 (0.85%) Military
19 32 (0.82%) Telecoms
20 31 (0.80%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (5.44%) Terraform
2 134 (3.44%) .NET
3 130 (3.34%) React
4 118 (3.03%) REST
5 116 (2.98%) Kafka
6 87 (2.23%) Spring
7 79 (2.03%) Node.js
8 77 (1.98%) RESTful
9 64 (1.64%) Spring Boot
10 47 (1.21%) HTML
11 41 (1.05%) Next.js
12 37 (0.95%) CSS
13 33 (0.85%) Django
13 33 (0.85%) JSON
14 32 (0.82%) PySpark
15 31 (0.80%) LangChain
16 28 (0.72%) .NET Core
17 27 (0.69%) AngularJS
17 27 (0.69%) FastAPI
17 27 (0.69%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 250 (6.42%) Cloud Native
2 155 (3.98%) Onboarding
3 145 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
4 116 (2.98%) Product Ownership
5 115 (2.95%) Data Centre
6 111 (2.85%) Enterprise Software
7 94 (2.41%) AI Agents
8 65 (1.67%) Algorithms
9 64 (1.64%) Management Information System
10 53 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
10 53 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
11 46 (1.18%) Blog
12 45 (1.15%) Data Structures
12 45 (1.15%) Public Cloud
13 44 (1.13%) Derivative
13 44 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
14 42 (1.08%) Mobile App
15 41 (1.05%) e-Learning
16 38 (0.98%) Equities
16 38 (0.98%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 108 (2.77%) Linux
2 97 (2.49%) Windows
3 46 (1.18%) Android
4 35 (0.90%) Unix
5 32 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 31 (0.80%) 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
1 692 (17.76%) AI
2 679 (17.42%) Software Engineering
3 483 (12.39%) Agile
4 469 (12.03%) Analytics
5 444 (11.39%) CI/CD
6 434 (11.14%) Mentoring
7 346 (8.88%) DevOps
8 331 (8.49%) Problem-Solving
9 324 (8.31%) Roadmaps
10 317 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 296 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
12 270 (6.93%) Machine Learning
13 242 (6.21%) Decision-Making
13 242 (6.21%) Infrastructure as Code
14 238 (6.11%) Business Development
15 226 (5.80%) Data Science
16 218 (5.59%) Microservices
17 212 (5.44%) Test Automation
18 190 (4.88%) Migration
19 183 (4.70%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 594 (15.24%) Python
2 356 (9.14%) SQL
3 294 (7.54%) Java
4 141 (3.62%) TypeScript
5 138 (3.54%) C#
6 124 (3.18%) JavaScript
7 89 (2.28%) C++
8 68 (1.74%) PowerShell
9 57 (1.46%) Go
10 55 (1.41%) Bash
11 29 (0.74%) Kotlin
12 26 (0.67%) Bicep
12 26 (0.67%) PHP
13 24 (0.62%) R
14 22 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 21 (0.54%) Ruby
15 21 (0.54%) Scala
16 18 (0.46%) Shell Script
16 18 (0.46%) SOQL
17 17 (0.44%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 333 (8.55%) Degree
2 274 (7.03%) Security Cleared
3 178 (4.57%) SC Cleared
4 107 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 81 (2.08%) AWS Certification
6 65 (1.67%) Master's Degree
7 58 (1.49%) CISSP
8 50 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 43 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
10 41 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 41 (1.05%) CISM
11 40 (1.03%) DV Cleared
11 40 (1.03%) PhD
12 33 (0.85%) CCNP
13 28 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
14 27 (0.69%) CISA
15 19 (0.49%) CRISC
16 18 (0.46%) ACCA
17 17 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
17 17 (0.44%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (3.31%) Data Quality
2 126 (3.23%) QA
3 92 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 85 (2.18%) GDPR
5 83 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 77 (1.98%) NIST
7 50 (1.28%) GRC
8 23 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 22 (0.56%) PCI DSS
10 15 (0.38%) NIST 800
10 15 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 13 (0.33%) COBIT
12 12 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
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
15 9 (0.23%) MiFID
16 8 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 126 (3.23%) Docker
2 60 (1.54%) Active Directory
3 14 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.28%) Oracle RAC
5 5 (0.13%) vSphere
6 3 (0.077%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.051%) Firmware
7 2 (0.051%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.051%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.026%) IAG
8 1 (0.026%) KVM
Systems Management
1 215 (5.52%) Kubernetes
2 36 (0.92%) Ansible
3 31 (0.80%) Grafana
4 26 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (0.56%) FortiGate
6 19 (0.49%) Prometheus
6 19 (0.49%) Puppet
7 18 (0.46%) Progress Chef
8 12 (0.31%) 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%) CASB
Vendors
1 390 (10.01%) Microsoft
2 124 (3.18%) Oracle
3 115 (2.95%) Salesforce
4 112 (2.87%) Google
5 101 (2.59%) SAP
6 97 (2.49%) Databricks
7 71 (1.82%) Cisco
8 56 (1.44%) VMware
9 54 (1.39%) Palo Alto
10 45 (1.15%) ServiceNow
11 39 (1.00%) Zscaler
12 33 (0.85%) OpenAI
13 31 (0.80%) Adobe
14 28 (0.72%) HP
15 26 (0.67%) Dell
15 26 (0.67%) Intapp
15 26 (0.67%) Splunk
16 25 (0.64%) Workday
17 23 (0.59%) Fortinet
17 23 (0.59%) IBM